FinOps Foundation at Google Cloud Next 2025

Las Vegas, United States
April 9, 2025 @ 8:00 am, America/Los Angeles (PDT)

Join the FinOps community for  networking and a keynote watch party in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 9.

Hosted at the Citizens Kitchen & Bar at Mandalay Bay during Google Cloud Next. You don’t need to attend the conference to meet your peers in FinOps and the leadership team from the FinOps Foundation.

Outline Agenda

8am - 9am

Coffee and Breakfast

Open for the FinOps community

9am

Keynote Watch Party

Sit back and watch the Google Cloud Next keynote with your peers with breakfast refreshments

11am - 1pm

Lunch and Networking

Continue conversations over lunch

1pm – 3pm

Meet the Google Cloud Product and Service Leaders

1pm – 2pm

Maximizing Savings & Performance with BigQuery Slot Optimization

Presentation by Abhinav Lad and Carole Ou at Palo Alto Networks

(Google Cloud will vet attendees for this portion and they may require an NDA with Google Cloud. See form checkbox)

2pm – 3pm

Google Cloud FinOps Product Deep-dives

Presentation by Sarah McMullin and Alfonso Hernandez

Learn all about the latest and greatest NEXT launches, ask your burning product questions, and get a sneak peak into what is coming next after NEXT!

(Google Cloud will vet attendees for this portion and they may require an NDA with Google Cloud. See form checkbox)

3pm - 5pm

Community Happy Hour

Join the community for drinks, food and networking.

The event is open to all participants in the FinOps Foundation community. All participants agree to abide by FinOps Foundation code of conduct (e.g., no sales pitches!) Linux Foundation policies and the events Code of Conduct.

Meet the FinOps Foundation and Google Cloud teams

The event is open to those in the community and from member organizations.

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