Seattle-based MBE Startup Zeacon organizes World-Famous Convention in Singapore… Virtually. | News

SEATTLE, August 13, 2021 / PRNewswire / – The world-famous Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) Conference opens this weekend in Singaporeafter he was arrested Paris, Sydney, London, Chicago, and elsewhere in recent years. However, the host city of 2021 faces a major challenge: travel restrictions.

KDD-2021 clearly shows event organizers around the world: Virtual events are the future – Zeacon CEO Kris Naidu

The KDD-2021 takes place on behalf of the Association for Computing Machinery August 14th to 18th and brings together top researchers from around the world in a 100% virtual world – to share their latest innovations in data science, machine learning, big data and artificial intelligence. Zeacon, a startup for interactive live streaming and virtual events located nearby Seattle, organized the event.

Zeacon built the virtual world on the Gather.Town platform with over 10 customized maps Singapore most famous landmark. Guests virtually enter the famous Changi Airport before roaming around Marina Bay, the Singapore Zoo, Sentosa Island, and more. Posters summarizing the results of over 300 research groups are displayed around the world.

“KDD-2021 clearly shows event organizers around the world that virtual events are the future,” said Zeacon CEO Kris Naidu. “We are very happy to welcome so many executives from the data science community, it will be an unbelievable 5 days. Gone are the days of chaotic web conferences with speakers talking to each other and seeing virtual events. “

The event is the world’s largest and longest running data mining conference. “KDD is one of the few academic conferences of this caliber that also focuses on applications for big data and data science,” said Feida Zhu, Associate Professor University of Management in Singapore. “I’m excited to apply the lessons learned from KDD2020, our first fully virtual conference, to this year’s digital meeting to increase accessibility and engagement for all attendees.”

In collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board and the Singapore Zoo, many interactive elements have been added. Guests can attend live conversations from the zoo keepers to learn about conservation efforts to protect rare and endangered species, to explore many unique attractions, and to watch videos of presentations Singapore Beauty and global impact.

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As a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Zeacon (www.zeacon.com) is rethinking the future by seamlessly integrating the best of physical and virtual through patent-pending live streaming technology that is interactive and e-commerce based. Zeacon works with organizations to drive digital transformation, delivering immersive and personalized virtual experiences that intelligently connect communities.

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