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European AI Events

We think you grow fastest in the room: meeting the people building this technology, trading what actually works, and carrying it back to the team. This is the map of AI gatherings across Europe we keep an eye on, and you are welcome to use it too.

AI Events Calendar

September

20268 events
21 Sep 21 – 23

Responsible AI Summit Europe 2026

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom Regulation / Policy Enterprise

Closed-door enterprise gathering on operationalising the EU AI Act, aligning legal/risk/governance teams and building AI accountability.

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21 Sep 21 – 24

CLEF 2026: Evaluation Forum

🇩🇪 Jena, Germany Research / Academic Researchers

Leading European conference on information retrieval evaluation, multilingual/multimodal access and benchmarking labs.

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22 Sep 22 – 23

AI Regulation Forum 2026

🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium Regulation / Policy Legal/compliance

Informa Connect forum on the EU Digital Omnibus package, AI Act timelines, enforcement, transparency obligations and compliance.

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22 Sep 22 – 23

AI Summit Barcelona 2026

🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain AI Economy / Business Mixed

Billed as Europe's biggest AI event, 10 stages, 200+ speakers, 10,000+ attendees at WTC Barcelona, anchoring AI Week Barcelona.

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22 Sep 22 – 25

DAGM GCPR 2026: German Conf. on Pattern Recognition

🇩🇪 Siegen, Germany Research / Academic Researchers

Germany's leading pattern recognition and computer vision conference (Springer LNCS), held jointly with VMV.

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25 Sep 25 – 27

IT Arena 2026

🇺🇦 Lviv, Ukraine AI Economy / Business Mixed

Ukraine's premier tech event, 7,500+ attendees, 100+ speakers on AI, startups and innovation at Arena Lviv.

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28 Sep 28 – 29

Enterprise AI Summit Europe 2026

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany AI Economy / Business Enterprise

Senior-level enterprise AI summit (we.CONECT) bundled with Big Data Minds & AI Infrastructure Europe, operationalising AI at scale.

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30 Sep 30 – Oct 1

European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) 2026

🇮🇪 Galway, Ireland Regulation / Policy Policymakers

European Commission-linked conference on data infrastructure, public investment and the long-term EU direction of AI and data governance.

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October

202626 events
5 Oct 5 – 9

World AI Week 2026

🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands AI / ML Mixed

Week-long decentralised gathering, 100+ affiliated events, 15,000+ attendees across business, science, policy and ethics. Anchored by World Summit AI.

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5 Oct 5 – 9

ICMI 2026: Multimodal Interaction

🇮🇹 Naples, Italy Research / Academic Researchers

The premier ACM venue for multimodal AI and human-machine interaction research.

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6 Oct 6 – 8

Motek 2026

🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany Automation / Robotics Technical

43rd edition of the world's leading trade fair for production & assembly automation, handling technology and industrial robotics.

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6 Oct 6 – 8

How to Web Conference 2026

🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania AI Economy / Business Mixed

Eastern Europe's leading startup & tech event with speakers from OpenAI, Meta, Google and Stripe, themed on building with AI.

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6 Oct 6 – 8

Ulysseus R&I Conference: Applied AI

🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland Research / Academic Researchers

Conference on applied AI in business and education (research, innovation, responsibility), by Haaga-Helia University.

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7 Oct 7 – 8

World Summit AI 2026

🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands AI / ML Mixed

The flagship global AI summit (10th anniversary) at Taets Art & Event Park, 10,000+ leaders across frontier models, sovereign AI, regulation and safety.

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8 Oct 8 – 9

D3A: Danish Digitization, Data Science & AI 4.0

🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark Research / Academic Researchers

Hosted by the Danish Data Science Academy, Pioneer Centre for AI and DIREC, data science and AI research.

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8 Oct 8 – 10

ML in PL Conference 2026

🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland Research / Academic Researchers

Poland's leading machine learning conference at Copernicus Science Centre, keynotes, panels and hands-on ML workshops.

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12 Oct 12 – 14

AIES 2026: AI, Ethics & Society

🇸🇪 Malmö, Sweden Regulation / Policy Mixed

AAAI/ACM multi-disciplinary conference on AI ethics and societal impact, researchers, ethicists and policy scholars.

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13 Oct 13

ai-PULSE 2026

🇫🇷 Paris, France AI / ML Mixed

Scaleway's one-day technical AI conference at Station F, AI breakthroughs, research and product demos across multiple stages (2,000+ attendees, 70+ speakers in 2025).

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14 Oct 14

International AI Summit (Ireland EU Presidency)

🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland AI Economy / Business Mixed

Flagship EU-Presidency summit at the RDS launching European AI Innovation Month, 1,000+ leaders on AI and European competitiveness.

