Guest General Session Speakers
KC Choi
Executive Partner and VP, Global CSO/CRO Advisory Practice
Gartner
Robin Braun
VP AI Business Development
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Russell Forrest
Town Manager
Town of Vail
Paula Crowell
CIO
LA County Sanitation District
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George Khalil
CIO/CISO
City of Riverside
Michael Sherwood
Sr Business Manager, State and Local Government
NVIDIA
Will May
Chief Revenue Officer
Arctic Wolf
Chris Prangley
Regional VP, West
Varonis
Jensen Penalosa
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
FBI
Neil Jadhav
Chief Information & Technology Officer
Gemological Institute of America
Michael Tyner
Ast Dir Cybersecurity Operations
LADWP
WHATS HOT IN 2026...
PARTNERING TECHNOLOGIES
ATTENDEES
PUBLIC SECTOR / COMMERCIAL ATTENDEES
4 Hour
General Session
23 Breakout Sessions
Executive Client Success Stories
Security Panel including FBI
Fireside Chat: Gartner Industry Expert
5 Keynote Speakers
Public Sector
Super Session
State of the Industry
Explore VMware Alternatives
Executive
Leadership
Lunch + Panel
(Invitation Only)
30 Demo Hall Booths
Fireside Chat: AI Success Story with Vail, CO
AI Governance Panel including NVIDIA
"Ask Me Anything" Demo Hall Booth
Big ideas. Bold voices.
One stage.
KEYNOTES
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HPE
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Arctic Wolf
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Varonis
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Nth Executive Leadership
FIRESIDE CHATS
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Gartner
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HPE + Town of Vail, CO (with a tremendous AI success story!)
AI LEADERSHIP PANEL
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LA County Sanitation District
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City of Riverside
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NVIDIA
CYBERSECURITY PANEL
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FBI
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LA Dept of Water & Power
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GIA
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Nth vCISO
BUILD
2026 FOCUS
Modernize IT +
secure and govern agentic AI
for massive innovation.
Build IT. Don't chase IT.
HOT
TOPICS
CORE
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Hybrid multi-cloud management platforms
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​Intelligent storage for AI acceleration and cost control
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Modern data management
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Backup and recovery
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Self-driving networks
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Air gapped backups and other ransomware protection technologies
VMWARE
ALTERNATIVES
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Interact with our VMware Cost Savings Estimate Calculator
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Hybrid-ready: migrate VMs at your own pace
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Options for no full rip-and-replace
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Reliable enterprise-grade capabilities
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Eliminate vendor lock-in
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Reduce licensing costs
CYBER
SECURITY
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Explore the top breaches in 2026
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Securing the agentic enterprise
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Anatomy of the OpenAI / Hugging Face incident
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AI vs. AI warfare
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Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) readiness
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Identity is the new perimeter
SHADOW AI
Turn AI Policy into Enforceable Governance
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Learn where AI is being used, understand where sensitive data may be exposed, and put practical controls in place without slowing innovation.
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Come explore the steps and tools to BUILD an AI Visibility & Governance Program:
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Build an AI inventory
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Categorize tools
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Create an acceptable use policy and enforce it
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Protect the data, not just the app
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​Establish approved AI pathways
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Assess AI-specific security risks
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Govern third-party and embedded AI
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Train users with practical examples
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AI AT SCALE
From Individual Productivity to Enterprise ROI
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Ensure you are deploying AI at scale so your organization becomes smarter every day.
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Real-world use cases
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AI infrastructure readiness
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Cybersecurity strategy
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Architecting hybrid cloud for AI
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Build & operationalize production-scale
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Autonomous agents
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about AI at Symposium
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