Key Takeaways from Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) West 2017

First started in 2015, the Open Data Science Conference (better known as the ODSC) has now blossomed into a one of the top ten Data Science Conferences in a year (by various compilations). This year, the ODSC West was held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, from November 2 to 4. Sheamus McGovern, the ODSC Chair and his team pulled in business executives and engineers to a packed and sold-out event. An event of this magnitude comes together with a ton of planning and working together. I am, attempting here, to give you a snapshot tour of what I experienced. The tech-focused piled into eleven premium training sessions that kicked off in parallel to the Accelerate AI event which was the new one-day format for the business folks.