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September 8-11, 2025  |  Boston, Massachusetts

Speakers

Welcome keynote

Celebrating our community
Monday, September 8 at 6 pm

Launch into the week with an action-packed keynote featuring Kamal Hathi, SVP and GM at Splunk and Jeetu Patel, EVP and Chief Product Officer at Cisco — plus a few special guests! You’ll get an inside look at Splunk and Cisco’s product and AI vision and the latest tech trends shaping the future.

 

Then, give a round of applause to the latest Splunkie Award winners and the newest members of the Splunk Trust. It’s going to be an unforgettable celebration of our community — you don’t want to miss it!

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Kamal Hathi
SVP and GM,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

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Jeetu Patel
EVP and Chief Product Officer,
Cisco

 

Product keynote

Real innovation. Real customers. Real impact.
Tuesday, September 9 at 8:30 am

We’re lining up the biggest announcements, boldest roadmaps, and brightest trends for .conf25. Join Splunk product leaders as we unveil our latest platform, security, and observability innovations. Kamal Hathi, SVP and GM at Splunk, will share how we are bringing our product vision to life — helping you accelerate security and observability outcomes with AI. Customers will also take the stage to tell us their real-life stories of how they strengthen digital resilience with Splunk.

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Kamal Hathi headshot

Kamal Hathi
SVP and GM,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

Mangesh Pimpalkhare headshot

Mangesh Pimpalkhare
VP and GM, Platform,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

Patrick Lin headshot

Patrick Lin
SVP and GM, Observability,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

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Mike Horn
SVP and GM, Security,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

But wait, there’s more!

With over 200 breakouts, workshops, hands-on labs and theaters, there are over 300 experts ready to share their tips, tricks, and ideas. Here’s a sampling of some of the experts you will hear from at .conf25.

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Brett Adams
Specialist Director,
Deloitte

 

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Robert Cassis
Sr. Infrastructure Engineer,
Pizza Hut

 

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Mark Cooke
Principal Engineer,
United Airlines

 

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Sophie Dockstader
Principal Consultant & Sustainability Portfolio Lead,
Consist Software Solutions Gmbh

 

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Koray Harman
Splunk Principal Product Manager,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

 

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Keith Keimig
Associate Director - Security Monitoring,
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

 

 

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Atef Kouki
Principal Field Solutions Developer,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

 

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Clara Merriman
Manager, Splunk Security Center of Excellence Engineering,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

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Laura Blystone
Staff Security Strategist,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

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Magnus Lord
Platform Leader,
Inter IKEA

 

 

 

Tom Kopchak headshot

Tom Kopchak
Director of Technical Operations, Splunk Implementation Lead,
Hurricane Labs

 

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Jon Moore
Domain Architect,
Progressive Insurance

 

 

 

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Kyle Prins
Principal Technical Marketing Engineer,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

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Elise Regnier
Head of Observability Platform,
ENGIE

 

 

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Mandeep Singh Sandhu
Sr. Director of Product Management,
Splunk, a Cisco company

 

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Andy Slater
Observability Enablement Lead,
Specsavers

 

 

We can’t wait to see you at .conf25.

It’s go time. Get ready for a week full of endless possibilities.

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