Must-See Splunk Platform & Data Management Content at Cisco Live 2026

AI is making everything faster and more complex. Getting insights from data quickly is critical for driving operational efficiencies and quickly resolving network, infrastructure, and application issues. Is your machine data AI-ready? It is if you’re using Splunk.

If your primary interest at Cisco Live 2026 is learning how you can use Splunk to ingest, normalize, search, and analyze large, complex data sets everywhere, then this is the track for you. If you’re already a Splunk Platform user or your primary interests at Cisco Live 2026 Las Vegas are around data management and engineering, these are just a few of the sessions, talks, and demos that you won’t want to miss:

Keynotes & Keynote Deep Dives

Keynotes:

• Lead in the Agentic Era: Tuesday, June 2^nd (8:30 AM – 10:15 AM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Chuck Robbins (Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Cisco)
    • Jeetu Patel (President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco)
    • Brian Niccol (Chairman and CEO, Starbucks Coffee Company)

• From Agentic Vision to Enterprise Reality: Wednesday, June 3^rd (8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Liz Centoni (EVP and Chief Customer Experience Officer Cisco)
    • Jeetu Patel (President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco)

Keynote Deep Dives:

• Cisco Cloud Control and AgenticOps: Reimagining Enterprise Operations: Tuesday, June 2^nd (11:00 AM – 11:45 AM PDT)

  • Speaker: DJ Sampath (SVP, AI Software and Platform, Cisco)

• Digital Resilience in the AI Era: Building a Secure and Trusted Agentic Enterprise: Wednesday, June 3^rd (3:45 PM – 4:30 PM PDT)

  • Speaker: Cory Minton (Field CTO, Cisco)

Center Stage Sessions & Product Strategy Overviews

Center Stage Sessions:

• Trust & Compliance in the AI Era: Keeping Infrastructure, Systems, and Apps Secure and Compliant: Monday, June 1^st (2:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT)

  • Speaker: James Hodge (VP, Global Specialists – Splunk, Cisco)

• Using Splunk to Reduce Major Incidents by 25% and Network Outages to Zero: A Cisco Case Study: Wednesday, June 3^rd (4:30 – 5:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Justin Waite (VP, DevTools & Release Engineering, Cisco)
    • Ryan Smalley (Splunk Platform Architect, Cisco)
    • Ines Thornburg (Splunk, Customer Experience, Cisco)

Product Strategy Overviews:

• Take a Deep Dive into Splunk's AI Innovations: Monday, June 1^st (1:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDT)

  • Speaker: Hanlin Fang (VP of Product Management, Splunk, Cisco)

• Accelerate Your Journey to the Agentic Enterprise with Splunk: Tuesday, June 2^nd (2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT)

  • Speaker: Seth Brickman (VP, Global Product - Splunk Platform, Cisco)

• Unify Data & Insights for AI-ready Scale with Splunk: Wednesday, June 3^rd (2:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT)

  • Speaker: Mike Sondag (GVP, Splunk Platform Specialists, Cisco)

Breakout Sessions, Theater Talks, Labs, and Seminars

Breakout Sessions:

• Observability in the Public Sector: How Indiana Office of Technology Supports 45 Agencies with Cisco and Splunk: Monday, June 1^st (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Leila Reyhani (Solutions Architect, Cisco)
    • Brad Welsh (Observability Program Manager, Indiana Office of Technology)

• Unlock Predictive Power: Zero-Shot AI Forecasting with the Cisco Time Series Model: Monday, June 1^st (2:30 – 3:30 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Sonal Pardeshi (Sr. Director of AI Product Management, Cisco)
    • Brian Goleno (Principal Product Manager, AI, Cisco)

• Foundation Models for NetOps: From Time Series and Log Reasoning to Closed-Loop Operations: Monday, June 1^st (4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Nick Ma (Senior Staff Product Manager, AI, Splunk, Cisco)
    • Joe Ross (Principal Software Engineer, Cisco)

• Cisco Data Fabric: Scaling Machine Data Operations from Edge to Cloud: Tuesday, June 2^nd (10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT)

  • Speaker: Felix Jiang (Group Product Manager, Cisco)

• Optimizing AI Observability for 3^rd Party Agents using Model Context Protocol: Tuesday, June 2^nd (1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT)

  • Speaker: Joe deBlaquiere (Principal Product Manager, Cisco)

• Increase Your Networking Insights with Splunk Platform and Intelligent Data Fabric: Tuesday, June 2^nd (2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Srini Bobba (Director, Product Management, Cisco)
    • John Southerland (Senior Product Manager, ITSI, Cisco)

• Cisco Log Reasoning Foundation Model: Architecture, Training, and Performance at Scale: Wednesday, June 3^rd (10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Liang Gou (Director of Engineering, AI, Cisco)
    • Mohit Verma (Principal Product Manager – AI, Cisco)

• Beyond the Chatbot: Running Agentic Operations: Wednesday, June 3^rd (1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT)

  • Speaker: Mohit Verma (Principal Product Manager – AI, Cisco)

• Data Federation with Cisco Data Fabric and Splunk: Unlock Insights Across Distributed Data: Thursday, June 4^th (8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Aditya Tammana (Group Product Manager, Cisco)

• From Copilot to Autopilot: Building Agentic Operations with Splunk: Thursday, June 4^th (10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Damian Herrick (Global AI/ML Solutions Architect, Cisco)
    • Jeff Wiedemann (Global AI Partner Technical Leader, Cisco)

