ODSC West • San Francisco

Oct 29th – Nov 1st , 2019 – Thank you to all our attendees, speakers and partners for an incredible event.

ODSC West 2020 | Oct 26th to 30th | Be one of the first to receive a very generous 2020 discount

ODSC is the best community data science event on the planet. There are other events that cover special topics, or industries, etc., but ODSC is comprehensive and totally community-focused: it's the conference to engage, to build, to develop, and to learn from the whole data science community.

Kirk Borne - Principal Data Scientist and Executive Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton @ ODSC East 2019

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South America’s Applied Data Science Conference

Data Science Conference & Expo

Accelerate your data science knowledge, training, and network. All in one event.

ODSC West 2020 is one of the largest applied data science conferences in the world. Our speakers include some of the core contributors to many open source tools, libraries, and languages. Attend ODSC West 2020 and learn the latest AI & data science topics, tools, and languages from some of the best and brightest minds in the field.

Focus Areas

Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
AI for Engineers
Natural Language Processing
Data Visualization
Data Wrangling
AI Research
Data Science at Scale
Data Science for Good
Data Science Management
Data Science Workflows
AI Business Summit

Topics

Recommendation Systems
Transfer Learning
Machine Vision
Autonomous Machines
Conversational AI
Data Science Research
Artificial Intelligence
Speech Recognition
Unsupervised Learning
Image Classification
Self-driving Vehicles
Machine Translation
200+ Speakers over 4 days

Tools

Tensorflow, PyTorch, MXNet, Caffe 2, Chainer, CNTK
Python, Jupyter Notebooks, XGBoost
R programming, Julia, Scala, Stan,
Apache Spark, MLlib, Streaming
Scikit-learn, Theano, Shogun, Pylearn2
Azure ML, Amazon ML,H20.ai, Cloud ML
Kubeflow, Kubernetes, Seldon, Airflow,
Neo4J, D3.js, R-Shiny
Hadoop, Apache Storm, Apache Flink, Kafka, Druid
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West 2020 Registration

ODSC West 2020 – October 25th to 31st – San Francisco

Be one of the first to receive a very generous 2020 discount

** Networking Events and receptions are open to all Bootcamp, Silver, Gold, Platinum, VIP, and Business Pass holders. However, the Tuesday Speaker reception is granted to VIP, and Business pass holders only.
** Recording are distributed by pass holders days and pass access.

Registration Resources

Pay by invoice/purchase order

You are able to buy your ticket via Invoice/Purchase Order (PO).

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Scholarship

ODSC offers merit based scholarships to first year graduates, underrepresented groups, and working students who express interest in the content ODSC offers. Find out more HERE

Request Visa Letter

Upon request and with a valid pass, ODSC Provides Visa Invitation letters for attendees. PLEASE Note that there will be no Visa Invitation letter issued without ticket purchase confirmation.
Please submit your request HERE.

Discounts

We offer academic, government, non-profit and start-up discounts.

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Group Discounts

We offer group discounts for groups between 3 and 12 people. Please click for a purchase HERE.

If you have a group of 13 or more, please email us at group@odsc.com to enquire about additional discounts. Please mention the size of your group and the types of passes required.

How to Convince your manager to attend ODSC West 2020?

Let us help you convince your manager that your attendance will benefit your organization.
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Discounted Hotel rates for ODSC attendees

Discounted hotel room rates are available at our venue hotel – Hyatt Regency.
Please check HERE for special hotel deals.

Volunteer

In exchange for a free pass, ODSC is seeking volunteers to help with our program and event planning. See more details HERE.

West 2019 Keynotes

Michael I. Jordan, PhD

Cited as one of the world's most influential computer scientists, recipient of numerous awards including IJCAI Research Excellence Award, and the David E. Rumelhart Prize

UC Berkeley AI Lab

Rachel Thomas, PhD

One of Forbes’ “20 Incredible Women in AI, Renowned Data Ethics Expert and Researcher, Co-founder at fast.ai

fast.ai, University of San Francisco

Dawn Xiaodong Song, PhD

One of MIT’s “the Top 35 Innovators in the World under the age of 35,” Distinguished AI & Deep Learning Security Researcher at BAIR Lab

University of California - Berkeley, BAIR Lab

Pieter Abbeel, PhD

World-renowned AI Deep Reinforcement Learning Expert, AI Researcher, Co-Director of the BAIR Lab, Co-Founder of covariant.ai, Advisor to OpenAI

Deep Learning Track Keynote

Cassie Kozyrkov, PhD

Global Leader in Decision Intelligence at Google, Statistics and Machine Learning Thought Leader

Chief Decision Scientist Google

Dr. Anand Rao

Global AI Innovator at PwC, Accomplished Business + Strategy Author, Board Member of RIIA

Global AI Lead, Partner, PwC

Ashok Srivastava, PhD

Machine Learning and AI Visionary at Intuit, Editor-in-Chief at the AIAA Journal, Fellow of the IEEE

