LFAI & Data

Build Interoperable Conversational Assistants with Open Voice Specifications and Software
2025-01-16 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
There are millions of chatbots and voice bots (conversational assistants) in the world, hosted on mobile phones, smart speakers and websites. They are hosted by many kinds of organizations – including governments, businesses, and non-profits. Today, each conversational assistant is independent of the others, even within an organization, and each one has its own expertise. What if they could collaborate, working together and sharing information? This would reduce implementation complexity, duplication of effort, and friction for users.
The Open Voice Network Interoperability Initiative of the LFAI and Data Foundation is working on enabling just these capabilities. Its goal is to make it possible for different voice and conversational AI systems, based on LLM’s or other NLP technologies, to work together through the use of a standard open-source set of easy-to-use messages.The messages enable any conversational assistant that follows the standards to freely interoperate with other standards-using assistants to connect, communicate, and transfer content and control across assistants, platforms, and language models. Please join us for a workshop that will show developers how to use our specifications to create ecosystems of collaborating assistants, including both new assistants as well as legacy assistants.
This workshop will describe the messaging protocol and then introduce the Open Voice Interoperability Initiative implementations of the protocol. We start by reviewing the open source Interoperability Sandbox implementation. The Sandbox includes a web interface client as well as an assortment of interoperable assistants available for experimentation. We will also introduce BeaconForge, an open source assistant server, that can be modified to build interoperable assistants based on LLM models. Attendees will get a chance to build their own assistant during the workshop.

Ask the Authors - Delta Lake: The Definitive Guide
2024-11-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for the first session of our new series, Ask the Authors! This interactive series offers a unique opportunity to meet the minds behind Delta Lake: The Definitive Guide and get your questions answered live.
🗓 Tuesday, November 26 at 9AM PT
🎤 Denny Lee, Prashanth Babu, R. Tyler Croy, Tristen Wentling, & Scott Haines
💻 LIVE on LinkedIn & YouTube
If you’re looking to enhance the performance of your data lake, tackle complex data challenges, or simply learn more about Delta Lake’s capabilities, this event is for you. Learn how Delta Lake provides an optimized storage layer that enhances streaming and batch data operations’ reliability, security, and performance.
PLUS, we’re giving away 5 copies of Delta Lake: The Definitive Guide!

OPEA Demopalooza: GenAI RAG Workflows in Action
2024-11-21 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Register today for OPEA’s November Demopalooza to see OPEA in action and kick-start your next GenAI project.

LF Member Summit: LF AI & Data Day
2024-11-18 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Are you heading to LF Member Summit in Napa, CA? Join us on Monday, November 18 from 1-4PM for LF AI & Data Day! 🙌
Dive into the latest updates from LF AI & Data, including:
✅ Generative AI Commons (Anni Lai)
✅ Technical Advisory Committee (Vini Jaiswal)
✅ Model Openness Framework (Arnaud Le Hors)
✅ Outreach Committee (Richard Sikang Bian)
Plus, don’t miss out on a dynamic panel discussion followed by a Q&A session
This session is open to ALL LF Member Summit attendees—no registration required!

Content Creation with Gen AI
2024-11-13 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Join us on Wednesday, November 13th at 4pm EST / 1pm PST for a Generative AI webinar and workshop hosted by Jeremiah Long, Executive Director of Wedge and a Linux Foundation Generative AI Commons Education and Outreach member. We will show you how to use generative AI to creative AI images, text-to-video, generative copy, and sounds to create media and content.
We’ll take it from the beginning, come up with an idea, storyboard it, and ultimately create the finished piece of media. We will explore animated characters, custom layouts, sizes for social media, and how to add finishing touches. This webinar is perfect for anyone who creates content, from beginners to advanced. We’ll start from scratch, brainstorming ideas, storyboarding, and finally putting together your masterpiece. We’ll explore creating animated characters, customizing layouts, and getting the perfect size for social media. Plus, we'll show you how to add those finishing touches that make all the difference.
This webinar is perfect for anyone who creates content, whether you are just starting out or you are a seasoned pro. We’ll use both popular consumer products and free open-source tools, so you don’t need to be an AI expert to join us. And the best part? We are using freemium and free tools, so it is accessible to everyone.
After the presentation, we’ll send out a resource guide so you can keep learning and creating. We’ll host an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session after the workshop, so you can ask any questions you have about generative AI content creation.

Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow: Adopting the Streaming-First Mindset
2024-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Changing perspectives is never easy, especially for data engineers transitioning from a batch-oriented approach to a streaming-first mindset.
Are you ready to embrace this shift and unlock new possibilities with your data? In this webinar, Scott Haines (Nike) & Denny Lee (Databricks) will teach you how to navigate these dynamic waters. Discover how adopting a streaming-first mindset can help you take charge of your data and utilize it in new and powerful ways.

Zero to Hero: OAuth Providers with OSS UC
2024-11-07 11:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Curious about connecting OAuth providers to Unity Catalog? 🤔
Join us for our next Zero to Hero episode on November 7 at 8:30 AM PT with Victoria Bukta & Joseph Mocker! We’ll explore the ins and outs of OAuth. 🚀 From basic concepts to setup, we’ll guide you through everything you need to know.
You don’t want to miss this session if you’re new to OAuth or looking to integrate it into your systems. Register now!

TAC Talks: Milvus
2024-11-05 12:00 - 12:45 (America/New_York)
Join us Tuesday, November 5, for the next episode of TAC Talks featuring Milvus, an LF AI & Data graduate-stage project!
Milvus is engineered to enhance embedding similarity searches and streamline AI applications. Its capability to make unstructured data searches more accessible offers a seamless user experience, whether deployed on-prem or in the cloud.
Tim Spann, Principal Developer Advocate at Zilliz, will walk us through the Milvus architecture. We’ll dive deep into the code, explore the user interface, and learn how Milvus can be integrated into your technology stack.
🗓 Tuesday, November 5
🕗 9 AM PT / 12PM ET
🗣 Hosted by Vini Jaiswal, Chair of LF AI & Data TAC

AI_dev Japan
2024-10-28 09:00 - 2024-10-29 17:00 (Asia/Tokyo)
AI_dev is a nexus for developers delving into the intricate realm of open source generative AI and machine learning. At the heart of this event is the belief that open source is the engine of innovation in AI. By uniting the brightest developers from around the world, we aim to ignite discussions, foster collaborations, and shape the trajectory of open source AI.

TAC Talks: Egeria
2024-10-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join Mandy Chessell as she explores how Egeria, a graduate-stage project of LF AI & Data, enables seamless data management and governance across platforms without reformatting or vendor lock-in. With open APIs, event formats, and integration logic, Egeria empowers organizations to share data effortlessly.
📅 Don’t miss out! On October 15 at 9AM PST, dive into Egeria’s capabilities and discover how it’s revolutionizing enterprise data management.
🎥 Live on LF AI & Data LinkedIn & YouTube channels. Hosted by Vini Jaiswal.
RSVP on LinkedIn

OSS EU
2024-09-16 08:00 - 2024-09-18 17:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Austria Center, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1 Austria, 1220 Wien, Austria
Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems and gain knowledge, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open source code and community contributors.
Open Source Summit is a conference umbrella, composed of a collection of events covering the most important technologies, topics, and issues affecting open source today.

OpenLineage Meetup
2024-09-12 21:00 - 2024-09-13 00:00 (America/New_York) | 8 California St, San Francisco, CA, 8 California St, San Francisco, California, 94111
Data engineers and pipeline managers know that producing data lineage – end-to-end pipeline metadata instrumented at runtime or parsed at design time – is a heavy lift without a shared standard for lineage metadata. It requires duplication of effort across pipeline tooling, and deployment of new tools can break existing lineage workflows. Getting useful lineage can seem like a sisyphean task.
Enter OpenLineage, an increasingly adopted open standard for lineage metadata collection. It defines a generic model of run, job, and dataset entities identified using consistent naming strategies. The core lineage model is extensible by defining specific facets to enrich those entities.
Join us at the SF Astronomer offices on September 12th at 6:00 pm PT to learn more about the OpenLineage spec and integrations. You’ll meet other members of the ecosystem, learn about the project’s goals and fundamental design, and participate in a robust discussion about the future of the project.
Speakers and topics TBA.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit + AI_dev China
2024-08-21 08:00 - 2024-08-23 17:00 (Asia/Hong_Kong)
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference joins with Open Source Summit and AI_dev to gather adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in Hong Kong, China from 21-23 August, 2024. Join us and immerse yourself in the heart of cloud native computing, open source innovation, and the intricate realm of generative AI and machine learning.

