This session brings together leading product experts from Google Cloud, Anthropic, Oracle, Databricks, and SAP to explore the five essential strategies for enterprises to successfully leverage AI and data. Attendees will gain valuable insights from real-world AI implementations, learn from the successes and challenges faced by global customers, and receive practical guidance on how to translate these strategies into actionable plans for their own AI journeys.

Managing BigQuery costs can be challenging, especially when juggling the different pricing models. In this session, we’ll dive into the obstacles companies face when using BigQuery at scale and how to overcome them. Highlighting real-world use cases, I’ll share how organizations have successfully optimized their BigQuery expenses by addressing inefficiencies in reservations. Attendees will learn practical strategies to reduce costs by up to 35% and discover how automatically adjusting the max slot setting can be a game-changer.

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Discover the breakthrough AI capabilities transforming cloud operations and management. Join us for an overview of Gemini Cloud Assist and learn how it brings you an AI-based cloud management experience. Gemini Cloud Assist empowers you to design and deploy apps faster, troubleshoot issues with AI insights, and optimize performance and costs through intelligent recommendations. We’ll showcase its new capabilities and integrations in various Google Cloud products, and show you how it can completely reshape your cloud management experience.

AI agents are revolutionizing organizations by embedding AI into workflows, delivering autonomous outcomes. While this offers opportunities, it also introduces risks. To mitigate these, we must implement agent-specific controls. AI is a powerful security tool, enabling resilience & optimization at scale. Discover how Accenture’s Security AI Engineering practice is developing modular blueprints to rapidly integrate AI & agentic capabilities, accelerating security operations, bridging tooling gaps, & enhancing critical infrastructure resilience.

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In this spotlight, we will explore Google Cloud’s approach to getting started with generative AI and share examples of how organizations are putting generative AI into production with Google Cloud and creating AI Agent experiences for their customers, employees and partners. Join the session to learn about all our new announcements planned for the best foundation models, best agent building framework, and the most integrated agent space, come together to help you orchestrate a solid AI future for your organization.

Dive into the architecture of cutting-edge Conversational AI Agents built with Google's AI technology. Explore the integration of Dialogflow with custom APIs to enable your Agent to affect the real world. Learn about the challenges of accuracy measurement and strategies for optimization. This session provides a blueprint for building AI agents that seamlessly integrate with your existing systems.

Revolutionize your SAP operations on Google Cloud with AI. This talk explores AIOps and demonstrates how AI can proactively monitor your SAP systems, predict and automate responses to potential issues. Learn how AI-driven insights can reduce downtime, optimize resource utilization and enhance user experiences.

Organizations around the world are building with Google Cloud to drive growth and transform industries. Join Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian at our Opening Keynote to get a front row seat to see all the new product innovations and latest trends and insights. And hear from customers on how they are building new solutions that make a real business impact.

Organizations around the world are building with Google Cloud to drive growth and transform industries. Join Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian at our Opening Keynote to get a front row seat to see all the new product innovations and latest trends and insights. And hear from customers on how they are building new solutions that make a real business impact.

You’re invited to kick off Next at Moorea Beach Club! Join us Tuesday, April 8, 2025, as we raise a glass to the future of cloud. It’s the perfect spot to connect with fellow partners and Google Cloud leaders before the excitement of Next unfolds. Let’s celebrate the start of an unforgettable week under the Vegas lights.

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We look forward to having you join us at the rest of our Next 25 programming at Mandalay Bay Convention Center this week!.

Want to supercharge your earnings and maximize the full potential of your Google Cloud partnership? Google Cloud leaders and partners will share proven practices to optimize partner benefits and incentives, including programs that reward your success in driving customer cloud adoption. Learn how to effectively track your progress, amplify your rewards, and propel your growth with Google Cloud.

Discover how Google Cloud is transforming Delivery Excellence with cutting-edge tools and strategies. This session provides an overview of emerging offerings and best practices, featuring insights from Google Cloud leaders and partner experts. Learn about the latest updates to Delivery Navigator and the Delivery Readiness Portfolio, and gain actionable knowledge to accelerate your customers' cloud implementations and drive impactful business outcomes.

