Schedule of AI & Web Summits in 2026:
GenAI Summit Philippines 2026
Overview: A regional summit dedicated to Generative AI adoption, governance, infrastructure, and enterprise transformation, bringing together AI leaders, policymakers, and innovators across Southeast Asia.
- Dates: April 29–30, 2026
- Location: Manila, Philippines
- Website: https://collabconf.com/
AISTATS 2026 (Artificial Intelligence and Statistics)
Overview: Premier venue at the intersection of machine learning/AI and statistics, with rigorous theoretical and applied work.
- Dates: May 2–5, 2026
- Location: Tangier, Morocco
- Website: https://aistats.org/aistats2026/
GOVX.0 Philippines 2026
Overview: A digital governance summit emphasizing AI adoption in public services, smart infrastructure, cybersecurity frameworks, and public–private collaboration across Southeast Asia.
- Dates: May 5–6, 2026
- Location: Philippines
- Website: https://govx0.com/
Big Data & AI World Frankfurt 2026
Overview: A major European AI and data conference addressing governance, workforce readiness, scalable AI architectures, and real-world enterprise case studies as part of Tech Show Frankfurt.
- Dates: May 6–7, 2026
- Location: Frankfurt, Germany
- Website: https://www.bigdataworld.com/frankfurt/
European AI & Cloud Summit 2026
Overview: A leading European conference focused on applied AI, cloud computing, and security, with practical strategies for enterprise deployment across Microsoft Azure, AI platforms, and cloud infrastructure.
- Dates: May 5–7, 2026
- Location: Germany
- Website: https://www.european-ai-cloud-summit.com/
AI EXPO KOREA 2026
Overview: Korea’s largest dedicated AI exhibition, offering AI technology showcases, business matchmaking, investor briefings, and strategic networking for AI, big data, and cloud companies.
- Dates: May 6–8, 2026
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Website: https://aiexpo.co.kr/
IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) 2026
Overview: IEEE-organized international research conference focused on artificial intelligence, featuring peer-reviewed papers, technical sessions, and discussions on advances in AI theory, systems, and applications across academia and industry.
- Dates: May 8–10, 2026
- Location: Granada, Spain
- Website: https://ieee-cai.org/
Ai Everything Global Summit & Expo 2026
Overview: Major global AI industry summit and expo showcasing advanced AI technologies and solutions, featuring high-level discussions, policy and investment dialogue, and a large exhibition focused on real-world AI applications across government, enterprise, and emerging sectors.
- Dates: May 11–13, 2026
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Website: https://aieverythingglobal.com/
AI Everything Kenya x GITEX Kenya 2026
Overview: Africa’s largest public–private AI gathering, accelerating adoption across sectors like finance, health, agriculture, and education.
- Dates: May 19–21, 2026
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Website: https://www.aieverythingkenya.com/
AINext Conference & Awards 2026
Overview: Industry-focused AI conference and awards event bringing together technology leaders, enterprises, startups, and innovators, featuring expert talks, applied AI use cases, networking, and AI Innovation Awards recognizing excellence and impact across sectors.
- Dates: May 21–22, 2026
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Website: https://ainextconf.com/
6th International Conference on Computer Communication & Artificial Intelligence (CCAI 2026)
Overview: International academic conference focused on computer communication and artificial intelligence, featuring peer-reviewed research presentations, technical sessions, and awards recognizing outstanding contributions in AI, networking, and intelligent systems.
- Dates: May 22–24, 2026
- Location: Nanjing, China
- Website: https://www.ccai.net/
AAMAS 2026 (Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems)
Overview: Leading conference on multi-agent systems, agentic AI, game theory, and human–agent interaction.
- Dates: May 25–29, 2026
- Location: Paphos, Cyprus
- Website: https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/
ICRA 2026 (IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation)
Overview: Flagship robotics conference with strong overlaps in embodied and agentic AI, featuring papers, demos, and industry forums.
- Dates: June 1–5, 2026
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Website: https://2026.ieee-icra.org/
GITEX Central Asia & Caucasus 2026
Overview: Regional tech and startup platform (with Ai Everything Kazakhstan) for AI policy, digital infrastructure, and venture deal-making across Central Asia and the Caucasus.
