ODSC AI West 2026

ODSC AI West 2026 runs 27-29 October 2026 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, 1333 Old Bayshore Highway in Burlingame, California, with a parallel virtual track. ODSC has staged this conference since 2015 and positions it as an AI builders' event rather than a strategy summit: the schedule is weighted toward deep-dive, hands-on technical training delivered in workshop rooms, not keynote theatres. Published tracks span agentic AI and autonomous systems, AI engineering with evals and AIOps, physical AI and robotics, data and AI infrastructure, data science and machine learning, AI for software developers, personal AI and workflow automation, and an AI X Leadership Summit for the executive audience. Pass tiers deliberately unbundle the days - Silver covers 28-29 October, Gold adds the 27th and its hands-on workshops, and a separate multi-day AI Engineering Accelerator runs the full 27-29 October window as a structured curriculum for people reskilling into AI engineering.

Date

October 27–29, 2026

Location

Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California

Format

Hybrid

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Mixed (Free tier available)

Organizer

Open Data Science Conference (ODSC)

Added

Jun 21, 2026

Updated

Aug 10, 2026

• ✓AI engineer
• ✓ML engineer
• ✓Data scientist
• ✓Software engineer
• ✓Head of Data Science
• ✓VP of Engineering
• ✓CTO
• ✓Data platform architect

A CTO or VP of Engineering sending a team here is buying skills transfer, not market intelligence. The three days are structured so that engineers leave able to build and evaluate agentic systems rather than merely describe them, and the evals and AIOps track addresses the specific gap most enterprises hit after their first agent pilot: no way to measure whether the thing works in production. The AI X Leadership Summit gives the accompanying executive a separate room for the buy-versus-build and platform-consolidation questions, while the Physical AI and infrastructure tracks matter to anyone whose roadmap now touches robotics or GPU capacity planning. The Burlingame location keeps the trip to two nights for most Bay Area and West Coast teams.

• ✓Track: Agentic AI & Autonomous Systems
• ✓Track: AI Engineering, Evals & AIOps
• ✓Track: Physical AI & Robotics - sessions on reasoning models for embodied agents, autonomous systems and trajectory planning
• ✓Track: Data and AI Infrastructure, plus Data Science & Machine Learning
• ✓AI X Leadership Summit and a Keynotes & Industry Leadership track for the executive audience
• ✓AI Engineering Accelerator: AI & ML Foundations for Agentic Systems, AI-Assisted Coding for AI Development, Python for AI Development
• ✓Sessions on OpenAI's agentic vision for enterprise systems and multi-step workflows, and on context engineering - how AI systems manage information retention
• ✓AI Expo and solution showcase with vendor demos and a reception; expo pass holders receive USD 500+ in platform credits
• ✓Free virtual pass covering keynotes, expert talks and networking with USD 100+ in platform credits

• ★Training-first rather than keynote-first: the published agenda is built around hands-on sessions and bootcamps, and the Gold pass exists specifically to buy an extra workshop day
• ★Running since 2015, which makes it one of the longest-lived applied data-science conferences still operating - most of the 2023-2026 AI conference wave has no comparable track record
• ★The AI Engineering Accelerator is a separate structured curriculum (AI & ML Foundations for Agentic Systems, AI-Assisted Coding for AI Development, Python for AI Development) aimed at engineers reskilling into AI, not a conference track
• ★A genuine virtual tier with its own depth - the Virtual Platinum pass carries 20+ hands-on sessions rather than a livestream of the main stage
• ★Sited at SFO rather than downtown San Francisco, which cuts travel cost and time for a fly-in audience

ODSC does not publish its in-person pass prices on the public event page, its Eventbrite listings or its Luma listing - the Silver, Gold, Platinum, AI Engineering Accelerator and VIP rates are quoted only inside the registration flow, and the in-person AI Expo pass is approval-gated. What is public: the virtual pass is free and includes keynotes, expert talks, networking and USD 100+ in platform credits; the Virtual Premium and Virtual Platinum tiers carry USD 1,500+ in credits, with Platinum adding 20+ hands-on sessions; Silver covers 28-29 October while Gold covers 27-29 October and adds hands-on workshops and networking events; Eventbrite refunds are available up to 30 days before the event; and the AI & ML Events listing carries code CommunityWest2026 for an additional 10% off. Confirm the current in-person rate at odsc.ai/west before budgeting.

When is ODSC AI West 2026?

ODSC AI West 2026 takes place October 27–29, 2026 in Burlingame, California.

Where is ODSC AI West 2026 held?

ODSC AI West 2026 is held in Burlingame, California. The event format is hybrid.

How much does ODSC AI West 2026 cost?

ODSC AI West 2026 is mixed, with a free tier available. ODSC does not publish its in-person pass prices on the public event page, its Eventbrite listings or its Luma listing - the Silver, Gold, Platinum, AI Engineering Accelerator and VIP rates are quoted only inside the registration flow, and the in-person AI Expo pass is approval-gated. What is public: the virtual pass is free and includes keynotes, expert talks, networking and USD 100+ in platform credits; the Virtual Premium and Virtual Platinum tiers carry USD 1,500+ in credits, with Platinum adding 20+ hands-on sessions; Silver covers 28-29 October while Gold covers 27-29 October and adds hands-on workshops and networking events; Eventbrite refunds are available up to 30 days before the event; and the AI & ML Events listing carries code CommunityWest2026 for an additional 10% off. Confirm the current in-person rate at odsc.ai/west before budgeting.

Who should attend ODSC AI West 2026?

ODSC AI West 2026 is aimed at AI engineer, ML engineer, Data scientist, Software engineer, Head of Data Science, VP of Engineering, CTO, Data platform architect.

What topics does ODSC AI West 2026 cover?

ODSC AI West 2026 covers Agentic AI and autonomous systems, AI engineering, evals and AIOps, Physical AI and robotics, Data and AI infrastructure, Machine learning and data science, LLM context engineering, AI-assisted software development, Workflow automation.

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