Rene Brandel
Employers on the program
- 2025–2026Casco2 talks
- 2021–2024Amazon Web Services4 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
- AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2026 | AWS re:Invent 2026 | AWS re:Invent | lightning talk | How startups ship faster with Kiro as Casco Startups live and die by velocity. Small teams, big ambitions, and no time to waste. | |
| Jun 3, 2025 | AI Engineer World's Fair 2025 | AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions) | speaker | How we hacked YC Spring 2025 batch’s AI agents as Casco We hacked 7 of the16 publicly-accessible YC X25 AI agents. This allowed us to leak user data, execute code remotely, and take over databases. All within 30…Show lessWe hacked 7 of the16 publicly-accessible YC X25 AI agents. This allowed us to leak user data, execute code remotely, and take over databases. All within 30 minutes each. In this session, we'll walk through the common mistakes these companies made and how you can mitigate these security concerns before your agents put your business at risk. | Video |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | AWS Amplify: Integrating data sources, authentication & AWS services as Amazon Web Services, Inc. Expand the capabilities of your full stack applications with the latest updates to AWS Amplify. In this chalk talk, explore how Amplify can seamlessly integrate…Show lessExpand the capabilities of your full stack applications with the latest updates to AWS Amplify. In this chalk talk, explore how Amplify can seamlessly integrate with a wide range of existing data sources, authentication providers, and AWS infrastructure. | |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Go from frontend to full-stack development faster with AWS AmplifyWeb developers need to deliver differentiating experiences to more users faster than ever before. To build secure, reliable, and scalable applications at 10…Show lessWeb developers need to deliver differentiating experiences to more users faster than ever before. To build secure, reliable, and scalable applications at 10 times the speed requires solutions that empower developers to get started easily, ship quickly, and iterate rapidly. | |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Design to code: Build an app frontend UI in minutes with AWS Amplify Studio as Amazon Web Services Frontend developers use AWS Amplify to quickly build and deploy web and mobile apps on AWS with a common backend. Amplify’s zero-configuration workflows help…Show lessFrontend developers use AWS Amplify to quickly build and deploy web and mobile apps on AWS with a common backend. Amplify’s zero-configuration workflows help developers get started on AWS faster because they can easily configure robust backend capabilities for their apps. | SlidesVideo |
| Nov 29, 2021 | AWS re:Invent 2021 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Build extensible full-stack apps with AWS Amplify and AWS CDK [REPEAT] as Amazon Web Services Front-end web and mobile developers build full-stack applications with cloud-powered features such as real-time application data storage with offline…Show lessFront-end web and mobile developers build full-stack applications with cloud-powered features such as real-time application data storage with offline capabilities. AWS Amplify offers tools and services that help front-end developers quickly build full-stack applications and AWS-powered application backends. | Slides |
| Nov 29, 2021 | AWS re:Invent 2021 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Deep dive on authorization and data with AWS Amplify [REPEAT] as Amazon Web Services Developers use AWS Amplify to quickly build full-stack mobile and web applications on AWS, with the flexibility to take advantage of the breadth and depth of…Show lessDevelopers use AWS Amplify to quickly build full-stack mobile and web applications on AWS, with the flexibility to take advantage of the breadth and depth of AWS as their application evolves. This chalk talk details how virtually everything works in Amplify’s authorization and data categories. | Slides |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Hill | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Adam Palmer | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Adnan Bilwani | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Ali Saidi | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Amit Kumar | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Amit Shah | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Andrew Crudge | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Andrew Krug | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Andy Reedy | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Anubhav Sharma | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Anum Jang Sher | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Arthur Petitpierre | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Arun Lakshmanan | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Bobby Lindsey | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Brad Dispensa | 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.