Riyadh

Tuesday, 19th November 2024
Mövenpick Hotel and Residences Riyadh
District, Northern Ring Branch Road, Exit 4 Al Ghadeer
Riyadh 13311, Saudi Arabia

Please note that this event is tailored specifically for select titles within organizations that are current or potential Splunk customers. Your registration will be subject to review and approval by the Splunk local team, and you will receive a notification once your registration is successful. Registrations from Splunk partners who are not sponsors, IT/Services/Consulting companies, may not be accommodated.

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.conf24 is on the go

We’re taking Splunk’s flagship user conference on the road with .conf Go, and we’d love for you to come along for the ride.

.conf Go will be in Riyadh on 19th November this year. Join us to hear from technology experts on keeping your organization secure, reliable, and moving at the path of innovation.

Whether your organization is new to Splunk, a longtime customer, or yet to begin your Splunk journey, .conf Go is your chance to build connections with industry leaders and learn the latest discoveries that’ll catapult your career to the next level.

This event is designed for you who are interested in, and want to learn more of the business benefits of Splunks market leading solutions.

Agenda

09:00

Arrival & Welcome Breakfast

10:00

Welcome Note

10:10

Keynote: Building digital resilience in the age of AI | Splunk

While a promising opportunity, AI is accelerating technology challenges that were already underway — compute requirements, complexity, and data silos. Learn how Splunk’s most recent portfolio enhancements help our customers keep delivering seamless, secure digital experiences — in turn helping build a safer and more resilient digital world. Splunk leaders will also share how the combination of Cisco and Splunk will provide unparalleled visibility and insights across an organisation’s entire digital footprint. It’s all here, folks.

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10:40

Innovating the Future | Splunk

11:00

Key Priorities for Saudi Digital Foundations | IDC

In today's digital-first landscape, organizations navigate intricate IT environments, embrace rapid innovation, and strive to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Centralized observability has emerged as a pivotal solution, allowing organizations to address these multifaceted challenges effectively. It empowers organizations to safeguard both enterprises and government entities without compromising the agility and resilience essential in the digital-first era. As per IDC survey conducted in 2023 among large enterprises and government entities in Saudi Arabia; 40% of respondents have recognized the pivotal role of central observability in enhancing their IT operations. In this event, we embark on a deep exploration of the profound power of central observability in an era characterized by rapid technological change. Our distinguished speakers from IDC and Splunk will share invaluable insights into the latest trends and best practices for enhancing your digital journey.

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11:20

Networking Break

11:45

Powering the SOC of the Future

IT teams are faced with many familiar challenges including, fragmented data, tools, and teams, and a notable skills shortage. All make it hard to detect, investigate and respond to potential risks. Learn how to unlock a more secure and resilient organization, and how market leaders are leveraging the SOC of the future to empower IT teams to seamlessly investigate and respond to potential risks.

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12:10

Splunk Observability: Delivering Observability for the Whole Enterprise

Your organization has a complex digital footprint with a mix of devices, endpoints, and applications. A single error can cause a cascading effect, but diagnosing is tough in an interconnected environment. Discover how Observability for the entire enterprise can prevent unplanned downtime and help you deliver seamless digital experiences.

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12:35

Fireside Chat: Beyond Resilience: Shaping the Digital Future in the AI Era

This is a Customer Fireside Chat : As organizations navigate a digital landscape increasingly defined by AI, the need goes beyond building resilience to actively shaping and future-proofing digital operations. This panel brings together industry leaders to discuss how they’re not only safeguarding their enterprises but also driving innovation, transforming their approach to data and security, and proactively preparing for the evolving demands of AI. Attendees will gain insight into how businesses in the region are anticipating tomorrow's challenges and redefining their operational strategies to stay competitive, agile, and secure in a rapidly evolving digital-first age.

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12:50

Building Tomorrow Together: Partner Insights on Driving Digital Resilience

Join us for a forward-thinking panel with Saudi Arabia’s leading technology partners. Representatives from NTT, Saudi Business Machine (SBM), and Versos will discuss the integral role of observability and AI in building digital resilience. Together, they will offer valuable insights into how they’re supporting the Kingdom’s ambitious digital goals and helping organizations stay secure, agile, and prepared for future challenges.

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13:15

Wrap up & Appreciation Ceremony

13:30

Lunch

Speakers

Mamduh Allam

Mamduh Allam

Area Vice President
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain & Kuwait


https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamduh/

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Mark Woods

Mark Woods

EMEA Field CTO & Chief Technical Advisor

Splunk


https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdwoods/

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Caglar Dogan

Caglar Dogan

Sr. Cybersecurity Product Advisor EMEA Emerging

Splunk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/caglar-dogan/

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Fernando Sebastian

Fernando Sebastian

Observability Advisor South EMEA

Splunk


https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-sebasti%C3%A1n-pino-489b4b26/

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Shahin Hashim

Shahin Hashim

Associate Research Director (META)
IDC


https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahinhashim/

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Dimitris Vergos

Dimitris Vergos

Area Vice President EMEA South

Splunk


https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitrisvergos1/

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Tom Gamali

Tom Gamali

CISO & Board Risk Committee Member
Abdul Latif Jameel United Finance


https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomgamali/

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Harun Baykal

Harun Baykal

Head of Security Practice Middle East
NTT Data


https://www.linkedin.com/in/harun-baykal/

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Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

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Agenda

9:00
10:00

Breakout Session #1 - Room B

Detect Threats Faster with Splunk Enterprise Security 

Splunk’s AI-enhanced platform provides unified visibility by analyzing data from all sources, ensuring that no critical signals are overlooked.

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10:00
11:00

Breakout Session #1 - Room A

Detect Threats Faster with Splunk Enterprise Security

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Breakout Session #2 - Room B

Aligning IT and Business with Service Monitoring

Are you looking to optimize your business services, while reducing complexity, and improve visibility, resilience and operational efficiency? Learn how ITOps teams can prevent unplanned downtime, deliver reliable services, and improve operational efficiency with end-to-end visibility, predictive analytics, and automated incident response.

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11:00
12:00

Breakout Session #1 - Room A

Detect Threats Faster with Splunk Enterprise Security

Splunk’s AI-enhanced platform provides unified visibility by analyzing data from all sources, ensuring that no critical signals are overlooked.

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Breakout Session #2 - Room B

Aligning IT and Business with Service Monitoring

Are you looking to optimize your business services, while reducing complexity, and improve visibility, resilience and operational efficiency? Learn how ITOps teams can prevent unplanned downtime, deliver reliable services, and improve operational efficiency with end-to-end visibility, predictive analytics, and automated incident response.

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Breakout Session #3 - Room C

Reducing Alert Noise

Finding the root cause of a service failure becomes complicated and time-consuming when teams have to deal with disparate, inaccurate alerts that are slow to detect problems and offer no business content to the impact of each change. Learn how you can leverage Splunk to make your on-call nights tolerable by proactively detecting problems and only alerting you about the ones that really matter.

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12:00
1:00

Lunch Reception

Drinks, drinks & networking

Speakers

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Director Risk Management and Data Protection,
Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Splunk Inc.

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First Lastname

Director Risk Management and Data Protection,
Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Splunk Inc.

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Director Risk Management and Data Protection,
Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Splunk Inc.

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First Lastname

Director Risk Management and Data Protection,
Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Splunk Inc.

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First Lastname

Director Risk Management and Data Protection,
Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Splunk Inc.

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First Lastname

Director Risk Management and Data Protection,
Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Splunk Inc.

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