A small group of community members from across the globe thought this was something worth celebrating so we are going to take one day and showcase the brightest and best of CDK from across the whole product family. Let's talk serverless, kubernetes and multi cloud all in the same day!
Do you want to attend? We'd love you to, Tickets are free
When and Where Will CDK Day Take Place?
CDK Day will take place on 29th September 2023 and will be fully virtual, live streamed to our YouTube channel
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I Want To Speak, Where Can I Apply?
The CFP process is now closed so unfortunately we are no longer accepting talk submissions but please do keep us in mind for next year. This year's speakers are shown further down the page so please come along and show them some support!
What Will CDK Day Be Like?
We want the whole event to be fun! Our first CDK Day took place in September 2020 with the second being April 2021 followed by May 2022. They were a mix of getting started sessions through to advanced topics from familiar faces as well as some new faces in the community.
Don't worry though, we still have all of the talks from the prior events
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Here is the first track from 2022:
Schedule
This time we are running three parallel YouTube streams so that we can cram even more CDK goodness into a shorter overall event, an exciting announcement is that stream 3 will be completely in Spanish! We staggered the streams so that everyone can join for our closing keynote. The date and time shown below has been localised by sessionize to your time zone, on the off chance you think it is wrong the event kicks off at 12pm UTC on 29th September 2023.
Get A Free TicketThis Year's Speakers
We have speakers from all over the world talking about AWS CDK, cdk8s, Projen and CDKTF.
Harsha Sharma
Principal Solutions Architect AWS
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Sandy Atencio Hernandez
Data Engineer Bancolombia
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Svenja Raether
Associate Cloud Application Architect
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This Year's Sessions
Our sessions are broken down into different levels from Beginner to Advanced and different categories from Builders tips through to Enterprise Stories right the way to "Something Else" for brand new ideas.
Keynote: Contributing to the CDK
In this talk, we'll do a quick run-through of our current contributing requirements and provide some updates on new/upcoming changes.
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK,
Kendra Neil
Software Development Engineer, AWS CDK
An Ode to Infrastructure Security and Developer Velocity through CDK
Do developers in your organization perceive strict security as a blocker? Learn how Goldman Sachs leverage CDK to unlock developer velocity while ensuring security & compliance. We’ll discuss how a customer partnership with the CDK team can help the broader community and address feature requests.
Language: English
Level: Advanced
Categories: AWS CDK, Real Life Use Case, Enterprise Story,
Harsha Sharma
Principal Solutions Architect AWS
Shubham Shukla
Goldman Sachs
Applying CDK to build applications a large insurance company
At MAPFRE, we use CDK as a fundamental part of the reference architectures. We also offer an automation that creates applications from a base template as a CDK project and L3 components for security and improve productivity: API Gateway + WAF, SPAs with Cloud Front, ECS / Fargate, etc. etc.
Language: Spanish
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, Beginning Your CDK Journey, Enterprise Story, CDK and Pipelines,
Andrés Hevia
MAPFRE. Senior Architect
AppSync Merged API as an example to contribute to AWS CDK
In our AWS Community Builders hackathon, I noticed the lack of CDK support for the new AppSync Merged API feature. This talk shows how I added the Merged API feature to CDK. Starting with a feature request, talking to the AWS CDK team in the Contributor Office Hours and working on the pull request.
Language: English
Level: Advanced
Categories: AWS CDK, Real Life Use Case,
Julian Michel
AWS Community Builder | Senior IT Architect Cloud/AWS @ XL2 by Audi & Capgemini
Automated deployment of applications in a multi-instance architecture
Take on the challenge of corporate processes! Leverage CDK, CodePipeline (or any other!), and Service Catalog to develop production-ready, approval-friendly, handover-uniform end products in different flavors for many customers on a common code base. Based on a project with more than 100 customers.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: CDK Builders' Tips, Enterprise Story, CDK and Pipelines,
Pawel Adaszewski
Senior Software Consultant @ ZEISS Digital Innovation
AWS CDK - Best Practices From The Trenches
In this talk, I'll present my take on CDK best practices, gathered from almost three years developing with CDK. I'll cover topics such as: 1. Project Structure and stack guidelines 2. Constructs guidelines 3. CI/CD guidelines 4. Resiliency & security guidelines 5. General development tips
Language: English
Level: Advanced
Categories: AWS CDK, CDK Builders' Tips,
Ran Isenberg
Principal Software Architect @CyberArk
AWS CDK and Application Design Framework: Better together
Some companies struggle with business agility because of misalignment between business and technology. This misalignment results in rework and difficult architecture evolution. In this session, you will learn how to align architecture with code using the Application Design Framework and the AWS CDK.
