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Kubernetes & Architecture

Google Cloud Next 2026 — The Agentic Cloud
GKE evolved for AI-native workloads with Hypercluster, Agent Sandbox, Pod Snapshots for cold-start elimination, and custom ComputeClasses. Platform engineering meets agentic infrastructure.
73
Sessions
10
Formats
12
Speakers

By Session Format

Breakouts
37
Lightning Talks
12
Discussion Groups
8
Birds of a Feather
6
Solution Talks
3
Spotlights
3
Developer Meetups
1
General
1
Partner Summit Lightning Talks
1
Workshops
1

By Day

Day 0: 1 Day 1: 33 Day 2: 37 Day 3: 2

Identified Speakers

Abdel Sghiouar Developer Advocate — Google Cloud
Ahmet Altay Director of Engineering — Google Cloud
Amin Vahdat SVP and Chief Technologist, AI and Infrastructure — Google
Bobby Allen Group Product Manager — Google Cloud
Mark Lohmeyer VP & GM, AI and Computing Infrastructure — Google Cloud
Mazlum Tosun Head of Data and Google Cloud Data Architect — GroupBees
Muninder Singh Sambi VP, Product Management & Supply Chain, Google Distributed Cloud — Google Cloud
Oliver Parker VP of Global Generative AI GTM — Google Cloud
Peng Zhao CEO — Citadel Securities
Prateek Ahuja Sr. Director, Platform Engineering & Security — Cloudwerx
Sajal Agarwal Senior Product Manager — Google Cloud
Semaa Amin Engineer and AI Application Builder — Google Cloud

All 73 Sessions

SPTL025 Spotlights General
Architecting for the agent and beyond: Inside Mattel's product quality world
Day 1 · 11:00 AM–11:45 AM · Partner Spotlights - Oceanside D
Explores Mattel's engineering journey with a Conversational Analytics Agent for Product Quality Analysis, integrating Google Cloud AI with Jira to automate workflows and enhance organizational efficie...
Architecture, Data Analytics, Agents
SPTL001 Spotlights Technical
What's next in AI infrastructure: Scaling for the agentic and physical AI era
Day 1 · 2:30 PM–3:15 PM · Google Spotlights - Mandalay Bay G
As AI expands to autonomous agents and physical systems, infrastructure must be faster, more dynamic, and cost-effective. Learn how Google's AI infrastructure stack powers the agentic and physical AI ...
Architecture, Compute, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
SPTL023 Spotlights General
Agentic AI in CX - Now and next with Dialpad and Randstad
Day 2 · 1:15 PM–2:00 PM · Partner Spotlights - Oceanside D
CX is entering a new era defined by agentic AI. Dialpad's CTO outlines what this means for CX and Randstad's VP shares how these concepts take shape at scale.
APIs, Applied AI, Architecture
BRK2-111 Breakouts Technical
Automating excellence: How Gemini and Config Connector help create 10x cloud teams
Day 1 · 11:00 AM–11:45 AM · South Seas H
Learn how combining Config Connector with Gemini 1.5 Pro manages Google Cloud resources as native Kubernetes objects. The session covers resolving configuration drift and refactoring technical debt in...
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
BRK2-172 Breakouts Technical
Architecting for Frontier AI Labs: How Anthropic scales Claude on TPUs
Day 1 · 11:00 AM–11:45 AM · Mandalay Bay I
Explores how Anthropic leverages TPU infrastructure for training Claude at scale, covering engineering decisions and reliability practices for frontier AI development.
Architecture, Compute
BRK2-075 Breakouts Technical
Measure the impact of agents with Developer Connect
Day 1 · 12:15 PM–1:00 PM · Mandalay Bay E
Session explores how Developer Connect links source control systems like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket to cloud workflows, demonstrating agent deployment capabilities and new features for tracking AI ...
Architecture, Agents
BRK2-071 Breakouts Technical
How we build and use Gemini CLI at Google Cloud
Day 1 · 12:30 PM–1:15 PM · South Seas J
Google evolves Gemini CLI into enterprise-grade developer agent with agent-to-agent communication.