- Dates: June 2–4, 2026
- Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
- Website: https://www.gitexcac.com/ astanahub.com+1
CARE India
Overview: It fosters collaboration between innovators, companies, and investors, providing actionable insights and forming strategic partnerships. CARE is designed for those dedicated to driving measurable change.
- Date: June 2026
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Website: https://careforsustainability.com/india/
CVPR 2026 (Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition)
Overview: Premier international conference on computer vision and pattern recognition, covering topics such as deep learning, visual recognition, generative models, 3D vision, robotics, and multimodal AI, with strong academic and industry participation.
- Dates: June 3–7, 2026
- Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
- Website: https://cvpr.thecvf.com/
The AI Forum Ghana 2026
Overview: Ghana’s flagship AI forum focused on AI-first enterprise strategy, financial inclusion, cybersecurity, workforce transformation, and national AI development.
- Dates: June 6, 2026
- Location: Accra, Ghana
- Website: https://aiforumghana.com/
AI Con 2026
Overview: Hybrid conference with keynotes, technical sessions, and tutorials on LLMs, MLOps/AIOps, and AI application development.
- Dates: June 7–12, 2026
- Location: Seattle, USA (Hybrid)
- Website: https://aiconusa.techwell.com/
Web Summit Rio 2026
Overview: Major technology and startup conference focused on digital innovation, creator economy, fintech, AI, and entrepreneurship across Latin America, with strong international participation.
- Dates: June 8–11, 2026
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Website: https://rio.websummit.com/
National AI Awards Ceremony 2026
Overview: Major awards ceremony celebrating outstanding achievements and innovation in artificial intelligence across industry sectors, academia, startups, and public services, recognizing impactful AI solutions and leadership.
- Dates: June 9, 2026
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Website: https://nationalaiawards.com/
SuperAI 2026
Overview: One of Asia’s fastest-growing AI conferences and exhibitions, bringing together global AI leaders, startups, investors, and enterprises. Focuses on frontier AI, LLMs, robotics, and venture ecosystems, with strong emphasis on networking and deal-making.
- Dates: June 10-11, 2026
- Location: Singapore
- Website: https://www.superai.com/
The AI Summit London 2026
Overview: Major European AI industry conference focused on enterprise AI adoption, showcasing real-world use cases, applied AI solutions, data strategy, and governance, with participation from global enterprises, startups, and policymakers.
- Dates: June 10–11, 2026
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Website: https://london.theaisummit.com/
GITEX EUROPE 2026
Overview: Continental showcase for AI, cybersecurity, and deep-tech; a deal-making hub for startups, enterprises, and investors.
- Dates: June 30 – July 1, 2026
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Website: https://www.gitexeurope.com/ event.gitex-europe.com
ACL 2026 (64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics)
Overview: Premier international conference on computational linguistics and natural language processing, featuring cutting-edge research on language models, multilingual NLP, dialogue systems, semantics, and AI–language interaction, with strong academic and industry engagement.
- Dates: July 2–7, 2026
- Location: San Diego, California, USA
- Website: https://2026.aclweb.org/
ICML 2026 (International Conference on Machine Learning)
Overview: One of the world’s leading machine learning conferences, featuring cutting-edge research on deep learning, optimization, reinforcement learning, foundation models, theory, and real-world ML applications, with strong global academic and industry participation.
- Dates: July 6–11, 2026
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Website: https://icml.cc/
AI Conferences 2026 (International Conference on AI & ML)
Overview: An international research and industry conference focused on AI and machine learning advancements, ethical implications, and cross-sector collaboration through keynotes and technical sessions.
- Dates: July 6–7, 2026
- Location: Singapore
- Website: https://aiconferences.org/
RSS 2026 (Robotics: Science and Systems)
Overview: Selective robotics/embodied-AI research conference featuring technical sessions and focused workshops.
