How to Choose an AI Conference

Overview

To choose an AI conference, start with your goal, then compare topic, format, cost and dates. This guide is for people learning, hiring, selling or presenting research, and gives a short way to narrow a long list to the few events worth your time, your location and your budget.

Start with your goal

Learning. Look for events with workshops, tutorials or practitioner talks in your topic. Check the topic and audience tags on each listing.

Hiring. Choose events with a student or early career audience, or a strong industry presence. Check the organizer's page for recruiting or career options.

Selling. Pick events where the audience matches your buyers, such as enterprise teams or a specific industry. Compare sponsor and exhibitor options on the organizer's site.

Publishing research. Research conferences set submission deadlines months ahead. Check call for papers dates on the deadlines page first, then match the topic to your work.

Match the audience

The counts below come from the live listings.

Format and travel

In person events suit networking and hiring, but cost travel time and money. Hybrid events add a remote option, though remote attendees often get fewer ways to meet people. Fully virtual events cost least and need no travel, and suit people who mainly want the talks.

Cost

Pass prices range from free to several thousand dollars. Early bird pricing is usually the biggest saving, and some events offer free or discounted passes for different groups of people like students or academics. See AI Conference Ticket Costs for the published prices we record.

Checklist

• What do I want from this event: learning, contacts, hires, sales or a paper accepted?
• Do the topic and audience match my work?
• Is it in person, hybrid or virtual, and can I travel on those dates?
• What does a pass cost, and when does early bird pricing end?
• Is there a call for papers deadline I need to meet?
• Does the organizer's own site show the same dates and venue as our listing?

Quick answers

How do I pick the best AI conference?

Start with your goal, then compare topic, format, cost and dates, and check that the organizer's own site shows the same details as our listing.