App Dev, Architecture
BRK1-115 Breakouts Introductory
The intelligence layer: Building AI-first customer experience
Day 1 · 12:30 PM–1:15 PM · Jasmine C
Representatives from Dialpad discuss how 2026 marks the shift toward unified intelligence ecosystems, covering Agent2Agent, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, AI Playbooks, and how AI agents function a...
Applied AI, Architecture, Cost Optimization
BRK3-032 Breakouts Advanced Technical
Large-scale LLM inference on GKE
Day 1 · 1:30 PM–2:15 PM · Mandalay Bay H
Optimize GKE for LLM inference with model loading and load balancing.
Kubernetes, Open Models
BRK2-110 Breakouts Technical
What's new with GKE: A look toward the next decade
Day 1 · 1:30 PM–2:15 PM · South Seas H
GKE adaptation for agentic workloads and next-gen inference.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
BRK2-123 Breakouts Technical
From assessment to production: AI-driven migration factory for Sonae
Day 1 · 2:45 PM–3:30 PM · Lagoon B
Migration with Gemini using app migration planner and .NET modernizer.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
BRK1-075 Breakouts Introductory
What's new with Google Distributed Cloud?
Day 1 · 2:45 PM–3:30 PM · Mandalay Bay F
Deploying Gemini models within secure sovereign boundaries on GDC.
Architecture
BRK2-178 Breakouts Technical
Build and scale AI infrastructure with Compute Engine and Hyperdisk ML
Day 1 · 2:45 PM–3:30 PM · South Seas H
Transitioning from standard VMs to optimized AI infrastructure.
Architecture, Compute
BRK1-040 Breakouts Introductory
The future of the data lakehouse: Open and interoperable for the agentic era
Day 1 · 4:00 PM–4:45 PM · Oceanside B
Multicloud lakehouse with Apache Iceberg for AI agents.
Architecture, Data Analytics, Agents
BRK2-127 Breakouts Technical
Engineering the future of Kubernetes for AI at scale
Day 1 · 4:00 PM–4:45 PM · South Seas H
Kubernetes landscape for agentic workloads and batch processing.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
BRK1-068 Breakouts Introductory
AI Hypercomputer: Resilient AI infrastructure at scale
Day 1 · 4:00 PM–4:45 PM · Mandalay Bay F
AI Hypercomputer for high-performance serving. AppLovin case study.
Architecture, Compute
BRK3-012 Breakouts Advanced Technical
Beyond the warehouse: Architecting BigQuery for the future of analytics
Day 1 · 5:00 PM–5:45 PM · South Seas E
BigQuery serverless engine with decoupled storage and compute.
Architecture, Data Analytics
BRK2-245 Breakouts Technical
Scaling inference for reasoning models with NVIDIA on GKE
Day 1 · 5:00 PM–5:45 PM · Surf C
As AI models exceed single-GPU capacity, NVIDIA Dynamo—an open-source inference framework—bridges the gap between peak hardware performance and real-world serving. This session explores deploying Dyna...
Compute, Kubernetes, Open Models
BRK2-218 Breakouts Technical
Beyond the prompt: Autonomous AI agents for enterprise voice at scale
Day 1 · 5:15 PM–6:00 PM · Breakers A
Exploration of autonomous AI agents executing complex workflows in real-time voice environments, addressing critical challenges of latency, reliability, security, and cost.
APIs, Applied AI, Architecture
BRK2-118 Breakouts Technical
What's new for AI on GKE: Training, serving, and agents
Day 1 · 5:15 PM–6:00 PM · South Seas H
GKE innovations for AI training, serving, RL, and agentic workflows.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
BRK2-112 Breakouts Technical
Untrusted code, unprecedented speed: High-velocity runtimes for AI agents
Day 2 · 10:30 AM–11:15 AM · South Seas H
Subsecond cold starts and gVisor kernel-level isolation for agents.
