World Congress 2025

Building Systems that Last

July 11, 2025 10:20 – 10:50 · 30 min Mainstage

What this session covers

Dr. Werner Vogels, VP and CTO of Amazon.com, shares essential principles for building systems that endure and evolve. Drawing from Amazon’s experience with large-scale distributed systems, he demonstrates how frugality, simplicity, and asynchronous patterns create architectures capable of sustained growth and adaptation. Attendees will learn practical strategies for future-proofing their systems.

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