The Biggest Data Science And Analytics Conferences In 2024 - Issue 190
Plan a year ahead with this roundup of the most popular conferences, events, and workshops around data and ML this year.
Welcome to the Data Analysis Journal, a weekly newsletter about data science and analytics.
As a tradition, I put together a list of the biggest events scheduled for this year in data analytics, data science, and data engineering to help you plan the year ahead. Most of these are big conferences and annual summits. I am partnering with some of the organizers below, so if you need help getting tickets, accessing the agenda, or recordings, let me know.
Data Analytics and Data Engineering
Enterprise Data World
March 24-29, Orlando, Florida
Enterprise Data World is all about data management including data governance, data architecture, blockchain tech, data integration, data modeling, metadata management, BA, and everything for enterprise data management.
Data Council 2024
March 26-28 - Austin, Texas
Annual vendor-neutral “No Bullsh*t Data Conference“ that brings together all the data experts we love and read:
Analytics and Data Summit
April 9-11, Redwood Shores, California
The 3-day summit is organized and managed by Oracle community and offers working sessions, hand-on labs all things Oracle.
Gartner Data & Analytics Summit
Gartner summit will happen on March 11-13 in Orlando, Florida, and then on July 29 - 30 in Sydney, Australia. It will focus on anything analytics-related, from setting a data analytics strategy, data technology, trends, and data leadership.
Real time Analytics Summit
May 7-9, San Jose, California
An annual conference focused on real-time data - how to design, build, and run real-time analytics at scale.
Data Summit 2024
May 8-9, Boston, MA
This summit is an annual event that has been running since 2014. The summit is focused on data management and also will include special events like AI and ML Learning Summit, DataOps Bootcamp, and Database and DevOps Bootcamp.
World Data Summit
May 15-17, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
World Data Summit is an annual 3-day conference focused on analytics - market segmentation, digital attribution, user experience journeys, data privacy and ethics, and more.
Snowflake Data Cloud Summit
June 3-6, San Francisco, CA
Snowflake Summit is the annual 4-day Snowflake conference with many sessions, workshops, and training. As of now, over 450 sessions are scheduled across data architecture and analytics.
AI & Big Data Expo
June 5-6, Santa Clara, California
Hosts over 7,000 attendees this year with over 250 speakers. This massive event covers a wide range of topics within AI and Big Data - deep learning, chatbots, AI, Big Data Analytics, Enterprise adoption, data monetization, and (of course) a lot about BI.
Data Connect 2024
May 8, Portland, OR - DCCWest
July 11-12, Columbus, OH
Hosted by Women In Analytics, Data Connect brings together industry leaders, technical experts, and entrepreneurs to discuss the latest trends, advancements, technologies, and innovations in data, analytics, machine learning, and AI.
Coalesce 2024
October 7-10, Las Vegas, Nevada + online
Analytics engineering conference hosted by dbt Labs. Expert dbt training and certifications with thousands of data practitioners. It’s impressive how dbt became so massive!
If you missed Coalesce 2023, you can watch all the sessions here.
DS, ML, and AI
Deep Learning AI and ML Summit
Deep Learning AI and ML Summit is scheduled throughout the year across the world (a full list of events is here). This conference aims to bridge “the gap between the latest technological research advancements and real-world applications in business and society”. Topics covered: data architecture, data efficiency, deep learning, deep neural networks, and more.
Data Universe
April 10-11, New York
A first-of-its-kind comprehensive data, analytics, ML, and AI event in New York City at the North Javits Center that brings together 250+ and 100+ sponsors and exhibitors.
Semantic Layer Summit
April 24, online
The Semantic Layer Summit is a free one-day virtual event. Advice and best practices from top data leaders, AI & BI technologists, & industry experts in Enterprise data analytics.
ODSC 2024
April 23-25, Boston + online
ODSC is the annual Open Data Science Conference with approx 3,800 attendees. This is one of the largest ML and AI events and offers training, networking, and demos.
Women in Data Science
May 14, Seattle, WA
Women in Data Science Puget Sound Conference will include a “datathon” and some workshops focused on applied ML and analytics. The Women in Data Science (WiDS) community aims to inspire and educate data scientists around the world, regardless of gender. It started as a conference at Stanford in November 2015. Now, it is a massive global conference event with approximately 150+ regional events worldwide.
You can access talks and sessions from previous years here
Databricks Data and AI Summit 2024
June 10-13, San Francisco + virtual
The premier event for the global data, analytics, and AI community returns to San Francisco on June 10-13. Four days packed with keynotes by industry leaders and visionaries, technical sessions, hands-on training, and networking opportunities.
Research and Applied AI Summit
June 14, TBD (Europe)
RAAIS brings together 200 AI researchers, engineers, founders, and operators from around the world for a day of best practices and good vibes. It is organized by The RAAIS Foundation UK charity and Air Street Capital venture firm.
MLDM 2024
July 13-18, Dresden, Germany
MLDM is the International Conference on ML and Data Mining. The workshops include data mining in marketing, case-based reasoning, and multimedia forensic data analysis.
Data Science Salon
March 20-21, Austinm Using Gen AI & ML in the Enterprise - DSS ATX
June 18, NY, Finance & Technology - DSS NYC
September 18, Miami, Florida + online - DSS MIA
Data Science Salon: AI and Machine Learning in the Enterprise - the second in-person DSS event with immersive industry talks, workshops, and panels.
Data Makers Fest
September 23-25, Alfândega do Porto, Portugal
Data Maker’s first edition is a festival dedicated to all data professionals. With 1000+ attendees, the events offer workshops, exhibitions, and tutorials on advanced analytics, forecasting, NLP, generative AI, etc.
Big Data Conference Europe
November 20-22, Vilnius, Lithuania + online
With over 400 attendees, the events cover ML, AI, Cloud, NLP, Data streaming, predictive data analytics, and more.
This year is going to be busy. I'll be updating the list throughout the year, as some organizers haven't confirmed dates or locations yet. If I've missed an important event, please let me know.
Thanks for reading. Until Wednesday!
Very cool. Thanks, Olga! Love your substack!
The data makers fest would probably fit here: https://www.datamakersfest.com/