Date and Time :

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 18:00-20:30pm

Host :

Amazon Web Services Japan G.K.

Description :

This event is a unique opportunity to hear directly from international AWS users.

Agenda :

• 18:00 - 19:00 Open networking
  Enjoy talking with the other participants before the presentations begin. While no food or drinks will be provided, you’re welcome to bring your own.

• 19:00 - 19:05 AWS event opening - AWS organizer & Paul McMahon
  A quick introduction about how the international developer community in Japan came together to organize this event, and an overview of international developers using AWS in Japan.

• 19:05 - 19:25 LocalStack: Simplifying Local Development for AWS-Driven Applications - Codie Newark
  Discover how LocalStack, a Docker-based emulation of Amazon Web Services, enables efficient development and testing without the need for internet connectivity, AWS costs, or complex mocking. This presentation will showcase real-world examples, including its use in building Artlist's Backstage—a platform for asset submissions—leveraging AWS services like S3, SNS, and SQS. Learn how LocalStack facilitates local development, automated testing, and high-confidence deployments through practical use cases and success stories.

• 19:25 - 19:45 Scaling Your Visual Effects Renderfarm - Remi Pierre
  This presentation will introduce what a render farm is, how to scale it using AWS Deadline Cloud, and maybe give ideas outside of visual effects. It’ll include briefly how to set up an EC2 instance, EFS, S3 bucket, Datasync, Cloud Formation, and Deadline Cloud.

• 19:45 - 20:05 Cell-Based Architecture Design in AWS - Kazuki Higashiguchi
  The Autify engineering team designed the second version of the AWS architecture to support a Cellular Architecture Strategy, ensuring scalability, modularity, and efficiency in cloud infrastructure. This presentation will explain why we adopted this strategy and how we implemented it on top of AWS. It covers many topics related to Cellular Architecture in AWS, including the background behind the second version of the architecture, multiple AWS account management with AWS Organizations and Control Tower, a unit of AWS account, and specific cross-cell infra considerations with Route 53 and Amazon SES.

• 20:05 - 20:30 Open Networking
  A chance to discuss the presentations or anything else with the participants.

Speakers :

• Paul McMahon
  Paul moved to Japan in 2006 where he found a job as a software developer at a small startup. Since leaving that company, he’s founded three businesses in Japan, all of which have used AWS. Currently he runs TokyoDev, a job board and community for international software engineers in Japan.

• Codie Newark
  Codie is a full-stack engineer with a passion for software architecture and building scalable systems. Born and raised in England, he has over five years of experience in web development and a decade in open-source development. At Artlist, he helps develop platforms that streamline creative workflows. Codie is establishing more connections with Tokyo and is eager to connect with like-minded engineers and share insights on using LocalStack to simplify AWS-driven development.

• Remi Pierre
  Remi is a pipeline developer and has been working in visual effects for 18 years (about 10 years as an artist). He has worked on renowned movies like Avengers infinity war, Deadpool, Thor, Prometheus… Born in France, he has lived in Paris, London and Vancouver before moving to Tokyo 2 years ago. At Megalis VFX, he’s creating a new visual effects pipeline and had to look into using Deadline Cloud due to limited computing at his facility.

• Kazuki Higashiguchi
  Kazuki Higashiguchi has more than nine years of industrial experience, focusing on SRE and operational excellence. He is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Autify, which provides AI-powered quality assurance platforms. He is mainly responsible for designing business infrastructure architectures and maintaining our cloud-native platforms on top of AWS, GCP, etc. He previously led engineering teams and projects as a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager in E-commerce and financial companies.