ISC2026 Analysis: The Most Important (and Exciting) Announcements, News, and Trends
June 30, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time
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About the Session
The annual ISC High Performance conference in Hamburg stands as a critical launchpad for the technologies transforming computational science globally. This year's event occurs as exascale HPC systems are becoming plentiful, agentic AI is starting to drive both scientific discovery and science workflows, quantum computing is getting closer to quantum benefit, and computational science overall appears destined to integrate all of these technologies imminently. The future is coming faster than ever, and ISC 2026 is sure to reveal exciting new technologies, techniques, and trends in advanced computing that will further accelearte science, engineering, and industry.
Join the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community for an exclusive, rapid-fire debrief directly following ISC 2026. This panel of experts 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 will unpack the critical takeaways across the entire advanced computing stack, including:
Next-Gen Compute Platforms: Analysis of the latest supercomputing architectures, accelerator developments, low-precision and mixed-precision methods for science, 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.
And more!
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
Antonia Maar
HPC & AI Analyst, Intersect360 Research
Antonia Maar is a Research Analyst at Intersect360 Research, specializing in AI and high-performance computing (HPC). She brings a unique cross-sector perspective shaped by her background in both consulting and industry. Antonia holds a Master’s in Management from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and completed an International Honors Program at Stanford University, where she focused on HPC, AI, and Symbolic Systems. Her work bridges strategy and technology, with a focus on analyzing emerging trends and making them actionable for stakeholders across the EMEA region and beyond.
Bob Sorensen
SVP of Research & Chief Analyst for Quantum Computing, Hyperion Research
Bob Sorensen serves as Senior Vice President of Research & Chief Analyst for Quantum Computing at Hyperion Research, LLC, since March 2017. In this role, he researches and consults on advanced computing and HPC developments and specializes in quantum computing systems and performance. He also holds an Adjunct Senior Fellow position at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), focusing on strategic and policy issues in advanced computing.
Previously, he spent over 30 years as a Senior Science and Technology Analyst for the U.S. Federal Government, advising policymakers on global advanced computing developments and analyzing HPC trends. Sorensen holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester. He also earned a Graduate Certificate in Computational Science from George Mason University. He strongly prefers C over Python.
Valerie Taylor
Director, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Rio Yokota
Team Principal, RIKEN; Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
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