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Learn From 100+ Speakers
The Optimized AI Conference (previously the Southern Data Science Conference) has had an amazing, world-class lineup of speakers since 2015. This year, we are bringing 100 world-class speakers at an affordable price.
Learning Resources (Coming Soon)
Take advantage of the plethora of learning resources (free and paid) that we have curated to help you accelerate your career.
Tutorials
Curated list of tutorials by topic. There are many great authors to learn from.
Tutorials
Podcasts
Optimize your learning with a variety of technical and non-technical AI podcasts
Podcasts
Courses
See a variety of courses from instructors we work with along with other open-source courses
Courses
Career Resources /Jobs
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Career Resources /Jobs
Workshops
Workshops will be held on April 16th, Day 3 of the conference. Take advantage of hands on sessions from industry experts to increase your skills in deploying models to production.
Mastering Optimization for GenAI Training & Inference
Mark Moyou, PhD - Sr. Data Scientist - NVIDIA
This workshop covers training and deploying large DNNs in NLP, vision, and speech AI. Learn to scale across servers, manage memory with advanced techniques, optimize performance, and deploy multi-GPU models with NVIDIA Triton™ Inference Server. The techniques covers in this course are used to train model Generative AI models.
Building with Llama Stack and Multimodal Models
Suraj Subramanian - ML Engineer - Meta AI
Learn to leverage the Llama Stack for rapid AI development and deployment with tools like agentic components, safety guardrails, and on-device solutions. Explore Llama 3.2 Vision models to integrate text and image reasoning for tasks like captioning and image understanding. Develop in your preferred language and deploy seamlessly across environments with a unified API.
Mastering AI Agents
Hamza Farooq - Founder - Traversaal.ai/ex-Google
This workshop provides a comprehensive understanding of designing and building AI agents from the ground up. Instead of relying on pre-built frameworks like CrewAI or Autogen, participants will learn the core mechanics of agent development to create fully customizable solutions. By the end, attendees will have the tools and knowledge to build robust, scalable, and production-grade AI agents tailored to their needs.
Optimizing Enterprise RAG Systems
Trey Grainger - Author - AI-Powered Search
RAG systems will be a mainstay in every enterprise. Tuning a RAG systems involves deep knowledge of both vector and traditional keyword search, coupled with efficient context management strategies for LLMs. This entire equation becomes more complicated when multiple modalities of data enter the equation.
From The Team Behind
The Southern Data Science Conference
Ugur
Last September, I had the privilege of attending and speaking at, now the Optimized AI Conference (then, the Southern Data Science Conference). It was an valuable experience to exchange cutting-edge ideas with industry leaders and experts. I'm looking forward to the upcoming editions for this vibrant community. See you at the next one! #OptimizedAIConference.
Paige Bailey
AI Developer Relations Lead
If you're looking for a generative AI conference that feels like home, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more welcoming event than Optimized AI in Atlanta! The camaraderie, insightful AI discussions, and collaborative spirit are unparalleled -- you'll leave feeling inspired to start building.
Sebastian Raschka
Staff Research Engineer
- Lightning AI
The Optimized AI conference was a fantastic event where I had the opportunity to share innovative ideas as a speaker and connect with industry leaders as an attendee. The engaging discussions and presentations provided invaluable insights!
Mike Tamir, PhD
Distinguished Scientist
- Shopify
This conference has been something I've looked forward to over the years as a venue to share and discuss practical applications that directly engage with cutting edge ideas!
Ugur
Last September, I had the privilege of attending and speaking at, now the Optimized AI Conference (then, the Southern Data Science Conference). It was an valuable experience to exchange cutting-edge ideas with industry leaders and experts. I'm looking forward to the upcoming editions for this vibrant community. See you at the next one! #OptimizedAIConference.
