Building and maintaining detection rules is the cornerstone of any high-performing security operations function, but it’s often easier said than done. Join us for an in-depth exploration of detections in Google Security Operations (Google SecOps) and learn how it empowers detection teams to stay ahead of threats – from curated detections delivered out of the box by Google SecOps to address the latest threats, to building custom rules using entity graphs, AI, and the wealth of functions and context provided by Google SecOps.

Discover real-world examples of how generative AI is delivering tangible success across key industries – and where this technology is headed next. Hear from two experienced Google Cloud partners, EPAM and Persistent, as they share their experiences of harnessing the broad power of gen AI to solve niche challenges within traditional organizations.

Even cloud security experts can struggle with application and data compliance. Discover how Security Command Center is simplifying cloud compliance by bringing together configuration, monitoring, and evidence generation. Learn how a unified cloud compliance solution can make it easy to apply prebuilt and custom compliance frameworks, check compliance status with a centralized dashboard, and automatically generate audit reports to prove compliance.

As organizations increasingly adopt cloud technologies, threat actors have adapted their tactics to exploit vulnerabilities within cloud environments. This threat briefing explores the methods employed by malicious actors to compromise cloud services, including the exploitation of misconfigurations, weaknesses in identity and access management, and shared resources. Attendees will learn how the threat landscape is shifting and how to be more proactive by understanding how the tactics, techniques, and procedures are evolving.

Learn how Database Migration Service can help you modernize your SQL Server databases to unleash the power of cloud databases and open source PostgreSQL! Convert your SQL Server schema and T-SQL code to PostgreSQL dialect with a click of a button in the DMS Conversion Workspace. Some objects could not be fully converted? Gemini can suggest a fix. Not yet familiar with PostgreSQL features? Ask Gemini to teach you how to convert SQL Server features to PostgreSQL equivalent ones. While Gemini is there - ask it to optimize the converted code or add some comments to explain the business logic. Once your database is fully converted and optimized you can migrate the data with minimal downtime using the change data capture powered migration job and complete your migration journey.

Doors open at 6:30 pm, the show starts promptly at 7 pm.

Get ready to rock out to the iconic sounds of The Killers, with special performances by the legendary Wyclef Jean and rising star Tate Renner. Next at Night is an exclusive concert for Next attendees, and a perfect way to unwind after a day of learning. Come and experience the energy of Las Vegas under the neon lights at Allegiant Stadium.

The Killers are a Las Vegas-based four-piece who formed in 2002, featuring the talents of singer/keyboardist Brandon Flowers, drummer Ronnie Vannucci, guitarist Dave Keuning, and bassist Mark Stoermer. The band has received countless accolades for their artistic achievement, including multiple Grammy nominations, American Music Award nominations, MTV Video Music Awards, NME Awards, and more.

Wyclef Jean is a Grammy Award-winning musician and producer with decades of experience in the music industry, known for his work with the Fugees and his successful solo career. Beyond music, he’s a versatile entrepreneur involved in podcasts, jingles, and scoring for TV shows like Showtime’s “The Chi.” Wyclef is also dedicated to social causes, partnering with organizations like TIAA to promote financial literacy and empower underserved youth.

Tate Renner is a rising singer/songwriter with a unique blend of country and rock influences, shaped by his upbringing in Texas and Chicago. He gained national attention on Season 26 of NBC’s “The Voice” as a member of Reba McEntire’s team. Now based in Nashville, Tate is dedicated to writing, recording, and performing his original music, with his debut single “Scars” produced by country music legend Clint Black.

The Defender’s Advantage model from Mandiant illustrates the cyber defense capabilities required to actively resist attacks and minimize the impact of a compromise. Partnering with UnitedHealth Group, we leveraged the Defender’s Advantage model to focus on continuous improvement, operationalize threat intelligence, reduce the attack surface, and implement a security validation program. We’ll share case studies and lessons learned about how we developed each of these programs to transform and enhance the organization’s cyber defense capabilities.

Explore how startups are creating impact for a wider range of users. Discover real-world examples of AI transforming hiring practices, product design, and user interfaces, and join the discussion on creating AI that serves everyone.

AI is revolutionizing observability. Learn about Cloud SQL AI-powered Database Insights and how it can help you optimize your queries and boost database performance. We’ll dive deep into the new Insights capabilities for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server, including the Gemini-powered chat agent. Learn how to troubleshoot those tricky database performance issues and get practical tips to improve the performance of your applications.

This session provides a look into how Abridge built a secure and scalable inferencing platform on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). We’ll demonstrate how they leverage GKE fleets, Teams, Argo CD, and multi-cluster orchestration to manage and deploy inferencing workloads that span multiple clusters. View a live demo of a complete solution featuring a custom Argo CD plugin that simplifies cluster management and streamlines deployments for platform admins and application teams.

The rise of AI demands an easier and more efficient approach to data management. Discover how small IT teams are transforming their data foundations with BigQuery to support AI-powered use cases across all data types – from structured data to unstructured data like images and text (multimodal). Learn from peers across industries and geographies why they migrated to BigQuery and how it helped them accelerate time to insights, reduce data management complexity, and unlock the full potential of AI.

