Visionaries from Virgin Media O2, TCS and Google Cloud share insights on their data modernization journey. Explore how a cloud-first data strategy enabled Virgin Media O2 to reimagine their business by enhancing agility, speed and scalability, automating operations, optimizing costs, and driving AI-readiness.

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Are you ready to get hands-on with Google Cloud’s AI tools? In this 2 hour gHack, you will work in teams of 4. Together you will build a Formula E Race Analysis System from scratch using a variety of our AI and Data tools. Teams will work together to build the solution by searching, learning and collaborating together to find the answers needed. 3-2-1 lights out and away we go!

Concerned about AI hallucinations? While AI can be a valuable resource, it sometimes generates inaccurate, outdated, or overly general responses - a phenomenon known as "hallucination." This hands-on lab teaches you how to implement a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline to address this issue. RAG improves large language models (LLMs) like Gemini by grounding their output in contextually relevant information from a specific dataset. Learn to generate embeddings, search vector space, and augment answers for more reliable results.

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Unlock the power of natural language with Looker Agents! This technical deep dive will walk you through an agentic architecture in Looker Conversational Analytics and showcase how the Chief Product Officer of Zeotap is helping Zeotap customers “chat with their data” within the Zeotap platform using the new Conversational Analytics API. Learn how to build custom data agents, answer questions in Workspace, and create analytics applications with the power of conversational AI.

Join Virgin Media O2 and Google for a technical discussion about lessons learned and best practices for building and scaling a data fabric on BigQuery. Find out how Virgin Media O2 eliminated silos and enabled secure and governed data sharing at scale to drive better decisions and get more value from their data.

Generative AI and machine learning (ML) are transforming industries, but many smaller organizations believe these technologies are out of reach due to limited resources and specialized skills. In this session, we’ll demonstrate how BigQuery is changing the game, making gen AI and ML accessible to teams of all sizes. Learn how BigQuery – with its serverless architecture, built-in ML capabilities, and integration with Vertex AI – empowers smaller teams to unlock the power of AI, drive innovation, and gain a competitive edge.

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.

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.

Spoiler alert: you can’t! But, there are some new approaches to teaming, measurement tracking, and technology that modern data teams are applying, changing their reputation in the organization from a cost center to a strategic value-add. We’ll share how Hex customers are revolutionizing the data field, explore the evolving impact of AI on data, and provide honest, actionable insights for data leaders, practitioners, and executives.

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Unlock the power of your application logs with Google Cloud Logging. This hands-on lab provides hands-on experience using Cloud Logging to gain deep insights into your applications, particularly on Google Kubernetes Engine. Learn to build effective queries and proactively address potential issues.

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Is your outdated data infrastructure hindering your ability to leverage the full potential of AI and machine learning? This session explores how migrating to BigQuery can empower you to modernize your data infrastructure and unlock new opportunities for innovation with all of your data. Hear how Paypal and Intesa Sanpaolo transformed their data platform with BigQuery to get the most value from their data lakes and warehouses and the lessons they learned along the way. 

The modern data landscape is exploding with complexity. This session explores AI-first capabilities in BigQuery to simplify the discovery, preparation, and management of data. Learn about BigQuery Studio, BigQuery data canvas, and BigQuery data preparation for data science workloads. Discover how to connect and unify data from various sources for deeper insights and better business outcomes, with examples from Standard Industries, and how to prepare data for analytics and insights with AI-first data tools

Discover groundbreaking AI innovations in our breakout session featuring experts from Cognizant, Google, Northumbrian Water, and Stena AB. Learn how AI models are revolutionizing the approach to addressing business challenges and environmental concerns. Examples will cover solutions to detect water health using satellite imagery and AI agents transforming the shipping industry's contract decisions to reduce idle time. Join us for an insightful discussion on how these cutting-edge advancements in AI technology are providing a competitive edge.

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Bigtable has been a core piece of application infrastructure for Google and companies such as Snap, Spotify, and many other massive platforms for over 20 years. In this session, we’ll discuss the fundamental changes to Bigtable processing capabilities made available via SQL that will let you bring more data transformations directly into Bigtable – enabling extract, load, and transform (ELT) capabilities taking advantage of Bigtable’s flexible schema to achieve increased data freshness – and that will reduce the time and costs of running other data processing services to prepare data for your real-time application.

Learn how you can use BigQuery and Earth Engine together for a variety of weather and climate resilience use cases including risk assessment, response, and recovery. You'll receive a real world step-by-step walkthrough, highlighting new geospatial features and AI-driven datasets, that make it easier for any professional to unlock insights that can contribute to greater climate resiliency.

In today’s data-centric landscape, organizations across industries are inundated with vast amounts of information. However, many grapple with the challenge of deriving actionable insights to maintain a competitive advantage. This session delves into strategies for harnessing data through modernization and migration, drawing from real-world examples provided by industry leaders. Our panel will address the obstacles posed by legacy systems and data silos, and discuss how transitioning to modern data platforms can revolutionize your organization.

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Unlock the full potential of your data with the power of AI. This session explores how Google Cloud’s latest advancements in AI are transforming business intelligence, empowering you to gain deeper insights, make faster decisions, and drive innovation. We’ll dive into trusted insights with BigQuery and AI, the power of the Looker semantic layer, and how Google Cloud’s AI-powered business intelligence (BI) solutions can help you transform your data into actionable intelligence and drive business success.

Want to run AI workloads that are both performant and sustainable? Join L’Oreal and Google Cloud as they reveal how L’Oreal leverages Google Cloud’s powerful suite of tools to gain unprecedented insights into the cost, performance, and carbon footprint of their AI models. This session showcases how L’Oreal measures, reports, and reduces their environmental impact on Google Cloud, offering practical strategies and actionable takeaways for anyone looking to optimize their cloud efficiency and environmental responsibility.

This session dives into the world of on-demand Apache Spark on Google Cloud. We explore its native integration with BigQuery, its new capabilities and the benefits of using Spark for AI and machine learning (ML) workloads. We’ll discuss why Spark is a good choice for large-scale data processing, distributed training, and distributed inferencing. We’ll learn from Trivago about how they leveraged the Spark and BigQuery together to simplify their AI and ML workflows.

Data intelligence rapidly transforms businesses, enabling them to make more informed decisions, streamline operations, and gain a competitive edge. At Google Cloud Next '25, we are excited to present a thought-provoking session on the power of data intelligence in partnership with Databricks on Google Cloud and Digital Turbine. Our speakers from Databricks and Digital Turbine will share their insights on how organizations can leverage data to drive innovation and growth. Join us for this engaging discussion and gain valuable insights on how data intelligence can help your organization thrive in the digital age.

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