Julian Wood
Employers on the program
- 2019–2026Amazon Web Services14 talks
Upcoming appearances
Who’s booked ahead? →Event dates shown; only events starting today or later count. 1 upcoming event.
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AWS re:Invent 2026 – · Las Vegas, United States
- Serverless compute built for the web breakout Program source ↗
- Build interactive web apps with AWS Lambda chalk talk Program source ↗
- Serverless developers in the agentic era: What changes, what doesn't breakout Program source ↗
No upcoming appearances are currently recorded.
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- AWS re:Invent
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Build interactive web apps with AWS Lambda as AWS Web applications need persistent connections, session state, and native HTTP handling - capabilities that don't map obviously to Lambda's request-response…Show lessWeb applications need persistent connections, session state, and native HTTP handling - capabilities that don't map obviously to Lambda's request-response model. | |
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Serverless compute built for the web as AWS Modern web applications demand fast iteration, automatic scaling, and minimal operational overhead. Learn how AWS Lambda Web Functions host the web server and…Show lessModern web applications demand fast iteration, automatic scaling, and minimal operational overhead. Learn how AWS Lambda Web Functions host the web server and frameworks you already run, including server-side rendering and streaming, with no adapter layer. | |
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Serverless developers in the agentic era: What changes, what doesn't as AWS Serverless architectures that worked well for API backends and event processing now have a new type of consumer: AI agents that call your functions as tools,…Show lessServerless architectures that worked well for API backends and event processing now have a new type of consumer: AI agents that call your functions as tools, generate events, and write code that deploys alongside yours. | |
| Dec 1, 2025 | AWS re:Invent 2025 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Best practices for serverless developers as AWS Do you want to take advantage of the full power of serverless architectures for your production workloads? Are you wondering how events can help your…Show lessDo you want to take advantage of the full power of serverless architectures for your production workloads? Are you wondering how events can help your applications scale? | Video |
| Dec 1, 2025 | AWS re:Invent 2025 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | From Trigger to Execution: The Journey of Events in AWS Lambda as AWS Dive deep into AWS Lambda's event processing ecosystem. We'll explore diverse event sources including queuing (SQS), streaming (Kinesis, DynamoDB Streams), and…Show lessDive deep into AWS Lambda's event processing ecosystem. We'll explore diverse event sources including queuing (SQS), streaming (Kinesis, DynamoDB Streams), and private sources (EventBridge Pipes, Kafka). | Video |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | AWS Lambda and Apache Kafka for real-time data processing applications as AWS In this session, gain practical insights into building scalable, serverless data processing applications by integrating AWS Lambda with Apache Kafka. Explore…Show lessIn this session, gain practical insights into building scalable, serverless data processing applications by integrating AWS Lambda with Apache Kafka. Explore using event-driven models for real-time data streaming and processing. | Video |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Best practices for serverless developers as AWS Do you want to take advantage of the full power of serverless architectures for your production workloads? Are you wondering how events can help your…Show lessDo you want to take advantage of the full power of serverless architectures for your production workloads? Are you wondering how events can help your applications scale? | Video |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Choosing the right serverless compute services [REPEAT] as AWS Learn when to use AWS serverless compute services and how to integrate them into your application architectures. Both AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate…Show lessLearn when to use AWS serverless compute services and how to integrate them into your application architectures. Both AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate scale up to meet demand when needed and can scale to zero, even with containers. | |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Best practices for serverless developersDo you want to take advantage of the full power of serverless architectures for your production workloads? Are you wondering how events can help your…Show lessDo you want to take advantage of the full power of serverless architectures for your production workloads? Are you wondering how events can help your applications scale? | Video |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Scaling serverless data processing with Amazon Kinesis and Apache KafkaIn this session, explore how to build scalable data processing applications using AWS Lambda. Learn practical insights into integrating Lambda with Amazon…Show lessIn this session, explore how to build scalable data processing applications using AWS Lambda. Learn practical insights into integrating Lambda with Amazon Kinesis and Apache Kafka using their event-driven models for real-time data streaming and processing. | Video |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | A closer look at AWS Lambda as AWS Serverless computing allows you to build and run applications and services without needing to provision, scale, or manage any servers. When you take a closer…Show lessServerless computing allows you to build and run applications and services without needing to provision, scale, or manage any servers. When you take a closer look at a serverless application, there is a sophisticated architecture that takes care of all the undifferentiated heavy lifting for the developer. | SlidesVideo |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Best practices for advanced serverless developers as AWS Are you an experienced serverless developer? Do you want a helpful guide for unleashing the full power of serverless architectures for your production…Show lessAre you an experienced serverless developer? Do you want a helpful guide for unleashing the full power of serverless architectures for your production workloads? | SlidesVideo |
| Nov 29, 2021 | AWS re:Invent 2021 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Best practices of advanced serverless developers [REPEAT] as AWS Are you an experienced serverless developer? Do you want a guide for unleashing the full power of serverless architectures for your production workloads? | SlidesVideo |
| Nov 29, 2021 | AWS re:Invent 2021 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Understanding and implementing observability for serverless apps [REPEAT] as AWS Performance monitoring is an important part of any application. By understanding the health of your application, you can know whether it is functioning as…Show lessPerformance monitoring is an important part of any application. By understanding the health of your application, you can know whether it is functioning as expected and can proactively react before it becomes unhealthy. | Slides |
| Nov 30, 2020 | AWS re:Invent 2020 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Becoming proficient with serverless application observabilityPerformance monitoring is an important part of any application. By understanding the health of your application, you know whether it’s functioning as expected…Show lessPerformance monitoring is an important part of any application. By understanding the health of your application, you know whether it’s functioning as expected and can proactively react when it becomes unhealthy. | SlidesVideo |
| Nov 30, 2020 | AWS re:Invent 2020 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Observability, logging, and more with AWS Lambda extensions as AWS Serverless In this session, learn a new way to easily integrate AWS Lambda with your favorite monitoring, observability, security, and governance tools. Come dive into the…Show lessIn this session, learn a new way to easily integrate AWS Lambda with your favorite monitoring, observability, security, and governance tools. Come dive into the AWS Lambda function lifecycle to see how extensions work. | SlidesVideo |
| Dec 2, 2019 | AWS re:Invent 2019 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | [REPEAT 2] Build a serverless web app for a theme park as Amazon Web Services Innovator Island is a popular theme park that’s rolling out a mobile app for thousands of visitors. The app provides wait times, photo opportunities,…Show lessInnovator Island is a popular theme park that’s rolling out a mobile app for thousands of visitors. The app provides wait times, photo opportunities, notification alerts, and language translation for visitors who need it. | Slides |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Johnson | 8 | 1 | 2026 |
| Ali Saidi | 8 | — | 2026 |
| David Yanacek | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Dirk Fröhner | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Imaya Kumar Jagannathan | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Jon Handler | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Jonathan Allen | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Kevin Fallis | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Leo Zhadanovsky | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Mike Stefaniak | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Muthu Pitchaimani | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Neel Sendas | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Pasquale DeMaio | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Steve Blackwell | 8 | — | 2026 |
| Swami Sivasubramanian | 8 | — | 2026 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.