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Data Council is the first community-powered data-platforms, science, & analytics event for software engineers, data scientists, deep learning researchers, and technical founders who want to discover tools & insights to build AI-based products. Click to remind me
Join our workshop session to acquire valuable hands-on experience alongside top people in our field, and focusing on key technologies.
Tired of mega-conferences where it's hard to network? We are too, so we cap attendance at 500. Expect highly-skilled data scientists, engineers, analysts & engineering managers.
We believe in Open Source; code, content and mentality. We feature top open source contributors and tools at our talks. Afterwards, we publish all content for the community, for free.
We are a diverse group of geeks, coders, scientists, analysts (& a former astronaut serving your lunch). We care deeply about local data communities. No big $/€ sponsors here, just data nerds, like you & me.
Experience our popular "Speaker Office Hours" format. Through our intentional matching
Hacker at Large, Co-chair @ QCon & Data Council, PMC & Committer @ Apache Airflow
Apache Software Foundation
Our Data Engineering track gives practical examples of full-stack data architectures, data pipelines and plumbing systems, as well as reference examples of ETL functions & workflow schedulers. The track explores the stories behind the challenges faced by experienced engineers when building modern data infrastructures, and features key open source projects our speakers are keen to share with the community.
The ML Platforms track focuses on the practice of moving machine learning systems from development to deployment, and the next-generation tooling that makes this an organic process. Removing barriers to deployment allows data scientists to gain quicker feedback and deeper insights into how models are performing in the wild, and enables nimbler experimentation at the product level.
To do this, new machine learning workflows are taking advantage of serverless and container orchestration technologies, and also specializing frameworks towards certain classes of data science problems.
This track is for the hands-on practitioners who fluidly cross the boundary between research and deployment.
The field of data science often delivers value in multiple ways to a business. One way is in the development of predictive data features such as personalization and recommendations, fraud detection and mitigation, home automation, self-driving cars, etc… Another common way is to drive decisions and insights within a company. For example, did the web or mobile feature you just released increase engagement? Are we on track to make earnings this quarter? How about more operation-centric insights? Can we detect a complex failure pattern due to a new code release before it takes down our site? Data science can be used to build both internal and external solutions that drive a business. Come to this track to learn about recent innovations in this space that highlight full-stack data science solutions.
The AI Products track demonstrates the intersection of applied DS/ML methods in product form, covering topics such as full stack product development of data-oriented products, product-based implementations of new research methods, and machine-learning powered features inside products (i.e. recommendation systems, NLP based features, scoring, etc.). This is a product-focused track, where talks are usually given by technical founders or product managers with a technical background.
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Regular Bird $949 |
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Early Access to Conference Recordings |
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No Bullshit Guarantee* (See below) |
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- 2 days & 40+ insightful talks by leading data scientists, engineers and machine intelligence researchers from top organizations like IBM, Uber, Google, Lyft, Square and many more.
- 6 unique tracks: Data Engineering, ML Platforms, Data Science & Insights, AI Ethics & Fairness, AI Products and Lean Engineering.
- Brand New Workshops to experience special hands-on demos, training sessions, and talks on how to get started using cool data tools.
- Extensive networking opportunities at the event, or connect with speakers & attendees at our after-party between event days.
- Small group Speaker Office Hours following each talk with an opportunity to dive deeper into the subject matter 1:1 with the speaker.
- Enjoy meeting attendees that are highly-technical data scientists, engineers, analysts & technical founders from top tech, media, and finance companies around the SF area.
- Connect with our great partner companies at Partner Spotlight to discover available data jobs, open-source projects and latest product developments.
- Inspiring keynotes and practical, information-rich sessions, tutorials, and speakers office hours exploring the latest advances, case studies, and best practices.
