Hey Hey LA! 🌴

There's so much going on this week! The weather's cooling down, but the events continue to heat up into the summer. The AI events are slowly building up. Crypto seems to have sobered or simmered, or both. The tech universe is still reeling from layoffs. And the economy continues to brace for the ripple effects of banking, inflation, pandemic, and geopolitical magic.

All of this is a fascinating backdrop to the battle for invites to Bluesky and the literally daily updates on how AI is changing the world and new types of AI that are going to invade yours or my life. One more month and an AI will be doing this newsletter and all I'll be is the guy that makes sure the newsletter looks good. The struggle is real.

Still human, Minh Do

WHAT'S POPPIN IN LA

monday (5/1)

• 26th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference - The annual Milken conference is back! If you're not able to attend, watch out for updates and quotables from the conference.

tuesday (5/2)

• Hacknight IRL - Want to try to figure out how to build Long Beach? Come and be experimental.

• The Road to Value-Driven AI Starts Here with Google Cloud & DataRobot - Join Google Cloud and DataRobot folks for lunch to chat about where AI is headed next.

• SpaceTech Expo - Space and Tech - perfect timing since we're landing on the mon again in 2025.

• Happy Hour Hang Out with Hawke Media - Drinks and people, you know how it goes. Should be a good crowd of entrepreneurs.

wednesday (5/3)

• Los Angeles Entertainment Web3 Wednesday Meetup at Nova3 Studios Hollywood -

• Exclusive Investors-Entrepreneur Dinner - Has anyone had a chance to go to these yet? Let me know how it went!

thursday (5/4)

• IGNITE22: Global Tech Showcase & Summit at the LA Waterfront - Probably the bigger event of the week!

• Abbot Kidding: A Comedy Show in Venice - Comedy break?

• SoCal Technology Networking Group Meetup at Bosscat Kitchen in Irvine - Jump down to Irvine or the OC to see what's up down there?

• Silicon Valley Investing Summit/ Orange County Edition - Check out the OC!

friday (5/5)

• Comedy Confessional - No, seriously, do you need a comedic break? Here's one.

saturday (5/6)

• Thinkspace Projects Presents Four New May Shows - 4 new exciting artists that make you think...in a...Thinkspace.

• Street Food Cinema: Wakanda Forever - Eat outside and watch a film. That's a win.

• Ricky Gervais at the Hollywood Bowl - Want to laugh and scoff at a British comedian? Ricky's here.

sunday (5/7)

• Data & AI Executive Summit 2023 in San Diego - Take a drive down to San Diego and see what execs down south are saying about AI.

• ChatGPT4 Parent & Teen Workshop @DaveandBusters - Or stay up north and see what parents and children are doing about AI.

monday (5/8)

• CryptoMondays LA - Next week, how about a return to the crypto universe?

WEATHER

We're finally warmer these days, and plenty of more sun. This week will be a bit chilly though, but at least we're not in the 40's in the evenings.

WHAT'S COMIN UP

I'll be updating this as a dynamic list of events that are coming up throughout the year, so keep an eye out as I'll bigger events throughout the world as they pop up.

• AI ON THE LOT 2023 - Here's your chance to get into AI stuff in LA!

• 2023 Wonder Women Tech Immersive Summit & Cultural Celebration -

• Future Festival - May 2023 - Explore future trends and innovations.

• Conference Expo Summit - AI, ML, Big Data, IoT Tech, Cyber-Security, Cloud - May 2023 - A massive intersection of all things deeptech and more.

• E3 - June 2023 - One of the biggest video game showcases in the world in LA.

• 2023 IDEAS Global AI Conference - Oct 2023 - A stellar list of speakers for this AI conference.

• Web Summit - Nov 2023 - The biggest tech conference in Europe is back in November.

• DSS LA: AI and Machine Learning in Media & Entertainment - Dec 2023 - AI, Media and Entertainment? Is this the most LA event of 2023?

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