| 5:00 PM | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 6:00 PM | Welcome and Introduction | Josh Berman, President, C2C Global |
| 6:15 PM | Breakout Session: Identity As The Connective Tissue For Digital Transformation | In this session, Google Cloud customers (and ISV partners) Box and Okta will join forces to speak about Box's digital transformation journey, and, how Box has worked closely with Okta to accelerate that journey. From leveraging Okta's end to end Identity platform, to addressing key needs across the Security and Compliance landscapes, Box and Okta will share ideas on other customers can better optimize and secure their cloud assets.
Mark Schooley, Sr. Director, IT Operations and Engineering, Box and Nirav Sheth, VP/Leader AMER SEs & Specialists, Okta |
| 6:30 PM | Keynote Session: Three Data & AI Trends That Will Define the Next Decade (and How to Prepare) | Join Bruno Aziza, Partner at Alphabet’s Capital G and Stephanie Wong, Google Cloud GenAI Product Manager, for an in-depth look at what they are seeing in the future of data analytics and AI. Navigating the Data & AI is not without hurdles; companies grapple with challenges ranging from data privacy concerns to setting up budgets or simply prioritizing their AI use-cases. In this session, we’ll provide examples of successful implementations with key actions you can take to be successful in 2024 and beyond. |
| 7:15 PM | Partner Panel: Industry Insights | Moderator: Daniel Roman, AI GTM, Google Cloud will host Martin Leslie, NetApp-Google Cloud Data Services, NetApp, Colin VanderSmith, VP, Product Management, CIQ Inc., Alex Wright, Director of Sales Engineering, AODocs and Nirav Sheth, VP/Leader AMER SEs & Specialists, Okta |
| 7:45 PM | Breakout Session: 1000+ Cloud Migrations: Lessons Learned and Best Practices on Performance, Security, & Cloud ROI | Migrating to the cloud should be easy. Colin VanderSmith, VP of Product Management at CIQ & former Google Cloud Infrastructure & Cloud Migration leader, shares best practices and lessons learned from a career building global cloud services and helping thousands of customers achieve their goals. We’ll walk through core concepts, insights, and analysis to help mitigate risks while sharing how to maximize price performance, security, and ROI with Google Cloud. CIQ is a proud infrastructure partner of Google Cloud providing customers and partners everywhere with enterprise-grade Rocky Linux® solutions for their migrations and compute-intensive workloads. This session will be led by Colin VanderSmith, VP, Product Management, CiQ. |
| 8:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 9:15 PM | Industry Panel: Beyond Buzzwords: Practical Strategies for a Cloud and AI-First Future | Cut through the hype and gain actionable insights from Google Cloud customers who have been there, done that, and are using AI & data to optimize their cloud journeys. This customer panel will explore real-world strategies, overcoming challenges, communicating change, and future-proofing your organization.
Moderator: Stephanie Wong, Lead Product Manager, Generative AI, Google will host Alvina Antar, CIO, Okta, Deepa Bajaj, VP, Engineering, PayPal and Friea Berg, Head of Partnerships, Snorkel AI |
| 10:00 PM | Breakout Session: Scaling Enterprise Grade Data Management in the Google Cloud | Speaker: Martin Leslie, NetApp-Google Cloud Data Services, NetApp |
| 10:45 PM | Breakout Session: Trust in AI: Building Chatbots with Reliable and Accurate Responses | Dive into the world of AI chatbots where accuracy meets reliability. This transformative session tackles the critical challenges of enterprise AI chatbots - from misleading responses to outdated information. We'll unveil expert strategies to sculpt chatbots that not only minimize the risk of errors but also excel in delivering contextually relevant, up-to-date information that respects user permissions. Learn the secrets to building AI assistants that enterprises can trust, every time. This session will be led by Alex Wright, Director of Sales Engineering, AODocs |
| 11:30 PM | Customer Panel: What Do I Know Now That I Wish I'd Known When I Started? | Moderator: Bruno Aziza, Partner, CapitalG will host Deepa Bajaj, VP, Engineering, PayPal, Justin Brodley, SVP Cloud Engineering & Operations, Blackline and Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, President, Lytics |
| 12:15 AM | Closing and Wrap-Up | |
| 12:30 AM | Happy Hour and Networking | |
