With nearly 70 breakout sessions on the docket, the .conf26 Observability track is designed to help teams cut troubleshooting noise, deepen OpenTelemetry adoption, and instrument next-generation agentic AI workloads.
Explore our hand-picked recommendations across Novice and Intermediate levels to start building your agenda in Denver.
Novice Sessions
[OBS2573] Power Hour: Observability Cloud Free Edition
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When: Monday, Sep 14 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM MDT
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Format: Interactive Discussion (Informal open Q&A with Splunk experts)
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Overview: Join an informal, topic-focused session designed to share insights and answer questions about Observability Cloud Free Edition. Walk away with clear, actionable takeaways to jumpstart your deployment.
[OBS1080] Aligning Your Observability Strategy to Your Company's Bottom Line
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When: Tuesday, Sep 15 | 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM MDT
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Format: Theater Session (Recorded; published to .conf Online post-event)
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Speaker: Chris Crocco, Technical Strategy Leader
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Overview: Discover how to align technical performance metrics with strategic business objectives. Learn practical ways to use Splunk to demonstrate the direct impact of observability on company ROI and justify headcount and tooling investments.
[OBS1359] Understand Critical User Journeys with Splunk Observability
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When: Tuesday, Sep 15 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM MDT
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Format: Interactive Workshop (Not recorded; bring your laptop for hands-on labs)
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Overview: Get hands-on with Digital Experience Analytics (DXA), Session Replay, Real User Monitoring (RUM), and Synthetics to connect front-end end-user experience data directly to back-end application performance for faster MTTx.
[OBS1799] Transform Your Observability Practice with Splunk AI Agents
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When: Tuesday, Sep 15 | 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM MDT
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Format: Technical Session (Recorded; published to .conf Online post-event)
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Overview: Learn how alerting, troubleshooting, and remediation AI agents analyze telemetry in real time, surface likely root causes in seconds, and execute safe, automated remediation workflows.
[OBS1644] Driving Superior Customer Outcomes: How Cisco and Splunk Leverage OpenTelemetry
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When: Tuesday, Sep 15 | 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM MDT
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Format: Technical Session (Recorded; published to .conf Online post-event)
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Overview: Explore why Cisco and Splunk standardized on OpenTelemetry for universal data collection, delivering faster issue detection and measurable operational efficiency across the portfolio.
[OBS1757] What's New with Observability Cloud: From Blind Spots to Breakthroughs
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When: Wednesday, Sep 16 | 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM MDT
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Format: Technical Session (Recorded; published to .conf Online post-event)
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Overview: See live demonstrations of deep visibility from service maps down to code-level traces and call graphs, powered by automated AI-driven Root Cause Analysis.
[OBS1102] Keep an AI on It: How Splunk Customers Monitor AI Workloads
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When: Wednesday, Sep 16 | 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM MDT
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Format: Panel Discussion (Customer panel featuring Michelin and Dun & Bradstreet)
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Overview: Hear how early AI adopters instrument AI-powered applications, evaluate LLM agents, and gain executive buy-in for AI experimentation using Splunk Observability Cloud.
Intermediate Sessions
[OBS1062] See Inside Your Agentic AI Applications: Splunk Agent Observability
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When: Tuesday, Sep 15 | 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM MDT
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Format: Technical Session (Recorded; published to .conf Online post-event)
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Overview: Learn how to instrument Python-based agentic AI applications, trace multi-agent interactions, track token consumption costs, and detect hallucinations or tool failures before they impact users.
[OBS1152] ITSIncredible: The AI Fast-Track for ITSI Hierarchies
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When: Tuesday, Sep 15 | 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM MDT
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Format: Technical Session (Recorded; published to .conf Online post-event)
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Overview: Cut manual configuration time in Splunk ITSI. Discover how AI prompts help build complex service dependency trees, define high-impact KPIs, and automate health checks on endpoints.
[OBS1993] Born Observable: Automating an Observability Foundation
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When: Wednesday, Sep 16 | 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
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Format: Theater Session (Not recorded)
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Overview: Explore how to embed observability into development workflows from day one using Splunk Model Context Protocol (MCP) agents and AI-assisted development tools.
[OBS1184] From YAML Chaos to Guided Clarity: Simplifying OTel Collector Configs
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When: Wednesday, Sep 16 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM MDT
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Format: Interactive Workshop (Not recorded; bring your laptop for hands-on labs)
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Overview: Experience a new UI-driven configuration workflow that eliminates manual YAML editing when configuring receivers, processors, and exporters for the OpenTelemetry Collector.
[OBS1730] Bringing Full-Stack Observability into Splunk Cloud
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When: Wednesday, Sep 16 | 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM MDT
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Format: Technical Session (Recorded; published to .conf Online post-event)
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Overview: Preview the integration bringing Observability Cloud directly into Splunk Cloud for all customers, unlocking unified navigation and native OpenTelemetry support.
[OBS1340] See Less Noise. Solve More Problems. Meet Splunk ITSI 5.0
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When: Wednesday, Sep 16 | 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM MDT
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Format: Technical Session (Recorded; published to .conf Online post-event)
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Overview: Get a full walkthrough of Splunk ITSI 5.0—featuring zero-touch event correlation, AI-assisted root cause analysis, and real-world customer case studies on accelerating MTTR.
Ready to optimize your tech stack and monitor AI at scale? Secure your pass for .conf26 in Denver today and start adding these Observability sessions to your personalized agenda.
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