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September

17
September

Stage

Compute Hardware Stage
Compute Software Stage

Session type

Hospitality & Networking
Open Session
Invite-only Session

DCD>Compute Workshops
- 08:30 — 10:45
- Invite-only Session
DCD>Compute London Badge Collection
- 08:30 — 18:00
- Open Session

DCD>Debates: Mother of Invention - Has a focus on raw computing power limited the potential for AI scaling?
- 11:00 — 11:45
- Compute
- AI Models
- Open Session
DCD>Debates: Cloudy Outlook - Who should control the inference infra?
- 11:00 — 11:45
- Compute
- AI Models
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Open Session
Speakers
Director of Cloud Computing Technology and Strategy EMEA, Akamai
John Bradshaw

Director of Cloud Computing Technology and Strategy EMEA, Akamai

John is director of Cloud Computing Technology and Strategy EMEA, at Akamai Technologies

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DCD>Talks: AI Enterprise Ethics - Practical considerations for enterprise AI governance

09:30 — 10:00

Compute Software Stage

AI Models

Open Session

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Interactive Debate Debriefs
- 11:45 — 12:15
- Open Session

DCD>Compute Lunch
- 12:30 — 13:45
- Hospitality & Networking
- Open Session
DCD>Compute Show Floor Opens
- 12:30 — 18:00

DCD Debate > Infiniband versus Ethernet: Which solution is the right one for the age of inferencing?
- 14:00 — 14:45
- Networking Hardware
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Edge Infrastructure
- Network Architecture/Software
- Open Session
DCD>Debates: Breaking bottlenecks - Are current storage solutions ready for inference at scale?
- 14:00 — 14:45
- Storage & Memory
- AI Models
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Edge Infrastructure
- Open Session

Interactive Debate Debriefs
- 14:45 — 15:15
- Open Session

Presentation: Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing GenAI in Financial Services Institutions
- 15:20 — 15:40
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Compute
- Open Session
Speakers
Principal Industry Specialist - Data & AI (Global Financial Services), AWS
Bib Shukla

Principal Industry Specialist - Data & AI (Global Financial Services), AWS

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Presentation: Agentic AI – How Enterprise customers are using Agentic AI to drive productivity and automation on cloud

10:00 — 10:30

Compute Software Stage

AI Models

Open Session

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Principal - Data & AI Lead (AWS Consulting - UKI) | Field CDO, AWS
Ankur Agarwal

Principal - Data & AI Lead (AWS Consulting - UKI) | Field CDO, AWS

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Presentation: Agentic AI – How Enterprise customers are using Agentic AI to drive productivity and automation on cloud

10:00 — 10:30

Compute Software Stage

AI Models

Open Session

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Tech Showcase: Data Resilience - Manage exponential data growth safely in the age of AI
- 15:40 — 16:00
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Storage & Memory
- Cybersecurity
- Open Session

DCD>Talks: AI for Enterprise - Where are the use cases that add immediate value for enterprises and their customers?
- 16:00 — 16:40
- Compute Software Stage
- AI Models
- Open Session
Speakers

Natalia Konstantinova

Global Architecture Lead in AI, BP

Detlef Nauck

Head of AI & Data Science Research, BT
Tech Showcase: Powering Tomorrow’s AI - Maximising GenAI performance beyond the GPU
- 16:00 — 16:20
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Compute
- AI Models
- Open Session

DCD>Talks: Edge-ucation: Why the future of enterprise compute is on the edge
- 16:20 — 16:40
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Edge Infrastructure
- Open Session

DCD>Compute London Icebreaker
- 18:30 — 20:30
- Hospitality & Networking
- Open Session

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Opening Keynote: The future of AI Models - Training, inference, reasoning, and beyond
- 09:00 — 09:30
- Compute Software Stage
- AI Models
- Open Session
Opening Keynote: Hardware Revolution - Supercharging infrastructure to turbocharge AI scaling
- 09:00 — 09:30
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Compute
- Storage & Memory
- Networking Hardware
- AI Models
- Open Session

Major Panel: Win the race to scale - How to keep up with rising compute, storage, and networking needs in the AI boom
- 09:30 — 10:30
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Compute
- Storage & Memory
- Networking Hardware
- AI Models
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Edge Infrastructure
- Open Session
Speakers

Bryan Hill

Director, Digital Media & AI, Digital Realty
DCD>Talks: AI Enterprise Ethics - Practical considerations for enterprise AI governance
- 09:30 — 10:00
- Compute Software Stage
- AI Models
- Open Session
Speakers
Director of Cloud Computing Technology and Strategy EMEA, Akamai
John Bradshaw

Director of Cloud Computing Technology and Strategy EMEA, Akamai

John is director of Cloud Computing Technology and Strategy EMEA, at Akamai Technologies

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DCD>Debates: Cloudy Outlook - Who should control the inference infra?