Kubernetes, Agents
BRK3-038 Breakouts Advanced Technical
Build a cross-cloud network to connect apps securely
Day 2 · 10:30 AM–11:15 AM · Mandalay Bay F
Secure connectivity across Google Cloud, multicloud, and hybrid networks.
Architecture, Multicloud, Networking
BRK2-194 Breakouts Technical
Build agentic AI with Gemini and developer platforms on GDC
Day 2 · 10:30 AM–11:15 AM · Mandalay Bay H
Gemini 3 with agentic workflows on Google Distributed Cloud.
App Dev, Architecture
BRK2-216 Breakouts Technical
Long-running agents: Lessons from the enterprise frontier
Day 2 · 12:00 PM–12:45 PM · Mandalay Bay A
Design patterns for long-running agents from Anthropic teams building with Claude on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, including frameworks for codebase modernization.
Applied AI, Architecture, Agents
BRK2-121 Breakouts Technical
AI at Snap's scale: Global compute fabric with GKE custom compute classes
Day 2 · 1:30 PM–2:15 PM · Jasmine A
Snap and Google Cloud engineered custom ComputeClasses in GKE.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
BRK2-051 Breakouts Technical
Managed Service for Apache Airflow: The agentic bedrock for enterprise data and MLOps
Day 2 · 2:45 PM–3:30 PM · Jasmine A
Apache Airflow 3 with Data Engineering Agent. MailChimp and Shopify case studies.
Architecture, Data Analytics, Agents
BRK3-016 Breakouts Advanced Technical
Modernizing your data foundation with an AI-ready data lakehouse
Day 2 · 2:45 PM–3:30 PM · Oceanside C
Modernize Apache Spark jobs and open formats to Google Cloud serverless infrastructure.
Architecture, Data Analytics, Migration
BRK3-031 Breakouts Advanced Technical
Master GKE Day 2 operations: Pain-free upgrades at scale
Day 2 · 2:45 PM–3:30 PM · Oceanside B
GKE innovations for upgrades, patches, and lifecycle management.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
BRK1-109 Breakouts Introductory
Preventing fraud and abuse: Securing the new agent economy
Day 2 · 4:00 PM–4:45 PM · South Seas F
Explores how reCAPTCHA defends against evolving threats in agent-powered commerce, protecting customer journeys while enabling frictionless transactions and blocking fraudulent activities.
Architecture, Security
BRK2-114 Breakouts Technical
GKE hypercluster: Powering secure, planetary scale for AI workloads
Day 2 · 4:00 PM–4:45 PM · South Seas H
Co-designed with Anthropic, this session covers a new Kubernetes architecture decoupling control and data planes to manage over one million accelerator chips across regions, with hardware-attested sec...
Kubernetes, Security
BRK2-124 Breakouts Technical
How Anthropic uses GKE and TPUs to scale resilient AI
Day 2 · 5:15 PM–6:00 PM · South Seas H
Explores how Anthropic leverages Google Kubernetes Engine architecture to accelerate workload scheduling with modular compute cubes, manage failures faster through dynamic slice management, and optimi...
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
BRK2-053 Breakouts Technical
The governed open lakehouse: Achieve interoperability and unified context
Day 2 · 5:15 PM–6:00 PM · Mandalay Bay H
Explores how to leverage Lakehouse runtime catalog to unify metadata across engines like BigQuery, Apache Spark, and Trino while providing unified governance, global discoverability, and context enric...
Architecture, Data Analytics
BRK2-054 Breakouts Technical
The new way to use Spark: Intelligent, automated, and lightning fast
Day 2 · 8:00 AM–8:45 AM · South Seas H
Apache Spark with Lightning Engine and Gemini-driven pipelines. Lowe's case study.
Architecture, Data Analytics
BRK3-006 Breakouts Advanced Technical
Build transactional lakehouses with AlloyDB, Lakehouse, and BigQuery
Day 2 · 8:00 AM–8:45 AM · Breakers E
ACID-compliant ecosystem with Apache Iceberg for AI agents.
