Join us for a hands-on exploration of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open-source standard quickly gaining momentum in the world of AI. Whether you are a developer, engineer, or someone curious about how AI systems connect to real tools and data, this lab will walk you through the core concepts of MCP and give you practical skills to build, run, and connect your own MCP servers. This is a fundamentals-level lab focused on giving you a solid, practical understanding of how MCP works and why it is becoming the universal protocol for AI agent tool use — often described as the USB standard of the AI world.

Join us for a hands-on Learning Path and Lab experience designed to help network operations professionals unlock the full power of NetBrain. In this session, we will provide an overview of the Learning Path and explore NetBrain's operational workflow through a hands-on lab. Starting with network discovery and dynamic device mapping, you will then layer discovered data with Intent features such as parsers and diagnostics to enable low-code automation, standards validation, and scheduled rule checks through dashboards. NetBrain is a web-based, SSH-, SNMP-, and API-driven network operations platform that helps teams visualize, automate, document, troubleshoot, and remediate their networks using live data and interactive maps. By the end of this session, you will understand how to use NetBrain not only to view your network, but also to continuously validate it and accelerate troubleshooting through repeatable, map-driven automated workflows.

Join us for an immersive, hands-on Capture the Flag (CTF) experience designed to challenge and sharpen your AI security skills. The Cisco AI Defense CTF lab puts you in the middle of real-world AI threat scenarios, where you will exploit and defend against vulnerabilities including prompt injection, jailbreaking, and misuse of generative AI models. Watch Cisco AI Defense technology intercept and neutralize attacks in real time as you work through progressively challenging scenarios. This lab goes beyond surface-level awareness—giving you direct, practical experience with the tools and techniques used to secure enterprise AI environments.

Join World Wide Technology (WWT) and Palo Alto Networks for an immersive Partner Spotlight virtual event dedicated to advancing Security Operations and SOC excellence. This exclusive session digs into the Palo Alto Networks Cortex product portfolio, with a special emphasis on Cortex XDR. Experts from both organizations will explore how Cortex XDR empowers security teams to detect, investigate, and respond to threats across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments. Attendees will gain actionable insights into integrating Cortex solutions for holistic threat management and operational agility within modern SOCs.

Join us for a hands-on lab experience designed to help technical professionals get started with NemoClaw, the open-source autonomous AI agent framework. In this lab, you will explore how NemoClaw enables AI agents to take real-world actions — browsing the web, reading and writing files, and executing commands — all orchestrated through a flexible, modular skills system. OpenClaw integrates with leading large language models including Claude, GPT, and DeepSeek, and can be deployed locally or in the cloud for 24/7 operation. By the end of this session, you will understand how to configure, extend, and safely deploy OpenClaw agents to automate workflows and drive productivity across your organization.

Join us for an immersive, hands-on networking workshop focused on configuring and optimizing the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) within Cisco environments. This lab walks participants through core routing concepts, neighbor adjacency formation, metric calculation, and essential EIGRP configuration steps used in real-world deployments. You will examine how EIGRP selects efficient paths, balances traffic, manages convergence, and ensures reliable internal network performance. Whether building foundational routing skills or preparing for Cisco certification, this guided workshop provides the practical, scenario-based experience needed to confidently implement and troubleshoot EIGRP at scale.

Join us for an interactive, hands-on workshop exploring the Juniper Mist Campus Fabric EVPN Multihoming solution. This session introduces how Mist's cloud-native architecture simplifies campus operations, enhances resiliency, and enables scalable, policy-driven networking across modern enterprise environments. Attendees will work within the Mist platform to understand how campus fabric technologies streamline onboarding, configuration, and operations by leveraging automation and AI‑driven insights. This workshop provides practical exposure to designing and deploying reliable, modernized wired campus fabric using EVPN Multihoming.

Join us for an insightful session on enhancing your organization's cyber resilience with Cohesity's advanced data protection solutions. This event will delve into strategies for safeguarding workloads against cyber threats, focusing on the integration of IT and security operations to deliver robust cyber resilience. Learn how Cohesity's unique approach can help your organization anticipate, withstand, and recover from cyber incidents, ensuring business continuity and data integrity.

Gain insights into Gigamon's role in strengthening AI security through improved network visibility, alongside WWT's AI Readiness Model for Operational Resilience (ARMOR) framework. Kent Noyes (WWT), Bassam Khan (Gigamon), and Istvan Berko (WWT) discuss how rapid AI adoption is expanding the attack surface and why organizations need governance, data controls, and visibility into data flows to innovate securely. The session outlines ARMOR's focus areas (including governance/compliance, model protection, data security operations, and secure development lifecycle) and explains how Gigamon's east-west traffic visibility and metadata extraction can support detection, investigations, and AI-driven analytics for SOC and operational use cases.