James Ward

James Ward

AWS
Professional software developer since 1997, with much of that time spent helping developers build software that doesn't suck. A Typed Pure Functional Programming zealot who often compromises on his ideals to just get stuff done. Currently a Developer Advocate for AWS.
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James Ward
James Ward
AWS
Maximilian Schellhorn
Maximilian Schellhorn
AWS

Beyond local tools: Deep dive into the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

This talk covers advanced Model Context Protocol (MCP) architectures for connecting AI to external data and tools, comparing deployment strategies, exploring MCP gateways, and discussing authorization...
GenAI & Beyond GenAI & Beyond Conference 50 min. INTERMEDIATE
Josh Long
Josh Long
the Spring team
Christian Tzolov
Christian Tzolov
Broadcom
James Ward
James Ward
AWS
+1 more

Bootiful Spring AI

The age of artificial intelligence (because the search for regular intelligence hasn't gone well..) is nearly at hand, and it's everywhere! But is it in your application? It should be. AI is...
GenAI & Beyond GenAI & Beyond Conference 50 min. BEGINNER
Josh Long
Josh Long
the Spring team
James Ward
James Ward
AWS
Maximilian Schellhorn
Maximilian Schellhorn
AWS
+1 more

Hands-On: Building Agents with Spring AI, MCP, Java, and Amazon Bedrock

In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to build & deploy production-ready AI Agents. You will use Spring AI, MCP, Java, and Amazon Bedrock and learn how to deal with production concerns like obs...
GenAI & Beyond GenAI & Beyond Hands-on Lab 180 min. INTERMEDIATE
John Davies
John Davies
Incept5
James Ward
James Ward
AWS
Rod Johnson
Rod Johnson
Embabel

Hands-On: Building AI Agents with Embabel

In this hands-on lab you will build an AI Agent using the Embabel Agent Framework and Kotlin or Java (you pick). The Agent will use Amazon Bedrock and local models for LLM inference and features deter...
GenAI & Beyond GenAI & Beyond Hands-on Lab 120 min. INTERMEDIATE