Build more capable and reliable AI systems by combining context-aware retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with agentic decision-making in an enterprise AI platform, all in Java! This session covers everything from architecture, context construction, and model routing to action planning, dynamic retrieval, and recursive reasoning, as well as the implementation of essential guardrails and monitoring systems for safe deployments. Learn about best practices, trade-offs, performance, and advanced techniques like evaluations and model context protocol.

Organizations are facing sophisticated and growing cyberthreats from commercially driven ransomware groups and state-sponsored adversaries that legacy productivity solutions struggle to defend against. Learn how Google’s multilayered approach – AI threat defenses, a reduced attack surface, and built-in security controls in Google Workspace, Chrome Enterprise, and ChromeOS – can effectively combat the most prevalent cyberthreats and block malicious actors from gaining access to your data and disrupting your business.

Audiences around the world have almost limitless access to content that’s only a click, swipe, or voice command away. Companies are embracing cloud capabilities to evolve from traditional media companies into media-tech and media-AI companies. Join us to discover how the cloud is maximizing personalization and monetization to enable the next generation of AI-powered streaming experiences for audiences everywhere.

This session dives into the latest advancements in securing and managing your Cloud Run workloads at enterprise scale. Join us to learn about new features and techniques to meet the highest security standards, strategies for managing large-scale deployments, and solutions to common issues like IP exhaustion. Plus, one of our customers will share their firsthand experience managing a massive fleet of Cloud Run workloads.

Get the inside story of Yahoo’s data lake transformation. As a Hadoop pioneer, Yahoo’s move to Google Cloud is a significant shift in data strategy. Explore the business drivers behind this transformation, technical hurdles encountered, and strategic partnership with Google Cloud that enabled a seamless migration. We’ll uncover key lessons, best practices for data lake modernization, and how Yahoo is using BigQuery, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, and other services to drive business value, enhance operational efficiency, and fuel their AI initiatives.

In this session, we’ll explore Google’s latest developments in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) that enable unprecedented scale and performance for AI workloads. We’ll dive into how Anthropic leverages these capabilities to manage mega-scale Kubernetes clusters, orchestrate diverse workloads, and achieve breakthrough efficiency optimizations.

In this session, we’ll explore how you can manage human and nonhuman identities on Google Cloud. We’ll discuss how these identities are defined, managed, and used to secure access to resources, and we’ll cover topics such as cryptographic managed workload identities, identity federation, and flexible identity onboarding options on Google Cloud.

Generative AI agents have emerged as the leading architecture for implementing complex application functionality. Tools are the way that agents access the data and systems they need. But building and deploying tools at scale brings new challenges. Learn how MCP Toolbox for Databases, an open source server for gen AI tool management, enables platforms like LangGraph and Vertex AI to easily connect to enterprise databases.

Gemini was built from the ground up to support our breakthrough long context window, with up to 2 million tokens in our largest models. Join Nikolay Savinov to explore how to get the most out of long context and what a world of infinite context might look like.

Join us for an interactive session where we’ll build, deploy, and scale inference apps. Imagine creating and launching generative AI apps that deliver personalized recommendations and stunning images, all with the unparalleled efficiency and scalability of serverless computing. You’ll learn how to build gen AI apps effortlessly using Gemini Code Assist; deploy gen AI apps in minutes on Cloud Run, using Vertex AI or on-demand, scale-to-zero serverless GPUs; and optimize the performance and cost of AI workloads by implementing best practices.

Learn how to evaluate and optimize the impact of AI-assisted software development with Gemini Code Assist. This session covers processes for measuring AI-assistance effectiveness, exploring quantitative and qualitative measures available with Gemini Code Assist, and integrating with Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging. Discover how to leverage DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) metrics to track productivity gains. Whether you’re a developer, team lead, architect, or IT manager, you’ll gain insights into measuring the impact of AI assistance.

AI-enabled browser agents are in the news now, but it’s not always clear how they solve real-world problems. In this session, we’ll share our experience building a web browser agent by integrating Gemini into an end-to-end service that follows text instructions to take actions in a web application. We’ll take you through our journey of creating the agent, share the research that inspired us, and show how we’ve used the system to tackle practical problems like validating user flows in the UI and semantically checking web links.

Imagine starting your workday with AI agents at your fingertips, from right within your browser. Join us in this session to learn how Google Agentspace, seamlessly integrated with Chrome and NotebookLM, can change the way you approach work. Think of automating your personal workflows, accessing critical information instantly, and working in unison with AI – all within your familiar browser environment.

Is your platform ready for the scale of rapidly evolving models and agents? In this session, we’ll explore strategies for scaling your cloud native AI platform - empowering teams to leverage an increasing variety of AI models and agent frameworks. We’ll dive into tools and practices for maintaining control and cost efficiency while enabling AI engineering teams to quickly iterate on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). We’ll explore how NVIDIA NIM microservices deliver optimized inference with minimal tuning. 

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