Recapping AWS Community Summit Manchester 2025

Last month, the team had a fantastic time at the AWS Community Summit Manchester, and the energy at Victoria Warehouse was buzzing! It was brilliant to connect with so many members of the AWS community, share insights, and discuss the latest in cloud innovation. The ComSum team put together a great highlight reel which encapsulates it!

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We were delighted to contribute to the learning with three well-attended sessions throughout the day. For those who attended, or missed out, here is a quick recap of the deep dives our experts presented:

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Session Highlights: Key Takeaways from Our Experts

Attendees had the opportunity to join three key discussions covering everything from development frameworks to cutting-edge GenAI architectures and cost management:

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Spec-Driven Development with Kiro

Speakers: Tom Misiukanis (Steamhaus), Fabio Petriccione (AWS) & Marco F (AWS)

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In this workshop, our team explored how using Spec-Driven Development with Kiro can simplify complex application design. The session highlighted practical techniques for accelerating development while maintaining consistency and quality across projects.

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Architecture + GenAI: Better Together for Modernising Complex Apps

Speakers: Tom Misiukanis (Steamhaus), Owen Hawkins (AWS) & Ori Saporta (vFunction)

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This popular session delved into how to leverage Generative AI when modernising complex legacy applications. The speakers shared architectural best practices for integrating GenAI to make modernisation projects smarter, faster, and more effective.

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Step On It! Rapid Event-Based AWS Cost Control With Step Functions

Speaker: Damien Jones (Steamhaus)

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Damien shared his expertise in cloud finance, demonstrating how to use AWS Step Functions to implement rapid, event-based cost controls. This session provided actionable strategies for managing costs dynamically and maintaining fiscal efficiency in a modern cloud environment.

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Catching Up in the Sponsors Lounge

Beyond the stage, our team was busy at our stand in the sponsors lounge all day. It was fantastic to continue the conversations started in the sessions, answer more detailed questions, and simply meet the people driving the AWS ecosystem forward.

A huge thank you to the organisers and everyone who stopped by! We are already looking forward to the next opportunity to connect with the incredible AWS Community next year.