Red Hat North America Virtual Summit: Connect

Opening Remarks

Dave MacDonald, Senior Vice President, Americas Sales, Red Hat

Built for impact: AI, security, and the infrastructure decisions that matter

Enterprise IT teams are being asked to do more than ever, with less room to fail. They’re being asked to deploy AI at a pace the business demands, defend against a threat surface that AI itself is expanding, and modernize infrastructure without disrupting what the business depends on. And do it all without adding headcount or risk. This session is for the teams living that reality. We'll cover what's working, what the fastest-moving organizations are doing differently, and what's now possible that wasn't six months ago.

Matt Smith, Chief Technology Officer, Americas, Red Hat

The Power of 1%, From Platform Strategy to Business Outcomes

The keynote introduced the idea that 1 + 1 can equal 4. But how does that actually happen? In this session, Red Hat's Business Value Practice explores The Power of 1%, a practical framework for creating the compound effect that transforms technology investments into measurable business outcomes. Discover how small, intentional improvements across people, processes, and technology reinforce one another to accelerate innovation, improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, and maximize the value of investments in AI, automation, virtualization, and hybrid cloud.

Katie Menish, Business Value Director, Red Hat

Breakout sessions

• You Don't Own Your Data Stack. Your Vendor Does
• Red Hat AI Factory with NVIDIA: Industrializing enterprise AI, from POC to production
• AMD + Red Hat: A Unified Blueprint for Modern Enterprise Infrastructure
• Deploy, scale, and automate easily: Dell Private Cloud simplifies Red Hat OpenShift

Breakout sessions

• Securing the Software Supply Chain in the AI-Era
• Red Hat OpenShift Roadmap: Your intelligent application platform for 2026 and beyond
• From Foundation to Future: Turning Automation Maturity Into AI Readiness with Red Hat Ansible
• Navigating the Wave of AI-discovered Vulnerabilities with RHEL

Breakout sessions

• Build Applications, Not Platforms: Reduce Costs and Move Faster with AWS + Red Hat
• The Data Foundation for Modern Infrastructure: VMs, Containers, and AI on Red Hat with Everpure
• From Migration to AI Innovation: Modernizing VMs, Containers, and Apps with Microsoft and Red Hat
• Day 2 and Beyond: Running OpenShift with Confidence at Enterprise Scale

Industry sessions

Financial Services; Public Sector - Federal; Public Sector - State, Local Government, and Education; and Telecommunications