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COLLIDE AI Conference
The largest AI conference in the Southern U.S., built for the leaders of the South’s largest enterprises.
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1K+
Enterprise data and AI attendees
#1
AI conference in the Southern U.S.
75%+
of our community works in enterprise organizations
1
day in Atlanta, Wednesday, October 13
Built for Fortune 500 trailblazers.
COLLIDE is where decision-makers from the South’s largest enterprises and leading-edge solution and service providers come together to build the foundations of the AI-driven era. With 1,000+ attendees, it is the largest AI conference in the Southern U.S.
- Connect with enterprise data and AI leaders
- Learn how to scale and govern AI responsibly
- Benchmark with peers at roundtables and dinners
Highlights
More than a conference.
Founder presentations
Presentations from the founders of leading-edge AI solutions.
Workshops & certifications
Hands-on workshops and certifications led by the teams building the tools.
Fortune 500 panels
Panel discussions among Fortune 500 AI and data executives.
Executive roundtables
Small-group roundtables where leaders compare notes on what is working.
Invite-only executive dinners
Private dinners for senior leaders around the conference.
Matchmaking & 1:1 meetings
Pre-arranged one-to-one meetings with the right people.
Exhibitor hall
An exhibitor hall of leading-edge AI solutions and services.
2027 theme
Enterprise AI at Scale
Every 2027 AI Connect program is built around one question: what it takes to run AI across the enterprise. These are the topics on the agenda.
- Agentic AI & Multi-Agent Orchestration
- Context Engineering & Agent Memory
- AI Observability & Evaluation
- RAG, Vector Search & Knowledge Graphs
- AI-Ready Data & Semantic Layers
- Real-Time Data & Enterprise AI Integration
- LLMOps & AI Engineering
- AI-Native Software Development & Coding Agents
- AI Infrastructure & Inference Optimization
- AI FinOps & ROI
- AI Governance, Security & Guardrails
- Sovereign AI & Private AI
- Multimodal AI & Voice Agents
- Decision Intelligence & Predictive Analytics
Who attends
Leaders from the enterprises that matter.
A sample of the organizations whose data and AI leaders have attended.
Truist
Ram Kumar
Sr. Director, Networks, Automation and Analytics
AT&T
Sergey Fogelson
SVP of Data Science and Data Engineering
TelevisaUnivision
Ricardo Gonzalez
Director, Data Governance Platforms
Coca-Cola
Jyoti Mohapatra
General Manager, Data & AI Architecture
Delta Air Lines
Charity Burroughs
VP, Data Governance & Quality Oversight Leader
Synchrony
Kartik Pillai
Director, Data Analytics & MDM
Pavan Emani
SVP Engineering Leader, Gen AI & ML
Truist
Kishen Jayanti
Head of Online Experimentation
Jacob Kosoff
Executive, Data Science & Model Development
Rajiv Cooray
SVP, Data Fabric Platform
Keyur Vyas
Sr. Director, Software Engineering
Capital OneIn the room
Moments from 2026.
How to attend
Your pass to 2027.
Registration for COLLIDE AI Conference 2027 opens soon. Request the sponsor kit below to hear first.
Venue
Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center
Opened in 2018 and less than 15 miles from Midtown Atlanta, Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center is a best-in-class performance venue and conference center.
Two large theaters with stunning acoustics and lighting, atrium-style exhibitor halls, and a four-acre city park surrounded by restaurants, retail and hotels.
Our sponsors
In good company.
Sponsors of the 2026 edition, alongside partners from across AI Connect events.
IBM
Actian
NexusOne
Google Cloud
Informatica
Analytic Vizion
Langchain
Wisdom AI
Alteryx
Redis
Kindo
Matillion
TrendAI
snowflake
Zoom
AWS
Databricks
Nvidia
Deloitte
Teradata
sas
Fivetran
Dataiku
Neo4j
Testimonials
Why they keep coming back.
We really appreciated the quality of the audience and seniority level. Our team made some amazing connections with enterprise accounts we’ve been trying to break into.
The topics were well selected and the mix of panels and roundtables provided opportunities to engage in problem solving with fellow leaders.
DSC has delivered millions in pipeline for me over the years and has been a central part of my strategy and plan for reaching the data science, ML, and AI community.
Thank you for hosting such a fantastic event. I truly enjoyed it and gained valuable insights into the latest trends and challenges in AI from industry leaders.
Outstanding. Many diverse perspectives and interesting insights.
We’ve heard great feedback on COLLIDE from the team, with one member saying it was the best event he’d ever been to at Plotly!
I’ve heard nothing but great things about this event. I want to sincerely thank you for overdelivering.
We had a great experience this year. The location of the event was fantastic, and the attendees were great. We’re looking forward to following up with several of them.