Getting your badge at the airport is usually much quicker than going through the registration lines at the main hotels.
 

If you want to ask questions, chalk talks are your best bet since they’re interactive and allow for deeper discussion. They are not recorded, while breakout sessions are.
 

The “hallway track,” where you talk to people waiting in various lines is often a highlight, but if you’re an introvert watch out for “over-peopling!”
 

Leave plenty of time to wander the Expo, wear comfortable shoes, and stay hydrated. A backup power brick for your phone is always a good idea.

AWS Well-Architected best practices for DevOps on AWS

Though DevOps continues to evolve, it’s a reality in most companies working on the cloud. Understanding the high-level architectural practices is essential.

Leadership panel discussion: Monitoring and observability on AWS

If you don’t monitor your application, you don’t know how it’s doing. In this session a group of experts discuss how they approach it.

Modern applications: An infrastructure perspective

Our applications do the business logic, but they can’t run without infrastructure. Get a sense of the infrastructure needed for today’s applications.

Application networking foundations

AWS has a shared responsibility model and network design is on our shoulders.

Revitalize your security with the AWS Security Reference Architecture

Same as above, you need to have some basics in security.

Learn to architect hybrid cloud applications

If you are new to the cloud, it’s likely that you have a hybrid situation. This chalk talk will help you explore the space and ask questions.

Choosing the right databases for your application

AWS has close to a dozen different types of databases. It’s important to have a broad understanding of the options.

Understanding the migration journey

As more and more applications and their data move to the cloud, the importance of migration increases.

If you are new to re:Invent, take the time to step back and absorb the energy of being with 50,000 of your closest friends all celebrating the cool things they’re doing with smart technology. And . . . take time to decompress, even the most extraverted among us can get “over-peopled.” Give yourself permission to skip an event and take a nap, and remember to hydrate!