- Dates: July 13–17, 2026
- Location: University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Website: https://roboticsconference.org/
SIGGRAPH 2026 (ACM SIGGRAPH Conference & Exhibition)
Overview: Premier global conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques, with strong overlap in generative AI, simulation, 3D vision, digital humans, and creative AI. Features technical papers, exhibitions, industry showcases, and real-time demos from leading tech companies and studios.
- Dates: July 19-23, 2026
- Location: United States (typically Los Angeles, California)
- Website: https://s2026.siggraph.org/
WAIC 2026 (World Artificial Intelligence Conference)
Overview: Large government-backed global AI forum with expo, academic-industry panels, and awards.
- Dates: July 26-28, 2026
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Website: https://www.worldaic.com.cn/
ACM KDD 2026 (ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining)
Overview: Premier global conference on data mining and applied data science, covering large-scale analytics, machine learning, AI systems, and real-world applications across industry and research, with strong emphasis on deployment and impact.
- Dates: August 9–13, 2026
- Location: Jeju, South Korea
- Website: https://www.kdd.org/
IJCAI-ECAI 2026 (International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence & European Conference on Artificial Intelligence)
Overview: Joint global AI research conference bringing together the IJCAI and ECAI communities, covering the full spectrum of artificial intelligence including machine learning, reasoning, NLP, robotics, AI ethics, and real-world applications, with strong academic and industry participation.
- Dates: August 15–21, 2026
- Location: Bremen, Germany
- Website: https://ijcai-26.org/
4th Tech Summit on Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
Overview: A major international summit connecting researchers, startups, and industry professionals to explore AI, robotics, automation, and ethical considerations shaping future technologies.
- Dates: August 20–22, 2026
- Location: Paris, France
- Website: https://techsummitai.com/
The AI Forum Kenya 2026
Overview: A national AI forum advancing AI adoption across public and private sectors, emphasizing AI-first strategies, innovation, and enterprise competitiveness.
- Dates: September 7, 2026
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Website: https://aiforumkenya.com/
ECCV 2026 (European Conference on Computer Vision)
Overview: Europe’s flagship computer vision and machine learning conference (biennial).
- Dates: September 8–13, 2026
- Location: Malmö, Sweden
- Website: https://eccv.ecva.net/Conferences/2026
AI in Healthcare Summit 2026 (Example Vertical AI Event)
Overview: Industry-focused AI summit exploring applications of artificial intelligence in healthcare, including diagnostics, drug discovery, medical imaging, and hospital operations, with participation from healthcare providers, startups, and regulators.
- Dates: September 22-23, 2026
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Website: https://worldmedicalinnovation.org/
CDAO Government 2026
Overview: A leading forum for senior data, analytics, and AI leaders in the U.S. public sector, focused on ethical AI deployment, data governance, fraud detection, compliance, and improving citizen services through data-driven decision-making.
- Dates: September 23–24, 2026
- Location: Washington, United States
- Website: https://coriniumintelligence.com/
INTERSPEECH 2026
Overview: World’s largest speech technology conference covering ASR, TTS, spoken dialogue, and audio-LLMs.
- Dates: September 28 – October 1, 2026
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Website: https://interspeech2026.org/en-AU
AI World Series 2026
Overview: A global celebration of AI innovation and leadership combining a full-day conference with the AI for Business Institute Honours awards. The hybrid event features thought-leader sessions, panel discussions, keynotes, networking, and a gala awards ceremony recognizing excellence in AI deployment, governance, and impact across industries. Finalists are announced mid-year with conference access and gala dinner included.
- Dates: October 8, 2026
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Website: https://aiworldseries.com/
GITEX VIETNAM 2026
Overview: ASEAN expansion of GITEX bringing AI, data centres, cybersecurity, cloud, semiconductors, and more to Vietnam’s fast-growing tech economy.
- Dates: October 1–2, 2026
- Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
- Website: https://gitexvietnam.com/ GITEX VIETNAM+1
World Summit AI 2026
Overview: One of Europe’s largest and most influential AI summits, bringing together global leaders, researchers, policymakers, and enterprises to explore AI innovation, regulation, ethics, and real-world deployment across industries.
