AI engineering conferences

AI engineering is the work of building products on top of foundation models: prompting, retrieval, evaluation, fine-tuning and inference. These conferences are for software engineers and technical leads shipping AI features, not only researchers. If you are looking for an AI engineer conference or an AI dev summit, start here. Each listing links to the organizer, with dates, location, format and price where published.

This page lists 19 upcoming AI conferences covering AI engineering, sorted by start date. The next one is ODSC AI West in Burlingame, running Oct 27 to 29, 2026. The last listed event starts Oct 21, 2027. Events take place in eight countries, most often the United States, China and France. By format, 12 are in person and seven are hybrid. Eight of them publish a ticket price, and four offer a free option. Each listing links to the organizer's own site and shows the date we last checked it.

Events
19
Next event
Oct 27, 2026
Countries
8
Cheapest listed price
Free

Last verified Oct 17, 2026

Upcoming AI Engineer Conferences

Oct 27 to 29, 2026 Oct 27 to 29, 2026Hybrid

ODSC AI West

ODSC
Burlingame, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
Hybrid
Nov 5 to 6, 2026 Nov 5 to 6, 2026In person

AI Engineer Shanghai

Software 3.0 Inc.
Shanghai, China
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
Nov 10 to 12, 2026 Nov 10 to 12, 2026Hybrid

AI Engineer Code Summit

Software 3.0 Inc.
Application based
San Francisco, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
Hybrid
Nov 16 to 20, 2026 Nov 16 to 20, 2026Hybrid

MLcon Berlin

Berlin, Germany
Verified Oct 17, 2026
Hybrid
Nov 17 to 18, 2026 Nov 17 to 18, 2026Hybrid

MLOps World | GenAI Summit

MLOps World
Austin, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
Hybrid
Nov 19 to 20, 2026 Nov 19 to 20, 2026In person

MCP Dev Summit Nairobi

The Linux Foundation
Nairobi, Kenya
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
Nov 30 to Dec 1, 2026 Nov 30 to Dec 1, 2026In person

AI Dev NYC

DeepLearning.AI
New York, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
Feb 9 to 11, 2027 Feb 9 to 11, 2027In person Early bird ends Oct 23, 2026

AI DevWorld

DevNetwork
Santa Clara, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
Feb 17 to 19, 2027 Feb 17 to 19, 2027In person

AI Engineer Europe

Software 3.0 Inc.
London, United Kingdom
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
Mar 4 to 5, 2027 Mar 4 to 5, 2027In person

AI DevCon

Bengaluru, India
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
Mar 23 to 24, 2027 Mar 23 to 24, 2027In person

AI Council

San Francisco, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
Apr 19 to 23, 2027 Apr 19 to 23, 2027Hybrid

MLcon Amsterdam

S&S Media
Announced
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Verified Oct 17, 2026
Hybrid
Apr 26 to 27, 2027 Apr 26 to 27, 2027In person

AI Engineer Miami

G2i Conferences
Application based
Miami, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
May 10 to 12, 2027 May 10 to 12, 2027Hybrid

ODSC AI East

ODSC
Boston, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
Hybrid
May 17 to 18, 2027 May 17 to 18, 2027In person

Agent Conference

New York, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
May 24 to 28, 2027 May 24 to 28, 2027Hybrid

MLcon San Diego

S&S Media
Announced
San Diego, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
Hybrid
Jun 29 to Jul 1, 2027 Jun 29 to Jul 1, 2027In person

AI Engineer World's Fair

Software 3.0 Inc.
San Francisco, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
Aug 31 to Sep 2, 2027 Aug 31 to Sep 2, 2027In person Early bird ends Oct 30, 2026

AI Infra Summit

Kisaco Research
San Jose, United States
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person
Oct 21, 2027 Oct 21, 2027In person

dotAI

Announced
Paris, France
Verified Oct 17, 2026
In person

Frequently asked questions

When is the next AI Engineer conference?

The next listed AI Engineer conference is ODSC AI West, Oct 27 to 29, 2026, in Burlingame.

How many AI Engineer conferences are listed for 2026 and 2027?

19 upcoming AI Engineer conferences are listed: 7 in 2026 and 12 in 2027.

Are there free AI Engineer conferences?

Yes. ODSC AI West lists a free pass.

What is the cheapest listed AI Engineer conference?

The cheapest listed price is free, for ODSC AI West. This compares prices listed in USD only.

Which AI Engineer conferences are online or hybrid?

7 of the 19 listed AI Engineer conferences can be attended online. Hybrid: ODSC AI West, AI Engineer Code Summit, MLcon Berlin, MLOps World | GenAI Summit, MLcon Amsterdam, ODSC AI East and MLcon San Diego.