DSC Collide Data + AI Conference 2026 (dates TBA)

The conference is held at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, which opened in 2018 and sits less than 15 miles from Midtown Atlanta.

Standard registration is paid and secures an in-person, all-access pass without an application process. Highly limited free passes are available at no cost to qualified attendees at non-vendor companies with 250 or more employees in senior roles.

Attendees are director-level and above data and AI decision-makers, including VP, Head, and C-Suite roles such as Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer. The event is positioned as built for Fortune 500 Trailblazers from the South's largest enterprises.

Attendance draws non-vendor enterprises across industries including healthcare, life sciences and pharma, and media, entertainment and advertising. Named attending organizations include Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, with roles spanning VP/SVP/EVP and Director/Head positions in data, AI, and technology.

It is most useful for directors and senior leaders in data, AI and engineering at large enterprises, since the speakers come from companies such as Truist, Delta Air Lines, Capital One and Bank of America and the audience is pitched at director level and above across several industries. Vendors can meet enterprise buyers here, though they are excluded from the complimentary passes and the sponsor roster is still incomplete; early-career practitioners and staff at smaller companies would get less from a room of senior decision-makers.

Attendees at enterprise data and AI conferences usually wear business casual, such as slacks and button-down shirts or blouses, with blazers common among executives. The setting is a performing arts center near Atlanta, where comfortable dress for a full day of sessions and receptions works well.