11:00 — 11:45

Compute

AI Models

Cloud Infrastructure

Open Session

More details

Presentation: Agentic AI – How Enterprise customers are using Agentic AI to drive productivity and automation on cloud
- 10:00 — 10:30
- Compute Software Stage
- AI Models
- Open Session
Speakers
Principal - Data & AI Lead (AWS Consulting - UKI) | Field CDO, AWS
Ankur Agarwal

Principal - Data & AI Lead (AWS Consulting - UKI) | Field CDO, AWS

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Presentation: Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing GenAI in Financial Services Institutions

15:20 — 15:40

Compute Hardware Stage

Compute

Open Session

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Principal Industry Specialist - Data & AI (Global Financial Services), AWS
Bib Shukla

Principal Industry Specialist - Data & AI (Global Financial Services), AWS

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Related sessions:

Presentation: Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing GenAI in Financial Services Institutions

15:20 — 15:40

Compute Hardware Stage

Compute

Open Session

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Major Panel: Fools Rush In - Building a strategic roadmap for sustainable AI success
- 10:30 — 11:30
- Compute Software Stage
- AI Models
- Open Session
Major Panel: Next-level Networking: Building future-ready networks for tomorrow’s workloads
- 10:30 — 11:30
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Networking Hardware
- Network Architecture/Software
- Open Session

DCD>Talks: Inflection Point - Creating the next generation of AI networking infrastructure
- 11:30 — 12:00
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Compute
- Networking Hardware
- Network Architecture/Software
- Open Session
Speakers

Kamran Naqvi

Chief Network Architect - EMEA, Broadcom

Tech Showcase: Photonic Future - How Photonic Fabrics transform chip-to-memory connectivity for superior performance
- 12:00 — 12:30
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Networking Hardware
- Open Session
Tech Showcase: Quantum-Locked - Ensuring data privacy through fully homomorphic encryption
- 12:00 — 12:30
- Compute Software Stage
- Cybersecurity
- Open Session

Compute Hosted Lunch
- 12:30 — Sept. 16, 2025, 1:45 p.m.
- Hospitality & Networking
- Invite-only Session

Compute General Lunch
- 12:45 — 13:45
- Hospitality & Networking
- Open Session

Tech Showcase: Silicon Security - Establishing the hardware foundation for a zero trust data strategy
- 14:00 — 14:30
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Storage & Memory
- Cybersecurity
- Open Session
DCD>Talks: Workload-Ready - How cloud infrastructure accelerates AI workloads
- 14:00 — 14:30
- Compute Software Stage
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Open Session

Major Panel: Reading between the lines - Striking the XPU/GPU/CPU balance to adapt to AI inference workloads?
- 14:30 — 15:30
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Compute
- Open Session
Tech Showcase: Scalable, Durable, Secure: Unlocking the full performance potential for all workloads with cloud storage
- 14:30 — 15:00
- Compute Software Stage
- Storage & Memory
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Open Session

DCD>Talks: Silver Lining - Why the future of compute is on the cloud
- 15:00 — 15:30
- Compute Software Stage
- Compute
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Open Session

DCD>Talks: How should enterprise infrastructure strategy adapt to scaling AI?
- 15:30 — 16:00
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Compute
- Storage & Memory
- Networking Hardware
- AI Models
- Edge Infrastructure
- Open Session
Tech showcase: Network Automation 101 - Making network automation a reality
- 15:30 — 16:00
- Compute Software Stage
- Network Architecture/Software
- Open Session

DCD>Talks: Exascale Era - Building and powering the next generation of supercomputers
- 16:00 — 16:30
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Compute
- Storage & Memory
- Networking Hardware
DCD>Talks: AI for networking for AI - The role of AI in network operations
- 16:00 — 16:30
- Compute Software Stage
- Network Architecture/Software
- Open Session
Speakers

Urs Baumann

Network Automation Engineer/NetDevOps, Swisscom

Closing DCD>Talks: Between a rock and hard-ware place - How to stay ahead of obsolescence despite rising costs
- 16:30 — 17:00
- Compute Hardware Stage
- Compute
- Storage & Memory
- Networking Hardware
- Edge Infrastructure
- Open Session
Closing DCD>Talks: TBA
- 16:30 — 17:00
- Compute Software Stage
- AI Models
- Open Session

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11:00

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16:20

18:30

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09:30

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10:30

11:30

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