A SNIA event
September 15-17, 2025

Sessions

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7:30am - 8:45am

Global
Breakfast available
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8:45am - 9:00am

Global
Tue Dec 3 | 8:45am
Welcome to SDC J Metz, Chairman SNIA Santa Clara Ballroom
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9:00am - 9:45am

Keynote
Tue Dec 3 | 9:00am
Project Silica: The Future of Sustainable Archival Data Storage
Ioan Stefanovici
Principal Researcher
Microsoft Research
Location
  • Santa Clara Ballroom
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9:45am - 10:25am

Keynote
Tue Dec 3 | 9:45am
Disaggregated Memory for High Performance Computing; Architectures and Opportunities for CXL
David Emberson
Senior Distinguished Technologist
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Location
  • Santa Clara Ballroom
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10:25am - 10:40am

Global
Tue Dec 3 | 10:25am
Morning Break
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10:40am - 11:20am

Keynote
Tue Dec 3 | 10:40am
Standards-based Data Platforms for HPC and AI Data Architectures
David Flynn
CEO & Founder
Hammerspace
Location
  • Santa Clara Ballroom
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11:20am - 12:00pm

Keynote
Tue Dec 3 | 11:20am
Will AI Stay Dumb for the Lack of Memory and Storage?
Christian Pflaum
CEO
Cerabyte - Ceramic Data Solutions Holding GmbH
Location
  • Santa Clara Ballroom
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12:00pm - 1:00pm

Global
Tue Dec 3 | 12:00pm
Lunch
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1:00pm - 1:50pm

AI / ML Applications for Storage
Tue Dec 3 | 1:00pm
Storage in the era of Large-scale AI computing : What we already know (or) not?
Pratik Mishra
Sr. Staff
AMD
Location
  • Cypress
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File Systems & Protocols
Tue Dec 3 | 1:00pm
Advancements in pNFS/NFS4.2 for High-Performance and Distributed Storage
Trond Myklebust
CTO and Linux Kernel Maintainer
Hammerspace
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Cloud Storage
Tue Dec 3 | 1:00pm
Efficient Media Utilization Across Dissimilar Cloud Storage Systems
Garret Buban
Partner Architect
Microsoft
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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Storage Networking
Tue Dec 3 | 1:00pm
Recovering from a Loss of Communication with an NVMe Controller
Randy Jennings
Member of Technical Staff
Pure Storage
Location
  • Winchester
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2:00pm - 2:50pm

AI / ML Applications for Storage
Tue Dec 3 | 2:00pm
What can Storage do for AI?
Suresh Rajgopal
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Micron Technology
Location
  • Cypress
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File Systems & Protocols
Tue Dec 3 | 2:00pm
What's new in macOS SMB Client - 2024 Edition
Brad Suinn
SMB Plumber
Apple
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Cloud Storage
Tue Dec 3 | 2:00pm
Cloud Storage Efficiency at Scale
Mohamad EL-Batal
Chief Technologist Systems
Seagate
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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Data Security
Tue Dec 3 | 2:00pm
Changes in Encryption and Other Security Algorithms
Paul Suhler
Chair, IEEE Security in Storage Working Group
KIOXIA
Location
  • Winchester
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2:50pm - 3:05pm

Global
Tue Dec 3 | 2:50pm
Afternoon Break
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3:05pm - 3:55pm

AI / ML Applications for Storage
Tue Dec 3 | 3:05pm
Memory Optimizations in Machine Learning
Tejas Chopra
Senior Software Engineer
Netflix, Inc.
Location
  • Cypress
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File Systems & Protocols
Tue Dec 3 | 3:05pm
Elevating Linux File Access: Recent Enhancements to the SMB 3.1.1 Client
Steven French
Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage
Microsoft
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Cloud Storage
Tue Dec 3 | 3:05pm
Scaling Magic Pocket - Exabyte Scale Object Storage System: Architectural Insights and SMR Adoption Journey
Sandeep Ummadi
Senior Engineering Manager
Dropbox
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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Data Security
Tue Dec 3 | 3:05pm
Challenges and Opportunities in Storage Security
Arie van der Hoeven
Principal Product Manager
Seagate Technology
Location
  • Winchester
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4:05pm - 4:55pm

AI / ML Applications for Storage
Tue Dec 3 | 4:05pm
Cloud Storage Considerations for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) in AI Applications
Vamshidhar Kommineni
Group Product Manager
Microsoft
Location
  • Cypress
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File Systems & Protocols
Tue Dec 3 | 4:05pm
Demystifying Linux SMB Mount Options
Bharath S M
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
  • Shyam Prasad
    Principal Software Engineering Manager
    Microsoft
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Data Security
Tue Dec 3 | 4:05pm
SPDM: Updates for Storage & PQC (Post Quantum Cryptography)
Jeff Hilland
Distinguished Technologist / President
HPE / DMTF
Location
  • Winchester
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Storage Networking
Tue Dec 3 | 4:05pm
A New Era in Networking: Insights from use of the Experimental Linux Kernel QUIC Driver with SMB3.1.1
Steven French
Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage
Microsoft
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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5:00pm - 7:00pm

Global
Tue Dec 3 | 5:00pm
SDC Networking Reception
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7:00pm - 8:00pm

Birds-of-a-Feather
Tue Dec 3 | 7:00pm
AI BOF - Or, are you SMARTer than a hard drive Bridging gaps in building storage for AI
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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Birds-of-a-Feather
Tue Dec 3 | 7:00pm
Building a Community to Tackle Cloud Object Storage Incompatibilities
Location
  • Cypress
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8:00pm - 9:00pm

Birds-of-a-Feather
Tue Dec 3 | 8:00pm
Can we make NFS, SMB and S3 work in harmony?
Location
  • Cypress
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Birds-of-a-Feather
Tue Dec 3 | 8:00pm
What is Smart Data Accelerator Interface(SDXI) and how can it help? Is my usecase covered?
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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