Language: English
Level: Introductory and overview
Categories: AWS CDK, Beginning Your CDK Journey, CDK Builders' Tips,
Alex Pulver
Principal Solutions Architect, SaaS Factory, AWS
AWS DataOps Development Kit
Overview of the DDK, a library of L3 CDK constructs built for Data & Analytics workloads. The AWS DataOps Development Kit is an open source development framework for customers that build data workflows and modern data architecture on AWS.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, Real Life Use Case, CDK and Pipelines,
Lucas Hanson
Lucas Hanson - Senior Data Engineer AWS
Anmol Gandhi
Anmol Gandhi - Data and Product AWS
Beyond CDK Pipelines for Modern Serverless CI/CD
CDK Pipelines on their own are not enough for modern serverless development. So we built an open-source Opinionated CI Pipeline on top of them, supporting dev environments, ephemeral feature-branch environments, commit build statuses, and failure Slack notifications. In the talk I cover why and how.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: CDK and Pipelines,
Maciej Radzikowski
Doing Serverless on AWS
Build Advanced Integration Patterns with the AWS CDK
Leverage the AWS CDK to build advanced integration patterns. Through practical examples we will delve into various advanced integration patterns enabled by the AWS CDK. We will cover topics such as event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and more.
Language: English
Level: Advanced
Categories: AWS CDK, CDK Builders' Tips,
James Eastham
Senior Cloud Architect
Building efficient infrastructure: AWS CDK vs Terraform - and why CDK should be your choice
Using declarative IaC tools, like Terraform, is useful, if you are working on the ops side. But it can also get challenging with increasing complexity or special demand to your setup. This is no rant about Terraform, but a reality check on how efficient CDK can be in contrast to other IaC tools.
Language: English
Level: Advanced
Categories: AWS CDK, CDKTF, Beginning Your CDK Journey, Real Life Use Case,
Nora Schöner
Your #1 cheerleader for women in tech
Building Kubernetes apps? How about removing YAML and writing Go code instead!
What if you could just write Go code to define Kubernetes applications? This talk will provide an overview of cdk8s and it’s workflow, how to define your first cdk8s application and building reusable constructs. You will also see “cdk8s in action” with some live-coding and demos using Go!
Language: English
Level: Introductory and overview
Categories: AWS CDK, cdk8s, Beginning Your CDK Journey,
Abhishek Gupta
Principal Developer Advocate at AWS
CDK Stack Synthesis Implementation Deep Dive
Ever wonder what happens when you run a `cdk synth` or `cdk deploy`? Or, why is it important to run `cdk bootstrap`? Or, how can you customize this process? In this session, we'll deep dive into the StackSynthesizer class, the CDK provided implementations using this class, and how you can customize.
Language: English
Level: Advanced
Categories: AWS CDK, CDK Builders' Tips,
Josh DeMuth
Partner Solutions Architect, AWS
CDK-ANS - Amplifying Ansible with CDK
This session introduces a recent project of mine, CDK-ANS. This project leverages the power of CDK and applies it on Anisble, allowing for full definition of Ansible projects as CDK.
Language: English
Level: Introductory and overview
Categories: Something Else,
Matthew Rawlings
AWS S3 - SDE II - Bucket Builder
CI/CD pipeline for hybrid workloads on Amazon ECS Anywhere by using AWS CDK and GitLab
This solution is designed to help those who use on-premises infrastructure to run container applications and use GitLab to manage the application code base. Customer can manage those workloads by using AWS Cloud services, without disturbing their existing, on-premises infrastructure.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, Real Life Use Case, CDK and Pipelines,
Dr. Rahul Sharad Gaikwad
Lead DevOps Consultant, AWS
Sarat Chandra Pothula
DevOps Consultant @AWS
Cómo tener una aplicación en la nube de forma segura
Paso a paso para pasar de usar Serverless Framework solamente y comenzar a usarlo en forma en conjunta con AWS CDK. Teniendo la facilidad de manejar la arquitectura pero sin perder las bondades de testing local como estamos acostumbrado con Serverless.
Language: Spanish
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, CDK Builders' Tips,
Hector Fernandez
AWS Community Builder, Solution Architect
Como The LEGO Group usa AWS CDK
AWS CDK ha conseguido que The LEGO Group haya sido capaz de crear nuevos servicios y onboard de nuevos equipos de una manera rapida, haciendo que los equipos se centren en crear nuevos productos. Pero esto es el resultado final, que tal si me acompañas en la journey de como llegamos hasta aqui?
