Introducing Google’s next-generation global network that powers Google Cloud and our multibillion user apps like Search, YouTube, Google Maps, and more. Learn about the groundbreaking technologies and the design principles of "exponential scalability,” “beyond-NINEs reliability,” “fine-grained programmability”, and “from automation to autonomy” that have guided our next-generation architecture. Discover how you can leverage these innovations to transform your enterprise connectivity and respond to the dramatic demands of AI–powered services.

Explore how running RISE with SAP on Google Cloud empowers businesses to transform operations and drive innovation. We'll showcase how our partnership is leading in data & analytics and how to gain real-time insights from your SAP data. With AI at the core of our solutions, you can automate processes, personalize experiences, and optimize resource allocation like never before. Learn how connecting everything with SAP enables you to achieve anything in today's dynamic business environment.

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Scaling Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) effectively can be complex. This session dives into the challenges and solutions for managing GKE at scale, from cost optimization and security to AI workloads. Learn how enterprises like Dun & Bradstreet leverage GKE as a secure and scalable platform for their generative AI initiatives.

Generative AI is transforming retail consumer experiences, providing self-service opportunities through virtual agents that help customers find and purchase items, as well as inquire about order fulfillment, delivery and returns. In this session, learn how retailers are delighting customers at every touchpoint, with AI-powered experiences that, provide personalized engagement across digital and voice channels, turn every relevant interaction into a sales opportunity, and coach human agents to be their best selves and resolve issues efficiently.

Learn how Google Cloud is transforming data and AI governance with the latest governance and catalog innovations built directly into BigQuery. Unify metadata across platforms, boost discoverability, and accelerate insights with robust governance and security features. Discover how AI-powered insights, centralized governance, and integrated policy management can help improve data quality, track lineage, and manage access control, fostering trust and transparency in your data and AI initiatives.

Empower employees to more efficiently and effectively handle customer interactions. Learn about the Agent Assist capabilities that provide real-time assistance and coaching to customer service employees. Discover how Conversational Insights and Quality AI can automate quality management, and provide data-driven insights to boost operational efficiency and agent performance. This session will dive into the new capabilities with product demos, expert guidance, and insights from customers who have deployed them in production.

Learn how the new agentic application stack combines evolved orchestration patterns, powerful semantic operators, and seamless interactions with Google Cloud databases. Join this breakout session to discover real-world use cases and gain insights into the future of software engineering, natural language interfaces, and multimodal applications.

Generative AI offers exciting possibilities, but its unpredictable nature can make it challenging to deploy in a production environment. In this session, we’ll explore how to confidently deploy gen AI features to your apps using Firebase Genkit and Firebase Remote Config.

Scale your generative AI applications to enterprise readiness with best practices from Vertex AI. To ensure your path to production is smooth, Vertex AI offers several features – such as provisioned throughput for predictable performance; robust data residency controls to meet your processing requirements; customizable models through tuning, grounding, and function calling; and built-in reliability features like evaluations and safety filters.

Looking to turn the potential of Gen AI into tangible impact? Learn from AI leadership at Cox Communications and Capgemini as they share practical lessons on how to make generative AI genuinely valuable for businesses. Based on recent and real-world experiences, they'll cover everything from big wins and hard stumbles, to the critical lessons learned in between. Join this spotlight for a candid perspective on what it takes to progress from the AI hype cycle to head-turning achievements.

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To improve how people work, AI needs to be intuitive, save time and help people get more done. AI in Google Workspace helps teams throughout the work day, by organizing and analyzing information, drafting and polishing content, improving the quality of meetings, and lightening the admin load.

Businesses of all sizes are finding new ways to do better work, faster with Workspace. Join us to hear from customers transforming the way they collaborate, work, and innovate. Learn about our latest product news, and hear our vision for what’s next.

Video generation is transforming many industries. In this session, learn how Veo 2 on Vertex AI can help your organization revolutionize content generation processes and maximize the impact of your team's efforts.

Discover how TELUS centralized 14 petabytes of data in Google Cloud, creating a single source of truth for AI innovation. Join us to explore how they transformed hundreds of enterprise-grade pipelines and get insights into responsible AI practices and future plans.

This session explores how higher education organizations are leveraging AI to transform education, research, and student outcomes. Leaders from public sector and higher education institutions will share strategies for harnessing AI to educate the next generation of leaders, while addressing data privacy, security, and ethical considerations.

