Tuesday, October 28th 2025
The Future of Strategic Data, Security, and AI
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM ET | Washington, D.C.
Event Overview
AI is reshaping the Public Sector, from federal agencies to state, local, and education. As data volumes grow and use cases expand, the success of AI initiatives increasingly depends on having the right infrastructure in place.
This discussion will focus on the critical role of data in AI, how it’s stored, accessed, secured, and scaled. We’d greatly value your perspective on the evolving landscape, especially how infrastructure underpins effective AI development and how Pure Storage is uniquely positioned to support this transformation.
DISCUSSION POINTS
- Why modern infrastructure is essential for AI readiness.
- Managing data growth, governance, and compliance in Public Sector AI.
- Balancing performance, security, and cost in AI storage strategies.
- The impact of partnerships (e.g., Pure + NVIDIA) in accelerating outcomes
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Moderator
Chris Riotta
Managing Editor
ISMG
Matt Taylor
VP/GM Artificial Intelligence
Pure Storage
Speakers
In this roundtable join Matt Taylor, VP/GM Artificial Intelligence of event sponsor Pure Storage to discuss key customer challenges, innovative storage density solutions, and the role of hyperscaler partnerships in reshaping the future of enterprise data management.
This session will be:
- Chatham house rule
- Peer driven
- Pitch free
Subject matter expert
Charles Giancarlo
Chairman and CEO
Pure Storage
Charles Giancarlo is Chairman and CEO of Pure
Storage. He has a three-decade track record of driving
growth and innovation at leading global technology
Companies.
Before joining Pure, Charlie served as Senior Advisor at
Silver Lake Partners until 2015, and previously,
Managing Director and Head of Value Creation. In these
capacities, he focused on investment opportunities and
business improvements across Silver Lake’s portfolio
companies. Among other activities, he was a leader in
Silver Lake’s acquisition and management of Skype.
Prior to Silver Lake, Charlie served in expanding senior executive roles at Cisco Systems,
including Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. During his 14 years at Cisco, Charlie was a leader of Cisco’s multi-product, multi-market growth, driving entry into new
markets, including Ethernet switching, WiFi, IP Telephony, and TelePresence.
He currently serves on the boards of Arista Networks and Zscaler, is a Trustee of Brown
University, and an advisor to the UC Berkeley School of Engineering. He is a former board
member of Accenture, Avaya, Imperva, Netflix, and ServiceNow.
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Venue
The Point DC
2100 2nd St SW, Washington, DC 20024
Underwritten by
Pure is redefining the storage experience and empowering innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data.
Pure Storage delivers a cloud experience that empowers every organization to get the most from their data while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure Storage believes it can make a significant impacting reducing data center emissions worldwide through its environmental sustainability efforts, including designing a platform that enables customers to reduce their carbon and energy footprint.
Rules of Engagement
By taking part in this discussion you agree that:
- These events follow Chatham House Rule. Nothing shared will be recorded or distributed anywhere online.
- If for any reason you need to cancel your reservation, we ask you to let us know 48 hours prior to the event commencing so we can open your seat up to someone else.
- These are interactive discussions, so we ask that all attendees participate in the discussion. If this is a virtual event, we ask all attendees to join via video.
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