10 Major Data & AI Events to Mark on Your Calendar
1. Dreamforce 2026
Location: San Francisco, USA Date: 15–17.09.26 Register: https://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/
Salesforce’s flagship annual conference, drawing tens of thousands of attendees. In recent years it has become a major stage for agentic AI in the enterprise, cloud-based data management, and smart CRM.
2. Big Data LDN 2026
Location: London, UK Date: 23–24.09.26 Register: https://www.bigdataldn.com/
The UK’s leading data and analytics event, free to attend. This year features a new dedicated track on AI agents and AI governance.
3. World Summit AI Amsterdam 2026
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Date: 7–8.10.26 Register: https://worldsummit.ai/
A long-running, leading European AI conference celebrating its 10th anniversary edition, bringing together startups, enterprises, investors, and policymakers.
4. Money20/20 USA
Location: Las Vegas, USA Date: 10.26 (exact date not yet confirmed on the official site) Register: https://www.money2020.com/
The world’s largest fintech conference, increasingly focused on AI and data in financial services – from fraud detection to AI agents for banking customers.
5. Web Summit 2026
Location: Lisbon, Portugal Date: 9–12.11.26 Register: https://websummit.com/web-summit-2026/
One of the world’s largest tech conferences, with AI and data taking up a growing share of the agenda alongside a heavy venture capital and startup presence.
6. Microsoft Ignite 2026
Location: San Francisco, USA Date: 17–20.11.26 Register: https://ignite.microsoft.com/
Microsoft’s annual developer and IT conference, centered this year on enterprise AI tools (Copilot, Azure AI) and cloud infrastructure.
7. Slush 2026
Location: Helsinki, Finland Date: 18–19.11.26 Register: https://slush.org/
Northern Europe’s best-known startup and venture capital event, where AI and data companies make up a large share of the startups and stage discussions.
8. AWS re:Invent 2026
Location: Las Vegas, USA Date: 30.11–4.12.26 Register: https://aws.amazon.com/events/reinvent/
Amazon Web Services’ major annual conference, where the year’s key cloud, data, and AI product announcements happen.
9. NeurIPS 2026
Location: Sydney, Australia (with satellite events in Atlanta and Paris) Date: 6–12.12.26 Register: https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2026
The world’s leading academic conference for AI and machine learning research, showcasing cutting-edge work from top universities and industry labs.
10. GITEX Global 2026
Location: Dubai, UAE Date: 7–11.12.26 Register: https://www.gitex.com/
One of the world’s largest tech exhibitions, with major government and business presence from the Gulf region and beyond. AI and data are among the central themes, alongside national digital infrastructure and government digital transformation.
This list is updated regularly – stay tuned for more on the world’s biggest data and AI events.
