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COLLIDE Data+AI Conference 2026

COLLIDE is the South's largest data and AI trade show, drawing decision-makers from leading enterprises and solutions providers to explore how to scale and govern AI responsibly. The event focuses on the realities of operationalizing AI for the enterprise, covering topics from context engineering and AI infrastructure to governance, risk, economics, and oper…

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38Speakers
28Sponsors
120Sessions
46Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at COLLIDE, in alphabetical order.

Abdullah Bokhari
Director, Enterprise Data Engineering · GoTo Foods
Amelia Mink
Co-Founder & CEO · Data Science Connect
Anqi Zou
SVP, Head of Fair & Responsible Banking Analytics · Truist
Brian Mink
Co-Founder & President · Data Science Connect
Charity Burroughs
VP, Data Governance & Quality Oversight Leader · Synchrony
Danny Portman
Head of AI Engineering, VP Data Science · Zeta
Dennis Panos
Head of Solutions · Snorkel.ai
Dylan Vetter
Senior Solutions Engineer · SnapLogic
Guy Merritt
Chief Technology Officer · KMS Technology
Jack Smith
Principal SE · Syncari
Jacob Kosoff
Executive, Data Science & Model Development · Bank of America
Jennifer Schaff
Vice President of Commercial Services · Elder Research
Jyoti Mohapatra
General Manager - Data & AI Architecture · Delta Air Lines
Kartik Pillai
Director, Data Analytics & MDM · Yum! Brands
Keyur Vyas
Sr. Director, Software Engineering · Capital One
Kishen Jayanti
Senior Manager, Product Analytics · The Home Depot
Lou Flynn
AI Evangelist · SAS
Malathi Bandlamudi
AVP Software Engineering · Arch Insurance
Melissa Hadley
AI Productivity Sales Leader/SME · IBM
Micaela Kaplan
ML Evangelist · HumanSignal
Nathan Ghadirifard
VP, Business Data & Architecture · Waystar
Nelson Davis
CEO and Founder · Analytic Vizion

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Analytic VizionPlatinum
Elder ResearchPlatinum
Google CloudPlatinum
Grid DynamicsPlatinum
HumanSignalPlatinum
InformaticaDiamond
KMS TechnologyPlatinum
LambdaPlatinum
NanonetsPlatinum
PlotlyPlatinum
QuestPlatinum
SASDiamond
SnapLogicPlatinum
SyncariPlatinum
FivetranGold
Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and EngineeringGold
Lumi AIGold
MatillionGold
OneTrustGold
OvalEdgeGold
Sigma ComputingGold
SparkBeyondGold
TELUS DigitalGold
Wisdom AIGold
XceloreGold
AerospikePresenting
IBMPresenting
Snorkel AIPresenting

Agenda

Selected from 120 sessions.

  • Tuesday 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM

    Opening Remarks

  • Tuesday 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

    KEYNOTE: Propelling the Next Wave of Enterprise AI, presented by IBM

  • Tuesday 10:55 AM - 11:15 AM

    KEYNOTE: Human-Centered Design in GenAI: Planning and Building to Cross the Pilot-to-Production Ravine, presented by Snorkel AI

  • Tuesday 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

    Presentation - Inside the Agent Mesh: Building an Enterprise-Scale Platform for AI Collaboration, brought to you by Grid Dynamics

  • Tuesday 11:45 AM - 12:35 PM

    Executive Roundtable (Invite-Only) - Building High Performance Data Infrastructure for AI

    Brought to you by Aerospike

  • Tuesday 11:45 AM - 12:35 PM

    Panel Discussion - The AI Enterprise: Building Trust, Breaking Silos, Governing at Scale, and Harnessing Autonomous Agents, brought to you by Snorkel AI

  • Tuesday 12:15 PM - 12:35 PM

    Presentation - Vibe Analytics for EDA, brought to you by Plotly

  • Tuesday 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

    Presentation - If AI Is So Smart, Why Are We Still Struggling for ROI?, brought to you by Elder Research

  • Tuesday 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

    Presentation - Navigating the AI Maturity Journey: Helping Enterprises Start and Scale with Confidence

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 46 companies show up, and 13 bet on three roles at once?

46 companies. thirteen are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
13All threespeak · spons · exh
15Sponsoringsponsor only
18Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Aerospike·SAS·Analytic Vizion·Elder Research·Google Cloud·Grid Dynamics·HumanSignal·IBM·KMS Technology·Nanonets·SnapLogic·Snorkel.ai·Syncari

Speakers by seniority

63% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite718%
  • Founder / Owner25%
  • VP-level718%
  • Director / Head of821%
  • Manager / Lead38%
  • Product25%
  • Engineer · IC411%
  • Other roles513%

Of 38 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AerospikeSponsor · Presenting3
2SASSponsor · Diamond3
3Analytic VizionSponsor · Platinum1
4Elder ResearchSponsor · Platinum1
5Google CloudSponsor · Platinum1
6Grid DynamicsSponsor · Platinum1
7HumanSignalSponsor · Platinum1
8IBMSponsor · Presenting1
9KMS TechnologySponsor · Platinum1
10NanonetsSponsor · Platinum1
11SnapLogicSponsor · Platinum1
12Snorkel.aiSponsor · Presenting1
13SyncariSponsor · Platinum1
14FivetranSponsor · Gold-
Sponsors by tier
diamond2
7% of 28
platinum12
43% of 28
gold11
39% of 28
presenting3
11% of 28
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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