Events

AI researchers and enthusiasts will dive into cutting-edge topics like AI for science, hybrid intelligence, and neuromorphic computing through talks and workshops led by industry leaders, with plenty of networking and hands-on learning packed into two days.

AI in the City 2026 will bring together thought leaders for a three-day deep dive into how artificial intelligence is reshaping urban environments, featuring interactive workshops, keynote sessions, and on-the-ground excursions exploring real-world AI applications across multiple dimensions of city life.

WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America will bring together thousands of developers and tech professionals in San José for keynotes, hands-on workshops, a competitive CODE100 Championships, and a sprawling tech expo showcasing cutting-edge AI innovations. Industry leaders and emerging talent will dive into the latest in development and artificial intelligence while connecting with peers across the tech landscape.

WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America will bring together 10,000+ developers and 300+ industry leaders including CTOs from LinkedIn, CEOs from OpenAI-backed companies, and Google DeepMind researchers for three days of talks, hands-on workshops, and a massive tech expo covering AI, cloud infrastructure, and software architecture. The event will feature everything from legendary game creator John Romero's live DOOM tournaments to deep dives on production AI systems from engineers at Anthropic, OpenAI, and Docker.

ICOAI 2026 will bring together AI researchers, engineers, and industry practitioners across academia and business to present cutting-edge research and explore how AI is transforming manufacturing, healthcare, robotics, and beyond—with keynote speaker Prof. Conan Vania from Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers leading discussions on everything from algorithm development to cloud and edge computing infrastructure. The 13th iteration of this international conference will offer researchers presentation opportunities, practitioners real-world applications insights, and engineers deep dives into the computing platforms powering next-generation AI.

Teams will race from concept to working prototype in a single day, leveraging entity and trade data to solve real problems around supply chain transparency and sanctions compliance, with support from partner engineers and legitimizing co-hosts including the NYU Ethical Tech CoLab and The AI Collective.

Developers will have 48 hours to build AI-assisted tools alongside IBM experts during this hackathon, competing for $10,000 in prizes while getting direct support from the team behind Bob 2.0.

Builders will tackle real problems from scratch using cutting-edge AI tools from AWS, Airbyte, Liquid AI, and Nimble to ship capabilities that don't exist yet—going way beyond incremental improvements. Viviana Márquez from Liquid AI will guide the competition where teams have until 5 PM to submit projects before finalists demo for judges and compete for awards.

A panel of AI founders and operators will dig into why enterprise AI initiatives often fizzle without proper business alignment, exploring what actually moves the needle to bridge that gap.

Industry leaders spanning healthcare, engineering, architecture, and tech will gather for an unfiltered dinner conversation dissecting what's actually working (and what's not) with AI in their organizations, bringing real-world case studies and honest takes to the table.

OpenAI's technical staff and Thrive Capital investors will host an informal Q&A with Columbia students diving into AI, frontier technology, and what goes into building ambitious products. Expect real talk from experienced builders and researchers about the cutting edge of AI development and startup strategy.

Fifty women engineers and developers will collaborate at Google to create AI solutions tackling social challenges, followed by an evening celebration exploring how female perspectives are reshaping AI's future for good.

This September workshop will bring together AI researchers and engineers to dive into physical AI applications, featuring lightning talks from local practitioners and a hands-on session on building robotics vision systems with industry tools for dataset curation and model evaluation.

Builders will demo their latest Jev variants and applications—from specialized domain models to entirely new decision formats—while engineers, founders, and researchers break down what worked, what didn't, and lessons learned on latency, cost, and implementation. Expect live demos, a dumpling bar, drinks, and plenty of time connecting with other people pushing the Jev ecosystem forward.

Harvard Law and Cooley-trained Logan Brown will sit down this Friday to discuss how AI is reshaping legal services—perfect for founders building workflow automation agents looking to understand what's next for services work.

GitTogether Bengaluru and the Global AI Community are hosting a MCP Community Connect event where developers and AI enthusiasts will network and explore Model Context Protocol innovations together.

Industry experts will dive into governed AI agents, production-ready agentic systems, Kubernetes multi-tenancy, and hybrid cloud automation at this KSUG.AI meetup featuring speakers from leading tech organizations. The event offers networking with cloud-native professionals and exclusive certification discounts up to 40% off.

KSUG.AI India will host its #10 meetup featuring industry experts discussing GraphRAG, agentic AI production systems, Kubernetes multi-tenancy, and hybrid cloud operations—with speakers including Saurabh Mishra, Sanjay Jha, Aditya Soni, and Amit Chettri sharing insights on cutting-edge AI and infrastructure challenges. Attendees will network over lunch and connect with fellow professionals navigating the latest in AI agents and cloud-native technologies.

Build the memory and infrastructure layer for agents that adapt, remember, and run reliably over the long haul — with MongoDB Atlas, Vector Search, and Agentic Memory tooling.

Developers will compete in the Agent Arena Hackathon to build production-ready agent infrastructure, with Vultr providing the cloud platform and resources for this next-generation AI challenge.