Generative Conversational AI Interoperability
2024-08-08 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Jay Suites, Bryant Park Location (1441 Broadway, 3rd Floor), Meeting Room D, New York, New York 10018, Jay Suites, Bryant Park Location (1441 Broadway, 3rd Floor), Meeting Room D, New York, NY, 10018, United States
Dive into the future of conversational AI at the Open Voice Network’s one-day workshop in New York City! The Generative Conversational AI Interoperability workshop is designed for professionals eager to master the integration and implementation of conversational assistants using cutting-edge technologies like Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and the pioneering OVON interoperability specifications.
This workshop is perfect for developers, data scientists, product managers, and anyone interested in the field of conversational AI. A basic understanding of Python will enhance your experience, as the workshop will include hands-on coding and implementation sessions. The exact location for this event will be announced soon.
Join us for a transformative day where you’ll not only learn about the latest in AI but actually create and walk away with your own working, interoperable LLM chatbot!
📍 Where
Jay Suites, Bryant Park Location
1441 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room D
New York, New York 10018
🗓️ When
Thursday, 08/08/2024, 09:00 AM-05:00 PM (8 hour total)

OPEA Community Days
2024-07-16 08:00 - 2024-07-17 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
OPEA’s mission is to offer validated enterprise-grade hashtag#GenAI reference implementations, simplifying development and deployment thereby accelerating time-to-market and a realization of business value.
OPEA Community Days is a free community event intended to iterate and expand upon the technical framework, review the initial contributions, and have working groups build out the efficacy of the hashtag#OPEA project!
This is an in-person event, however, day one will have virtual attendance available. 💻

ONNX Community Meetup 2024
2024-06-28
Join us for the upcoming ONNX Community Meetup, sponsored by AMD and the LF AI & Data Foundation, on June 28th at the AMD campus in San Jose and online. Can’t make it in person? Don’t worry, there will be a livestream available.
This event promises updates on the ONNX Community, engaging partner and user stories, and ample opportunities for networking within the community.
The main conference track will feature lightning talks, highlighting the innovative applications of ONNX across the ecosystem. To cap off the day, we’ll host special topic round tables to address your questions and concerns.
Whether you’re utilizing ONNX in your services and applications, developing software or hardware that supports ONNX, or contributing to the ONNX project itself, this meetup is for you! It’s a fantastic chance to connect with fellow ONNX enthusiasts, learn from industry leaders, and become a part of this vibrant and expanding community. We look forward to seeing you there!
We are looking for Presenters. If you are interested in presenting please complete this form and we will be in touch!

AI_dev
2024-06-19 - 2024-06-20 | MAISON DE LA MUTUALITÉ, 24 Rue Saint-Victor, 75005, Paris, France
Calling all AI developers, engineers + researchers: AI​.dev is now AI_dev: Open Source GenAI & ML Summit, and it’s coming to Paris, 19-20 June! Join us to shape the future of open source + AI innovation.

AI_dev is a nexus for developers delving into the intricate realm of open source generative AI and machine learning. At the heart of this event is the belief that open source is the engine of innovation in AI. By uniting the brightest developers from around the world, we aim to ignite discussions, foster collaborations, and shape the trajectory of open source AI.

🎤 The call for proposals is open – submit to speak by 5 March! View suggested topics: https://hubs.la/Q02kC63N0
✨ Register by 15 April + SAVE US$300! https://hubs.la/Q02kC5lq0. Reduced rates are available for academics and hobbyists.
🔥 Say tuned – and get hyped! Watch this space + sign up for updates on all the latest news ➡️ https://hubs.la/Q02kC5q70

LREC-COLING 2024
2024-05-20 08:00 - 2024-05-25 17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
Two major international key players in the area of computational linguistics, the ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA) and the International Committee on Computational Linguistics (ICCL), are joining forces to organize the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024) to be held in Torino (Italy) on 20-25 May, 2024.
The three-day main conference (22-23-24, May) will be accompanied by a total of three days of workshops and tutorials (20-21-25, May) held in the days immediately before and after.

OPEA Community Days
2024-05-14 - 2024-05-15 | Intel Jones Farm Conference Center, 2111 NE 25th Ave, Hillsboro, Oregon, 97124
Join us for the inaugural OPEA event!
Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) is a new sandbox project within the LF AI & Data Foundation.
OPEA’s mission is to offer validated enterprise-grade GenAI reference implementations, simplifying development and deployment thereby accelerating time-to-market and a realization of business value.
This event is intended to iterate and expand upon the technical framework, review the initial contributions, as well as initiate new working groups that will build out the efficacy of the OPEA framework.