Discover how AI is transforming customer behavior in buying & using enterprise software, and what that means for Technology Partnerships. ISV partners are deepening their engagement with Google Cloud through advisory teams built to suppport partner success, managing co-opetition, and AI powered ISV solutions. Walk away with a playbook built by Google Cloud leaders and partners about engaging with an AI-first go-to-market model and generating Google originated opportunities.

Be at the forefront of the gen AI revolution in 2025 by learning proven strategies to capitalize on opportunities with Google Cloud. Discover Google's go-to-market priorities, including Customer Engagement Suite, Search, AI agents, and Vertex AI Platform. Learn how to accelerate gen AI projects from proof-of-concept to production, with best practices for agentic AI & responsible AI development. Together, we can open up new revenue streams by building profitable AI offerings that engage customers, accelerate deals, and showcase real-world ROI.

Join this session to learn about Google Cloud's vision and investment priorities in EMEA, focus on key industry verticals for 2025, and emerging technology trends. Discover how fellow partners are capitalizing on opportunities to establish a footprint and build pipeline in multiple markets. We'll also discuss tackling generative AI implementation challenges, developing solutions, hiring and training, and the legal and ethical guidelines within the region.

Join us to discover the key solution plays driving Google Cloud's 2025 vision, and learn how to leverage cutting-edge AI to maximize your revenue. We'll outline key enablement sessions and training, empowering you to capitalize on the region's immense potential in 2025 and beyond.

Join our North America leadership team for a fireside chat on scaling your business with Google Cloud. They will reveal priorities for 2025, how to navigate the AI era, and how industry expertise will play a key role in unlocking and accelerating growth. Discover the latest trends shaping the region, and gain actionable insights to embrace unprecedented opportunities and exceed customer expectations in this transformative age.

Join APAC leaders as they discuss key priorities and go-to-market stratgies for the region. This transformative era provides unique opportunities for Google Cloud to differentiate ourselves in the market and collaborate with partners to drive AI-led business transformations for customers. Our strategic partners will share insights and success stories on why customers choose Google AI and clear steps to becoming a top partner.

Regional leader Yumi Ueno will share Japan's long-term strategic plan for 2025. She'll discuss the latest successes in the region and the ongoing efforts to help partners maximize Google Cloud's gen AI offerings to win customer deals. This session will be offered in Japanese, no English translation available.

In 2024, customers purchased billions through Google Cloud Marketplace, showcasing unprecedented spending power. Learn how to leverage the marketplace as your engine to drive engagement, scale growth, and maximize revenue. We'll discuss the 2025 roadmap highlighting partners who have already successfully monetized AI agents, data, and services. Don't miss this session to attain actionable go-to-market insights to boost your potential with Google Cloud Marketplace.

It feels like there’s a new advancement happening in AI every day – but how do these discoveries go from their nascent state in the research lab to full-scale enterprise deployment?  And how do we ensure that these new tools and capabilities remain secure? Our panelists will explore this cycle of innovation – the iterative process of curiosity-driven research, practical application, and real-world impact of AI and machine learning. We'll examine practical case studies and underscore the transformative power AI has in the realm of security.  

Topics will include: 

• How Google connects AI research with real-world solutions for some of the largest enterprises in the world
• Google Cloud’s AI roadmap
• Cybersecurity considerations for emerging AI tools

Artificial intelligence is no longer on the horizon – it’s the defining force shaping business today. During this fireside chat, Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, will sit down with Google Cloud's VP of Marketing, Alison Wagonfeld for a candid conversation on navigating the AI revolution, unlocking new opportunities for innovation, and building a future-ready organization. They’ll explore Google Cloud’s strategic vision and delve into both the profound impact of AI across industries and actionable strategies for businesses to leverage this technology.

Topics will include: 

• AI as the competitive differentiator
• The role of Google Cloud in the AI era
• Navigating leadership in the age of AI

Discover how Google Cloud accelerates life sciences innovation.We showcase AI's impact on early-stage research, enabling rapid target identification and virtual screenings, vital for life sciences, biotech, and medical devices. See how AI-powered analytics optimize clinical trials, improving design, execution, and patient recruitment.