# VeniceCon 2024

As announced last week on [social](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7204923209819856897) [media](https://x.com/VeniceDataBase/status/1799157696815600097), we are happy to kick off the first-ever [VeniceCon](https://www.meetup.com/big-data-meetup-linkedin/events/301509265/)!

This in-person event will feature four talks over the course of an afternoon on Tuesday June 25th, 2024:

1. Overview of Venice and Surrounding AI Ecosystem, by [Manu Jose](https://www.linkedin.com/in/manu-jose-9aba18b/) and [Zac Policzer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-policzer-41160157/)
    
2. Project Update -- What Venice Shipped in the Last Year, by [Felix GV](https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixgv/)
    
3. How LinkedIn's Trust & Privacy Filtering Were Re-Architected to Leverage Venice & Da Vinci, by [Apurv Kumar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/apurv-kumar-59b24011b/)
    
4. Venice’s Next-Gen Read Path, by [Xun Yin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/xun-yin-7a8494b8/)
    

If you are in the Bay Area, come learn about Venice and the use cases it supports by [signing up here](https://www.meetup.com/big-data-meetup-linkedin/events/301509265/)!