AWS Canberra: November 2026
Agenda
6:00pm Welcome and Announcements
6:15pm Day 1: Confidence. Day 14: Spreadsheets (field notes from my first 100 days as a new CTO) - Toby Bellwood, Aristotle Metadata
6:45pm Break - food and networking
7:15pm Which Model Should Your Agent Use? Answering it with Evidence - Liam O'Duibhir, 2pi Software
7:45pm Networking
8:30pm Close
Day 1: Confidence. Day 14: Spreadsheets (field notes from my first 100 days as a new CTO)
Every new CTO walks in with a plan. Then they open the cloud bill, meet the server that’s “temporary” (since 2017), and discover who actually has admin access. This talk is my field notes on what I found, what I wish I’d checked first, and what I’d tell my Day-1 self.
It'll cover cost optimisation, handling end-of-life apps, infrastructure drift, supply chain security, permission reviews, best-practice adherence and a light dabble into process modernisation, with honest stories and a few laughs. You'll leave with a 100-day approach you can use whether you're stepping into a new role or just inheriting someone's "quick fix."
Which Model Should Your Agent Use? Answering it with Evidence
Every team running AI agents faces the same questions: which model, on what setup, with which prompts, and at what cost? Liam O'Duibhir from 2pi Software shows how to answer them with a few simple, repeatable tests instead of gut feel. Using 2pi's own code-review agent, RooBot, he'll walk through real comparisons of accuracy, speed and spend, including how the team chose RooBot's models by planting bugs and seeing which models caught them.
You must register for this event here on Luma.
Catering this month supplied by So Lita Pizzeria and Pasta Bar.
The AWS Canberra User Group is supported by AWS, Sol People and Agile Digital.