Language: Spanish
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, Enterprise Story,
Javier Mendoza
Senior Application Engineer at the LEGO Group
Configure cross-account deployment using CDK
The way AWS CDK handles deployment permissions is really cool. It's set up to need as few permissions as possible for deployment and to make cross-account deployment easy.
In this session, we'll show you how to do cross-account deployment with CDK.
Language: English
Level: Introductory and overview
Categories: AWS CDK, Beginning Your CDK Journey,
Takuya Hashimoto
Corporate Engineer. I like Serverless, AWS, and CDK
Construye tu propio ambiente de data analytics con CDK
En esta charla, aprenderás a construir un pequeño ambiente de Data Analytics con la ayuda de CDK. Descubriremos cómo tomar datos de un storage, procesarlos y finalmente, visualizar los resultados en un dashboard.
Language: Spanish
Level: Introductory and overview
Categories: AWS CDK, Beginning Your CDK Journey,
Sandy Atencio Hernandez
Data Engineer Bancolombia
Creating CDK applications using Generative AI.
I this session I will show you how to use AWS Amazon CodeWhisperer to create your CDK application. What's cool about it and what should you consider when using this approach? Join me to take a peek at the future of software development tools.
Language: English
Level: Introductory and overview
Categories: AWS CDK, Beginning Your CDK Journey, Something Else,
Kuba Konczyk
AAI Champion, AWS EMEA
Creating custom constructs for re-utilizable patterns
Create custom L1,L2 or L3 constructs and publish them to CodeArtifact for architecture and deployment patterns.
Language: Spanish
Level: Advanced
Categories: AWS CDK, CDK Builders' Tips,
Franco Abregu
Senior DevOps Consultant - AWS Professional Services, Builder Experience Technical Field Community member
Deep dive into managing StackSets with CDK
Can StackSets be fully managed with CDK? Don't miss this deep dive where you will learn how to synthesize CDK Stacks into StackSet templates and how to deal with Assets when you need them across accounts and regions.
Language: English
Level: Expert
Categories: AWS CDK, Enterprise Story,
Philipp Garbe
Lead Platform Engineer @ Personio
Deploy generative AI models from Amazon SageMaker JumpStart using the AWS CDK
In this session, learn how to deploy image and text generative AI models from JumpStart using the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK).
Language: English
Level: Advanced
Categories: AWS CDK, Real Life Use Case,
Neelam Koshiya
Principal Solutions Architect, AWS
Deploy web frontend apps with CDK
There are a few things to consider when building and deploying frontend applications with AWS CDK, such as embedding environment variables in static files. In this session, we will share lessons learned from several deployment patterns, and discuss which one is best for your particular situation.
Language: English
Level: Advanced
Categories: AWS CDK, CDK Builders' Tips,
Masashi Tomooka
Prototyping engineer
Deploying to Every AWS Region: A Cautionary Tale
Most people have careful, considered deployment strategies. Like you, the speaker has no time for that. Here's an automated pipeline that deploys an application to every AWS region simultaneously, while throwing caution (as well as user experience) to the wind.
Language: English
Level: Introductory and overview
Categories: AWS CDK, Beginning Your CDK Journey, Real Life Use Case, CDK and Pipelines, Something Else,
Corey Quinn
Chief Cloud Economist, The Duckbill Group
Efficient Kubernetes Management with cdk8s: A New Era of Infrastructure as Code
As the shift-left movement amplifies developer autonomy, the call for enhanced maintainability and accessibility grows. This session presents an exploration of cdk8s for creating secure, well-architected Kubernetes applications.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: cdk8s, CDK Builders' Tips,
Viktor Vedmich
Senior Developer Advocate | AWS
Exploring the Power of Serverless Development with CDK and SST
Join me on an exciting journey into the world of serverless deployment with CDK and SST! In this talk, I'll demonstrate the seamless synergy of these tools, unlocking limitless potential for building and deploying efficient, scalable, and cost-effective serverless applications.
Language: Spanish
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, Something Else,
Hazel Saenz
AWS Community Builder | Solutions Architect at Cognits
From Concept to Cash Flow: Generating Passive Income using AWS CDK, AppSync, and NextJS
Discover practical strategies for generating passive income using AWS CDK, AppSync, and NextJS. Gain actionable insights to transform your ideas into profitable income streams.
Language: Spanish
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, Beginning Your CDK Journey, Real Life Use Case,
Michael Liendo
Instructor/Consultant | Frontend and Serverless Cloud
I ain’t mocking - functional tests without any mocks for cloud applications
This live code demonstration will highlight the practice of test-driven development in building a web application deployed with CDKTF/AWS CDK.