- Dates: October 7–8, 2026
- Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Website: https://worldsummit.ai/
World AI Expo Dubai 2026
Overview: Large international AI expo featuring workshops, hackathons, expert panels, and awards, bringing together global technology leaders, startups, researchers, and enterprises to showcase AI innovations and real-world applications across industries.
- Dates: October 7–8, 2026
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Website: https://worldaiexpo.com/
AI World Series & Awards 2026 (AI World Series)
Overview: International AI recognition event celebrating innovation, excellence, and leadership in artificial intelligence, honoring impactful projects, organizations, and individuals driving AI advancement across industries worldwide.
- Dates: October 8, 2026
- Location: Global (virtual)
- Website: https://aiworldseries.com/
AI & Big Data Expo Europe 2026
Overview: Major European AI and big data expo and conference focused on enterprise AI adoption, data platforms, analytics, governance, and real-world use cases, bringing together global enterprises, startups, and technology leaders.
- Dates: October 20–21, 2026
- Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Website: https://www.ai-expo.net/europe/
EMNLP 2026 (Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing)
Overview: Leading international NLP conference focusing on empirical and data-driven methods for natural language processing, covering large language models, multilingual NLP, evaluation, and real-world language applications, with strong academic and industry participation.
- Dates: October 22–29, 2026
- Location: Budapest, Hungary
- Website: https://2026.emnlp.org/
ODSC West 2026 (Open Data Science Conference West)
Overview: One of the leading practitioner-focused AI conferences covering deep learning, generative AI, NLP, and production ML systems. Includes training, workshops, and industry case studies.
- Dates: October 27-29 2026
- Location: San Francisco, California, USA
- Website: https://odsc.com/california/
AI Expo Africa 2026
Overview: Leading pan-African AI and emerging technology expo, focusing on applied AI, enterprise adoption, startups, skills development, and digital transformation across key sectors including finance, healthcare, government, and telecommunications.
- Dates: October 28-29, 2026
- Location: Johannesburg or Cape Town, South Africa
- Website: https://www.aiexpoafrica.com/
Web Summit Lisbon 2026
Overview: One of the world’s largest technology conferences, connecting startups, investors, media, and global leaders across technology, digital media, social platforms, and innovation.
- Dates: November 9–12, 2026
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Website: https://websummit.com/web-summit-2026/
AI Expo Tokyo 2026
Overview: Major Asian AI and advanced technology exhibition showcasing applied artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, and enterprise solutions, with strong participation from global tech companies, startups, and Japanese industry leaders.
- Dates: November 11-13, 2026
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: https://www.ai-expo.jp/
Thailand Cloud and Datacenter Convention 2026
Overview: A government-facing digital infrastructure convention addressing cloud adoption, hyperscale datacenters, cybersecurity, sustainability, and public–private collaboration supporting national digital transformation strategies.
- Dates: November 26, 2026
- Location: Thailand
- Website: https://datacenterconventions.com/
NeurIPS 2026 (Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems)
Overview: One of the world’s most influential AI and machine learning conferences, covering advances in neural networks, deep learning, optimization, foundation models, neuroscience-inspired AI, and real-world ML systems, with strong academic and industry participation.
- Dates: December 6-12, 2026
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Website: https://neurips.cc/
GITEX Global AI Summit 2026
Overview: High-profile global AI summit held as part of GITEX Global, bringing together policymakers, enterprises, startups, and technology leaders to discuss AI innovation, regulation, investment, and large-scale deployment across government and industry.
- Dates: December 7, 2026
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Website: https://www.gitex.com/ai
GITEX Global Expo 2026
Overview: One of the world’s largest technology exhibitions, showcasing cutting-edge innovations in AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity, fintech, smart cities, and digital transformation, with strong participation from global enterprises, startups, governments, and investors.
- Dates: December 8–11, 2026
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Website: https://www.gitex.com/
iCrypto Awards 2026 (Public Sector & Digital Innovation Categories)
Overview: A global awards ceremony recognizing excellence across blockchain, AI, Web3, digital governance, and public-sector innovation, with a strong focus on transparency, community-driven recognition, and emerging government-led digital initiatives.
- Dates: December 25, 2026
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Website: https://icryptoawards.com/