Sam Partee
Principal AI Engineer
- Arcade AI
I've been an attendee, speaker and sponsor for OAI. Every time I'm glad did so. The quality and density of content outshines many conferences on the same tier. If you're looking for an AI conference to learn the SOTA from experts, share your ideas, or grow your audience - look into OAI.
Jaya Kawale
VP of Engineering
- Tubi
Optimized AI conference was a great place to share practical, bleeding-edge ideas with practitioners and leaders and to get real time feedback. Always amazed how well it was organized.
Ugur Kursuncu
Assistant Professor
- Georgia State University
This conference has been something I've looked forward to over the years as a venue to share and discuss practical applications that directly engage with cutting edge ideas!
About Us
Delivering Tangible Business Value With AI
Optimized AI Conference is one of the most practical AI events you can attend. The organizers of the event both work for top AI companies NVIDIA/Google so we curate a breadth of speakers that we would want to learn from in order to make progress with our production workloads. The content strikes a healthy balance between deep theory required for extending industrial research, deep dives on production use-cases and business optimization strategies.
We believe that every AI professional can benefit from developing both their technical and business development skills.
Come accelerate your learning, generate revenue and advance your career.
Ticket
Conference Pass
Conference Pass + Workshops
Premium Conference Pass + Workshops
Workshop Only
Price
$620
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$695
$1550
$895
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Days Admission
Day 1,2
All Days
All Days
Day 3
Expo
Multi-track Sessions
Reception/After Party
Meals
Boxed
Buffet
Day 1 Mini Workshops
All Day Workshops
Free Book
* Expo sessions include talks, workshops, and facilitated discussions led by expo partners and organizer-curated speakers in the Expo Arena breakout rooms
Ticket
Conference Pass
Conference Pass + Workshops
Premium Conference Pass + Workshops
Workshop Only
Price
$550
$250
$1100
$595
$1450
$795
$700
$400
Days Admission
Day 1,2
All Days
All Days
Day 3
Expo
Multi-track Sessions
Reception/After Party
Meals
Boxed
Buffet
Day 1 Mini Workshops
All Day Workshops
Free Book
* Expo sessions include talks, workshops, and facilitated discussions led by expo partners and organizer-curated speakers in the Expo Arena breakout rooms
Program Overview
Our conference program is specifically designed for you to fill in the gaps in your strategy, be it technical or business-oriented. The goal is that you are a better all rounded data professional so you can adjust more readily to the changing landscape.
/ Monday April 14, 2025
Day 1 Conference + Reception
This is the most action packed day we have at the event. There will be a morning and afternoon keynote then multiple sessions in between across various stages. Explore where your interests take you. Get to know our sponsors who can accelerate your progress on different projects. Network with fellow professionals.
Note we have tickets that include both meals and no-meals depending on your budget. Enjoy a reception at the end of these first evening.
/ Tuesday April 15, 2025
Day 2 Conference
The second day is still as action-packed as the first, but we reduce the length of the talks so you can view more content and get a more varied learning experience. We also end earlier on this day. Typically, attendees are maxed out on all the great information they learned from the day before.
Interact with our sponsors, grab swag and connect with other folks.
/ Wednesday April, 16, 2025
Workshop Day
The goal of the workshop day is to be as hands-on as possible so you can walk away with implementable skills. Workshops run from 9:00am - 3:30pm EST.
This is a great opportunity to accelerate your learning to launch your new project.
Conference Pass Only
This ticket does NOT include food during the event, hence the cheap price. Our venue is within 8 minutes walking distance of a shopping mall food court. Water + Coffee are available.
Conference Pass + Workshop
This includes a mini-breakfast, boxed lunch, 1 reception drink, all mini-workshops (Day 1, 2), and one All-day workshop on Day 3.
Premium Conference Pass + Workshop
Buffet-style food: breakfast, lunch, snacks, 2 reception drinks, all mini-workshops (Day 1, 2), and one All-day workshop on Day 3.
Companies Represented
As practitioners, we recruit speakers from top companies to bring you the latest industry best practices.
