In this hands-on lab, you'll explore the power of Kubernetes and learn how to orchestrate cloud applications with ease. Using Google Kubernetes Engine, you’ll provision a fully managed Kubernetes cluster and deploy Docker containers using kubectl. Break down a monolithic application into microservices using Kubernetes Deployments and Services, and gain insights into the latest innovations in resource efficiency, developer productivity, and automated operations. By the end, you'll be ready to streamline application management in any environment.

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Generative AI is revolutionizing mainframe modernization, enabling organizations like the Air Force to achieve unprecedented speed and efficiency. Google's Mainframe Modernization tool leverages AI to analyze legacy code, identify modernization pathways, and accelerate the transition to modern architectures. This allows the Air Force to reduce costs, improve security, and maintain a competitive edge. Join this session to learn how Gen AI can help future-proof your own organization.

In this session, we'll explore best practices for developing next-gen Agentic apps powered by Gen AI for consumer goods brand innovation teams. Learn about the technical architecture, essential frameworks, and tools for scalable solutions. Discover strategies for intuitive user interactions and review real-world case studies. Join us to gain valuable insights and practical strategies for creating innovative and impactful Agentic apps.

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AI Hypercomputer is a revolutionary system designed to make implementing AI at scale easier and more efficient. In this session, we’ll explore the key benefits of AI Hypercomputer and how it simplifies complex AI infrastructure environments. Then, learn firsthand from industry leaders Shopify, Technology Innovation Institute, Moloco, and LG AI Research on how they leverage Google Cloud’s AI solutions to drive innovation and transform their businesses.

This technical deep dive explores how small IT teams can leverage Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and AI Hypercomputer to build, refine, and optimize a cutting-edge, scalable, and secure container platform for AI workloads.

Experience the future of AI with Google Cloud! Speak with customers who are building innovative AI solutions and learn directly from them. This experience offers a real-world look into "how we built it" discussions, giving you the chance to explore the possibilities. See detailed schedule of each timeblock here.

Ever wonder how Google Cloud supports billions of daily users worldwide? Dive into the world of Google’s cloud regions, global expansion, and data centers. This session unveils the innovative technology behind these modern marvels and the operational expertise that keeps them humming. Learn about our cutting-edge efficiency and state-of-the-art security. Discover how innovation and sustainability is key to our design and how you can apply Google’s best practices to your own infrastructure.

Supercharge your development workflows with Google Cloud’s internal developer platform (IDP). In today’s world of microservices and multi-region deployments, building and maintaining your own IDP can be complex. This talk unveils Google Cloud IDP – a game-changing solution that offloads development and operational burdens to Google Cloud, freeing your platform engineers and empowering developers to focus on what matters most: building amazing applications. Experience it in action with live product demos.

Cluster Director is designed to deliver resilient AI systems at any scale, offering exceptional performance, efficiency, and ease of use. In this session, we’ll guide you through our NVIDIA GPU roadmap and showcase five Google innovations integrated into Cluster Director, illustrated with real-world examples of how they tackle the biggest challenges in distributed training to maximize performance throughput.

Optimize AI training, & inference with TPUs and GPUs - the purpose built accelerators behind AI Hypercomputer.

Discover how semiautonomous agents reduce manual effort and accelerate business outcomes with AI-powered experiences for data discovery, data preparation, analysis, and insight generation.

Explore how the open source Data Migration Tool can help with end-to-end automation for Teradata to BigQuery migration, including schema migration, data migration, and schema & data validation.

Join us to learn how to design and deploy mission-critical applications on Google Cloud, with a focus on reliability. We’ll cover common deployment architectures for traditional enterprise and AI and machine learning apps, Google Cloud product capabilities to improve reliability, and best practices for high availability and disaster recovery. And a Google Cloud customer will share their journey of running mission-critical applications on Google Cloud, including key lessons learned and how those connect back to Google Cloud architectural guidance and best practices.

Enter our court and get pro-level jumpshot coaching from Google AI. Get instant feedback on your form, receive personalized tips, and find out exactly how to elevate your game.

Learn how generative AI and Firebase products can help shoppers find exactly what they are looking for in store – like at their local grocer. Genkit generates recipes and Data Connect helps locate items on shelves, all hosted on Firebase App Hosting.

AI Hypercomputer is a revolutionary system designed to make implementing AI at scale easier and more efficient. In this session, we’ll explore the key benefits of AI Hypercomputer and how it simplifies complex AI infrastructure environments. Then, learn firsthand from industry leaders Shopify, Technology Innovation Institute, Moloco, and LG AI Research on how they leverage Google Cloud’s AI solutions to drive innovation and transform their businesses.

AI Hypercomputer is a revolutionary system designed to make implementing AI at scale easier and more efficient. In this session, we’ll explore the key benefits of AI Hypercomputer and how it simplifies complex AI infrastructure environments. Then, learn firsthand from industry leaders Shopify, Technology Innovation Institute, Moloco, and LG AI Research on how they leverage Google Cloud’s AI solutions to drive innovation and transform their businesses.

There are a lot of amazing AI features being announced at Google Cloud Next. In order to take full advantage of these, you need to make sure your data is being managed in a secure, centralized way. In this talk, you’ll learn how to set up your lakehouse to get your data ready for downstream workloads. You’ll view a demo involving an architecture of Google Cloud products that includes managing permissions on your data, configuring metadata management, and performing transformations using open source frameworks.

Use agentic AI to unify diverse data sources – including Firestore, web searches, and API services – to create individualized experiences for each customer and help them purchase your products.

Build smart context systems with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, vector embeddings, or built-in search capabilities.