​Join us on July 11th at the AWS Startup GenAI Loft in San Francisco for an intensive hands-on workshop on advanced model customization using Amazon SageMaker. This technical session will bring together AI practitioners and developers for a deep dive into practical foundation model customization and deployment strategies.

​Agenda: ⚡ Introduction (15 mins)

• ​Welcome and foundation model customization landscape
• ​Industry trends and key objectives

​🔧 Model Customization Deep-Dive (25 mins)

• ​Fine-tuning techniques: Pre-training, Supervised Fine Tuning, Preference Alignment
• ​Optimization approaches: LoRA, QLoRA
• ​Model distillation and practical implementation

​⚙️ SageMaker Implementation (30 mins)

• ​Training Jobs and HyperPod architecture
• ​MLFlow integration for experiment tracking
• ​Live demos: Domain-specific model customization

​☕ Break (5 mins)

​🚀 Deployment & Applications (20 mins)

• ​Model deployment strategies
• ​Building AI Agents with custom models
• ​Live deployment and agent demos

​💡 Q&A and Resources (10 mins)

• ​Documentation deep-dive
• ​Additional learning paths and resources

​📍 Location: AWS GenAI Loft, 525 Market Street, Second Floor Courtyard Entrance, San Francisco

​🎟️ Important Notes:

• ​Valid government-issued ID required for entry
• ​Enter via courtyard entrance (by circular water fountain)
• ​Accessible entry available through main reception

​Limited seats available. Register now to secure your spot in this technical workshop focused on practical implementation of custom GenAI models.

​This workshop complies with AWS Community Code of Conduct and AWS Event Terms and Conditions.

​For accessibility accommodations, please contact building staff at the reception desk.

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​Host: aws-genai-loft-sf@amazon.com; Ilan Gleiser (Fractal@amazon.com)