ODSC AI Skills Accelerator | San Francisco
Event Details
Date: October 8, 2026 Time: 6:00-8:00 PM PT Location: SF (exact venue to be announced) Admission: Free with registration
Join the ODSC AI Skills Accelerator in San Francisco for an evening with Keith Belanger, 30-year veteran Senior Data Architect and Snowflake Data Superhero. Keith will introduce Spec-Driven Data Engineering and show how teams can use business concepts, specifications, and engineering standards to guide AI-assisted development in Snowflake — instead of relying on one-off prompts and asking, “Does this look right?” You’ll explore how to move from:
- Prompts → clear specifications
- Subjective outputs → measurable outcomes
- One-off AI assistance → repeatable engineering workflows
👨🍳 Cooking with CoCo Keith recently published the Snowflake Cookbook, so he’s bringing a little of that flavor to San Francisco with his “Cooking with CoCo” theme. During the demo, Keith will use CoCo, Snowflake’s agentic AI capability, to show Spec-Driven Data Engineering in action. Think less “throw some prompts together and see what happens” and more “follow the recipe, define what good looks like, and build toward it.” 📚 Bonus: Keith will be giving away copies of his Snowflake Cookbook to attendees! Come for the Session, Stay for the People This isn’t just a presentation. We’re making plenty of room to meet other people across AI, data engineering, software, product, and startups in the Bay Area. Come meet people who might be working through the same technical problems, building something interesting, hiring, looking for their next role, or simply up for a good conversation. We’ll have:
- Topic-based networking tables
- Hiring and “who’s looking” shout-outs
- Short community lightning talks
- Pizza, drinks, and plenty of time to meet people
If you’re working on an AI project, testing a new tool, or learned something useful recently, you can also jump in for a 3-minute lightning talk and share it with the room. Agenda
- 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Arrivals, Drinks, and Icebreaker Networking
- 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM: Main Presentation by Keith Belanger
- 7:00 PM – 7:15 PM: Lightning Talks & Peer Shares (maximum 4–5 people, 3 minutes each)
- 7:15 PM – 7:25 PM: Who Is Hiring / Who Is Looking Shout-Outs
- 7:25 PM – 8:00 PM: Pizza, Topic Table Networking, and Talent Matching
Supported by Snowflake.
Come ready to learn something useful, meet a few new people, and talk about what you’re actually building. Free to attend with registration. Save your spot and join us in SF.
