On Saturday, August 22, 2026, the Fedora Project joined forces with openSUSE at Data Con LA 2026, hosted on the campus of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).
Now in its 14th year, Data Con LA is Southern California’s largest gathering of data professionals, students, and practitioners covering data science, AI/ML, and data engineering. While Data Con LA is not a traditional Linux-centric conference, our presence offered a unique, hands-on opportunity to engage a fresh audience of prospective contributors, test our event planning workflows, and showcase Fedora Workstation in action.
As part of our ongoing work to standardize the Fedora Ambassador event pipeline, this report reflects on our operational outcomes, what worked well, and key lessons learned for future event organizers.
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