Explore the Potential of Bringing AI to Your Data - Anywhere.

Join us at EVOLVE25, the industry's must-attend Data and AI Conference of the year. See why Bringing AI to Your Data - Anywhere empowers you to unlock the full potential of enterprise and agentic AI for your organization without limits or compromises! Connect with industry visionaries, data and AI experts, and your peers as we explore real-world use cases and newly announced product innovations made only possible by  the industry’s only unified, hybrid data platform that Delivers the Cloud Experience - Anywhere.

AI relies on quality and accessible data. Join customer and expert-led sessions to explore best practices for unifying, managing, and leveraging data to drive real-time decision-making and transform operations and citizen services.

What you’ll hear

  • Strategies to enhance productivity in the era of generative AI

  • How data and AI revolutionize federal agencies and state and local organizations

  • Insights from government visionaries and data experts

  • Real-world experiences and future views on the critical impact of AI

Your AI journey:
Three paths to transformation

1

Enterprise AI

Learn how public sector agencies are scaling AI to transform operations, improve decision-making, drive innovation, and explore the latest tools for productivity, collaboration, security, and governance.

2

Hybrid cloud

Learn strategies for optimizing hybrid and multi-cloud environments to support AI workloads while maintaining security, compliance, and cost efficiency.

3

Modern data architecture

Explore next-generation data architectures designed to support the unique requirements of AI applications and use cases.

Register today to secure your spot at EVOLVE25 Government Summit and help shape the future of AI-powered innovation!

What you can expect from the EVOLVE25 Government Summit experience

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Customer sessions

Hear directly from Cloudera customers as they share fresh perspectives on market trends and technologies

 

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Expo zone

Explore the sponsor pavilion to see the industry’s most innovative solutions in action with our partners and Cloudera Government Solutions product leaders

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1x1 executive meetings

Meet with Cloudera Government Solutions experts so we can work together to ensure you have what you need to succeed in today’s fast-paced environment

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Visionary Speakers

The futurist for leaders: Mike Walsh

Mike Walsh is the CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21st century. For the past twenty years, he has been a leading authority on disruptive innovation, digital transformation and new ways of thinking. A global nomad from a diverse ethnic background, futurist and author of three bestselling books, Mike advises some of the world’s biggest organizations on reinvention and change in this new era of machine intelligence. A specialist in AI-powered transformation, he bridges the two worlds of disruptive technology and business leadership, translating deep tech into pragmatic recommendations for leaders to seize new opportunities, transform their organizations, and change their own thinking.

 

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Visionary Speakers

First Female White House Chief Information Officer, AI Strategist, Business and Personal Security Expert, Privacy Visionary

Theresa Payton is a trailblazer in technology and cybersecurity, making history as the first female White House Chief Information Officer, under President George W. Bush.  She’s recognized as one of the world’s top advisors on secured digital transformation, AI and privacy, consulting Fortune 500 boards, CEOs, and technology executives to safeguard critical assets and navigate complex digital challenges. Because she’s the go-to expert among network television news programs and other major media outlets for her broad cybercrime-fighting knowledge, relatable persona and ability to make complex technology understandable, she starred as Deputy Commander of Intelligence on the CBS TV reality hide-and-seek show, Hunted.  She’s also CEO and chief advisor of a leading digital security firm, Fortalice.

Breakouts

Advance Enterprise AI

Accelerate Enterprise and Agentic AI - Development to Inference with Private AI

Accelerate adoption with Cloudera’s private, secure, and comprehensive AI platform. Streamline the creation and deployment of intelligent agents with AI Studios (including Agent Studio); quickly deploy and scale AI applications with Cloudera AI Inference, powered by NVIDIA NIM microservices; and use streaming data pipelines and RAG to glean insights from unstructured data.

Unleash True Hybrid Power

Experience the Cloud Anywhere - Data Center to Edge with Full Control

Revolutionize your approach to data, analytics, and AI with Cloudera’s Anywhere Cloud platform. Get inspired by pioneers who have positioned their organizations for success tomorrow while maximizing their investment today. See exclusive previews of Cloudera's innovations to deliver the cloud experience to data anywhere - from data center to edge and beyond.

