re:Imagine Software businesses in the cloud, featuring AWS TechShift

Overview

Join us for this two part event. In the first session you will hear from AWS Software Business Leaders and AWS Customers from the ANZ & ASEAN region, Contemi and HumanForce, as they share their unique perspectives on industry dynamics, the SaaS journey their organisations have undertaken and be inspired by the scale and growth they have been able to achieve in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Session two is an essential TechShift event for business and technology leaders. The AWS TechShift program provides access to a wide-range of resources to build, market and deliver your software solutions with AWS. For over 10 years, AWS has been one of the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platforms. Offer your solutions on AWS and deliver them at scale, whether you are migrating from an existing platform, scaling your existing solution with advanced cloud-native capabilities, or seeking new delivery and packaging models.

AWS services are trusted by more than a million active customers and tens of thousands of APN Partners around the world to power their infrastructure, make them more agile, and lower costs.

Who should attend

Business and technical stakeholders for SaaS Businesses, (Independent Software Businesses, ISVs) that are looking to take the journey from private hosting or customer deployed software to cloud based solutions. If your business has an existing product are interested in how the cloud can both enable your technical teams to deploy faster, scale globally, and operate more securely while adapting your business to other delivery and packaging models such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) this event is for you.

Business Decision Makers & Stakeholders
Technical Decision Makers & Stakeholders
SMB and Medium sized SaaS Businesses
CEO & CTO
Heads of Technology, Development/ DevOps

Agenda

Duration	Topic
45 minutes	Moderator: Gabriele Lasauskaite, SaaS & Software Business (ISV) Community Lead Fireside chat with customers Synopsis: Hear from AWS Software Business Leaders and AWS Customers from the ANZ & ASEAN region, Contemi and HumanForce, as they share their unique perspectives on industry dynamics, the SaaS journey their organisations have taken. This session includes an audience Q&A discussion. Speakers: Beth Hudson, Senior Account Executive, ISV Patrick Kelly, Head of SaaS & Software Business (ISV) South East Asia, AWS Daniel Thafvelin - Executive Director, Global Head of SaaS at Contemi Solutions Clayton Pyne - CEO, HumanForce
90 minutes	TechShift deep dive Synopsis: Focusing on the various components of the journey to SaaS, we will explore the technical, business and product challenges and milestones designed to equip you with the insights and tools to turn your tech shift inspiration into reality. Along with the next steps offered by AWS including the Techshift Program, SaaS Factory, SaaS Boost and SaaS. Technical (Get Equipped) Building Modern Applications - What makes a modern application? Architectural patterns - Micro-services and event driven architectures Operational model - Serverless, containers and managed services Software delivery - Continuous Integration and Delivery or Deployment Business (Get Inspired) Business culture - High frequency updates and teams Working Backwards to find your MVP - What is working backwards, and how to make a good MVP Launch and Growth - Running a SaaS Business - The Good's, Bad's, Do's and Don'ts At Amazon - A retrospective how we, at Amazon, put all this together Speakers: Richard Wilkinson, Senior Partner Solutions Architect, AWS Sascha Gray, Head of SaaS & Software Sales (ISV) Australia & New Zealand, AWS Thomas Richardson, Manager Solutions Architecture AWS
15 minutes	What's next and closing remarks