Conference Agenda
Two days of keynotes, breakouts and hands-on training for the data professionals who conduct chaos. The summit moved from a virtual format in 2021 to an in-person gathering in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2022.
How each summit day was built
The 2021 program ran online with a training day followed by two days of content. The 2022 edition returned to in-person delivery, opening with registration and keynotes, moving through breakouts, and closing around an expo hall, a hackathon and food trucks.
| Edition | Format | Dates | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataOps Summit 2021 | Virtual | September 28 – 30, 2021 | Training day plus two days of sessions, keynotes and breakouts |
| DataOps Summit 2022 | In person | August 30 – 31, 2022 | Registration, keynotes, breakout sessions, expo hall, hackathon and food trucks |
The 2022 event took place at the San Mateo Event Center in the San Francisco Bay Area.
DataOps Summit 2021
Sessions from the virtual edition, September 28 – 30, 2021.
Training and opening
- Training day Hands-on DataOps training Practical training sessions opened the virtual program before the main content days began.
- September 29, 2021 · 08:00 AM – 08:30 AM Conductors of Chaos Musician Rick Bull and data artist Jer Thorp explore putting data in a human context.
- September 29, 2021 · 11:50 AM – 12:20 PM Digital Transformation in Healthcare Anne-Britton Arnett and Phani Konduru of Humana on an integrated care delivery platform powered by DataOps.
Deep dives and discussion
- September 30, 2021 From 1st Schema Then Data, To 1st Data Then Schema Chris Messina, inventor of the hashtag, and Thierry Cruanes, CTO of Snowflake, on organizing data and unlocking patterns.
- Breakout session Predicting Big Data Processing Time at Goldman Sachs Jaimita Bansal, Vice President and Lead Data Scientist, on using machine learning to estimate ingestion and export times across petabytes.
DataOps Summit 2022
Held August 30 – 31, 2022 at the San Mateo Event Center in the San Francisco Bay Area, the in-person edition moved through keynotes, breakouts and a full expo hall, with a hackathon and food trucks on site.
Day one
- August 30, 2022 Registration and keynotes The summit opened with registration, followed by keynote addresses.
- August 30, 2022 Breakout sessions Parallel breakouts covering DataOps practice, use cases and community insight.
Day two
- August 31, 2022 Expo hall A dedicated expo hall ran alongside the second day of sessions.
- August 31, 2022 Hackathon and food trucks A hands-on hackathon closed the program, with food trucks on the event grounds.
Calls for papers for the 2022 edition had a submission deadline in spring 2022, listed as April 22, 2022 in one announcement and May 27, 2022 in another.
The DataOps Summit agenda reflects a deliberate rhythm across each conference day: an opening stretch of registration and shared keynotes, a dense middle of breakout sessions where ideas get tested in smaller rooms, and hands-on training blocks where participants work directly with pipelines, platforms, and architecture patterns. The 2022 program returned to an in-person gathering in the San Francisco Bay Area, restoring the hallway conversations, expo hall energy, and community connection that a fully virtual year had replaced.
Session themes span the everyday reality of data professionals, from designing and transforming pipelines to justifying architecture choices, managing streaming and batch workloads, and elevating the practices of teams that operate at scale. Breakout sessions and advanced technique sessions are organized by skill level, so newcomers can find a clear entry point while experienced engineers dig into the technical depth. A hackathon and lab sessions extend the conversation into working code rather than slides.
Beyond the formal schedule, the summit structure is built around shared moments: daily highlights and closing remarks that tie the day's themes together, keynote perspectives on where data engineering is heading, and an expo hall where sponsors and practitioners showcase platforms and tooling. Attendees are encouraged to bring questions, share real-world scenarios, and learn from peers who conduct chaos daily, leaving with practical patterns they can apply back to their own organizations.
Ready to run your own chaos?
Passes and training tickets are handled through the registration page, and a Code of Conduct applies to every attendee. Sponsorship questions can go to sponsors@dataopssummit-sf.com, or general enquiries to summit@dataopssummit-sf.com.