
Data Con LA
Get ready for the ultimate data experience at Data Con LA
The largest data conference in Southern California
The event will be held on the stunning USC campus on 8/12/2023, and the registration fee will include boxed lunch, so make sure to select your food preference. Don’t miss out on this unforgettable opportunity – see you at Data Con LA 2023!

2023 Keynote Speakers

Yves Bergquist
Co-Founder & CEO at CORTO
Program Director; AI & Blockchain in Media - ETC at USC Yves is an AI researcher and the director of the “AI & Blockchain in Media” Project at USC’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC). A research center at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, ETC brings together all the Hollywood studios as well as large tech companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. At the Center, Yves and his team use frontier AI methods to help media companies develop deep insights into their content, their audiences, and the cognitive relationship between the two. Yves is also the co-chair of SMPTE’s Joint Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Standards in Media, where he helps drive the standardization of AI methods throughout the media industry. In addition, Yves is the co-founder and CEO of Corto, an AI startup developing AI tools to make stories and audiences computable through the DNA analysis of narratives. Corto is in Private Beta with a dozen studios, advertising agencies, and global consumer brands, and is already used to develop film, TV, and branded content. He is a member of the Digital Storytelling Lab at Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
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Reza Rasool
CTO at Real Networks
Since joining Real in 2016, he has helped guide the technology investments that are pivoting RealNetworks from its historical streaming media roots to becoming a leader in AI. The SAFR® computer-vision program focuses on biometric access control and authentication products. The Kontxt® platform delivers mission critical NLP for messaging service operators. His pioneering innovations range from digital movie editing systems that earned Technical Oscar and Emmy awards, the world first VoD server, to cochlear implants and bionic eyes. Digital rights management, game development, CODECs, ethical AI, face recognition, and generative AI are part of Reza’s skill set. His start-up career includes two exits to Google. Reza gained a B.Sc. in Physics from King's College, has 67 world patents, numerous papers published and remains a significant code contributor.
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Raman Randhawa
Incoming Senior Vice Dean for Academic Programs at USC Marshall School of Business
Professor of Data Sciences and Operations at USC Marshall School of Business Ramandeep S. Randhawa is an operations research scholar whose research interests include designing service systems, revenue management, stochastic modeling, and mechanism and incentive design. His work has been published in journals that include Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, and Operations Research. He currently serves as an Area Editor for the Stochastic Models area in Operations Research.
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Co-Founder at Diamond
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Spearheaded by Subash D’Souza and organized and supported by a community of volunteers, sponsors and speakers, Data Con LA features the most vibrant gathering of data and technology enthusiasts in Los Angeles.
Data Con LA began as Big Data Camp LA in 2013, with just over 250 attendees. It was rebranded to Big Data Day LA in 2014 with over 550 attendees in 2014, 950+ attendees in 2015, 1200+ attendees in 2016, and 1550+ attendees in 2017. In 2018, we re-branded ourselves from Big Data Day LA to Data Con LA with over 1800 attendees and over 2000 in 2019. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, DCLA had its first successful virtual conference in 2020 with over 1000 virtual attendees. DCLA was virtual again in 2021 with over a 1000 attendees. DCLA was in-person again 2022 with over a 1000 attendees.

2023 Speakers
Joe Doven
Co-Founder at Diamond
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Panels
Panelists
Organizers

Dimas Soeprapto
Partner at Data Con LA

Kaloyan Todorov
Partner at Data Con LA

Kyle Walker
Partner at Data Con LA

Subash D’Souza
Founder at Data Con LA
Volunteers
Data Con 2022 by the numbers
2023 Session Tracks
- AI/ ML/ Data Science
- Data Engineering
- Data Infrastructure & Security
- BI/ Reporting/ Business Use Cases
List of panels, sessions and more will be available soon. Check back for more details.