Special Competitive Studies Project
2024-05-07 - 2024-05-08 | Washington, D.C.
On May 7th and 8th, SCSP will host its first-ever AI Expo for National Competitiveness – alongside the second Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation And National Security – at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The AI Expo is meant to serve as a forum for industry, government, and academic research entities to exhibit some of the latest technological breakthroughs — in AI, biotech, energy, networks, compute, microelectronics, manufacturing, augmented reality, and beyond — and discuss their implications for U.S. and allied competitiveness.
The Expo is free and open to the public to attend – register here to secure your spot!

The Importance of Openness in Generative AI
2024-04-25 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Save the date for an engaging webinar hosted by the Generative AI Commons Committee: “The Importance of Openness in GenAI” Webinar, scheduled for April 25th.
Join us as we delve into crucial topics such as the significance of openness in shaping new technologies, drawing from extensive experience spanning back to the early days of the internet. Discover how openness fosters transparency and accountability in AI systems while exploring the potential risks associated with closed or proprietary approaches in contrast to open methodologies.
Additionally, get an exclusive sneak peek at the AI & Data Model Openness Framework, offering valuable insights into navigating the landscape of open AI models and data.
Don’t miss out on this insightful discussion! Register now to secure your spot.

Demystifying Generative AI
2024-04-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
What is Generative AI, and how can you use it? Join Jeremiah Long, Contributing Member of the LF AI & Data Generative AI Commons, Education and Outreach Committee, on April 17th, 2024 10a PST / 1p EST to learn about Generative AI Commons, get real-life examples of how you can use Generative AI in your work and personal life, and ask your Gen AI questions!

Open Source Summit North America
2024-04-16 - 2024-04-18 | Seattle, WA
Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems, and gain knowledge, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open-source code and community contributors.
Open Source Summit is a conference umbrella, composed of a collection of events covering the most important technologies, topics, and issues affecting open source today. Register here.

Balancing Healthcare Innovation and Ethics: Conversational AI in Remote Patient Monitoring
2024-03-20
How can Conversational AI help transform healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes? Join us for a webinar where we will explore the future of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and the role of voice technologies in healthcare innovation.
You will hear from Bill Paschall, a telehealth veteran and RPM pioneer from Clear Arch Health, who will talk about how RPM platforms enable real-time health data collection and analysis using wearable devices or home monitoring kits. You will also learn from Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal, a physician from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, who will share her experience with the “Hospital at home” program, which provides RPM as a cost-effective option for short-term treatment.
In this webinar, we will also discuss the capabilities and value of Conversational AI in RPM, such as natural language understanding, voice assistance, and biomarker analysis. We will examine how voice technologies can lower costs, increase automation, and enhance inclusivity in healthcare. Moreover, we will address the legal and ethical issues of using voice data and the importance of trust-building principles in adopting advanced technologies, as exemplified by the Open Voice TrustMark Initiative.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the latest developments in RPM and how Conversational AI is revolutionizing healthcare. Register now and discover how voice technologies can improve patient outcomes, communication, and accessibility.

NVIDIA GTC AI Conference
2024-03-17 - 2024-03-21 | San Jose Convention Center, 150 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA, 95113, United States
The in-person GTC experience is back—live from the San Jose Convention Center. From the highly anticipated keynote by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang to over 900 inspiring sessions, 200+ exhibits, 20+ technical workshops, and tons of unique networking events, GTC delivers something for every technical level and interest area. Whether you join us in person or virtually, you’re in for an incredible experience at the conference for the era of AI.

Don’t miss this chance to connect with peers and industry experts to explore the latest technologies that are transforming every industry, from accelerated computing to generative AI and beyond.