• Driving Superior Customer Outcomes: How Cisco and Splunk Leverage OpenTelemetry to Deliver Business Impact: Thursday, June 4^th (1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT)

  • Speaker: Morgan McLean (Cisco)

Interactive Breakout Sessions:

• Implementing a Unified AI-Enhanced Observability Strategy: Monday, June 1^st (8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Leila Reyhani (Solutions Architect, Cisco)
    • Jesse Galliers, (Solutions Engineer, Cisco)

• The Olympic E Score Challenge: Can You Maintain a Perfect Digital Experience for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games?: Tuesday, June 2^nd (1:00 – 2:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Joe Casella (Solutions Engineer, Cisco)
    • Chris Perkins (Staff Solutions Architect, Cisco)

• How to Configure Splunk For Cisco Meraki and Cisco Catalyst Center: Wednesday, June 3^rd (2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Alex Mitchell (Technical Education Content Developer, Cisco – Distinguished Speaker)
    • Chris Doebert (Principal Cat Wrangler, Cisco – Distinguished Speaker)

• Splunk Data Management Tools: Mastering Your Data with Filtering, Masking, and Routing: Thursday, June 4^th (1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Kyle Prins (Leader, Technical Marketing, Splunk)
    • Chris Doebert (Principal Cat Wrangler, Cisco – Distinguished Speaker)

Instructor-led Labs:

• From Data to Decisions: Synthesizing Network Insights from Catalyst Center, ThousandEyes, and Splunk: Monday, June 1^st (8:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Diego Granados (Technical Consulting Engineering Leader, Cisco)
    • Eduardo Olague Salas (TCE, Cisco)

• From Deployment to Deep Insights: Mastering AI/ML with Cisco AI Pods & Splunk: Wednesday, June 3^rd (8:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Marcio Kugler Rodrigues (Technical Marketing Engineer Leader, Cisco)
    • Leila Reyhani (Solutions Architect, Cisco)

Walk-in Labs:

• Powering the AI Era: Building AI-Ready Data Centers with Real-Time Power Visibility Using Splunk: Monday – Wednesday (8:30 AM – 6 PM), Thursday (8:30 AM – 2 PM)

  • Speaker: Vanitha Kannan (Sr. Manager, Customer Delivery, Cisco)

• Creating a memorable experience with Splunk – Integration with Contact Center: Monday – Wednesday (8:30 AM – 6 PM), Thursday (8:30 AM – 2 PM)

  • Speakers:

    • Alex Artamonov (Technical Consulting Engineer, Cisco)
    • Ramiro Amaya (Technical Leader CX, Cisco)

Technical Seminar:

• Into the Observability-Verse: Achieving End-to-End Visibility from Network Infrastructure to AI Workloads: Sunday, May 31^st (2:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Mithun Banerjee (Software Consulting Engineering Technical Leader, Cisco)

Cisco World of Solutions Showcase: Opportunities for Splunk Platform Content

When you’re not in technical breakout sessions or keynotes, stop by the Cisco World of Solutions showcase to find product demos, grab swag, network with colleagues, and learn even more. Splunk products and capabilities will be shown off across 11 dedicated demo stations, eight demos alongside the Pulse Wall, and as part of numerous other Cisco demos.

There will be two interactive capture-the-flag demos (Splunk Arcade and KubeDoom) where you can further your Splunk expertise with hands-on examples. Don’t forget to check out the Cisco Store to watch Splunk in action while you pick up some swag.

The Fun Beyond the Tech

• Celebrate with Maroon 5 and The Chainsmokers: June 3, 2026 at 7:30 – 11 PM, with a performance from Maroon 5 and The Chainsmokers at Allegiant Stadium. Learn more about the celebration here!
• Healing Hounds: Take a break from the bustling show floor to pet adorable therapy dogs, grab dog-friendly swag, and see how we’re using Splunk to monitor everything.
• Oxygen bar: Rest your feet for a few minutes at the oxygen bar, where you can recharge and reduce muscle tension with a short but soothing hand or neck massage.
• Receptions, happy hours, and brunch: Download the Cisco Events mobile app for the schedule of receptions, happy hours, and meals.
• Leading the Future: Leading the Future track sessions in the Session Catalog focus on executive mentoring and networking. Get inspired by bold ideas and leaders while playing games or sipping signature cocktails and mocktails.

Additional Resources

Get more details on the Cisco Live website as we add new agenda items and promote more on-site learning opportunities. Keep these resources handy for the latest and greatest on Cisco Live:

• Week-at-a-Glance calendar to review

• Once the show starts, tune in to the Global Broadcast online and follow along in all of the following places:

  • Ciscolive.com/global
  • Cisco.com
  • Join the conversation online by following @Splunk across all social platforms

• Shuttle schedule
• Hotel map & rates
• Convince your boss letter to easily share the necessary details when you need to get travel expenses approved.
• Download the Cisco Events mobile app and complete mini challenges while on-site to climb the Cisco Live Challenge leaderboard. Learn more here.

Cisco Live 2026 Las Vegas is a must-see event! Register today or, if you’re already registered, check out the session catalog to start planning your week. You can watch sessions from Cisco Live 2026 Las Vegas and past Cisco Live events in the on-demand library after the show.

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