Realities Remixed

Las Vegas, you’re officially on the record during Google Cloud Next 2026.
 
The #RealitiesRemixed podcast team is back at GCN’26, recording live from the Strip, where bright lights collide with big ideas.
This week, we’re swapping roulette wheels for real talk, hosting live conversations with Google leaders who are redefining what’s next across AI‑first enterprise transformation, agentic AI, data, sovereignty, security, and beyond.
Expect sharp insights, bold opinions, and future‑shaping conversations, delivered straight from Las Vegas to your headphones.
 
Dave, Rachel, and Rob discusse the highlights of Google Cloud Next 2026!
 
TLDR
00:24 – Introduction
01:14 – Hang out: Progress from Google Cloud Next 2025 to Google Cloud Next 2026
08:15 – Dig in: Executive overview of this year’s key themes
31:38 – Closing remarks

Hosts
Dave Chapman:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/
Rachel Belmonte:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-belmonte-63550358/
Rob Kernahan:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/
 
Production
Marcel van der Burg:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/
Dave Chapman:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/
 
Sound
Ben Corbett:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/
Louis Corbett:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/
 
'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

Creators and Guests

Host
Dave Chapman
Chief Cloud Evangelist with nearly 30 years of global experience in strategic development, transformation, program delivery, and operations, I bring a wealth of expertise to the world of cloud innovation. In addition to my professional expertise, I’m the creator and main host of the Cloud Realities podcast, where we explore the transformative power of cloud technology.
Host
Esmee van de Giessen
Principal Consultant Enterprise Transformation and Cloud Realities podcast host, bridges gaps to drive impactful change. With expertise in agile, value delivery, culture, and user adoption, she empowers teams and leaders to ensure technology enhances agility, resilience, and sustainable growth across ecosystems.
Host
Rob Kernahan
VP Chief Architect for Cloud and Cloud Realities podcast host, drives digital transformation by combining deep technical expertise with exceptional client engagement. Passionate about high-performance cultures, he leverages cloud and modern operating models to create low-friction, high-velocity environments that fuel business growth and empower people to thrive.
Producer
Marcel van der Burg
VP Global Marketing and producer of the Cloud Realities podcast, is a strategic marketing leader with 33+ years of experience. He drives global cloud marketing strategies, leveraging creativity, multi-channel expertise, and problem-solving to deliver impactful business growth in complex environments.

What is Realities Remixed?

From the award‑winning team behind Cloud Realities, Realities Remixed explores what happens when people, culture, industry, and technology collide, because real breakthroughs rarely come from technology alone.
In each episode, hosts Dave Chapman, Esmee van de Giessen, and Rob Kernahan dig beneath the surface of innovation to understand what’s truly shifting. They speak with leaders, practitioners, vendors and thinkers across industries to explore how technology reshapes human behaviour, organisational culture, and society, for better and sometimes for worse.

Web - https://www.capgemini.com/insights/research-library/cloud-realities-podcast/
Email - realitiesremixed@capgemini.com