Generative AI is transforming the fashion industry! We explore how to use Google’s cutting edge tools: Imagen 3, multimodal Gemini, and BigQuery to enhance our creativity throughout the design process. From design inspiration, fabric print design, garment design, to branding. We discuss how developers can rapidly prototype and bring AI-powered visions to life with Google Cloud Vertex AI. Whether you are a developer, a designer or an industry leader, you will find valuable insights on how to integrate generative AI into your creative workflow.

Developers love Cloud Run, Google Cloud’s serverless runtime. Join this session for a deep dive into new Cloud Run capabilities that make it even simpler to deploy your applications and enable you to deploy new types of workloads, including AI inference. Discover how Cloud Run can power your most demanding workloads with unparalleled efficiency and flexibility.

Enhance your data ingestion architecture's resilience with Google Cloud's serverless solutions. Gain end-to-end visibility into your data's lineage—track each data point's transformation journey, including timestamps, user actions, and process outcomes. Implement real-time streaming and daily batch processes for Vertex AI Retail Search to deliver near real-time search capabilities while maintaining a daily backup for contingencies. Adopt best practices for data management, lineage tracking, and forensic capabilities to streamline issue diagnosis. This talk presents a scalable and fault-tolerant design that optimizes data quality and search performance while ensuring forensic-level traceability for every data movement.

Discover how to transform your unstructured data into a strategic advantage by embedding GenAI into the core of your business operations. In this live demo from Hyperscience and Google, learn how to convert your back office information assets into LLM and RAG-ready data, with unprecedented accuracy, governance, and relevance. Combining the Hyperscience enterprise AI platform with Google Vertex and Big Query, organizations can now power GenAI initiatives that deliver smarter decision making, operational agility, and competitive advantage.

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Delve into Wayfair's integration of Google's generative AI solutions to revolutionize their e-commerce platform and enhance employee collaboration. Discover how Wayfair leveraged Google Cloud's Gemini models on Vertex AI to automate and improve their product catalog enrichment for faster time-to-market, cost savings, better customer experience and responsible content management. Learn how Wayfair implemented Gemini for Google Workspace to boost employee productivity and collaboration to foster a more efficient and creative work environment.

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Witness the magical intersection of classical music and AI in this unique session featuring live violin performance. Experience how Vertex AI and Gemini transform musical emotions into insights through real-time audio processing and mood detection. Through live demonstrations, discover how to implement AI for content understanding and automated analysis. See how Google Cloud's AI tools open new possibilities in creative industries. Perfect for developers and ML engineers interested in audio AI.

This hands-on lab empowers you to build a cutting-edge multimodal question answering system using Google's Vertex AI and the powerful Gemini family of models. By constructing this system from the ground up, you'll gain a deep understanding of its inner workings and the advantages of incorporating visual information into Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). This hands-on experience equips you with the knowledge to customize and optimize your own multimodal question answering systems, unlocking new possibilities for knowledge discovery and reasoning.

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Gaining visibility and reducing risks across multi-cloud environments has historically meant sifting through an increasing number of disjointed tools across DevOps, Cloud Security, and the SOC. A scalable, unified approach is needed for visibility across multi-cloud environments, including where AI is being used, and which data AI can access. Join Wiz as we discuss how Google Cloud and Wiz are better together to meet these challenges through the adoption of a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP).

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This workshop examines the critical lessons learned in deploying generative AI applications and explores how these insights can shape the future of the "AI Agents era." We'll delve into the practical challenges and solutions encountered in moving from initial answers to actionable implementations, prescribing how these learnings can be applied to build more sophisticated, autonomous, and impactful AI systems.

Ready to launch your generative AI app? This session equips you with the essential skills to deploy and scale AI applications on Google Cloud. Learn practical strategies for building robust infrastructure, automating deployments, optimizing performance, and managing costs. With live demos and expert insights, you’ll walk away with actionable techniques to take your AI app to the next level.

**Please bring your laptop to get the most out of this hands-on session**

AI agents rely on accessible data. ServiceNow's Workflow Data Fabric, an integrated layer unifying business & technology data, powers workflows & AI agents with real-time, secure access to data from any source, including Google Cloud. Discover how these innovations empower employees & customers to tackle complex challenges. 

Explore Workflow Data Fabric & Google Cloud integration 
See AI demos leveraging diverse data in real-time 
Learn how to implement these capabilities in your enterprise.

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