Gain unprecedented visibility into AI applications and threats with Palo Alto Networks AI-Runtime, now easily deployed with Google Packet Mirroring/Intercept. This session reveals how this powerful combination analyzes network traffic to discover both legitimate and malicious uses of AI, enabling proactive threat detection and rapid response. Learn how to simplify deployment, improve security posture, and stay ahead of the evolving AI threat landscape.

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Build robust ETL pipelines on Google Cloud! This hands-on lab teaches you to use Dataflow (Python) and BigQuery to ingest and transform public datasets. Learn design considerations and implementation details to create effective data pipelines for your needs.

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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.

In this exclusive look at transforming business operations with AI-powered solutions, discover how GenAI is reshaping industries, from transportation and on-demand services to healthcare and manufacturing. Gain insights from the leaders, drivers, and decisions that paved the way to AI-powered success, as our moderated panel shares lessons to apply when preparing for the next stage of an organization’s journey

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Managing petabytes of Google Cloud storage objects? Attend this session to learn how the new Storage Intelligence product simplifies managing billions of objects across thousands of buckets. Leverage AI-driven insights to analyze cost, performance, security, and compliance – all through intuitive natural language queries. Quickly act on insights with bucket relocation and batch operations. Join us to uncover practical tools and exciting new features that can transform you into a Cloud Storage superhero.

Discover how urban planners have harnessed the power of geospatial systems and AI Scenario Planning to enhance resiliency, optimize land use, and explore vast amounts of complex transportation data quickly, using simple natural language queries. In this session, we'll showcase how Broward MPO is using these powerful technologies to transform planning workflows and prioritize infrastructure improvements.

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This session will cover Claude’s advanced reasoning capabilities, prompt engineering techniques, and empirical evaluations. We’ll also delve into best practices for prompt engineering, and how to optimize agents to advance Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) within your Google Cloud environment. Whether you're an AI practitioner or an enterprise architect, this session will equip you with the knowledge to harness Claude’s full potential for enhanced AI workflows on Google Cloud.

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Join Linda Moss, Google Cloud Director of Cloud Learning Services; Travis Runty, Rackspace Head of Security; and Shefali Victors, Rackspace GCP CoE Lead Architect, for a no-holds-barred look at why credentials are the new currency in an AI-powered world. Whether you’re interested in career advancement or skilling up your team, certifications get past the hype and validate real-world readiness. In fact, 9 in 10 leaders from organizations using Google Cloud say that certifications increase their confidence in a candidates’ knowledge or ability.

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.

Cybersecurity threats are escalating rapidly. How can lean IT teams effectively defend against sophisticated attacks given the complex threat landscape? This session explores how Google Cloud empowers your team with advanced threat detection, vulnerability management, and incident response capabilities, enabling you to protect your organization and stay ahead of the curve.

To stay competitive against cloud-native disruptors, Carrefour Spain launched a cloud-first strategy with Google Cloud, transforming IT for agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency. In this session, learn how NTT DATA helped Carrefour leverage IaaS, PaaS, and serverless tools, migrating 382 workloads and deploying SAP Hana across 200+ hypermarkets. Discover how Carrefour's new e-commerce platform powered by Kubernetes accelerates innovation and drives online growth, helping them outpace competitors.

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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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Join CDW for an inspiring discussion on the journey from mainframe to cloud. Learn how our cloud leaders helped Jeff Thurston from Jim’s Formalwear Inc. tackle legacy system migration, simplify data processes, and unlock their full cloud potential through automated data updates, streamlined reporting, and a foundation for cloud-native innovation. Don’t miss insights from CDW Google experts on transforming today’s challenges into tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

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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.

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.

This talk will explore the vision and architecture of our ChaosLLaMa prototype through a demo. The prototype integrates various Google Cloud components, such as Asset inventory and VPC flow logs, and uses Gemini along with an agentic framework to enable customers to identify and address weaknesses in their Google Cloud applications. This is especially useful for enterprise customers modernizing from an on-prem infrastructure to Google Cloud, as it helps them build more robust applications.

Discover how Google Cloud PSO can help you execute a cloud-to-cloud migration of highly regulated workloads, and avoid business interruption. We'll explore common challenges like bridging organizational silos, managing legacy tech, and navigating complex approvals, as well as how Google Cloud can transform a factory's infrastructure to reduce operational risk, improve reliability, and seamlessly power your business.

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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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.

Google Cloud helps you build a strong layered defense with a robust set of access controls and policies. In this session you will learn how you can effectively use Google Cloud security guardrails specifically Organization Policies to achieve a strong security posture, leverage Google Cloud Policy Intelligence capabilities to effectively scale this posture across your organization. We’ll also share how Google Cloud makes it easy for you to start securely in the cloud with our security baseline capabilities.