Architecture, Data Analytics, Databases
BRK2-193 Breakouts Technical
Sovereign-ready infrastructure for public sector
Day 2 · 8:00 AM–8:45 AM · Lagoon B
GDC with sovereign innovations and rugged hardware for defense.
Architecture
BRK2-132 Breakouts Technical
Beyond the sandbox: AI-native apps with GKE, Axion, and C4
Day 2 · 8:15 AM–9:00 AM · Jasmine A
GKE with bare-metal support, Axion processors, and C4 instances.
Cost Optimization, Kubernetes
BRK3-035 Breakouts Advanced Technical
Inside Google AI infrastructure: A deep dive under the hood
Day 2 · 9:15 AM–10:00 AM · Lagoon F
Engineering behind custom silicon, networking, and AI-optimized storage.
Architecture, Compute
BRK2-133 Breakouts Technical
Build and scale GKE workloads: Node-level performance master class
Day 2 · 9:30 AM–10:15 AM · South Seas E
Node-level customization and benchmarking for GKE workloads.
Compute, Kubernetes
BRK2-113 Breakouts Technical
The GKE inference playbook: Optimize cost and performance
Day 3 · 12:30 PM–1:15 PM · Mandalay Bay F
Addresses generative AI's challenge of balancing inference latency and cost. The session covers a high-performance, cost-efficient inference stack on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and explores innova...
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
BRK3-029 Breakouts Advanced Technical
Platform engineering for AI: Architect a unified stack on GKE
Day 3 · 8:30 AM–9:15 AM · Oceanside C
Learn to design a multi-tenant AI training platform on GKE using MultiKueue and Kubernetes for job queuing, quota sharing, dynamic resource allocation, and topology-aware scheduling across clusters.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
SZ129 Workshops Advanced Technical
Orchestrating AI pipelines with NVIDIA BioNeMo on GKE
Day 1 · 2:45 PM–4:00 PM · Classroom 2 - Palm B
Technical workshop demonstrating how to scale multi-stage AI pipelines using NVIDIA NIM microservices and Google Kubernetes Engine. Uses drug discovery as a case study to show orchestrating specialize...
AI, Kubernetes, Drug Discovery
SOL329 Solution Talks Advanced Technical
Architecting Gemini Enterprise for regulated industries
Day 1 · 11:00 AM–11:45 AM · Solution Talks 2 - Palm F
Explores how regulated industries can implement generative AI while maintaining data sovereignty. Covers VPC-SC, PSC, CMEK, and Private RAG pattern design for confidential data protection.
Security, GenAI, Zero Trust Architecture
SOL320 Solution Talks Advanced Technical
Building multi-agent orchestration: Key challenges and solution approaches
Day 1 · 11:00 AM–11:45 AM · Solution Talks 1 - Palm E
Explores managing state, error handling, and task routing in production multi-agent systems. Compares hierarchical, graph-based, and broadcast architectures with patterns for Google Cloud deployment.
App Dev, Architecture
SOL323 Solution Talks Advanced Technical
AI-Powered Google Cloud Platform architecture diagramming platform
Day 2 · 2:30 PM–3:15 PM · Solution Talks 1 - Palm E
Autonomous platform using AI agents to design, validate, and diagram GCP architecture in minutes.
Compute, AI, Architecture
EXPOLT030 Lightning Talks General
Multi-Agent Systems: Preventing Chaos in Enterprise Production
Day 1 · 11:00 AM–11:20 AM · Expo Theater 2
This session addresses deploying multi-agent systems in enterprise settings, discussing intelligent control planes, governance guardrails, reliability patterns, and human escalation for trustworthy AI...
Agents, Architecture
DEVLT-211 Lightning Talks Technical
Supercharging ELT on Google Cloud with Dataform, dbt, and Airflow
Day 1 · 12:30 PM–12:55 PM · Developer Theater
Demonstration of ELT pipeline implementation using Airflow, Cloud Composer, and Dataform with FIFA World Cup dataset, followed by dbt Core deployment on Cloud Run Jobs with comparative analysis and De...
