Live from ISC 2026: Highlights & Insights Europe’s Largest Advanced Computing Event
June 23, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
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June 23, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Online
About the Session
The annual ISC High Performance conference in Hamburg stands as a critical launchpad for the technologies transforming computational science. As Europe's premier gathering for high-performance computing, AI, and quantum systems, this year's event highlights a major reality: the intersection of raw hardware power and autonomous software execution is no longer an experimental framework—it is an economic and scientific imperative.
Join the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community for an exclusive, rapid-fire debrief directly following the open days of ISC 2026. This live webinar will move past the high-level press releases to deliver a comprehensive, technical analysis of the breaking news, architectural announcements, and strategic infrastructure trends shaping the remainder of the year and beyond.
Our panel of experts will unpack the critical takeaways across the entire advanced computing stack, including:
Next-Gen Compute Platforms: Analysis of the latest supercomputing architectures, accelerator developments, and energy-efficient systems redefining exascale density.
The AI & Agentic Convergence: Insights into how modern data centers are shifting infrastructure parameters to accommodate both massive foundation model training and low-latency autonomous AI execution.
Storage & Networking Interconnects: A look at how parallel file systems and network fabric topologies are adapting to eliminate the data-delivery bottlenecks threatening heterogeneous clusters.
The Quantum Interface: Key updates from the show floor regarding the real-world software and hardware integration points connecting classical HPC environments with emerging quantum technologies.
Whether you are designing infrastructure roadmaps, managing large-scale workloads, or developing distributed codebases, this session will translate the momentum of ISC 2026 into actionable blueprints for your organization.
Speaker
Addison Snell
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Intersect360 Research
Addison Snell is a veteran of the High Performance Computing industry and the co-founder and CEO of Intersect360 Research, delivering data and insights covering the HPC-AI market and coordinating the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO).
He launched his company in 2007 as Tabor Research, a division of Tabor Communications. He brought the company independent in 2009 as Intersect360 Research together with his partner, Christopher Willard, Ph.D. Under his leadership, Intersect360 Research has become a premier source of market information, analysis, and consulting for the high-performance computing (HPC) and hyperscale industries worldwide. Addison is a frequent keynote speaker and panel moderator at industry events, has testified before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission Congressional Subcommittee, and was named one of 2010’s “People to Watch” by HPCwire.
Prior to Intersect360 Research, Addison was an HPC industry analyst for IDC. Addison originally gained industry recognition as a marketing leader and spokesperson for SGI’s supercomputing products and strategy.