A SNIA event
September 15-17, 2025

Sessions

View By TrackMon Sep 16Tue Sep 17Wed Sep 18

7:30am - 8:30am

Global
Breakfast available
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8:30am - 9:20am

AI / ML Applications for Storage
Storage Device Quality Control and Supply Chain Management Using Dual Machine Learning Models
Yongjin Choi
Principal Engineer
HPE
Location
  • Cypress
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Data Movement & Placement
Problems with AI Interconnects? Come yell at our Opinionated Experts!
Anthony Constantine
Member
SNIA Technical Council
Location
  • Winchester
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File Systems & Protocols
Read performance Strategies for Workload using EBPF
Yadavendra Yadav
Software Architect
IBM
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Archival Storage
Reinventing Data Storage for the Yottabyte Era
Sebastian Kirsch
Managing Director, Technology
Cerabyte
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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9:30am - 10:20am

AI / ML Infrastructure
Sat Dec 21 | 9:30am
Storage for AI 101 - A Primer on AI Workloads and Their Storage Requirements
Curtis Ballard
Distinguished Technologist
HPE
Location
  • Cypress
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Data Movement & Placement
Sat Dec 21 | 9:30am
Exploring Optimization of Content Delivery Networks
Andy Banta
Storage Janitor
Magnition IO
Location
  • Winchester
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File Systems & Protocols
Sat Dec 21 | 9:30am
SMB Witness Service in Samba
Stefan Metzmacher
Software Architect
SerNet GmbH
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Archival Storage
Sat Dec 21 | 9:30am
DNA Data Storage "End-to-End" System Concept
Shruti Sethi
Senior PM
Microsoft
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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10:20am - 10:35am

Global
Sat Dec 21 | 10:20am
Morning Break
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10:35am - 11:25am

Data Movement & Placement
Sat Dec 21 | 10:35am
Nuances in FDP Implementation
Dan Helmick
Sr Architect
Samsung
Location
  • Winchester
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File Systems & Protocols
Sat Dec 21 | 10:35am
Integrating S3 into Distributed, Multi-protocol Hyperscale NAS
Alan Wright
Software Architect
Hammerspace
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Archival Storage
Sat Dec 21 | 10:35am
Revolutionizing Data Archiving: IBM S3 Deep Archive on Diamondback
Jason Peipelman
UX Architect and Design Lead
IBM
Location
  • Cypress
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Cloud Storage
Sat Dec 21 | 10:35am
Distributed-NVMe - a Distributed Block Storage System
Peng Yu
Engineer
Amazon
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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11:35am - 12:25pm

AI / ML Infrastructure
Sat Dec 21 | 11:35am
What is the Role of Flash in Data Storage Ingestion Within the AI Pipeline?
Suresh Rajgopal
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Micron Technology
Location
  • Cypress
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Data Movement & Placement
Sat Dec 21 | 11:35am
The Promise of NVMe Flexible Data Placement in Data Center Sustainability
Roshan Nair
Staff Engineer
Samsung Semiconductor India Research
  • Arun George
    Associate Technical Director
    Samsung Semiconductor India Research Ltd, Bangalore
Location
  • Winchester
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File Systems & Protocols
Sat Dec 21 | 11:35am
Azure Files: Design Challenges for the Biggest File Server in the World
Utsav Mohata
Principal Software Engineer
Microsoft
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Archival Storage
Sat Dec 21 | 11:35am
Improving the Practical Capacity of Random-Access based DNA Storage
Bingzhe Li
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas
  • Yixun Wei
    University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  • David Du
    Professor
    University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Location
  • Lafayette
  • San Tomas
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12:30pm - 1:30pm

Global
Sat Dec 21 | 12:30pm
Lunch
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1:30pm - 2:20pm