App Dev, Architecture, Data Analytics, Databases, Serverless
DEVLT-301 Lightning Talks Advanced Technical
LLM Inference on GKE for the rest of us
Day 1 · 3:00 PM–3:25 PM · Developer Theater
Deploy LLMs efficiently on Kubernetes balancing performance, scalability, and cost.
Architecture, Compute, Storage
DEVLT-224 Lightning Talks Technical
Building Agentic Platform using Ray Serve and vLLM on GKE
Day 1 · 4:00 PM–4:25 PM · Developer Theater
Discover how to deploy Qwen model on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) using Ray Serve and vLLM for high-throughput, low-latency inference. This session provides a guide to integrating an ADK agent for s...
Kubernetes, LLM
DEVLT-227 Lightning Talks Technical
Silos to Synergy: Architecting Scalable Multi-Agent Systems
Day 1 · 4:30 PM–4:55 PM · Developer Theater
Discover how a hackathon team created AI-mmunity, a multi-agent platform addressing public health information gaps. Learn how they synthesized siloed data into localized, conversational insights and l...
Agents, Architecture
CUSTLT-131 Lightning Talks Introductory
Accenture's physical AI orchestrator: powering next-gen digital twins with Google Cloud
Day 1 · 5:30 PM–5:50 PM · Customer Theater
Revolutionizes manufacturing plants through 3D simulation, extended reality apps, and AI-driven insights.
Architecture, Security
EXPOLT101 Lightning Talks Introductory
Give your team an agent that works 24/7 and actually fixes things
Day 2 · 11:30 AM–11:50 AM · Expo Theater 1
Demonstrates how agentic workflows identify infrastructure, application, and database issues, validate changes, and propose fixes as pull requests.
Applied AI, Kubernetes
CUSTLT-108 Lightning Talks Technical
Optimize AI for less: How Moloco optimized TPU on GKE for maximum performance gain
Day 2 · 12:15 PM–12:35 PM · Customer Theater
Moloco transformed GKE infrastructure using Trillium (6th Gen TPU) optimization with SparseCore.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
EXPOLT100 Lightning Talks Introductory
Scaling Agentic AI: Why your current integration strategy is a risk
Day 2 · 12:30 PM–12:50 PM · Expo Theater 2
Enterprises deploying AI agents face challenges with legacy integration architectures. Explains why agentic AI requires event-driven, context-first connectivity.
APIs, Architecture
EXPOLT112 Lightning Talks Introductory
The infrastructure paradox: Data centers as AI control plane
Day 2 · 3:00 PM–3:20 PM · Expo Theater 2
The agentic AI software construct is changing to a flexible model of multiple agents connecting to multiple data sets and models. Designing infrastructure that offers security, privacy, cost control, ...
Architecture, Networking, Agents
CUSTLT-109 Lightning Talks Technical
How Levi's is powering its AI agentic revolution using GKE
Day 2 · 3:15 PM–3:35 PM · Customer Theater
Levi's deploying AI and agentic workloads on GKE with Cloudwerx.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
CUSTLT-104 Lightning Talks Technical
Holiday-proofing the Estee Lauder Companies gen AI agents
Day 2 · 9:15 AM–9:35 AM · Customer Theater
Jo Malone London AI Scent Advisor architecture with Cloud Run worker pools for holiday traffic.
Architecture, Cloud Runtimes, Agents
LC004 General Leaders Circle
The physics of AI: Infrastructure for the next era of innovation
Day 0 · 11:10 AM–11:35 AM · Four Seasons Ballroom
Explores the TPU-core vision behind Google's AI Hypercomputer and its transformative impact on scalable AI infrastructure and innovation.
