F5 Solution Day

Plenary Keynote: A New Era of Application Delivery: How F5 Enables Apps
Michael Christie, Senior Director, Solutions Engineering, F5

F5 is committed to making it ridiculously easy to secure, deliver, and optimize any app, any API, anywhere. The technology that put us on the map nearly three decades ago—Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs)—is key to upholding this promise. So is constantly reimagining that technology. Together with you, our customers and partners, we’ve continued building ADC solutions the world needs, always anticipating what’s next. Learn what indispensable infrastructure is coming in 2025 to power increasingly distributed AI-powered apps.

F5's Roadmap for Unlocking the AI-Powered Future
The AI era is upon us. Within three years, it is estimated that 80% of all apps will be AI-enabled. The potential impact is limitless for individuals, for organizations, and for society. But with this potential comes unprecedented complexity for IT and security teams. Most infrastructures today are not ready for AI applications that handle massive amounts of data, require complex traffic patterns, and introduce new, sophisticated security threats. This keynote will detail F5’s vision and roadmap for delivering an ADC platform that addresses the challenges you have today and positions you to thrive in the AI-powered future of tomorrow.

Solution Keynote: Modernize Application Delivery for the New Era
Chris Bull, Senior Solutions Engineer – Team Lead, F5

In today’s multi-cloud world, where the number of applications is forecast to grow by over 150 million by 2029, application delivery is becoming increasingly complex. Rising user expectations, fragmented infrastructures, hybrid app constructs, and limited visibility are pushing you and your operations teams to the limit. – Join us to explore how F5 is actively transforming app delivery for the next era of apps and IT operations teams. 

Featuring real-world examples and solution demos, this session will empower you to continue delivering exceptional app experiences while streamlining your day-to-day operations.

Keynote: Seeing into the Future
Gihan Perera Futurist, Speaker, Author, AI Researcher

Welcome to a world shaped by constant change, uncertainty, and disruption. External pressures – from global instability to emerging tech like generative AI and cybersecurity threats – have far-reaching effects on how we build, deploy, and secure applications. We can’t expect certainty (nobody can), but we can have more clarity and confidence to make faster and more well-informed decisions.

Don’t step back, shrink your goals, or only plan for the short term. Instead, think like a futurist, so you can look ahead, plan for change, and deliver superior customer experiences, more resilient digital infrastructure, and better AI integration. Discover how to anticipate emerging tech trends, spot opportunities, and prepare today for a better tomorrow.

Solution Keynote: Uncover the Growing Threats to Your Digital Domain
Alan Jeske, Senior Product Sales Specialist, F5

The applications you deliver today rely heavily on APIs. 92% of attacks F5 sees across our customers' applications are targeted specifically at these types of endpoints. As complex architectures proliferate with connected ecosystems through APIs and third-party integrations, they’re creating a precarious “ball of fire,” which is further exacerbated by the rapid adoption of AI. 

Partnering with F5, you can gain valuable insights into risks such as application vulnerabilities and tame your ball of fire to safely deploy modern and emerging AI apps. See how F5 can empower your security team to protect your existing apps and APIs—uncovering weaknesses across your digital estate and enabling them to confidently secure your entire organization. In this session, F5 will demonstrate how to identify and remediate vulnerabilities to improve your organization’s security posture. Learn what attackers see by scanning your public-facing digital properties so you can act before they do.

Gen AI Academy Lab: Secure, Delivery and Optimize AI Applications with F5 AI Gateway

Learn how to enhance the security, delivery, and optimization of AI applications with F5 AI Gateway.

In this 2.5 hour lab, we’ll explore using F5 AI Gateway with an existing AI chat application to:

• Protect against common AI attacks (OWASP LLM top 10)
• Optimize performance by routing AI traffic to the most suitable LLM.

Sec Ops Academy Lab: F5 Distributed Cloud Web Application Security and Scanning

Lab participants will dive right into Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) within F5 Distributed Cloud. Participants will be hands-on, deploying and managing a Web Application Firewall, while gaining experience with F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense and Malicious Users. Participants will also understand the benefits of continual application scanning to ensure security posture.