AWS User Group Canberra March 2026

​Agenda
6:00pm Welcome and announcements
6:15pm AWS Kiro: The 2026 Update – From Chatbot to Agentic Engineering
7:00pm Break for food and networking
7:30pm Beyond the Chatbox: Engineering with AWS Kiro
8:30pm Close

Catering this month is supplied by SoLita Pizzeria.

AWS Kiro: The 2026 Update – From Chatbot to Agentic Engineering
AWS Kiro has evolved a lot in the last 6 months. In this session, we’re moving past "vibe coding" to explore the new Agentic Spec-Driven workflow. We’ll break down the latest releases, including Design-First specifications, Hunk-Based Reviews, and the new Bugfix Spec workflow.

Beyond the Chatbox: Engineering with AWS Kiro
AI coding assistants are great at writing snippets, but they often fail at building cohesive, maintainable systems. Enter Kiro: an agentic IDE designed to bridge the gap between rapid prototyping and production-ready code. We'll demo and integrate the Design-First workflows, Agent Hooks, and how Kiro uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to have a deeper understanding of your infrastructure. Come see how to turn a single natural language prompt into a fully documented, tested, and architected feature.

Please feel free to bring your own laptop and play with Kiro alongside us.