AI / ML Infrastructure
Sat Dec 21 | 1:30pm
Optimizing HDD Interface in the Generative AI Era
Mohamad EL-Batal
Chief Technologist Systems
Seagate
Location
  • Cypress
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Data Movement & Placement
Sat Dec 21 | 1:30pm
Distributed Data Placement for NVMf Scale-out Storage Cluster on AWS
Michael Schmidt
CTO
simplyblock.io
Location
  • Winchester
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File Systems & Protocols
Sat Dec 21 | 1:30pm
Joining the Cephalopods: Adding SMB Support to Ceph
Günther Deschner
Software Development Manager
IBM
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Sustainability & Green
Sat Dec 21 | 1:30pm
Product Circularity: Integrating Sustainability into Storage Design and Development
Jonmichael Hands
VP of Storage Business Development
Chia Project
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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2:30pm - 3:20pm

AI / ML Infrastructure
Sat Dec 21 | 2:30pm
Supercharging OpenAI Training with Microsoft's Azure Blob Storage
Jason Vallery
Group Product Manager - Azure Blob Storage
Microsoft
  • Jegan Devaraju
    Group Engineering Manager - Azure Blob Storage
    Microsoft
Location
  • Cypress
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Data Movement & Placement
Sat Dec 21 | 2:30pm
No More LRU: Simple Scalable Caching with Only FIFO Queues
Juncheng Yang
Assistant Professor 
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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Solid State Storage Solutions
Sat Dec 21 | 2:30pm
Prepare for Fundamental Architectural Changes to Storage and Memory
Jim Handy
General Director
Objective Analysis
Location
  • Winchester
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2:30pm - 2:55pm

File Systems & Protocols
Sat Dec 21 | 2:30pm
Troubleshooting/Debugging Issues on Linux SMB Client
Bharath S M
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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2:55pm - 3:20pm

Data Infrastructure Architecture
Sat Dec 21 | 2:55pm
Advancing an Open Chiplet Ecosystem: Updates on UCIe Technology
Debendra Das Sharma
Intel Senior Fellow, Chief Architect of I/O Technology and Standards
Intel
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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3:20pm - 3:35pm

Global
Sat Dec 21 | 3:20pm
Afternoon Break
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3:35pm - 4:25pm

Data Infrastructure Architecture
Sat Dec 21 | 3:35pm
Scaling out IPUs for Creating a Server Cluster
Ian Wigmore
Cloud Storage Architect / Senior Principal Engineer
Intel
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Sustainability & Green
Sat Dec 21 | 3:35pm
Sustainability Initiatives by Open Compute Project – 3 Categories of work for Pro-Sustainability Design and Circular Economy in Storage
Shruti Sethi
Senior PM
Microsoft
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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Solid State Storage Solutions
Sat Dec 21 | 3:35pm
Impact of High Capacity SSDs and QLC on Storage System - Issues to be Resolved
Hyung Seuk Kim
Principal Engineer
Samsung
Location
  • Winchester
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4:35pm - 5:25pm

AI / ML Infrastructure
Sat Dec 21 | 4:35pm
Accelerating GPU Server Access to Network-Attached Disaggregated Storage using Data Processing Unit (DPU)
Eriko Nurvitadhi
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer
MangoBoost, Inc.
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Data Infrastructure Architecture
Sat Dec 21 | 4:35pm
Implementing Selective Write-Grouping in Software-Defined Storage for Enhanced Energy Savings
Piotr Modrzyk
Principal Architect
Leil Storage
Location
  • Stevens Creek
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Data Infrastructure Architecture
Sat Dec 21 | 4:35pm
PCIe® Cabling Solutions for Next Generation AI, HPC and Storage Applications
Mohiuddin Mazumder
Principal Engineer, Data Center Group
PCI-SIG, Intel
Location
  • Lafayette/San Tomas
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Solid State Storage Solutions
Sat Dec 21 | 4:35pm
The NVM Express(R) Ratified Details of Live Migration
Michael Allison
Sr. Director NAND Product Planning - Standards
Samsung
Location
  • Winchester
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