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Databricks announced the full agenda and speaker lineup for its Data + AI Summit, the world’s largest data, analytics and AI conference, taking place June 15–18 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. More than 30,000 data and AI professionals are expected to attend in person, with tens of thousands more joining virtually from over 150 countries. Attendees will explore breakthroughs in data and AI and get a first look at Databricks’ newest product innovations. The keynote program features Databricks co-founders Ali Ghodsi, Matei Zaharia, Arsalan Tavakoli‑Shiraji and Reynold Xin—creators of Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow—alongside product announcements, live demos, and customer stories. Guest speakers include Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella (pre-recorded virtual fireside chat), OpenAI President and Co-founder Greg Brockman, and PepsiCo Global Chief Data and AI Officer Magesh Bagavathi. The summit offers over 800 breakout sessions covering data engineering, warehousing, governance, analytics, applications, agents, and AI. Featured AI sessions include companies like Anthropic, Cognition, CrewAI, Glean, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Lovable, OpenAI, and Replit. There are 25+ hands-on training and certification courses by Databricks experts, plus a multi-day hackathon with OpenAI to build agentic data apps for social impact. Customer case studies feature AstraZeneca, Fox Corporation, lululemon, Mercedes-Benz, Nasdaq, Novo Nordisk, OpenAI, PepsiCo, Princeton University, Rivian, Virgin Atlantic, Warner Music Group, and Zillow. The event includes industry tracks across 10+ sectors, 240+ sponsors and partners including Accenture, Anthropic, AWS, Deloitte, Infosys, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI. Community events include 80+ networking sessions, the Women in Data + AI meetup, and a performance by the Chainsmokers at Databricks’ annual party, Data After Hours, on June 17 at Oracle Park.