Generate Revenue with AI
We aim to give you a practical survey of the state of enterprise AI by focusing on 12 topics that enable you to participate in the entire value chain of production-grade and production-scale AI applications.
By the end of this conference, you will be armed with the knowledge to take models to production and generate revenue and business impact with your AI endeavors.
01.
Deep Learning
Knowing the foundations of deep learning has it benefits. How do you scale your training in a cost-effective manner. When it comes to deploying deep learning. models, methods such as quantization and pruning can help to reduce inference costs and latency. We explore optimizations on both the training and inference lifecycle.
02.
LLMs + RAG
Many teams have already implemented RAG systems to keep their insight generation engines up-to-date. How do you increase the accuracy and quality of results coming from these systems? Which component do you scale, and how can you keep inference costs as low as possible but still get the highest quality results?
03.
Multimodality
The current GEN AI adoption curve is just beginning. The true frontier of breakthrough applications will come from training and learning on more diverse datasets. Image, sound, and video generation will be at the top of the list, showcasing how to fine-tune and deploy these various types of models.
04.
AI Consulting
Working for top AI companies is not the only way to earn a great living from the Gen AI boom. Many enterprises need the Capex to expand their teams and hire top-tier technical talent. Now is a rare opportunity to build the next generation of consulting firms, that are co-pilot enabled.
05.
AI Startups
Starting an AI company is easier than ever. This makes competition fierce and differentiating your unique value proposition takes advanced positioning, timing and precision marketing to preserve budgets. We’ll be hosting a number of startups that you can join and learn from.
06.
Data Processing
What remains constant in the GEN AI age? Growing volumes of data. This means the cost to process medium to large datasets will only increase over time. We explore the field of accelerated data processing on GPUs and other optimized platforms to reduce processing costs and increase the quality and speed of insights from your datasets. Learn how to accelerate spark, pandas and ML workloads.
07.
ML/LLM Ops
LLM inference is distinctly different from other types of model inference. We explore both traditional approaches to model optimization and deployment and this new field of deploying token, image, and video-generating systems. The goal is to minimize cost and maximize throughput and utilization of these systems.
08.
Career Optimization
What is your career optimization function? Is it wealth, freedom, control of time, or interesting work? How do you navigate this new age of GEN AI work, and how do you position yourself to advance your career strategically? Learn from many experts, both their strategies and mistakes, so you can optimize your next career move.
09.
Agents
This is the true frontier of the LLM revolution. When agents are fully online, small companies can compete with large companies due to an AI-accelerated labor force. This paradigm will transform businesses in a meaningful way, enabling organizations to scale their efforts. Individuals who follow the Company-of-One philosophy can create viable businesses with no employees, by leveraging agents.
10.
AI Leadership
All leadership must understand AI at its core in order to lead the next generation companies. By going deep into how these systems work, leaders can have more powerful predictive capabilities that they can leverage to steer their organizations into the rapidly changing landscape. Leadership is not easy, and AI Leadership is even harder, given how fast the field is evolving, come compress your learning.
11.
Venture Capital
GEN AI startups have some of the highest valuations and exits in history. Many small firms are being acquired for hundreds of millions. Most of these companies raised funding along the way to accelerate their product development and market penetration efforts. Learn how to connect with VCs and better understand what the funding path entails.
12.
Inference Optimization
The biggest barrier to adoption of GEN AI in enterprise is the cost and effectiveness of inference. We explore many topics on scaling out these systems effectively, leveraging routers to choose the best models between frontier and open-source models. You will leave learning how to deploy your own GEN AI applications cost effectively.
Venue & Hotel
Cobb Galleria Center
We chose the Cobb Galleria due to its proximity to local food destinations and its status as Atlanta’s premier convention center. To keep conference ticket costs low, we offer attendees both a meal option and a non-meal option ticket. This is a food-court located in 7 minute walking distance to the conference venue which enables you to enjoy the conference at a lowes price.
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