PROACTIVE DATA MANAGEMENT

Unify with the Open Data Lakehouse - Automated and AI-Ready for Real-Time Insights

Deploy an Open Data Lakehouse powered by Apache Iceberg to unify data across silos, enable real-time self-service insights, and deliver AI-ready data. Hear from experts and peers how they’re activating metadata, tracking lineage, and building a data fabric—all while maintaining control, compliance, and cost-efficiency.

Featured Speakers

  • Charles Sansbury, Chief Executive Officer, Cloudera
  • Abhas Ricky, Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera
  • Leo Brunnick, Chief Product Officer, Cloudera
  • Frank O’Dowd , Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudera
  • Sergio Gago, Chief Technology Officer, Cloudera

CALL FOR SPEAKERS | Showcase your strategies for driving business value with data and AI     Submit your proposal

Welcome to our Sponsors

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Global Sponsor

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Global Sponsor

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Premier Sponsor

Become a sponsor

Become a sponsor of EVOLVE25 Government Summit, Cloudera’s premier customer event - Trusting Data Today for Tomorrow’s AI. Join today for promotional opportunities and to gain access to Cloudera’s most engaged and successful customers.

Nominations are open for Cloudera's Data Impact Awards

These prestigious awards recognize outstanding data-driven projects that have had significant business impact within organizations, across industries, and globally.

Nominate teams who are driving meaningful change by innovating in one of the following categories:

Analytics, ML, and AI Advantages
 


Spotlighting enterprises that harness Cloudera to power analytics, business intelligence, ML, AI, LLMs, and RAGs.

Hybrid and Infrastructure Modernization


Highlighting the impact of  infrastructure on data and AI—from public cloud migrations to hybrid expansions to on-premises optimization.

Open Data Lakehouse and Iceberg Innovation


Championing the use of open, scalable data lakehouses for seamless data interoperability across on premises, hybrid, and cloud.

Data Governance and Fabric Excellence


Recognizing organizations transforming data governance with an intelligent data fabric for enterprise-wide data and metadata control.

Data in Motion and Streaming Success


Celebrating excellence in harnessing the power of data in motion to process and analyze data across all environments to drive faster responses.

EVOLVE Agenda at a Glance

8:30 AM
Registration & Networking

Kick off the day by picking up your badge and making valuable connections with fellow attendees, partners, and Cloudera executives.

9:00 AM
Opening Keynote

Join us at Cloudera EVOLVE25 to discover how to truly harness the power of data and AI anywhere, accelerating time-to-value and gaining real-time insights. This premier event offers exclusive access to cutting-edge strategies and transformative technologies to drive real-world data and AI transformation."

  • Charles Sansbury: CEO, Cloudera

  • Frank O’Dowd: CRO, Cloudera

  • Abhas Ricky: Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera

  • Leo Brunnick: Chief Product Officer, Cloudera 

  • Sergio Gago: Chief Technology Officer, Cloudera 

  • Mike Walsh: Visionary Speaker
12:00 PM
Recharge & Connect: Lunch and Partner Showcase

Enjoy a complimentary lunch before stepping into the vibrant EVOLVE Expo Hall. This is your chance to engage directly with Cloudera's leading partners, exploring their innovative solutions and real-world success stories that can elevate your data and AI initiatives.

1:00 PM
Breakout Sessions

Choose from three targeted tracks designed to help you accelerate enterprise and agentic AI adoption, revolutionize your data and analytics strategy across any environment, and unify your data with an Open Data Lakehouse for real-time, AI-ready insights.

5:30 PM
Reception & Networking Reception

Unwind and connect with peers, industry leaders, and Cloudera experts. This is your prime opportunity to expand your network, share insights, and foster collaborations in a relaxed setting.

