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# Mastering AWS Cost Optimization: Real-world technical and operational cost-saving best practices


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 10, 2025
- **Time:** 14:50–15:20 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 1
- **Event:** World Congress 2025
- **Tags:** aws, automation, cloud

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1408-mastering-aws-cost-optimization-real-world-technical-and-operational-cost-saving-best-practices)

## Description

In this talk, we will show you how you start on your AWS Cost Optimization journey. It can be difficult to understand how to start, so we will explore how to monitor costs, get automated alerts, create dashboards, and take actions to bring your costs down. We dive deep into real world cost monitoring and cost optimization examples, which have worked well for other AWS Customers. Join us and let's take your first steps into your AWS Cost Optimization journey together! After this session, you will be able to identify specific cost-saving opportunities in your AWS spending, and other opportunities for better cloud efficiency.

## Speakers

### [Joachim Aumann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@joachim-aumann)

Amazon Web Services - Senior Solution Architect
### [Olga Calvo](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@olga-calvo)

AWS Customer Solution Manager


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