This is the fifth and final post in my Google Cloud Next '26 (Las Vegas) recap series. You can find the previous posts here 👇 Part 1: [Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #1] Hands-On with the Agentic Hack Zone Part 2: [Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #2] Three Unique Booths I Tried at the EXPO Part 3: [Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #3] Anthropic's Vision for "After Software" Part 4: [Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #4] Live Report from the Two Keynotes So far, I've spent four posts walking through my Next '26 on-site experience. To wrap up the series, I'd like to look back on what I prepared before the trip — and how those preparations actually played out once I was on the ground. Attending Next '26 in person turned out to be a 5-night international trip . I hope this post can serve as a useful reference for anyone planning to attend a tech conference in Las Vegas in the future.…