| Data Council | O'Reilly Strata | Gartner® Summit |
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| Early Bird Ticket PriceLowest published price without any discounts, coupon codes etc. | $799 | $1,645 | $3,700 |
| 2 Full Days of EventsMinimum length of the conference or event. | |||
| Access to WorkshopsComplimentary access to workshops in the main ticket price. | |||
| Food & Drinks IncludedIs some form of food, drinks or snacks provided. | |||
| Multiple Unique TracksAre multiple unique tracks with separate content offered. These tracks can be shorter than the full length of the conference or event. | |||
| Community PoweredDoes this conference represents a global community of attendees engaged in monthly branded meetups around the world. AND Is the vetting process democratized, or otherwise open to the public. | |||
| Speaker Office HoursDoes the conference or event offer Speakers Office Hours. | |||
| Open Call for SpeakersAre the speaker submission, review & acceptance process open to or including the public. | |||
| Max 500 AttendeesIs the conference limited to under 500 attendees, in order to maximize the value for attendees. | |||
| Free Community PartyIs there an event after-party offered (dinners not included) | |||
| Offers a Refund PolicyYou can get your ticket refunded up to 45 days before the conference | |||
| Has a dedicated "Sponsors Track"Does the event or conference force all sponsors into one unique track where all sponsors give talks (labeled or not). | Nope | ||
| Upsells you on extrasOffers extra workshops, tracks, recordings, sessions or other additions which are charged separately from the conference or event ticket price. | Absolutely not | ||
| Non-technical people attendingDoes the conference or event publically invite non-technical data engineers or scientists. | Definitely not |
| Data Council | |
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| Early Bird Ticket PriceLowest published price without any discounts, coupon codes etc. | $799 |
| 2 Full Days of EventsMinimum length of the conference or event. | |
| Food & Drinks IncludedIs some form of food, drinks or snacks provided. | |
| Multiple Unique TracksAre multiple unique tracks with separate content offered. These tracks can be shorter than the full length of the conference or event. | |
| Community PoweredDoes this conference represents a global community of attendees engaged in monthly branded meetups around the world. AND Is the vetting process democratized, or otherwise open to the public. | |
| Speaker Office HoursDoes the conference or event offer Speakers Office Hours or similar product. | |
| Open Call for SpeakersAre the speaker submission process open to the public. | |
| Max 500 AttendeesIs the conference limited to under 500 attendees, in order to maximize the value for attendees. | |
| Free Community PartyIs there an event after-party offered (dinners not included) | |
| Offers a Refund PolicyYou get your ticket refunded up to 45 days before the conference | |
| Has a dedicated "Sponsors Track"Does the event or conference force all sponsors into one unique track where all sponsors give talks (labeled or not). | Nope |
| Upsells you on extrasOffers extra workshops, tracks, recordings, sessions or other additions which are charged separately from the conference or event ticket price. | Hell no! |
| Swarming with sales peopleDoes the conference or event publically invite non-technical data engineers or scientists. | Definitely not! |
| O'Reilly Strata | |
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| Early Bird Ticket PriceLowest published price without any discounts, coupon codes etc. | $1,645 |
| 2 Full Days of EventsMinimum length of the conference or event. | |
| Food & Drinks IncludedIs some form of food, drinks or snacks provided. | |
| Multiple Unique TracksAre multiple unique tracks with separate content offered. These tracks can be shorter than the full length of the conference or event. | |
| Community PoweredDoes this conference represents a global community of attendees engaged in monthly branded meetups around the world. AND Is the vetting process democratized, or otherwise open to the public. | |
| Speaker Office HoursDoes the conference or event offer Speakers Office Hours or similar product. | |
| Open Call for SpeakersAre the speaker submission process open to the public. | |
| Max 500 AttendeesIs the conference limited to under 500 attendees, in order to maximize the value for attendees. | |
| Free Community PartyIs there an event after-party offered (dinners not included) | |
| Offers a Refund PolicyYou get your ticket refunded up to 45 days before the conference | |
| Has a dedicated "Sponsors Track"Does the event or conference force all sponsors into one unique track where all sponsors give talks (labeled or not). | |
| Upsells you on extrasOffers extra workshops, tracks, recordings, sessions or other additions which are charged separately from the conference or event ticket price. | |
| Swarming with sales peopleDoes the conference or event publically invite non-technical data engineers or scientists. |
| Gartner® Data | |
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| Early Bird Ticket PriceLowest published price without any discounts, coupon codes etc. | $3,700 |
| 2 Full Days of EventsMinimum length of the conference or event. | |
| Food & Drinks IncludedIs some form of food, drinks or snacks provided. | |
| Multiple Unique TracksAre multiple unique tracks with separate content offered. These tracks can be shorter than the full length of the conference or event. | |
| Community PoweredDoes this conference represents a global community of attendees engaged in monthly branded meetups around the world. AND Is the vetting process democratized, or otherwise open to the public. | |
| Speaker Office HoursDoes the conference or event offer Speakers Office Hours or similar product. | |
| Open Call for SpeakersAre the speaker submission process open to the public. | |
| Max 500 AttendeesIs the conference limited to under 500 attendees, in order to maximize the value for attendees. | |
| Free Community PartyIs there an event after-party offered (dinners not included) | |
| Offers a Refund PolicyYou can get your ticket refunded up to 45 days before the conference | |
| Has a dedicated "Sponsors Track"Does the event or conference force all sponsors into one unique track where all sponsors give talks (labeled or not). | |
| Upsells you on extrasOffers extra workshops, tracks, recordings, sessions or other additions which are charged separately from the conference or event ticket price. | |
| Swarming with sales peopleDoes the conference or event publically invite non-technical data engineers or scientists. |
Competitive data collected is accurate from "conferences.oreilly.com/strata", "gartner.com/en/conferences/na/data-analytics-us" as of January 23, 2019. Data Council is not affiliated with any of the competitors listed. Notice an error in our data?
