Last week, the time had fi­nal­ly come: I at­ten­ded the AWS Sum­mit 2025 in Ham­burg – and it was not only a tech­ni­cal high­light, but also an all-round in­spi­ring trip with lots of ex­ci­ting mo­ments and gre­at people.

The trip be­gan on the first day with the jour­ney to Ham­burg. Af­ter a quick check-in and wel­co­me drink, we went straight to the mi­nia­tu­re won­der­land, which was very im­pres­si­ve with its de­tail­ed mi­nia­tu­re landscapes.

The se­cond day was then all about the Sum­mit. The key­notes and spe­cia­list pre­sen­ta­ti­ons of­fe­red ex­ci­ting in­sights into cur­rent trends in cloud com­pu­ting, AI and sca­lable in­fra­struc­tures. The in­no­va­ti­ve use ca­ses were par­ti­cu­lar­ly ex­ci­ting, show­ing how com­pa­nies are using AWS so­lu­ti­ons to sol­ve real pro­blems crea­tively and ef­fi­ci­ent­ly. Bet­ween the ses­si­ons, the­re was time to ex­ch­an­ge ide­as with other par­ti­ci­pan­ts – from de­ve­lo­pers to ar­chi­tects, ever­y­thing was the­re. In the evening, the event con­tin­ued with a joint com­pa­ny din­ner – di­rect­ly at the port of Ham­burg. In a re­la­xed at­mo­sphe­re, with a view of the wa­ter and good food, we were able to re­flect on the day.

On the third day, we had an in­ter­nal mee­ting with our cont­acts from AWS. Here we re­flec­ted on the pre­vious day of the Sum­mit and dis­cus­sed cur­rent to­pics. It was very va­luable to ex­ch­an­ge ide­as about chal­lenges and op­por­tu­ni­ties in a small group and to get a deeper in­sight into the collaboration.

On the fourth day, it was time to lea­ve again. The days in Ham­burg were not only pro­fes­sio­nal­ly in­te­res­t­ing, but also a good op­por­tu­ni­ty to look bey­ond my own day-to-day work and gain new im­pres­si­ons – both pro­fes­sio­nal­ly and per­so­nal­ly. The AWS Sum­mit 2025 was de­fi­ni­te­ly a wort­hwhile event that pro­vi­ded many ex­ci­ting impulses.