Chief Data Officer, Intuit

Sepideh Seifzadeh, PhD

IBM Data Science Elite Team

West 2019 Speakers

Jacob Andreas, PhD

Assistant Professor

MIT CSAIL

Josh Tobin, PhD

Research Scientist

OpenAI

Jeff Clune, PhD

Senior Research Manager | Harris Associate Professor

Uber AI Labs | Computer Science at the University of Wyoming

Eric Xing, PhD

Founder & Chief Scientist, Professor

Petuum, Carnegie Mellon University

Alexander Smola, PhD

Distinguished Scientist / VP

Amazon Web Services

Gill Bejerano, PhD

Professor

Stanford University, Stanford AI Lab

Divya Jain

Director, Machine Learning Platform

Adobe

Andreas Mueller, PhD

Author, Lecturer, Core Developer of scikit-learn

Columbia Center for Data Science

Gabriela de Queiroz

Founder

R-Ladies

Reza Zadeh, PhD

Matroid

Founder and CEO at Matroid and Adjunct Professor at Stanford University

Sarah Aerni, PhD

Director of Data Science and Engineering

Salesforce

Babak Hodjat, PhD

Siri Co-Inventor, VP Evolutionary AI, Founder

Cognizant | Sentient Technologies

Phebe Vayanos, PhD

Assistant Professor, Associate Director

USC Center for AI in Society

Dr. Jon Krohn

Chief Data Scientist, Author of Deep Learning Illustrated

Untapt

Jared Lander

Professor, Author of R for Everyone

Columbia University, Lander Analytics

Lukas Biewald

Founder

Weights & Biases

Mehrnoosh Sameki, PhD

Technical Program Manager

Microsoft

Michael Tamir, PhD

Chief ML Scientist & Head of Machine Learning/AI

SIG

Jason Yosinski, PhD

Co-founder & Research Scientist

Uber AI Labs

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Conference Focus Areas

Open Data Science

Featuring real-world applications of the most current and key data science topics, tools, and languages

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Machine Learning & Deep Learning

Learn the latest models, advancements, and trends

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Research Frontiers

Hear from top academics and researchers as they deliver talks on the latest developments in key focus areas of data science

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Data Science Kick-start

Learn the essentials to get started on your data science career and connect with top companies hiring data scientists and related roles

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AI for Engineers

Transform your software engineering skills into one of today’s most in-demand professions – AI Engineer

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Data Visualization

Design compelling graphics and tell powerful stories using data

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Data Science for Good

Meet the men and women doing incredible work using data science for good

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Management & DataOps

Managing the next wave of innovation

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Mini-Bootcamp

ODSC West is the perfect event to decide if data science is your next big career move

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Career Expo & Lab

Looking to bring your career to the next level? Our Career Lab and Expo will connection to the expert and companies that will get you there.

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Hands-On Training & Workshops

– Taught by World-Class Data Science Instructors –

In our full day immersive training sessions and workshops, get hands-on with the latest data science platforms, tools, models, and techniques. Forge a connection with these rock stars from industry and academia who are passionate about teaching data science skills to those who will build the future of the industry.

With over trainings 90 sessions and workshops to choose from over 4 days ODSC West offer and unprecedented breadth and depth of training to choose from.

Training included with our VIP, Platinum (4 day), and Gold (3 Day) passes.

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Business and Innovation Summit

Accelerate AI

Co-located at ODSC West, Accelerate AI brings together the leading practitioners, innovation experts, and business professionals that drive artificial intelligence

Innovation

Discover how techniques from Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Predictive Analytics are driving AI Innovation

Expertise

Gain AI expertise and learn from leading experts how to work with the frameworks and tools employed in AI

Management

Manage and deploy AI in the real world. Hear from AI management and heads of data science teams on a range of topics

Networking

Network with the AI experts, innovators, business professionals, and data scientists building the future of AI

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Research Frontiers - Participating AI Labs

ODSC is delighted to host presentations from the following research labs including:

AI Solution Showcase Expo Hall

Discover the Machine Intelligence, Deep Learning, and AI platforms and solutions that are transforming the world of business

Experience first hand the platforms, products, and services that are accelerating the adoption of Artificial Intelligence

Network with our partners, which include domain experts, data scientists, technologists and others

With our free Expert led demos and Expo Hall Tutorials, learn how these platforms and products can accelerate adoption of data science and AI within your organization

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Why Attend ODSC

Accelerate your data science knowledge with the latest topics, tools, and trends presented by the best practitioners in the field

5 Reasons Why ODSC is a Better Experience

Looking for a conference that charges high ticket prices coupled mostly with vendor pitches that have zero relevance to you or your business? That’s not us
We have a relentless focus on the best, most relevant content for our audience. Sure we have partners, but we limit their number and make sure they’re relevant
Our focus is on the data science community and our contribution to that community’s growth and development, and on helping you, our attendee, gain relevant skills
As an applied data conference, we are committed to bringing you the most relevant topics and research that can have a direct impact on your work
We have fantastic networking activities at our event, so if you like your data science with a side of fun, we got you covered

Better Content & Training

Gain in-demand skills to enhance your data science career or simply become a better data scientist
Many topics to choose from, including 70+ talks, 50 workshops, and 40 training sessions all under one roof

Learn from the best and brightest in AI and data science to accelerate your learning and insights
Learn from the core contributors behind hugely popular tools such as scikit-learn and Caffe

Better Networking

Connect with 4,500 fellow data scientists, presenters, innovators, practitioners, and influencers
Get hired by innovative companies ranging from Fortune 500s to startups at our Data Science Career Fair

Meet executives from multiple industries using AI and data science to transform their industries
Attend multiple networking events including breaks, lunches, and evening receptions

Venue

See details of our modern and state of the art venue in San Francisco.

ODSC has secured excellent room rates at our venue hotel. Book yours before they sell out.

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Last year, ODSC welcomed nearly 12,000 attendees to an unparalleled range of events, from our large conferences, to hackathons and small community gatherings.

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