AWS Student Community Day Lahore 2026
The Day's Journey
Five stages trace the story of the day — from mindset to hands-on, AI-augmented building.
Mindset
Shoaib Malik — SVP, NorthBay Solutions
Beyond the Hype: Building a Career at the Intersection of Cloud and AI
Ehmad Zubair — CEO, Cogent Labs
Surviving & Thriving in the AI Era, Especially in Pakistan
Foundations
Abdullah Haroon — Organizer, Cloud Native Islamabad
From CloudFormation to Agentic Deployment
Abdul Mateen — Assistant Professor, University of the Punjab
The Vanishing Skill Gap: Why AI Makes Weak Engineers Look Strong
Community / Careers
Sana Kainat — Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer, AWS UG WIT Lahore Lead
Faisal Rehman — DevOps Educator, AWS Community Builder
Abdul Hadi — Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer
Professional Panel: Building & Growing in the AWS Ecosystem
AI-Augmented Building
Usman Ahmad — Head of DevOps, CodingCops
"Chat with Your Cluster" (AI Troubleshooting on EKS)
Jawad Shahid — AI Engineer, Neural Labs
Agentic Workflows: Giving AI Hands Without Losing Control
Sumama Zaeem — Sr. DevOps Consultant, Tkxel
Spec-Driven Development with Kiro
Security
Farhan Ashraf — Sr. AISecOps & DevSecOps Engineer, Systems Ltd
Securing the AI-Powered Cloud: DevSecOps in the Age of Agents
Full Schedule
Minute-by-Minute Agenda
Every session, break, and giveaway — in order.
Date
September 20th, 2026
Time
10AM — 4PM
Venue
Waheed Shaheed Hall, Lahore
Attendance
~200 students & tech professionals
10:00 – 10:10
10 min
Opening & Welcome
10:10 – 10:35
25 min
Shoaib Malik — SVP, NorthBay Solutions
Beyond the Hype: Building a Career at the Intersection of Cloud and AI
10:35 – 11:00
25 min
Ehmad Zubair — CEO, Cogent Labs
Surviving & Thriving in the AI Era, Especially in Pakistan
11:00 – 11:25
25 min
Abdullah Haroon — Organizer, Cloud Native Islamabad
From CloudFormation to Agentic Deployment
11:25 – 11:35
10 min
Energizer 1 — Giveaway / Game
11:35 – 12:00
25 min
Abdul Mateen — Assistant Professor, University of the Punjab
The Vanishing Skill Gap: Why AI Makes Weak Engineers Look Strong
12:00 – 12:25
25 min
Usman Ahmad — Head of DevOps, CodingCops
"Chat with Your Cluster" (AI Troubleshooting on EKS)
12:25 – 12:55
30 min
Jawad Shahid — AI Engineer, Neural Labs
Agentic Workflows: Giving AI Hands Without Losing Control
12:55 – 1:05
10 min
Energizer 2 — Giveaway / Game
1:05 – 1:30
25 min
Farhan Ashraf — Sr. AISecOps & DevSecOps Engineer, Systems Ltd
Securing the AI-Powered Cloud: DevSecOps in the Age of Agents
1:30 – 1:55
25 min
Sumama Zaeem — Sr. DevOps Consultant, Tkxel
Spec-Driven Development with Kiro
1:55 – 2:05
10 min
Energizer 3 — DataCamp Donates Giveaway
2:05 – 2:40
35 min
Sana Kainat — Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer, AWS UG WIT Lahore Lead
Faisal Rehman — DevOps Educator, AWS Community Builder
Abdul Hadi — Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer
Professional Panel: Building & Growing in the AWS Ecosystem
2:40 – 3:00
20 min
Closing Remarks & Prize Distribution
3:00 – 4:00
60 min
Food — Cheezious
Agenda subject to minor changes. Schedule revision AWS-HUNT-11-DVQJ.