Must-See Splunk Networking Content at Cisco Live 2026

Connecting the dots across numerous devices, endpoints, and petabytes of data is an ongoing challenge, especially as AI workloads grow. If your primary interest at Cisco Live 2026 is learning how you can use Splunk to build more performant, secure, and stable networks, then this track is for you.

If you’re already a Cisco customer or your primary interests at Cisco Live 2026 Las Vegas are around networking or network operations, these are just a few of the sessions, talks, and demos that you should try to prioritize when building your itinerary:

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:

• AgenticOps in Action: Secure, Scalable Campus and Branch Networks: Wednesday, June 3^rd (12:00 PM – 12:45 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Joe Vaccaro (VP and General Manager, Cisco ThousandEyes, Cisco)
    • Michael Dickman (SVP/GM Enterprise Switching, Cisco)

• Operating at Agentic Scale: Securing the Network When Attackers - and Your Apps - Run on AI: Wednesday, June 3^rd (2:30 PM – 3:15 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Peter Bailey (SVP/GM, Security Business Group, Cisco)
    • John Morgan (SVP/GM, Splunk Security Products, 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 Session:

• 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)

  • o Speakers:

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

Product Strategy Overviews:

• 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)

• You Can’t Scale What You Can’t See: Observability for Trusted AI and AgenticOps: Tuesday, June 2^nd (3:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Rana El Desoukey (Cisco)
    • Chris Fridgen (Cisco)

• Manage unified data center observability from workloads to the WAN: Wednesday, June 3^rd (10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Tom Foottit (Director Product Management, Cisco)
    • Anant Shah (Senior Product Manager, Cisco)

Breakout Sessions, Theater Talks, Labs, and Seminars

Breakout Sessions:

• Splunk IT Service Intelligence: A Unified View for Network Service Health: Monday, June 1^st (8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Matthew Hanlon (Software Engineering Technical Leader, Cisco)
    • Tapan Shah (Director, Product, Splunk Observability, Cisco – Distinguished Speaker)

• 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:

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

• Unified Network Observability for fault domain isolation with Splunk ITSI: Tuesday, June 2^nd (1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Tapan Shah (Director, Product, Splunk Observability, Cisco – Distinguished Speaker)
    • Anusha Nataraj (Leader, Service Delivery Management, Cisco)

• Building a Mature Network Observability Practice for NetOps with Splunk, ThousandEyes, and Meraki: Tuesday, June 2^nd (4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT)

  • Speaker: Chris Crocco (Director of Technical Interlock, Splunk, 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)

• 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)

Interactive Breakout Sessions:

• Observability for the full-stack: unifying alerts and insights: Monday, June 1^st (1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Steven Moore (Technology Strategy, Global Systems Engineering, Cisco – Distinguished Speaker)
    • Chris Crocco (Director of Technical Interlock, Splunk, 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)

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:

• Proactive Network Monitoring and AI-Driven Alerting with Cisco Catalyst and Splunk: Monday – Wednesday (8:30 AM – 6 PM), Thursday (8:30 AM – 2 PM)

  • Speaker: Eduardo Cerezo Alvarez (Technical Consulting Engineer, Customer Delivery, Cisco)

• AI-Enhanced Observability for Cisco NSO: Real-Time Telemetry, Dashboards & Troubleshooting: Monday – Wednesday (8:30 AM – 6 PM), Thursday (8:30 AM – 2 PM)

  • Speaker: Madhavi Nannapaneni (Customer Delivery Architect, Cisco)

Technical Seminar:

• End-to-End Network Orchestration & Observability with NSO, CNC, CWM, and Splunk: A Unified CX Architecture for Service Providers: Sunday, May 31^st (2:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT)

  • Speakers:

    • Madhavi Nannapaneni (Customer Delivery Architect, Cisco)
    • Robert Crowe (Principal Architect, 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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