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World Summit AI

ConferenceArtificial IntelligenceIn-personAnnual
Amsterdam, NL7 Oct 2026 – 8 Oct 20262 days

Delegates

10,000+

Countries

167+

Duration

2 days · 7 Oct 2026 – 8 Oct 2026

Frequency

Annual

About this congress

World Summit AI is the world's leading AI summit, bringing together the people shaping how AI is researched, governed and deployed globally. Since launching in Amsterdam in 2017, the summit has become a critical meeting point for enterprise leaders, big tech, start-ups, researchers, policymakers, investors and ethical experts from across the global AI ecosystem. Now entering its 10th anniversary edition, World Summit AI continues to set the global AI agenda, spotlighting real-world applications, emerging technologies, and the risks, benefits and opportunities of artificial intelligence. The summit is renowned for hosting the world's most influential voices in AI and for fostering meaningful collaboration across industries and sectors. World Summit AI sits as the anchor of World AI Week, the world's leading gathering of the global AI community.

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Key details

City & country
Amsterdam, NL
Dates
7 Oct 2026 – 8 Oct 2026
Duration
2 days
Frequency
Annual
Format
In-person
Rotation pattern
Fixed annual event in Amsterdam with a Global Summit Series in other locations.
Commercial type
ConferenceExhibitionB2B
Official website
worldsummit.ai — register free for link access

Who attends

Enterprise leadersbig techstart-upsresearcherspolicymakersinvestors and ethical experts from across the global AI ecosystemSpecifically: FoundersCEOsCTOsCOOsCDOsCFOsCMOsCIOsEVPsVP'sDirectors and Heads of AIMachine LearningComputer VisionCognitive ComputingData ScienceData AnalyticsTechnologyInnovationProfessorscandidatesstudentsinternsData ScientistsData AnalystsSoftware EngineersDevelopers

Programme

Tracks

Shaping the New AI ParadigmAdopt AIAI SovereigntyBuilding & Developing AI Systems and ApplicationsEnterprise use cases of AI in actionResponsible AI & governanceAgents & autonomyAI infrastructure

Networking events

  • AI Leaders Dinner
  • AI Product Summit
  • Speeddate the Scientists of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab
  • AI Investor Matchmaking Event

Host city history — 5 congresses since 2017

2026AmsterdamNL← current
2025AmsterdamNL
2024AmsterdamNL
2021AmsterdamNL
2017AmsterdamNL
Europe
NL ×5
Based on the rotation history, the next congress is likely to move to a different region. Amsterdam has hosted 5× (2017, 2021, 2024, 2025, 2026).

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