It's an undeniable fact that cloud systems offer unparalleled advantages to enterprises. Yet, despite this, many workloads have yet to be migrated. In this session, AWS will share their experiences in terms of what has held some enterprises back in terms of migration. Most importantly, they will share examples of what is driving the migration of workloads that enterprises have previously been loath to move. What lies behind a change in attitude and how are blockers as well as concerns being successfully tackled.
Symposium
Cloud Migration
Visionaries
Krishna Challa
Senior Director, Technology Solutions
EPAM
About Me
Krishna Challa leads EPAM’s AWS Technology and Consulting practice in the UK and Emerging markets and comes with over 18 years of experience helping organizations solve increasingly complex application, data, and infrastructure modernization challenges by adopting modern technologies. Krishna and his team help customers through their cloud transformation journeys by providing technology due diligence, solution design and engineering capabilities.
Prior joining EPAM, Krishna worked in the areas of SDN, VNF deployments, building and operating large distributed systems at both AT&T and Verizon. In his free time, Krishna enjoys hiking, rowing and spending time with friends and family.
Supraja Sutti
Cloud Security Engineer
Kurt Geiger
Pallavi Deshpande
Director - Technology Transformation
Pearson
Pramod Tek
IT Director
Balfour Beatty
Maria Papademetriou
Senior Engineering Manager, Data, ML & AI
American Express
Matt Atkinson
UKI Sales Leader, Migrations & Modernisations
AWS
PD Sherpa
Senior PMP Partner Solutions Architect
AWS
About Me
Based in the UK and the 10th recipient of the AWS Global Operational Excellence Award. With expertise in Migration and Modernization, he has led numerous successful initiatives across EMEA, supporting over 100 partners. He specializes in helping enterprises transform their business solutions through AWS. His passion lies in leveraging Generative AI to empower partners, addressing complex Migration and Modernization challenges, and building robust AWS Migration and Modernization practices.
Supraja Sutti
Cloud Security Engineer
Kurt Geiger
Pallavi Deshpande
Director - Technology Transformation
Pearson
Pramod Tek
IT Director
Balfour Beatty
Maria Papademetriou
Senior Engineering Manager, Data, ML & AI
American Express
Matt Atkinson
UKI Sales Leader, Migrations & Modernisations
AWS
EVENT DETAILS
June 19, 2025
Agenda
8:30 AM-9:50 AM
Welcome & Registration
9:50 AM-10:00 AM
Opening Remarks
10:00 AM-10:20 AM
Embracing the Future: Migrating Workloads in the Digital Age
Panelists
Speaker
Matt Atkinson
UKI Sales Leader, Migrations & Modernisations
AWS
10:25 AM-11:05 AM
Accelerating Migration with AI
This presentation will explore how AI can be used to significantly accelerate migration to the cloud as well as ensure that migration is successful. The speaker will discuss optimizing resource allocation, enhancing data security, and automating migration processes. Key considerations such as data and application modernization will be discussed as well as how AI can improve discovery and readiness phases. Attendees will learn how AI-driven tools can streamline the transition, reduce costs, and ensure a secure and efficient migration experience.
Panelists
11:05 AM-11:20 AM
Networking Break
11:20 AM-12:15 PM
Real-World Insights
AWS and EPAM will share their experience of AI being used to accelerate migrations and modernizations - what were the key drivers behind the migration, how was the migration approached, number of workloads, timeframe etc. What processes and tools were used that made this successful. How was automation used. How were risks related to performance, stability and security mitigated. How were costs managed. Key advice for those considering a migration.
Panelists
Chair
Matt Atkinson
UKI Sales Leader, Migrations & Modernisations
AWS
Speaker
Krishna Challa
Senior Director, Technology Solutions
EPAM
Krishna Challa leads EPAM’s AWS Technology and Consulting practice in the UK and Emerging markets and comes with over 18 years of experience helping organizations solve increasingly complex application, data, and infrastructure modernization challenges by adopting modern technologies. Krishna and his team help customers through their cloud transformation journeys by providing technology due diligence, solution design and engineering capabilities.
Prior joining EPAM, Krishna worked in the areas of SDN, VNF deployments, building and operating large distributed systems at both AT&T and Verizon. In his free time, Krishna enjoys hiking, rowing and spending time with friends and family.
Speaker
PD Sherpa
Senior PMP Partner Solutions Architect
AWS
Based in the UK and the 10th recipient of the AWS Global Operational Excellence Award. With expertise in Migration and Modernization, he has led numerous successful initiatives across EMEA, supporting over 100 partners. He specializes in helping enterprises transform their business solutions through AWS. His passion lies in leveraging Generative AI to empower partners, addressing complex Migration and Modernization challenges, and building robust AWS Migration and Modernization practices.
Speaker
Pallavi Deshpande
Director - Technology Transformation
Pearson
12:15 PM-1:30 PM
Executive Networking Lunch
1:30 PM-2:00 PM
Closing Remarks & Networking
Together With
