The event, scheduled for Sept. 17-19, offers a chance to “learn from experts in both data and technology,” with a lineup of speakers from government, academia and industry. Keynote speakers will include Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, ambassador-designate to India, who will deliver a recorded keynote address; Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin; and Subash D’Souza, director of Cloud Data Engineering for the California State University Chancellor’s Office and founder of Data Con LA and Data 4 Good.
Speakers from the public sector in California include:
- Jeanne Holm, deputy mayor of Los Angeles;
- Jagjit Dhaliwal, deputy chief information officer for the Los Angeles County Office of the CIO;
- From the Office of Digital Innovation in the California Government Operations Agency, JP Petrucione, deputy director for communications and insights; and Jeffery Marino, insights program manager; and
- Terence Davis, chief enterprise architect for Los Angeles County.
“Data Con LA began as Big Data Day LA in 2013, with just over 250 attendees,” the organizers said. The event grew to more than 550 attendees in 2014 and, by 2018, the event was rebranded to Data Con LA. In 2019, the event drew more than 2,000 attendees, and for its first virtual event in 2020, more than 1,000 people attended. Last year’s event featured more than 100 speakers and 100 sessions.
The event will feature a Startup Showcase, where small startups can pitch their goods and services to venture capitalists and creative experts. In all, sessions are planned in the areas of data, machine learning, business intelligence, user experience, infrastructure security, data privacy and other topics. Tutorials and a hackathon are also on the agenda.
Information about the event, as well as a detailed agenda and registration link, are available on the Data Con LA website.
