BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T020000 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250217T230610Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250326T170000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250326T090000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250217T230610Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250217T230610Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250481803 DESCRIPTION:Join the Portland AWS User Group for a full day of AI Governa nce! \;\n \;\nWe are thrilled to invite you to the first AI Govern ance Day hosted by the Portland AWS User Group. Learn from expert speake rs and tech leaders about AI governance\, ask your burning questions\, n etwork with fellow techies\, and join interactive demonstrations. Join u s for one session or come hang out all day! \;\n \;\n๐Ÿ“ Location: A WS Elemental (PDX13) \;\n๐Ÿ“ Address: 1320 SW Broadway #400\, Portland\ , OR 97201 \;\nAccess: You MUST be registered on Meetup.com and bring a photo ID to attend this event. \;\n \;\nSchedule: \;\n \; \n9:00 - 9:30 am Doors &\; Donuts &\; Coffee Sponsored by ProFocus Technology \;\n9:45 - 10:00 am Welcome from AWS User Group Leaders!& #13\;\n10:00 - 11:00 am Role of Data Engineering in AI Governance with A ndrew Kalik \;\n11:00 - 11:15 am BREAK \;\n11:15 - 12:15 pm The We aponization of AI\, Its Impact on Organizations\, and How to Respond wit h Trey Blalock \;\n12:15 - 1:15 LUNCH - Lite bites &\; snacks prov ided! \;\n1:15 - 2:15 Use AWS Well-Architected to Navigate &\; Evo lve Enterprise AI Governance with Logan Kleier &\; Emily Soward \; \n2:15 - 2:45 Interactive Session with Logan Kleier &\; Emily Soward& #13\;\n2:45 - 3:00 pm BREAK \;\n3:00 - 4:30 pm Hands-on Workshop: AI Governance Tools with Karthik Rajendran \;\n4:30 - 4:45 pm Closing Re marks! \;\n5:00 pm Event Close - Please plan to leave the building be fore 5 pm. \;\nSpeaker Bios: \;\nTrey Blalock is a highly respecte d Chief Information Security Officer and security researcher who has per formed extensive work in almost every security domain for some of the wo rld's largest corporations and governments. He has managed all aspects o f security for one of the world's largest financial transaction hubs\, p erformed hundreds of penetration tests for Fortune 500 companies\, and h as performed forensics for several high-profile cases such as "\;Don ald Vance vs. Donald Rumsfeld."\; \;\n \;\nAndrew Kalik is the Director of Data Engineering at NBCUniversal\, leading data-driven solu tions for business insights. He is an AWS Community Builder in the Data category and a Certified Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner. With a ba ckground in computer science\, he actively contributes to the tech commu nity and participates in industry events\, including the Portland AWS Us er Group. \;\n \;\nLogan Kleier is a technical product manager wit h 10 years of experience across startups and enterprise environments. He 's currently a Senior Product Manager at AWS for Trusted Advisor and Wel l Architected. He's also built Oracle Cloud's Center for Internet Securi ty foundational benchmarks and a concert ticket comparison platform that predicts with 95% accuracy when concert ticket prices go up or down. Hi s career path includes roles as a startup founder twice over\, creating ML systems that saved clients 30% on Office 365 costs and serving as the City of Portland's CISO where he built PCI-DSS compliant payment system s handling $180M annually\, and developing one of America's largest publ ic WiFi networks. With expertise in cloud computing\, and security and c ompliance\, Logan brings a balanced blend of technical knowledge and pla in English focus on what do customers and users actually want. \;\n&# 13\;\nEmily Soward is a leader in AI\, ML\, and Generative AI Security & amp\; Privacy\, fostering collaboration between AI and Security communit ies while advising AWS customers\, including Fortune 100 companies and p ublic sector organizations\, on AI vision and production readiness. With expertise in AI SDLC\, AI Observability\, and large-scale strategic AI initiatives\, she focuses on governance\, compliance\, and operational r esilience across industries such as critical infrastructure\, healthcare \, and manufacturing. A contributor to AWS' Well-Architected Framework a nd Cloud Adoption Framework\, she plays a key role in Responsible AI\, G enerative AI Security\, and AI Privacy. \;\n \;\nKarthik Rajendran is a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS\, with diverse Enterprise archit ecture experience across Finance\, Retail\, Insurance and energy sectors . He has over 20 years of experience architecting and building distribut ed\, hybrid\, and cloud native applications. His passion is helping ente rprise customers with their cloud migration journey. Outside work passio ns include Milky Way photography and motorcycles. \;\n \;\n๐Ÿ”— Join our Slack community: AWS Portland User Group \;\nDon't miss this oppo rtunity to connect\, learn\, and level up your cloud skills!\n\nTags: te ch\, it\, technology\, cloud\, aws\n\nImported from: http://calagator.or g/events/1250481803 URL:https://www.meetup.com/aws-portland/events/306230651/ SUMMARY:AI Governance Day by Portland AWS User Group LOCATION:AWS Elemental - PDX13 1320 SW Broadway #400 ยท Portland\, OR: fal se SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR