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.

Anthropic’s first nationwide online hackathon in Japan will challenge 250 selected participants to build practical tools with Claude Code in one week, tackling personal work problems and broader social challenges. The November 2 kickoff will feature Junichiro Tsuji, Japan Developer Community Lead; Jason Bigman from Community; and Hidetoshi Tojo, Head of Japan, with up to $50,000 in Claude API credits awarded to winners.

Developers and builders will compete in a hybrid hackathon across three continents, with the online phase running through early November and finalists presenting their projects in person on November 8th, 2026.

The 5th AACL & 15th IJCNLP conference will bring together NLP researchers to present cutting-edge work, with submissions reviewed through the ACL Rolling Review process and notifications coming in early September 2026.

Clocked’s free, three-week online build challenge will run October 21–November 10, 2026, inviting solo developers and teams to create a working app using at least one Clocked LLM API endpoint. Participants will compete for $2,000 in prizes across app-building, security, verification, and community-choice categories, with up to 20,000 free API credits available.

Leading researchers in data mining and knowledge representation will gather to present cutting-edge work, with submissions opening up for both full papers and applied abstracts through late May 2026.

The Assay-A-Thon will bring wet-lab, engineering, and computational scientists together to prototype assays, hardware, and functional-omics tools that can keep pace with AI-enabled discovery. The winning team will receive funding to test its prototype head-to-head against an established validation standard in Litmus Science’s cloud lab, producing proof-of-concept data.

Teams will brainstorm alongside U.S. Special Forces operators and deep-tech experts to tackle life-or-death scenarios—building tech to locate missing persons, detect hazards, and maintain communications when GPS and connectivity fail, with $18,000 in prizes on the line.

Engineers, AI builders, and hackers will have 36 hours to create working agents that complete real tasks on desktops and software, with mentorship from H Company researchers and engineers. The 1–4-person teams will compete for €10,000 in cash prizes, API credits, and additional rewards, with selection based on demonstrated projects or technical work.

CIKM 2026, the International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, will feature tutorials, Industry Day, and a PhD Symposium on November 7, followed by workshops and AnalytiCup on November 8. The main conference will run November 9–11, bringing together the information and knowledge management community.

MakerMods and Dream Labs will host a two-day Physical AI hackathon where up to 200 builders will work with bimanual robot arms and Dream-1, Dream Labs’ world action model. Robot-learning researchers, ML engineers, agent builders, hardware hackers, students, and designers will compete in a scored robot challenge or create applications connecting AI agents to real-world actions.

Teams of 3–5 will spend 48 hours building AI research systems that can run experiments, improve themselves, and collaborate as agent swarms, using partner models, tools, and benchmarks. Participants will receive GPU and API credits, lab mentorship, and prizes, then pitch their work to judges, investors, and leading researchers.

The one-day workshop program will offer six hands-on sessions across creator workflows with ChatGPT, brand partnerships, audience-to-customer automation, and creative editing; attendees will be matched to sessions and choose two. Workshops will be led by industry professionals including OpenAI Enablement Lead Gigi Jones, Manychat Marketing Product Manager Raquel Forastieri, and experienced brand and creator-strategy leaders.

The OpenClaw workshop will guide participants through launching a working AI agent in one hands-on session, with no prior experience required.

Open Future Forum will introduce the CFO AI Leverage Report, Edition 1, as enterprise AI moves from experimentation into the finance office. The report will explore how CFOs can apply AI to drive leverage in finance.

A relaxed 3.4-mile waterfront social run will bring together founders, marketers, and DevRel professionals from seed-to-Series B software and developer-tool companies, with a corgi, smoothies, and coffee afterward. Hosts include Corgi, a full-stack insurance platform for tech companies backed by Y Combinator, and The Prompting Company, which helps software businesses improve how AI agents discover and use their products.

A focused OpenClaw session will guide participants through building a working AI agent from scratch, with no technical experience required.

The session will explore how persistent memory and context engineering can help agents retain past learning, capture team decisions, and work more effectively across sessions. It will also examine why memory, not raw code models, is becoming the key challenge for reliable agents.

AI Tinkerers Lisbon will bring together 70 hands-on AI engineers and technical founders for live, no-slides demos on agent memory, context engineering, and recall, featuring working code and real-world builds. Featured demos include MCP-powered LinkedIn Ads auditing and software factories designed to improve TDD workflows.

A one-day MongoDB hackathon will challenge teams to build durable agentic AI systems using Atlas, Vector Search, and Agentic Memory, not just demos. Projects will be evaluated by senior engineering, product, AI, and machine-learning leaders from MongoDB, Microsoft, Cohere, Okta, Wealthsimple, and Vector Institute, with cash and tooling prizes on offer.