Synthetic by Design: Privacy-First Data Engineering for Scalable, High-Fidelity AI Training

Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM to 11:50 AM · 20 min. (US/Pacific)
Veronese Ballroom 2504
Solo Talk
Synthetic Data & Data Generation (Technical)

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What if the biggest bottleneck in your AI pipeline isn't your model — it's your data?

As AI systems grow more ambitious, real-world data is increasingly scarce, sensitive, or simply too expensive to collect at scale. This talk will explore how synthetic data generation has evolved from a niche workaround into a production-grade engineering discipline — one that lets teams build high-fidelity training sets without compromising user privacy or regulatory compliance.

We will walk through the core techniques, tradeoffs, and architectural patterns that separate synthetic data that works from synthetic data that misleads — covering everything from statistical fidelity and bias mitigation to privacy guarantees like differential privacy. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for deciding when and how to use synthetic data in their own pipelines, along with real-world lessons on scaling it responsibly.

If you're building AI systems where data quality, privacy, or scale is a constraint — this talk is your blueprint.
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Synthetic Data & Data Generation (Technical)

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