Discover how to break free from the cycle of endless AI Proofs of Concept (POC) and unlock scalable, enterprise-wide impact. In this session, we’ll explore proven strategies for operationalizing AI, including leveraging cloud-native solutions like Vertex AI, building robust MLOps pipelines, and defining measurable ROI tied to business goals. Through real-world examples and actionable insights, learn how to overcome common scaling challenges, drive cultural adoption, and future-proof your AI strategy for sustained innovation and success.

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Unlock the power of generative AI and data. Join experts from LlamaIndex and Google Cloud databases and learn how to seamlessly integrate LlamaIndex with AlloyDB and Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, enabling your apps to reason, act on your data, and leverage the performance of Google Cloud. We’ll share real-world examples and code. Discover new possibilities for building advanced gen AI applications.

Experience what a real cyberattack is like in ThreatSpace, a digital training ground on Google Cloud. While the Mandiant red team tries to break into your system, the Mandiant incident response team guides you through the investigation. Use Google Security Operations and Threat Intelligence tools to uncover how the attackers got in and what they’ve done. Extra points if you can catch the bad guys!

Creating a business case to modernize technology has always been challenging. Hear how McKinsey is using a multi agent architecture to automate complex software development flows efficiently and cost-effectively. See how gen AI agent squads are foundational for scaling workforce talent and enhancing organizational capabilities. Learn best practices and see real-world examples of how organizations are using a multi-agent gen AI approach to achieve faster, cheaper, and better results.

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AI is revolutionizing enterprise operations by transforming unstructured data into actionable intelligence, reducing manual effort, & converting data into powerful drivers of smarter, more connected operations. Explore the dynamic interplay of AI agents, collaborating seamlessly to orchestrate specialized tasks in real-time. Learn how connected intelligence breaks down silos, integrating data & systems to drive proactive, efficient operations. See this shift in action with Leah to learn how you can apply these best practices in your industry.

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Join us to explore the next generation of in-car experiences. Discover how leading automakers are leveraging Automotive AI Agent and Google Cloud’s Gemini model to build cutting-edge, multimodal automotive assistants. Learn how to create unique brand experiences with customized voice assistants, complete data ownership, and personalized in-car interactions. This session will showcase the power of hybrid voice assistance and how you can unlock the potential for differentiated driver experiences through custom features and granular control.

This session explores the business drivers for ESG data in the current business climate and delves into the technical architecture of a robust ESG data management solution. Discover how to integrate AI and data agents with core enterprise systems, like SAP and Cortex, and incorporate crucial third-party ESG data from sources like ESG Book to enhance business decision-making. We will also showcase real-world examples of how to integrate Google Cloud with platforms like Watershed to build a complete ESG data ecosystem. 

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Discover why Danfoss, a global leader in energy-efficient solutions, tackled the AI-driven demand forecasting challenge. Accurate forecasting is vital for optimizing supply chains, reducing costs, and enhancing customer satisfaction. Partnering with Google Cloud and Capgemini, Danfoss developed a system tailored to its needs. Understand the transformative impact of AI-driven demand forecasting and why solving this problem is crucial now for Danfoss to stay competitive and support global sustainability goals.

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Default service accounts in Google Cloud have been an area of interest for threat actors. Cloud administrators can sometimes grant unintentionally broad permissions through this mechanism to their workloads, such as virtual machines and Kubernetes clusters. In this talk, we will discuss the role of default service accounts in Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) and Google Cloud Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and best practices for managing and securing them.

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Get educated on the latest Google Cloud Marketplace platform features and upcoming capabilities designed to help partners accelerate revenue growth. Discover enhanced channel reseller and ISV private offer capabilities, strategies for product-led expansion, GTM incentives, and streamlined billing and invoicing processes. We'll also dive into exciting new solution categories, including datasets, professional services, and AI agents, to widen your offerings and reach new customers.

How do you blend AI efficiency with human empathy to build stronger, lasting customer relationships? With the rise of AI, the human element is increasingly a critical differentiator for companies. Join Dialpad Chief Marketing Officer, Jen Grant, and Dialpad Director, Automatic Speech Recognition, Natalie Owen, to learn how organizations can deliver real-time coaching and context-aware suggestions that empower agents to deliver emotionally resonant, high-value customer interactions.

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Discover how NetApp Volumes, a Google Cloud managed data storage service that provides advanced data management capabilities and highly scalable performance, can accelerate your workloads, enable hybrid deployments, and provide cloud bursting for AI, EDA, media and entertainment, and others by extending your on-premises data into Google Cloud, all while keeping your data available and secure. Join us to explore how NetApp and Google Cloud together drive innovation and operational excellence.

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Production-ready apps, including GenAI apps, demand robust telemetry. Explore the full lifecycle: from data generation to consumption. See how OpenTelemetry, scaled by BindPlane, delivers enterprise-grade observability within Google Cloud. Learn to centralize data, cut costs, and achieve proven customer success!

AI reasoning models and agents are reshaping the AI landscape, ushering in a new era of autonomous decision-making and action. Accelerated computing is crucial for delivering exceptional user experiences, enabling real-time responses and timely actions while reducing deployment costs at scale. The NVIDIA and Google Cloud partnership delivers cutting-edge AI infrastructure, enterprise-grade software, and optimized AI models, providing the foundation to build and deploy this new class of AI systems. Discover how NVIDIA AI, integrated across Google Cloud, offers developers flexibility and choice while delivering best-in-class performance and TCO, transforming enterprise AI in this new era.

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Dive deep into Google Cloud’s industry-leading approach and total transparency to incident communications through Personalized Service Health. Learn how Google leverages machine learning (ML) to provide fast and relevant insights through Personalized Service Health, so you can integrate them into your incident response, whether it’s through AIOps platforms or conventional incident management systems. Go beyond the theory and dive deep into real-world customer examples and experiences of these patterns, and hear how experts from SAP approach incident response with Personalized Service Health.

Learn how a financial services company successfully transitioned its petabyte-scale logging platform from an on-premises environment to a scalable, cost-effective, and secure solution on Google Cloud. This talk will delve into the key phases of their journey, including rigorous benchmarking, scale testing, and the implementation of seamless log ingestion. Explore how the solution leveraged Terraform-driven automation to efficiently manage over 250,000 resources and preserved existing content such as searches, alerts, and dashboards.

Enterprise mission-critical workloads require efficient storage infrastructure that gives the right performance and capacity along with high levels of data protection. Explore Google Cloud’s data protection solutions with the advanced data protection of Google Cloud Hyperdisk and Backup and DR Service. We’ll dive into local protection, regional protection, and immutable and indelible protection for critical applications. Learn from BlackLine, a leading cloud financial software provider, about how they are protecting their business-critical application effectively.

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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Connect with other security professionals in our Birds of a Feather sessions. Dive into lively discussions with peers and Google Cloud experts on key security topics, including identity and access management, network security, multicloud monitoring, and more.

Experience the future of AI with Google Cloud! Speak with Agentspace experts to learn how it can provide conversational assistance and take actions based on your company’s unique information. See topic details for each time block here.