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14 Oct 14 – Nov 17

European AI Innovation Month 2026

🇪🇺 EU-wide Regulation / Policy Policymakers

European Commission initiative, a month of online & in-person events showcasing AI innovation, adoption and governance across Europe.

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15 Oct 15 – 17

MTM & Robotics 2026

🇷🇴 Timișoara, Romania Automation / Robotics Technical

Academic conference on mechanisms, mechanical transmissions and robotics.

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19 Oct 19 – 20

DevAI by Data Science Summit 2026

🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland GenAI / LLM Technical

Conference on building software that uses AI, GenAI, LLMs, RAG, MCP, AI agents and coding assistants.

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20 Oct 20

AI Day 2026

🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland Research / Academic Researchers

The main annual event of the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) at Aalto University, highlighting Finnish AI research.

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20 Oct 20 – 21

AI & Big Data Expo Europe 2026

🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands AI / ML Enterprise

Enterprise AI & data expo at RAI Amsterdam (~8,000 visitors, 200+ exhibitors), generative AI, enterprise AI, ML, ethical AI, NLP.

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20 Oct 20 – 21

Intelligent Automation & Robotics Expo Europe

🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands Automation / Robotics Enterprise

Premier automation & RPA event (TechEx Europe) at RAI Amsterdam for Chief Automation Officers scaling automation and physical AI.

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20 Oct 20 – 22

AI Congress Barcelona 2026

🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain AI / ML Mixed

12th edition organised by CIDAI and Eurecat within Catalonia's AI strategy, at L'illa Auditorium.

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21 Oct 21

AI Forward '26 (Nokia)

🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary AI / ML Mixed

Nokia AI Forward event at MVM Dome where technology visionaries and industry leaders explore the future of AI.

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21 Oct 21 – 22

NexGen Banking Summit 2026

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom AI Economy / Business Enterprise

Banking summit on how AI, biometrics and open banking are reshaping financial services.

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21 Oct 21 – 22

Nordic Data Science & ML Summit 2026

🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden AI / ML Mixed

11th edition of Hyperight's Nordic data science & ML summit, a staple forum for practitioners, researchers and decision-makers.

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24 Oct 24 – 29

EMNLP 2026: Empirical Methods in NLP

🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary Research / Academic Researchers

One of the top-tier NLP research conferences globally (ACL/SIGDAT), premier venue for empirical NLP and LLM research.

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25 Oct 25 – 29

ISWC 2026: Semantic Web Conference

🇮🇹 Bari, Italy Research / Academic Researchers

The premier international venue for semantic web, knowledge graphs and linked data research.

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26 Oct 26 – 27

Artificial Intelligence & ML Conference Paris

🇫🇷 Paris, France AI / ML Mixed

Focused forum covering deep learning, neural networks and ethical AI.

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28 Oct 28 – 30

TEDAI Vienna 2026

🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria AI / ML Mixed

Europe's official TED Conference on AI at Hofburg Palace, 60+ speakers, TED Talks and workshops for ~1,200 participants.

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29 Oct 29 – 30

Crossroads 2026

🇧🇬 Sofia, Bulgaria AI Economy / Business Mixed

Southeast Europe's premier AI & tech startup conference, 4,000+ founders, 150+ investors, an AI hackathon and pitch competition.

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November

202621 events
2 Nov 2 – 6

W-JAX 2026

🇩🇪 Munich, Germany GenAI / LLM Technical

Conference for Java, software architecture and innovation, featuring an Enterprise AI Day and tracks on Enterprise AI & Agentic Systems.

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3 Nov 3 – 4

Lisbon AI Conference 2026

🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal GenAI / LLM Technical

Practitioner conference across five tracks (foundation models, platforms, tooling, physical AI, ethics), moving models to production.

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4 Nov 4 – 5

FT Future of AI Summit

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom AI Economy / Business Enterprise

Financial Times senior-executive summit on scaling AI investment, workforce transformation and measuring business value (87% decision-makers).

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4 Nov 4 – 5

Big Data & AI World Madrid 2026

🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain AI Economy / Business Enterprise

Major meeting point for advances in Big Data, advanced analytics and AI, part of the Tech Show Madrid series.

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7 Nov 7 – 11

CIKM 2026: Information & Knowledge Management

🇮🇹 Rome, Italy Research / Academic Researchers

Top-tier ACM conference bridging information retrieval, databases and knowledge management.

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9 Nov 9 – 12

Web Summit Lisbon 2026

🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal AI Economy / Business Mixed

Europe's largest tech conference (70,000+ attendees, 1,200 investors) with a dedicated AI Summit track on deploying AI profitably.

