AI Events Calendar

A continuously updated, chronological timeline of every major AI event worth a place in your diary, from CES and MWC Barcelona to NVIDIA GTC, VivaTech, AI Summit Barcelona and NeurIPS. Each entry lists the exact dates, host city and event type, so you can plan your AI events year at a glance.

Methodology

How we maintain this calendar

A calendar is only as good as its sourcing, so here is exactly how this one is kept honest:

• Where the dates come from: organiser announcements and official press releases, not aggregated guesswork.
• How often we update: we review the full list quarterly, and sooner when a major organiser shifts a date.
• The "to be confirmed" rule: any date we cannot verify against an official source is labelled to be confirmed rather than presented as fixed.
• What makes the cut: we include events with genuine scale or AI relevance and leave off minor or one-off gatherings; that inclusion call is a judgement, not a threshold a bot applies.

This calendar is curated and signed by Guillaume Rostand, Tanguy Wincker and Adam Hruska. The arbitration of what belongs here is editorial (real people deciding, then verifying), not a scraper dumping every listing it finds.

The full AI events calendar

The table below lists the major AI events in chronological order and is updated as dates are confirmed. It mixes dedicated AI summits, large technology shows with a heavy AI focus, and the leading academic machine-learning conferences across cities such as Las Vegas, Barcelona, London, Paris, Berlin and Lisbon. Dates marked to be confirmed had not been officially fixed at the time of the last update.

Major AI events, sorted chronologically and kept up to date. Always check the official event website before booking travel.

Q1 (January–March): the year opens fast

The first quarter is dominated by the giants of technology that now place AI events at the centre of their programmes.

• CES (Las Vegas, 6–9 January) opens the year under the banner "AI everywhere", setting the consumer-tech agenda.
• AAAI (Singapore, 20–27 January) gathers the global AI research community for one of the field's flagship academic conferences.
• MWC Barcelona (2–5 March) brings connectivity and AI together at Fira Gran Via, the largest mobile event in the world.
• NVIDIA GTC (San Jose, 16–19 March) is the developer-focused highlight of the quarter, covering agentic and physical AI.

Q2 (April–June): Europe takes the stage

Spring is when the European AI event calendar accelerates, with London and Paris leading the way.

• AI Engineer Europe (London, 8–10 April) is the European edition of the leading conference for AI engineers and builders.
• AI Summit London (10–11 June) is one of Europe's flagship enterprise AI conferences, held during London Tech Week.
• VivaTech (Paris, 17–20 June) is Europe's biggest tech and startup show, with a major AI presence and companies such as Mistral AI and Hugging Face in attendance.
• GITEX AI Europe (Berlin, 30 June–1 July) showcases Europe's deep-tech and AI ecosystem.

Q3 (July–September): summits and applied AI

The summer and early autumn balance academic milestones with large applied-AI gatherings, building towards AI Summit Barcelona.

• ICML (Seoul, 6–11 July) is one of the most important machine-learning research conferences in the world.
• RAISE Summit (Paris, 8–9 July) gathers AI leaders across HealthTech, FinTech and smart cities at the Carrousel du Louvre.
• Ai4 (Las Vegas, 4–6 August) bills itself as America's largest applied-AI conference.
• AI Summit Barcelona (22–23 September) anchors the European autumn, with AI Week Barcelona side events around it — including the AI Hackathon Barcelona on 19–20 September, the weekend before. See the AI Summit Europe guide for context, and who is speaking.

Q4 (October–December): the year closes in Europe and beyond

The final quarter is unusually dense, mixing Europe's largest tech festivals with the year's biggest research conference.

• AI Expo Europe (Amsterdam, 20–21 October) brings enterprise AI buyers and vendors together.
• Web Summit Lisbon (9–12 November) is the largest tech event in Europe, with AI front and centre.
• Slush (Helsinki, 18–19 November) is the premier European startup and venture gathering.
• NeurIPS (Sydney, 6–12 December, with a Paris satellite) closes the year as the world's most prestigious AI research conference.

Which AI events are in Europe?

Europe hosts a remarkable share of the global calendar. If you are planning a European AI trip, the standout AI events in Europe are:

• MWC Barcelona (2–5 March) and AI Summit Barcelona (22–23 September), both in Barcelona.
• AI Engineer Europe (8–10 April), AI Summit London (10–11 June) and AI World Congress (23–24 June), all in London.
• VivaTech (17–20 June) and RAISE Summit (8–9 July), both in Paris.
• GITEX AI Europe (Berlin, 30 June–1 July), AI Expo Europe (Amsterdam, 20–21 October) and Web Summit (Lisbon, 9–12 November).

For curated rankings rather than a raw calendar, read our guide to the best AI conferences in Europe and the biggest AI events in Europe.

The AI events calendar forms the densest, most international timeline the field has ever seen, from Las Vegas in January to Sydney in December, with Europe hosting a remarkable share in between. Whether you are a builder, a business leader or a researcher, there is an event for every month and every objective.

If this interests you

• Plan the European year: the AI Summit Europe dossier maps the whole continental landscape.
• Compare by curation: our ranking of the best AI conferences in Europe.
• Compare by scale: the biggest AI events in Europe.
• Plan who to meet: browse the speakers and secure your tickets.

Sources

• Grand View Research, 2024: AI market forecast 2025–2030
• AI Summit Barcelona resources, compiled June 2026