This session presents a collaborative approach to building hybrid AI infrastructure that balances public AI services with private model deployment. As AI technology, economics, and governance rapidly evolve in unpredictable ways, the panel will discuss the need for an Enterprise AI Fabric that delivers long-term flexibility and choice. Moderated by Nick Lippis, the session will explore how aligned architectures, data strategies, and operational models can create secure, high-performance environments adaptable to changing AI consumption patterns. Attendees will gain insight into how coordinated multi-vendor ecosystems can…
As enterprises rapidly adopt generative AI, a new class of application traffic is emerging—AI session flows. AI is not just another workload—it is a new control plane running over your network. These flows, which include interactions between users, large language models (LLMs), and autonomous agents, are fundamentally Layer 7–driven, API-centric, and highly dynamic. Securing them requires a shift in mindset: from inspecting packets to understanding and controlling prompts, responses, and agent interactions. This session explores how AI workloads both resemble and diverge from traditional application…
Organizations can’t fully capitalize on the potential of AI—including agentic automation, intent-based operations, and accelerated innovation—if their security is reliant on legacy architectures. In this keynote, Dhawal Sharma, EVP of AI Security at Zscaler, will present a concrete blueprint for both enabling and securing AI applications and infrastructure through a Zero Trust framework. This approach focuses on continuously discovering and managing your AI footprint, ensuring the safe and compliant use of AI applications, and robustly securing the underlying AI infrastructure.
Unwind with fellow collegues and business partners at The AI Networking Summit Day 1 Reception and Best in Show Award ceremony. Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, lively music, and great conversations! The Best in Show awards recognize standout products that are easily deployable in large-scale enterprise IT environments and deliver tangible business value. Leading industry analysts and ONUG Board Members will judge entries and up to four AI Networking Sponsors will be chosen as award winners. Hear about breakthrough technologies and innovations in a fun relaxed…
Join our Emcees to hear all about the upcoming Day 2 keynotes and sessions that will explore how to unleash the power of AI in enterprise infrastructure and applications. Get ready for another full day of thought leadership from industry leaders across a wide range of major industries.
The rise of AI agents changes everything—from how networks are built to how access and security are enforced. In this keynote, Tom Gillis, Cisco GM for Infrastructure and Security, shares a forward-looking view of the AI-native data center, where networks are designed for machine-to-machine intelligence, autonomous decision-making, and continuous adaptation. In this session, you’ll learn how to move from pilots to production and discover how AI is already being used to build, operate, and secure the infrastructure of the future, security and access control models…
As enterprise leaders move beyond AI experimentation, the real challenge is turning intelligence into execution at scale. John Feldmeier, CIO & VP Site Engineering at eBay, offers a candid, practitioner-led view of how eBay progressed from early AI exploration to deploying AI-assisted processes that deliver measurable business outcomes. John shares hard-earned lessons from eBay’s AI journey, highlighting key decisions, challenges and what ultimately enabled adoption at scale. Real-world use cases will demonstrate measurable impact across operations, support, and business processes. We conclude with some thoughts…
