Innovate Without Compromise: Building Securely on AWS in Europe

European startups are facing more pressure than ever to prove where their data lives and whether their cloud setup meets EU expectations. Most teams are unsure which requirements are addressed by their AWS Region, which depend on their own configuration, and when stronger sovereignty controls may be necessary.

Join AWS’s Riku and Marcel (Amazon’s European Sovereign Cloud specialist) and Cloudvisor for a live, conversational session on what AWS secures, what’s on you, and where the new European Sovereign Cloud actually fits in.

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    Sep 24, 2026
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What We’ll Cover

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General Overview: What Everyone Needs to Know

Why sovereignty questions are rising, the key terms explained, and how standard AWS Regions compare to the European Sovereign Cloud.

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Practical & Technical Considerations

For CTOs and technical leads: how to control data placement, what’s on you to configure, and where AWS’s roadmap still has gaps.

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Contractual, Governance & Evaluating Your Options

What the additional contractual commitments are designed to address, and which questions to discuss with your legal or compliance team.

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Role-Based Takeaways & Live Q&A

Clear next steps for founders, technical leads, and legal/compliance stakeholders, followed by open Q&A on your specific situation.

Event Agenda

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Welcome & Context

10:30 - 10:40 am
  • Why data residency, sovereignty, and compliance are on every startup’s radar right now
  • What you’ll walk away with by the end of the session

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General Overview

10:40 - 11:00 am
  • Key terms explained: residency, sovereignty, compliance
  • The shared responsibility model
  • Standard EU Regions vs. the AWS European Sovereign Cloud

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Technical Deep Dive

11:00 - 11:20 am
  • Where your data actually lives, and who controls it
  • Common security gaps to watch for
  • Service availability and how to assess your own workloads

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Contractual & Governance

11:20 - 11:35 am
  • Legal and compliance considerations
  • What to raise with your own legal or compliance team

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Takeaways & Next Steps

11:35 – 11:45 am
  • A practical framework you can apply right away

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Live Q&A

11:45 am – 12:00 pm

What you'll walk away with

This session is built to leave you with practical clarity, not just theory. By the end, you’ll know exactly how to think about residency, sovereignty, and compliance for your own AWS setup — and what to actually do about it.

  1. Clear distinction between residency, sovereignty, security, and compliance

  2. A way to decide which workloads may need stronger sovereignty controls

  3. Understanding of what AWS handles vs. what your team must configure

  4. A practical checklist to review your current environment

Meet the Speakers

Learn directly from AWS specialists working on European sovereignty and compliance every day

Marcel Törpe

Marcel Törpe

Principal Solutions Architect at AWS

Marcel Törpe is a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS, based in Germany. He works with AWS Partner Network (APN) Consulting Partners to define and develop solutions that help European customers adopt AWS securely. He is especially passionate about cloud security, data sovereignty, and enabling partners and startups to navigate in the European market.
Riku Reimaa

Riku Reimaa

Senior Partner Solutions Architect

Riku Reimaa is a Senior Partner Solutions Architect at AWS, based in Finland. He works with AWS partners across the Nordics and Baltics, helping organizations navigate cloud adoption, modernization, and migration. With extensive experience across both public and private cloud, he supports partners and customers in building scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions on AWS.

Who is it for?

This session is designed for founders, technical leads, and startup teams navigating AWS security, compliance, and data residency questions.

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    European startup founders
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    CTOs and technical leads
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    Startup operators handling customer security questions
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    Startups in regulated or sensitive-data sectors
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    Partner organizations supporting startups
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    Accelerators, incubators, VCs, startup associations, and healthcare/fintech/AI communities

Ready to Stop Guessing About Compliance?

Get straight answers from AWS’s own sovereignty specialists, live — what’s secured, what’s on you, and whether the European Sovereign Cloud actually applies to your setup.

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