What to expect from Nutanix .NEXT 2026

Chicago is famous for many things.

The windy city is known for its particular take on hot dogs, its elevated rapid transit system, its deep-dish pizza (classed by Italians as “well, it’s not pizza”) and also for its iconic sports teams, the Chicago Bears (American football) and the Chicago Cubs (baseball).

This April 7-9, the city will also be known as the host location for the Nutanix .NEXT conference, which will be held in the facilities at McCormick Place.

The company tells us that over those three “impactful” days, attendees will get a chance to connect with Nutanix leaders and industry luminaries who want to help advance the next era of enterprise technology with real-world perspective and practical guidance.

Speakers this year include (of course) Rajiv Ramaswami, CEO, Nutanix, alongside his team, which includes: Mandy Dhaliwal, CMO, Nutanix; Manosiz Bhattacharyya, CTO, Nutanix; Lee Caswell, SVP, product and solutions marketing, Nutanix; Thomas Cornely, EVP, product management, Nutanix and Tarkan Maner, President & CCO, Nutanix.

Now long-embedded in his role at the helm, Ramaswami will also be joined on the speaker podium by Mark Rober, founder and CEO of CrunchLabs and (of course, when is not on the list?) former distinguished engineer at  Google Cloud and airline mile collector extraordinaire Kelsey Hightower.