Merge pull request #15838 from shanedroid/rdu-2026-the-final-update

[RDU-2026] Even More Sponsor/Program Updates

Author: toshywoshy

assets/events/2026-raleigh/speakers/jeremy-meiss.jpg

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+Talk_date = "" 
+Talk_start_time = "" 
+Talk_end_time = "" 
+Title = "Ship agents with Open Source: Stop fighting your framework" 
+Type = "talk" 
+Speakers = ["jonathan-vogel"] 
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+
+Most AI agent demos work once. Then requirements change, you need to swap a model, add a custom tool, or debug why the agent chose path A instead of path B, suddenly you're fighting the framework instead of building your product. Strands Agents is the open source SDK that Amazon teams used internally to go from months to weeks shipping production agents. In this session, you'll see how a model-driven agentic loop, reason, act, reflect, lets you build a working agent in a few lines of code, then extend it without rewriting everything. We'll live-code an agent from scratch, add tools, and show you exactly what's happening at every step. You'll leave with a mental model for building agents that survive real traffic, real edge cases, and real users.
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+In this talk, I will be doing live demo with strands, open source framework for building agents. I would like to confirm I will be able to plug in my laptop and have a lapel mic as I won’t be able to hold a mic while doing the demo.

assets/events/2026-raleigh/speakers/jonathan-vogel.jpg

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+Title = "Jonathan Vogel" 
+linkedin = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-vogel-sw/" 
+image = "jonathan-vogel.jpg" 
+type = "speaker" 
+linktitle = "jonathan-vogel" 
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+Jonathan is a Developer Advocate at AWS. Jonathan’s been doing all things automation and developer productivity at AWS since 2020. Prior to AWS, he practiced professional software development for over a decade. Jonathan enjoys music, birding and climbing rocks.

content/events/2026-raleigh/program/jeremy-meiss-keynote.md

@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ sponsors:
     level: community
   - id: arresteddevops
     level: community
+  - id: aws
+    level: silver
+  - id: bitrise
+    level: gold
   - id: cribl
     level: gold
   - id: edgedelta
@@ -254,11 +258,6 @@ program:
     date: 2026-04-30
     start_time: "14:30"
     end_time: "14:40"
-  - title: "jeanne-mcclure-workshop"
-    type: workshop
-    date: 2026-04-30
-    start_time: "14:40"
-    end_time: "16:10"
   - title: "catherine-louis-workshop"
     type: workshop
     date: 2026-04-30
@@ -344,6 +343,11 @@ program:
     date: 2026-05-01
     start_time: "10:20"
     end_time: "11:50"
+  - title: "jeanne-mcclure-workshop"
+    type: workshop
+    date: 2026-05-01
+    start_time: "10:20"
+    end_time: "11:50"
   - title: "Lunch"
     type: custom
     date: 2026-05-01
@@ -374,7 +378,7 @@ program:
     date: 2026-05-01
     start_time: "14:05"
     end_time: "14:35"
-  - title: "jeremy-meiss-keynote"
+  - title: "jonathan-vogel-keynote"
     type: talk
     date: 2026-05-01
     start_time: "14:35"