Amazon QuickSight & Q User Group - Chicago Area
About this in-person Event
As Amazon QuickSight and Generative AI/BI innovators, we’ll connect each other, exchange ideas and get inspired. We want to hear your voice!
Join us at 1:30 PM CT to mingle, with the meetup activities kicking off at 2 PM CT.
Note: When filling out the registration form, please be sure to include your first and last name. This helps us streamline the check-in process at the venue so you can jump right into the fun without delay!
Agenda
Welcome — Alida D'Costa, Sr. Business Intelligence Architect, Wavicle Data Solutions
What's New — Generative AI / BI in QuickSight — Arun Santhosh, Principal QuickSight Solution Architect, Amazon QuickSight, AWS
QuickFix: Arena Case Study — Dylan Morozowski, Sofware Developer and Data Analyst, West Loop Strategy
Reimagining Analytics: Migration Journey to QuickSight - Divya Konduri, Technical Program Manager II and Saloni Jain, Sr. BIE, AWS Marketing
BREAK...!!
Open Forum — 1-2 min sharing around the room — moderator: Dylan Morozowski, West Loop Strategy
What would make a successful Chicago User Group? What would you love to see?
Empowering Insight: Personalize Your Dashboards in Real Time with QuickSight — John Hill Escobar, Assistant Director - Data Scientist, Moody's Analytics
Q Evolution — Kevin Carlson, Sr Mgr, Q Business/QuickSight Incubation, AWS
Learning Resources via the QuickSight Community -- Kristin Mandia, Sr. Online Community Manager, AWS
Next Steps, survey, staying connected — Hrishikesh Puzhankara, Sr. Data Engineering Architect, Wavicle Data Solutions
Join our LinkedIn Group to stay up to date!
Also, we are looking for additional Chicago User Group Leaders. If you are interested, let us know!
Accessing the event
Please arrive 15-20 minutes early to park, check in and secure your parking validation.
The event location is at:
Amazon ORD10 Building, Rooms 14.102-14.103
227 West Monroe Street
Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60606
To visit the Amazon office at ORD10, first enter the garage beneath the building from 227 West Monroe Street. Pull a parking ticket at the entrance, which you will need to validate at the Amazon reception desk.
Once parked, take the elevator to the 1st floor and check in with building security using the QR code emailed to you from no-reply@sigateway.com. Then, take the escalators or elevators up to the 2nd floor, access the elevator banks using your QR code, and take the elevator to the 14th floor.
Finally, check in at the Amazon reception desk, and a staff member will escort you to the event location.
Transit
Buses:
· 37 - Stop at Wells & Monroe (174 ft walk)
· 22 - Stop at Clark & Adams (0.3 mi walk)
· 156 - Stop at LaSalle & Madison (0.2 mi walk)
· 20 - Stop at Washington & Franklin (0.2 mi walk)
· 56 - Stop at Washington & Franklin (0.2 mi walk)
· 126 - Stop at Jackson & Franklin (0.2 mi walk)
· J14 - Stop at Madison & LaSalle (0.2 mi walk)
· 130 - Stop at Adams & Wells (0.1 mi walk)
Trains:
· Blue Line - Stop at Monroe (0.3 mi walk)
· Red Line - Stop at Monroe (0.4 mi)
· Loop - Stop at Washington/Wells (0.2 mi walk)
After the event, drive up to the exit gate and scan the original parking ticket followed by the chaser sticker validation (opposite side of the ticket) to exit.
What to Bring
QR code needed to access the elevators (will be emailed to you)
Government-issued ID
Laptop
Questions? / Lost
Contact Amazon Reception at (312) 256-0600 or Amazon local contact at (847) 652 2357. You can also email awsgirib@amazon.com if you have any questions.