AI infrastructure, computer architecture, data center engineering, TPU
BRK2-111-DG Discussion Groups Advanced Technical
Scaling the fleet: Spotify's vision for Config Connector
Day 1 · 1:30 PM–2:00 PM · Reef B
Spotify's GitOps model and Config Connector at global scale.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
MTUP203 Developer Meetups Technical
AI Infrastructure Engineer Meetup
Day 1 · 3:00 PM–3:45 PM · Developer Meetup - Green
AI engineers examine hardware and orchestration powering the AI revolution.
AI infrastructure, GPU/TPU clusters, GKE
BOF-001 Birds of a Feather General
Cloud migration forum
Day 1 · 4:00 PM–4:30 PM · Lunch Cafe (L2)
Peer insights on migrating from on-premises to cloud.
Architecture, Cost Optimization, Migration
BOF-034 Birds of a Feather General
Standardizing MCP and agent discovery
Day 1 · 4:00 PM–4:30 PM · Lunch Cafe (L2)
App Dev, Architecture
BRK2-123-DG Discussion Groups Advanced Technical
AI migration master class: Whole-estate modernization on GKE
Day 1 · 5:00 PM–5:30 PM · Reef E
Gemini for Migrations strategy with App Migration Planner.
Kubernetes, Migration
PARLT126 Partner Summit Lightning Talks General
Seamlessly migrate and modernize: VMware workloads on Google Cloud
Day 2 · 10:00 AM–10:20 AM · Partner Summit Lounge Lightning Talk Theater 1
Guide to migrating VMware workloads to Google Cloud.
VMware migration, GCVE, GCE, GKE
BOF-020 Birds of a Feather General
The new Axion Bare Metal for Arm workloads
Day 2 · 10:00 AM–10:30 AM · Lunch Cafe (L2)
C4A-metal Axion Bare Metal for automotive tooling like QNX.
App Dev, Architecture, Compute
BOF-003 Birds of a Feather General
Enterprise workloads
Day 2 · 10:00 AM–10:30 AM · Lunch Cafe (L2)
Day-2 operations on Compute Engine with AI modernization.
Architecture, Compute
BRK2-132-DG Discussion Groups Advanced Technical
GKE efficiency master class: Optimal price-performance
Day 2 · 10:30 AM–11:00 AM · Reef F
Deep-stack GKE optimization with Secondary Boot Disks and Bin-Packing.
Cost Optimization, Kubernetes
BRK2-133-DG Discussion Groups Advanced Technical
Build and optimize GKE workloads: Node-level performance
Day 2 · 12:00 PM–12:30 PM · Reef C
Node-level customization for stateless, stateful, and inference workloads.
Kubernetes, Cloud Runtimes
BRK2-112-DG Discussion Groups Advanced Technical
How to accelerate AI agents: GKE agent sandbox and pod snapshots
Day 2 · 1:15 PM–1:45 PM · Reef F
Pod Snapshots for eliminating cold starts in GKE.
Kubernetes, Agents
BRK3-006-DG Discussion Groups Advanced Technical
Architecting the transactional lakehouse
Day 2 · 1:30 PM–2:00 PM · Reef E
Transactional lakehouse architecture for AI workloads.
Architecture, Data Analytics, Databases
BRK1-143-DG Discussion Groups Technical
Reduce OpenShift TCO and fund AI
Day 2 · 1:30 PM–2:00 PM · Reef A
OpenShift on Google Cloud TCO reduction strategies.
Cost Optimization, Kubernetes, Migration
BRK3-027-DG Discussion Groups Advanced Technical
Automating large-scale training operations on Agent Platform
Day 2 · 4:00 PM–4:30 PM · Reef E
Training Clusters at scale engineering discussion.
Architecture, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
BOF-010 Birds of a Feather Technical
SLO math
Day 2 · 9:00 AM–9:30 AM · Lunch Cafe (L2)
SLO evaluation for cloud architecture and AI agent impacts.
App Dev, Architecture
BOF-019 Birds of a Feather General
SAP transformation
Day 2 · 9:00 AM–9:30 AM · Lunch Cafe (L2)
Architecture, Gemini
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