Hello Cloud: Build Your First AI Agent with AWS
Sakay na! From Hello World to Hello Cloud, in one morning.
The apps you use every day, from GCash to Grab to Netflix, run on the cloud. So do the AI assistants everyone’s talking about. In this half-day seminar-workshop, you’ll learn how they work, then build one yourself.
You’ll hear from Filipino builders in the AWS community, then spend 90 minutes hands-on with Amazon Bedrock, building your own AI agent from scratch.
No AI or cloud experience needed. If you can run a Python script, kaya mo ‘to.
What you’ll build
Campus Buddy, a Taglish-speaking AI agent that answers student questions using real data from Python tools you write yourself. You’ll leave with working code you can keep building on.
What you’ll learn
How Amazon Bedrock gives you access to many AI models in one place
How to write a system prompt that gives an AI its personality and rules
How AI agents use tools to stop guessing and give real answers
How student communities turn solo learners into builders and leaders
Speakers
Raphael Nathan Flores: From Hello World to Hello Cloud: How a Community Built Who We Are Today
Rafael Louie “Kuya Egg” Miguel: Built in the Philippines, Running on the Cloud: AWS and the Next Generation of Filipino Builders
Program
8:30 AM: Registration and Mentimeter icebreaker
9:00 AM: Opening
9:10 AM: Talk by Raphael Nathan Flores
9:30 AM: Talk by Rafael Louie “Kuya Egg” Miguel
9:50 AM: Speaker Q&A
10:00 AM: Snack break
10:20 AM: Hands-on workshop: Build Your Campus Buddy
11:50 AM: Open Q&A
12:15 PM: Photo and closing
Before you come
Bring a laptop and charger.
Install Python 3.10 or newer.
Complete the 20-minute pre-work guide we’ll send after you register. Arriving set up means more time building and less time installing.
Who it’s for
BSIT, BSCS and BSCpE students of John Paul College.
Brought to you by John Paul College, College of Engineering, Architecture, Technology and Sciences (CEATS), and AWS Learning Club Mahaltana, Oriental Mindoro.