Agenda

August 6
Ancillary Activities
Customer Executive Forum
Iceberg Workshop
GenAI Immersion Workshop
Analyst Roundtable
APAC Data Impact Awards Dinner
August 7
EVOLVE25
General Session

• Welcome to EVOLVE25 APAC
• The Cloudera Vision
• Inspirational Keynote
• Customer Discussions

Lunch
Breakout 1: Deliver True Hybrid
Breakout 2 - Enable Modern Data Architectures
Breakout 3 - Accelerate Enterprise AI

Welcome to our Sponsors

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Global Cloud Sponsor

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Global Sponsor

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Global Sponsor


Call for speakers:

We invite thought leaders and innovative thinkers to showcase their lessons learned, best practices, and business benefits. Each session is scheduled for 40-60 minutes, which includes time for Q&A.

We are looking for compelling presentations that address the challenges of today’s business environment – stories of modernizing data architectures to deliver data products, accelerating AI for automation and advantage, and delivering business-critical data and analytics via the Cloud and beyond, and many other topics. 

Here are a few questions to consider when submitting your session:

  • How are your projects managing what happens when new-age technology collides with legacy systems?
  • Do you have an evolving and cutting-edge AI strategy and how is it driving business value?
  • Does your business trust your organizational data? How did you build that strategy and trust?

Welcome and Keynotes

Welcome to EVOLVE24 APAC

  • Frank O'Dowd: Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudera
  • Remus Lim: SVP - Asia Pacific & Japan, Cloudera

The Cloudera Vision

  • Charles Sansbury: CEO, Cloudera

CSO KEYNOTE

  • Abhas Ricky: Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera
  • Featuring Adrien Chenailler: Head of Data Science, OCBC

DATA IMPACT AWARDS PANEL: AI ACCELERATION

  • Kurnia Rosyada: SVP Enterprise Data Analytics, Bank Mandiri
  • Skunpoj Thanarojsophon: Assistant Director - Data Analytics, Bank of Thailand
  • Fredric Fanthome: Head - Customer Success & COO - Enterprise Data Platform, DBS
  • Adrien Chenailler: Head of Data Science, OCBC
  • Alvin Eng: Head of Enterprise AI & Analytics, UOB
  • Facilitator - Priyank Patel: VP - Product Management, Cloudera

CUSTOMER KEYNOTE

"Making AI Work for Enterprises: Unleashing the Power of GenAI in Financial Services and Industrial Sectors"

  • Dr. David Hardoon: CEO, Aboitiz Data Innovation

CUSTOMER KEYNOTE

  • Fredric Fanthome: Head - Customer Success & COO - Enterprise Data Platform, DBS

PRODUCT KEYNOTE

  • Venkat Rajaji: SVP - Product Management, Cloudera 
  • Jeff Healey: SVP - Product Marketing, Cloudera
  • Priyank Patel: VP - Product Management, Cloudera
  • Featuring Naoki Kobayashi: General Manager - Data Engineering, SMCC/JRI

FIRESIDE CHAT

  • Cheolho Choi: Technical Director, Line Yahoo Corporation Japan
  • Moderator - Bill Zhang, Senior Director, Product Management, Cloudera

Nominations open for Cloudera's Data Impact Awards

These prestigious awards recognize outstanding data-driven projects that have made a significant business impact within their organizations, across industries, and globally.

Nominate your team for a Data Impact Award!

We will recognize organizations in the following five categories: 

AI Acceleration
 


Organizations making an innovative business impact using Cloudera for trusted data powering Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, and more.

Cloud (Native)
Innovation


Organizations leveraging cloud-native architectures for innovative data, analytics and AI, using one or more public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or private, on-prem infrastructure.

Modern Architectures & Pipelines


Organizations that have excelled in designing and implementing innovative data architectures that effectively support the full data lifecycle – from ingestion to analytics.

Leadership & Transformation


Teams and/or data leaders driving transformation with Cloudera and programs that promote enterprise-wide impact, data literacy, transparent decision-making, and tools that empower employees to effectively use data.

People & Society


Recognizing data’s broader implications, with initiatives extend beyond organizational walls and financial impact. Whether through community engagement, environmental sustainability, or public health initiatives, they highlight data’s positive influence on the world at large.

DC Government Summit
Oct. 22, 2025  Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004

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