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16 Nov 16

Swiss AI Summit 2026

🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland AI Economy / Business Enterprise

One-day enterprise AI summit at Kunsthaus Zürich around Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Strategy, plus specialised workshops.

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16 Nov 16

GenAI Summit South East Europe (5th)

🇬🇷 Athens, Greece GenAI / LLM Mixed

Generative AI summit at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, multiple stages, hands-on demos, case studies and workshops.

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17 Nov 17

Apply AI Summit 2026 (European Commission)

🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium Regulation / Policy Policymakers

Flagship EU institutional summit at The EGG marking one year of the Apply AI Strategy and closing European AI Innovation Month.

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18 Nov 18 – 19

Slush 2026

🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland AI Economy / Business Investors

The world's most founder-focused startup event at Messukeskus Helsinki, 12,000+ founders & investors, AI-driven matchmaking. Largest gathering of institutional capital in Europe.

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18 Nov 18 – 19

IAPP Europe Congress 2026

🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium Regulation / Policy Legal/compliance

Leading European conference for privacy, AI governance and cybersecurity law, Global Privacy Assembly (GPA48) co-located in Brussels.

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18 Nov 18

AI Summit 2026 (Legal Business / Legal500)

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom Regulation / Policy Legal/compliance

Summit gathering lawyers and innovators on AI's evolving impact on law, regulation and legal practice.

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19 Nov 19

AI in Business Conference London

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom AI Economy / Business Enterprise

Enterprise one-day conference turning AI ambition into measurable business impact via keynotes and case studies.

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19 Nov 19

AI Poland 2026

🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland AI / ML Technical

Developer-focused AI conference held in Warsaw and online, on understanding and applying AI.

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23 Nov 23 – 24

FARI Brussels Conference 2026

🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium Regulation / Policy Mixed

FARI AI for the Common Good Institute, 'Brussels, Capital of AI?' on responsible and sovereign AI, robotics, ethics and regulation.

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23 Nov 23 – 27

MLcon Berlin 2026

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany GenAI / LLM Technical

Five-day machine learning & generative AI engineering conference around GenAI, ML development and MLOps, with hands-on workshops.

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23 Nov 23 – 26

BMVC 2026: British Machine Vision Conference

🇬🇧 Lancaster, United Kingdom Research / Academic Researchers

The UK's premier computer vision and image analysis research conference, hosted by Lancaster University.

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24 Nov 24 – 26

SPS: Smart Production Solutions

🇩🇪 Nuremberg, Germany Automation / Robotics Enterprise

World-leading industrial automation trade fair, 1,000+ exhibitors on control tech, robotics, industrial software and a focus on Industrial AI.

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24 Nov 24 – 25

AI World Congress 2026

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom AI / ML Mixed

Applied AI conference in Kensington, generative models, AI ethics, creative AI and practical enterprise implementation.

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24 Nov 24 – 27

Big Data Conference Europe / AI Summit Europe

🇱🇹 Vilnius, Lithuania AI / ML Technical

Hybrid conference on data engineering, analytics, ML and AI use cases (incl. a responsible-AI track); co-located with AI Summit Europe.

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26 Nov 26 – 27

Data Science Summit 2026 (Autumn)

🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland AI / ML Mixed

The largest independent data science conference in CEE, 16 tracks and 200+ talks across data science, ML and AI.

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December

20266 events
1 Dec 1 – 3

apidays GenerationAI Paris 2026

🇫🇷 Paris, France GenAI / LLM Technical

Developer- & product-focused generative AI conference at CNIT Forest, 4,000+ participants deploying GenAI at scale.

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1 Dec 1 – 2

DeepTech Alliance Manufacturing 2026

🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary Automation / Robotics Investors

DeepTech summit connecting manufacturing startups/scaleups, corporates and investors around AI-driven, sustainable industrial production.

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2 Dec 2

The International AI Summit 2026

🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium Regulation / Policy Policymakers

Full-day Brussels summit on evolving AI regulation, global governance, international standards, fairness and access.

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2 Dec 2

The Ireland AI Conference 2026

🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland AI Economy / Business Enterprise

Evening gathering of ~300 of Ireland's AI, business and tech leaders at The Convention Centre Dublin.

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2 Dec 2

EU AI Act: Synthetic content marking deadline

🇪🇺 EU-wide Regulation / Policy Policymakers

Milestone: providers of AI systems generating synthetic content placed on the market before Aug 2026 must comply with machine-readable marking (postponed from 2 Aug 2026).

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8 Dec 8 – 9

Global AI Security Summit 2026

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom Regulation / Policy Mixed

Two-day summit on AI security, safety and governance frameworks for enterprises and public institutions.

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