KPMG LLP is driving the AI-powered trend of software disintermediation using Google Vertex AI and Gemini. Together with a leading commercial banking system, KPMG developed an AI Advisor and Agent that interacts directly with the system of record, eliminating the need for employees to navigate complex screen chains. The concept, applicable across industries, can significantly reduce direct fees and employee costs. Join us to explore the implications of a future where AI Agents streamline system interactions and enhance operational efficiency.

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This hands-on lab guides you through importing real-world data from CSV files into a Cloud SQL database. Using a flight dataset from the US Bureau of Transport Statistics, you'll gain hands-on experience with data ingestion and basic analysis. You'll learn to create a Cloud SQL instance and database, effectively import your data, and build a foundational data model using SQL queries.

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Build, deploy, and monetize AI agents on Google Cloud. This session covers the full lifecycle — development on Vertex AI, packaging, publishing, and commercialization on Google Cloud Marketplace, deployment on GKE etc., and customer access, including via Google Agentspace. We'll demonstrate leveraging the Google Cloud partner ecosystem to build enterprise-grade agents.

Level up your cloud security with Google Cloud’s next-generation identity and access management (IAM). This session explores how modern cloud IAM capabilities – including next-gen unified access policies, fine-grained access control, privileged access management, and policy intelligence – can improve your cloud security posture. Join us to learn how to streamline access, enforce consistent policies, and proactively mitigate risks in today’s dynamic cloud landscape.

Gain valuable insights into how working with Google Cloud's security offerings can boost your success in this rapidly growing market. Learn about our go-to-market strategy and existing sales plays. Additionally, discover security-specific programs and incentives available only to Google Cloud partners. Our available resources and trainings in positioning, selling, and deploying Google Cloud Security products will help up-skill your team and maximize your profitability with Google Cloud.

This session will demonstrate how AMD EPYC™ powered Google Cloud instances can transform your IT strategy — whether you are leveraging them for general IT, line-of-business, or high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. Join us to delve into the specifications of the latest Google Cloud VMs built on AMD technology. Learn how these advanced instances deliver unparalleled performance for your investment while we demonstrate how to structure your Google Cloud deployment for optimal efficiency and performance.

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This talk explores how Google Batch accelerates genomics analysis on Google Cloud with two powerful solutions: 1. Accelerated DRAGEN with Google Batch and Eviden FPGAs: Combines Illumina DRAGEN bioinformatics pipelines with Google Batch and Eviden FPGAs for speed, scalability, and cost-efficiency in secondary analysis. 2. Scalable Genomics Workflows with NVIDIA Parabricks and Google Batch: Simplified GPU management, high-throughput analysis, and cost-effective scalability by automating GPU deployment and management with Google Batch.

Moving mission-critical applications to the cloud in a regulated industry? In this session, experts from CME Group share a roadmap for achieving operational resilience on Google Cloud. Learn how to implement enterprise-scale observability, proactively troubleshoot issues, and enhance reliability while meeting stringent compliance requirements. Leave equipped with practical knowledge and tools to ensure operational excellence for your critical applications.

Join this session for a discussion on how Replit is using Claude on Google Cloud's Vertex AI to transform software development. Learn how Replit enables anyone to build and deploy production-ready applications from any device, what made Claude the ideal AI partner for their mission, and how this collaboration is empowering the next billion software creators globally.

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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.

Large AI, machine learning (ML), and analytics workloads can demand high-performance access to storage from thousands of nodes and to exabytes worth of data. Unblocking innovation requires having an efficient and sustainable storage infrastructure in place. In this session, you’ll learn about how customers can achieve this using Google Cloud Hyperdisk capabilities and offerings like Hyperdisk Storage Pools, Hyperdisk ML, Hyperdisk Throughput, and more. Learn from leading customers who have used Hyperdisk to achieve their business objectives.

Discover how Renault transformed automotive software development (SDV) with Google Cloud. By replacing physical prototypes with Android-based virtualization, they accelerated their SDV life cycle and moved to a cloud-first, iterative approach. Learn how they leverage Cloud Workstations, Gemini Code Assist, and a continuous integration and continuous testing (CI/CT) pipeline powered by Google Kubernetes Engine and GitLab to boost developer productivity and bring new features to market faster.

Join experts from KeyBank, TCS and Google Cloud as they narrate their experiences in enabling an accelerated pace of cloud migration for scalability with higher availability. During this session, KeyBank, TCS and Google Cloud will examine their unique approach, and discuss the key strategies in achieving a seamless, swift and secure cloud migration.

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Choosing the right cloud infrastructure can make or break your business strategy. Join us in this enlightening session to explore how tech-savvy individuals and enterprises alike have done the math and chosen AMD EPYC™-powered Google Cloud instances. We’ll dive into real-world customer success stories and showcase the latest virtual machines from Google Cloud and AMD. Discover how these cutting-edge products can help you deploy innovative AI applications that drive business growth, while ensuring cost and energy efficiency.

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Join Deutsche Bank and Deloitte as we show you how our GenAI-powered chatbot is enhancing customer engagement, driving efficiency, and changing the face of banking. In this fascinating session, we'll demonstrate how the chatbot, integrated into the Deutsche Bank customer-facing banking app, provides accurate product and service information, guides customers to the right transactions, and seamlessly connects to live agents as needed. We'll also review insights and best practices for implementing your own chatbot solutions on Google Cloud.

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See how a small team can leverage Google Cloud to serve millions. As the former lead of Flutter and mobile-specialist, I started with little knowledge of Cloud. Using Google's Dart and Google Cloud, we've built a successful service across Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Big Query, Storage, CDN and more and here to share our learnings.

Transforming your cloud security means understanding that traditional application security (AppSec) almost never effectively prevents risk, cloud posture is too complex to manage, cloud runtime protection is sparsely deployed, and the security operations center (SOC) doesn’t have the visibility, AI, and automation for real-time response. Join us to learn how to remediate your cloud exposures in minutes, not weeks, using real-time AI-powered risk reduction, investigation, and response – all fueled by unified data and advanced automation. See the future of fast, intelligent, scalable cloud security.

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In this session, we’ll describe how Google Cloud Consulting and Professional Service teams have partnered with enterprise customers on their large-scale innovation, transformation, and migration journeys and accelerated the paths to their business objectives. We’ll cover a number of customer and partner success stories, transforming their business via large scale migration, NVIDIA GPU technologies and other AI infrastructure innovations.

This hands-on lab guides you through building a captivating generative AI application using the Gemini API in Vertex AI. You'll leverage the Streamlit framework to create an interactive interface for generating stories, providing a seamless user experience. After testing your application locally in Cloud Shell, you'll deploy it to Cloud Run for scalable and reliable serving. This hands-on experience equips you with the skills to integrate Gemini with user interfaces and efficiently deploy your AI applications.

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It’s no secret that AI is a driving force behind some of the most innovative and engaging entertainment experiences today, but do you know how the AI hidden behind the scenes comes together to captivate audiences and accelerate business? In this session, a panel of leading media & entertainment executives from The Weather Channel and The Sherlock Company will reveal their AI strategies and tactics on everything from content creation, enhancing viewer engagement, streamlining content delivery, overcoming challenges around data privacy, and more. Gain invaluable insights to help implement AI in your media strategy and position your organization for the future of entertainment.

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