Melissa Kwok
Employers on the program
- 2022–2026Amazon Web Services9 talks
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 | builders session | Build a knowledge graph-based agent guardrail with Amazon Neptune as AWS AI agents assert relationships such as compatible products, cleared counterparties, or approved suppliers, derived from LLM reasoning rather than verified data.…Show lessAI agents assert relationships such as compatible products, cleared counterparties, or approved suppliers, derived from LLM reasoning rather than verified data. When these assertions are wrong, downstream business decisions fail. | |
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | builders session | Build agentic GraphRAG apps with Amazon Neptune as AWS GraphRAG combines knowledge graphs with RAG to produce explainable responses grounded in semantic relationships between concepts, entities, and underlying…Show lessGraphRAG combines knowledge graphs with RAG to produce explainable responses grounded in semantic relationships between concepts, entities, and underlying content. Agentic GraphRAG takes this further, allowing agents to autonomously decide which GraphRAG tools to use to achieve information goals. | |
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Unlock intelligent AI with MCP-powered agentic Neptune graph reasoning as AWS Graph-based agentic reasoning empowers AI systems to dynamically interact with the rich context and relationships in an Amazon Neptune graph, enabling…Show lessGraph-based agentic reasoning empowers AI systems to dynamically interact with the rich context and relationships in an Amazon Neptune graph, enabling intelligent, flexible, and scalable AI solutions that extract valuable insights from complex, interconnected data. | |
| Dec 1, 2025 | AWS re:Invent 2025 | AWS re:Invent | builders session | Use GraphRAG with Amazon Neptune to improve generative AI applications [REPEAT] as AWS Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications use the power of generative AI to analyze private datasets. GraphRAG combines knowledge graphs with RAG to…Show lessRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications use the power of generative AI to analyze private datasets. GraphRAG combines knowledge graphs with RAG to produce explainable responses that are grounded in the semantic relationships between concepts, entities, and the underlying content. | |
| Dec 1, 2025 | AWS re:Invent 2025 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Use serverless knowledge graphs for hybrid search with Amazon Neptune as AWS In this chalk talk, explore how to build a scalable serverless hybrid search application that combines vectors and graph data. Learn how this approach empowers…Show lessIn this chalk talk, explore how to build a scalable serverless hybrid search application that combines vectors and graph data. Learn how this approach empowers you to leverage the benefits of vector-based search with the rich relationships defined in graphs to provide more comprehensive and explainable answers. | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Data models for Amazon Neptune using gen AI and diagram-as-code tools as AWS In this chalk talk, learn how to use generative AI and diagram-as-code tools for rapid graph data modeling. | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | builders session | Use GraphRAG with Amazon Neptune to improve generative AI applications [REPEAT] as AWS Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications use the power of generative AI to analyze private, differentiating datasets. However, baseline RAG can…Show lessRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications use the power of generative AI to analyze private, differentiating datasets. However, baseline RAG can sometimes produce poor responses that lack explainability and contextual awareness and include conflated sources and spurious claims. | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Use serverless knowledge graphs for hybrid search with Amazon Neptune as AWS In this chalk talk, explore how to build a scalable serverless hybrid search application that combines vectors and graph data. Learn how this approach empowers…Show lessIn this chalk talk, explore how to build a scalable serverless hybrid search application that combines vectors and graph data. Learn how this approach empowers you to leverage the benefits of vector-based search with the rich relationships defined in graphs to provide more comprehensive and explainable answers. | |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Finding fraud using graphs and generative AI with Amazon NeptuneFraud happens. However, fraud is usually not a random set of acts undertaken by a lone bad actor; rather, it is usually a well-orchestrated, coordinated, and…Show lessFraud happens. However, fraud is usually not a random set of acts undertaken by a lone bad actor; rather, it is usually a well-orchestrated, coordinated, and layered approach to defeating systems. | |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | builders session | Secure public sector environments using graph technology as Amazon Neptune, AWS A security graph represents assets that you want to protect and the relationships between these assets and roles within your organization, such as computer…Show lessA security graph represents assets that you want to protect and the relationships between these assets and roles within your organization, such as computer networks, telecommunications networks, distribution routes, payment systems, and other parts of your IT infrastructure. In this builders’ session, model these assets, use relationships in your data to consider how different dimensions of... | Slides |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Lawrence | 5 | 4 | 2026 |
| Taylor Riggan | 5 | 3 | 2026 |
| Aaron Sempf | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Abbas Mooraj | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Abhishek Srivastav | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Adam Hill | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Aditya Samant | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Adnan Bilwani | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Ahuva Hazan-Fuchs | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Alexander Dragunov | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Ali Alemi | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Ali Saidi | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Allyn Henderson | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Ameen Khan S | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Amit Kumar | 5 | — | 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.