We're offering special workshops (included in the ticket price) for all attendees at our events to experience special hands-on demos, training sessions, and talks on how to get started using cool data tools. The workshops are designed to give you hands-on experience in getting up and running with the most powerful data tools on the market. These will be hosted as break-out sessions throughout the day, and you are free to attend as many of them as you like. With Data Council your ticket ALWAYS includes everything.
Full details on the workshop themes will be posted to the conference schedule and shared on this site.
We aim to keep attendance below 500 people for any Data Council event or conference. We've been there too, and we know the reason you attend conferences is not to be sold to or lose yourself in a massive sea of attendees.
Aiming for fewer than 500 attendees ensures that you have a fair chance to engage with speakers 1:1 on your favorite track during Speaker Office Hours. It's worth noting that this is not a watered-down "mega-conference," but an intentional community-powered conference for engineers & scientists, by engineers & scientists, like yourself!
Generally, our conferences attract between 300-500 people depending on the season, location, and speakers.
Most speakers hold "office hours" after their talk, which are a great opportunity to take the discussion further in a smaller setting.
Unlike Q&A where you are usually limited to asking one question, you will be able to have an in-depth back-and-forth discussion with the speaker and like-minded attendees - a great way to learn more and build long-term relationships.
Attendees often mention Speaker Office Hours as one of their favorite perks of attending our events.
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From: Pete Soderling (Our Founder)
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Hi Very Cool Manager,
I’m writing because I have some great news: Your very cool data geek wants to attend the next
Data Council is not the standard watered-down “big data” conference you might have attended previously - instead we are built and run by software engineers, developers and data geeks. We have teams from across Europe, the US and Asia participating every year with companies lots of very cool data engineering or data science companies along with many awesome speakers.
This year hundreds of data geeks like you and I will celebrate learning and sharing at Data Council.
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We’d actually love to have the both of you attend. The event includes 2 full days and
Your employee is eagerly awaiting your response, so send them an email. This will make their day!
And if you have any questions just shoot me an email: pete.soderling@datacouncil.ai
Cheers,
–pete
Founder, Data Council
Our pinnacle Data Council event is hosted annually at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF, 1675 Owens Street San Francisco. The Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF is an exciting new meeting and event destination, centered in UCSF's new 43-acre life sciences campus for teaching and research. If you're driving you can use the information here for directions.
When people think of San Francisco, they might think of the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, Chinatown, the 49ers or Giants. We all know there is a rich world of innovation below the surface, and it's all driven by high-growth companies in data and tech, as such San Francisco continues to excel in innovation. It held on to its top spot. According to Business Insider, San Francisco is the world's premiere hub for tech innovation and entrepreneurship. For more information regarding travel use the information in this link.
Want to present a talk at our next data science & engineering event? Barcelona, New York, San Francisco or Southeast Asia, the choice is yours! Our event will include hundreds of attendees and many speakers from top data teams across different industries. To make each event better than the last, we're welcoming the community to contribute their talk ideas.
Want to volunteer at our next data science & engineering event? Barcelona, New York, San Francisco or Southeast Asia, the choice is yours! Our event will include hundreds of attendees and +50 other speakers from top data teams at tech, healthcare, finance and media companies.
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We want you to feel good about buying a ticket for Data Council so that's why we offer a full refund up until 45 days prior to the conference start date. After that, we offer to transfer your ticket to another person OR exchange it for a ticket for a future Data Council conference of your choice.
We truly believe in authentic and deeply technical community events and we want you to enjoy them as much as we do. We want you to learn, grow, build, engage, launch, laugh and maybe cry (depending on what kind of repositories you follow on GitHub) but most of all we want you to feel good about attending Data Council.
We are good at detecting bullshit, but in case we missed it, just let us know at community@datacouncil.ai and we will make it right!