Interoperability in Action: Using Open Voice Interoperability Specifications with the Estonia Bürokratt Government Services System
2024-03-14 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
This webinar on Thursday, March 14 at 9am Pacific/12pm Eastern/6pm Central European/7pm Eastern European will showcase how the government of Estonia is applying Open Voice standards for interoperable conversational assistants to its Bürokratt system for digital government services.
The webinar will begin with an introduction to the Bürokratt system and describe the importance of interoperability among conversational assistants to Estonia, both within the Bürokratt system and with conversational assistants developed by third parties. We will then briefly review the Open Voice interoperability Dialog Event and Conversational Envelope specifications. After that, we will demonstrate how Bürokratt, the Open Voice Sandbox, and other third party systems can interoperate in order to assist users in solving problems that are outside the capabilities of any one system alone.
Moderator:

Deborah Dahl, Conversational Technologies and LFAI & Data Open Voice Interoperability Initiative

Speakers:

Rainer Turner, Estonia RIA
Emmett Coin, ejTalk
Diego Gosmar, XCALLY
Vassili Moskaljov, Estonia RIA
David Attwater, TalkMap

AI on Pi Day 2024
2024-03-14
AI on Pi Day will happen again on March 14th, 2024.
This year, the flagship AIDA User Group conference will have 24 hours of AI. AI on Pi Day highlights short talks (30 minutes with Q&A) on AI, data, and analytics. It is free to all AIDA User Group members (and it is free to join!).
The call for papers (CfP) is open at https://aidaug.org/pidaycfp. Please submit and invite friends to submit.
The program will be announced soon.

2024 MIT AI Conference: Tech, Business, and Ethics
2024-02-28 - 2024-02-29 | Boston Marriott Cambridge, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, 02142, United States
Over the past year, Artificial Intelligence has been a predominant topic (if not the predominant topic) in just about every field – technology, business, politics, the arts, etc. It is also rapidly evolving, with news that is often dated after just a few weeks, if not days. But what is the status of AI development and policy? And what are the ethical implications of what some call the next step in the evolution of intelligence? How do questions of ethics in AI keep pace with this breakneck speed of development?
These and other pressing questions will be the subject of the conference, where leading MIT experts will weigh in on these issues and their impact on business, politics, education, and the overall direction of humanity. Register here.

Open Voice Network’s Interoperability Initiative’s Webinar “Introducing the Open Voice Interoperability Sandbox”
2024-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
This webinar will give an overview of the specifications, introduce the sandbox, and demonstrate it in action. The sandbox is an open-source implementation of the Interoperability specifications in Javascript and Python and will be freely available to developers who are interested in making their own conversational assistants interoperate with other assistants.
Register here

Linux Foundation AI & Data Day — Igniting Innovation, Fostering Connections
2024-01-25 | Innospace at betahouse, Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 23, Berlin, Germany
In an era where data shapes the future and AI drives innovation, this event is your gateway to understanding the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the realm of Generative AI:

the emergent ecosystem, its promise and practical approaches.
Be part of a community that values knowledge sharing, collaboration, and the boundless potential of Generative AI.

Register Now!

Event Sessions

Accelerating Innovation in Open Source AI & Data
8K Showdown: Outperforming OpenAI text-embedding-ada002 with Jina Open-Source Embeddings
Yes, we can: how to estimate ML Model Performance after deployment without access to labels
Accurate training on a fraction of the data: Understanding and using CoreSets

Event Schedule

17:30: Registration and Networking

18:30: Opening Remarks from Jina.ai & CloudGeometry.io

18:45: Session 1: Accelerating Innovation in Open Source AI & Data | Q&A follows

19:30: Session 2: 8K Showdown: Outperforming OpenAI

text-embedding-ada002 with Jina Open-Source Embeddings |Q&A follows

20:15: Networking Break

20:45: Session 3: Yes, we can: How to estimate ML Model Performance after deployment without access to labels | Q&A follows

21:30: Session 4: Accurate training on a fraction of the data: Understanding and using CoreSets | Q&A follows

22:00: Closing Remarks, Networking & Drinks

Meet the speakers

Dr. Ibrahim Haddad

Dr. Han Xiao

Wojtek Kuberski

Nick Chase

About the Organizers

Jina.ai and CloudGeometry are General Members of the Linux Foundation Generative AI commons. As organizers of this event, their commitment to advancing the AI and data community is unmatched. Their combined expertise sets the stage for an enlightening exploration of AI and data.

Registration

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The event is free of charge but registration is required. Please provide your name, company, email, and phone (optional) to sign up. Your registration signifies consent for personal data processing according to the policies of CloudGeometry and Jina.ai.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to be part of the AI and data revolution. Reserve your seat now and join us at the Linux Foundation AI & Data Day for an evening of discovery, connection, and inspiration!