I'll craft a web app leveraging SQS, API Gateway, S3, and Lambda functions. Tests will be verified both locally and in the cloud using winglang toolchain.
Language: English
Level: Introductory and overview
Categories: AWS CDK, CDKTF, Something Else,
Eyal Keren
Chief Product Officer of Winglang
Inter-stack dependencies strategies in CDK
We will define the different strategies we can follow to handle inter stack dependencies and we will go through each of them highlighting pros and cons of each other using real examples.
Language: Spanish
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, CDK Builders' Tips,
Juan Manuel Ruiz Fernández
Cloud Engineer | IaC | Serverless developer
Making your first contribution to the AWS CDK
Have you ever run into a bug or missing feature in CDK? The AWS CDK repository can seem daunting for even the most seasoned user, but it doesn’t have to be! In this session, we'll talk about the contribution process so you can feel confident going from idea to merged pull request.
Language: English
Level: Introductory and overview
Categories: AWS CDK,
Ryan Batchelder
Technology Architect - Liberty Mutual
Managing configuration(s) with AWS CDK
CDK app-specific, AWS account-specific, environment-specific, cross-app, cross-region, cross-stack… there are many kinds of configurations & resource dependencies you need to handle when building complex cloud applications. This talk focuses on the pros & cons of various approaches.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, Beginning Your CDK Journey, Real Life Use Case, Enterprise Story,
Ari Palo
Lead Technologist at Alma Media & AWS Community Builder
Panel - Inteligencia artificial y CDK
En este panel vamos a charlar con Elizabeth Fuentes, Diana Alfaro y Arielle Briscoe sobre que tiene que ver la inteligencia artificial con CDK, en que nos puede ayudar, como va a ser el futuro de estas tecnologías juntas.
Language: Spanish
Level: Introductory and overview
Categories: AWS CDK, Something Else,
Marcia Villalba
AWS Developer Advocate
Elizabeth Fuentes Leone
AWS Developer Advocate
Diana Alfaro
AWS Community Builder
Projen feature round-up
Catch-up with the latest from projen! In this round-up , you will learn about new features, new contributors and new ideas for your next project.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: Projen,
Momo Kornher
Software Engineer, AWS CDK
Serverless Weather Reporting with AWS Step Functions and CDK
Once a year-ish it snows in the Pacific Northwest (USA) and locals act surprised when it does. This talk will take you through the journey of creating a website (http://www.isitsnowinginhillsboro.com/) using AWS CDK and Step Functions to alert local folks that there is snow.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, Real Life Use Case,
Danielle Heberling
Software Engineer
Skeptics Guide to Terraform CDK adoption
Ever wondered how you'd convince a semi-cult follower of Terraform to try CDK? Join me as I share my journey of convincing myself to give CDK a shot.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: Beginning Your CDK Journey,
Jubril Oyetunji
Software Engineer
Using SAM CLI with AWS CDK for Building and Testing Serverless Workloads
The AWS SAM CLI can be used to test lambda function \ API gateway resources defined using the AWS Serverless Application Model. This session will provide a demo on how users of CDK can build application using SAM and test using the SAM CLI.
Language: English
Level: Advanced
Categories: AWS CDK, Something Else,
Deepak Kovvuri
Sr. Solutions Architect, AWS
We migrated from Serverless Framework and this is what we learned
My organization relied heavily on Serverless Framework until we learned about CDK in 2021. The release of v2 was even better. We moved an old Serverless Framework app to CDK and this presentation will share what we learned.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK, CDK Builders' Tips, Enterprise Story,
Miguel A. Calles
Author · Cybersecurity engineer · Creating serverless solutions and securing small company environments
Write AWS CDK Integration tests using CDK integ-test and CDK integ-runner constructs
This session demonstrates writing automated integration tests for an example application written in AWS CDK. It utilizes the CDK integ-tests construct for defining test cases and CDK integ-runner CLI tool for executing tests.
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
Categories: AWS CDK,
Iris Kraja
Cloud Application Architect at Amazon Web Services
Svenja Raether
Associate Cloud Application Architect
Philip Chen
Senior Cloud Application Architect @ AWS
Our Code of Conduct
The CDK Day Conference is a community event intended to provide learning opportunities for all users of the CDK and related libraries.
We value the participation of each and every member and want all attendees to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Accordingly, all attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees throughout the event and on related community forums.
To make clear what is expected, all attendees, speakers, organizers, and volunteers are required to conform to our Code of Conduct.
The Organising Committee
The group who came together to make this happen are from all across the globe and work for several different companies
