Wondering what AI conferences you should attend in 2025? You’ve come to the right place! Every year we curate and update a list of AI conferences to help you figure that out.
2025 is certainly shaping up to be another banner year for AI, and attending (or presenting at) the right conferences is one way to keep up, stay relevant, elevate your profile, or connect with new partners. Many AI conferences on our list have hands-on workshops, opportunities for an inside look at real-world case studies, and insight into the latest tools and strategies shaping the field. These events are more than just a hub for cutting-edge ideas; they’re great opportunities for networking and finding partners and collaborators.
But you know all this already, and that’s why you’re here.
What follows is a curated a list of some of the most anticipated AI conferences of 2025, as well as tech conferences with an AI focus.
See our list of 2024 AI conferences here.
Large AI Conferences
World AI Conference
- February 13–15, 2025
- Cannes, France (and Virtual)
- Free–1290€
Big conference that’s expecting over 12,000+ attendees. Every year speakers include top AI leaders from companies like IBM, AMD, HP, and Google, as well as startups, and government organizations from around the world. There are workshops, talks, an exhibition open to the public. This year there are specific industry focuses in AI for Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, and Finance.
AI Dev World
- Feb 11–13, 2025
- Santa Clara, CA
- $820+
Mid-sized conference for AI developers with tracks on chatbots, ML, open source libraries, enterprise AI, and more. Emphasis on executive presence and entrepreneurs. There’s a startup showcase and a hackathon.
Developer Week
- Feb 11–20, 2025
- San Jose, CA
- Tickets start at $1000
Developer week draws over 8000 developers, engineers, software architects, dev teams, managers, and executives. This conference allows attendees to discover the latest in developer technologies, languages, platforms, There’s also a hackathon, hiring expo, workshops, technical talks, and keynotes.
Deep Learning & Advanced ML Summit
- Feb 11–12
- San Jose, CA
- Tickets are $449–$1499+
Programming this year is dedicated to deep learning and advances in ML and AI applications. There are presentations, talks, panel discussions, and access to reports that are exclusive to attendees. The lowest ticket price gets you on-demand access.
NVIDIA GTC
- March 17–20, 2025
- San Jose, CA and virtual
- Free–$2000+
Huge conference with hundreds of sessions on deep learning, data science, data centers, and other topics with a focus on NVIDIA technology and the innovation it enables.
Google Cloud Next
- April 9–11, 2025
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- $999+ (Early Bird ends in February)
Google Cloud’s annual conference that covers the latest and greatest in AI innovations and product launches. Includes lightning talks, demos, technical talks, workshops, and an exhibition hall. This year there’s also a Gemini API hackathon.
QCon
- April 7–`11, 2025
- London, England
- £2,250+
Huge conference for emerging trends, use cases, and best practices in software development that’s been running for 19 years. Tracks include AI and ML for software engineers, the path to senior engineering leadership, emerging trends in frontend and mobile, and more.
World Data Summit
- May 21–23, 2025
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1290€+
Conference for data pioneers, industry leaders, policymakers, and other data practitioners to help shape the future of data governance, privacy, and innovation. This year the conference has multiple AI focuses including Ai metadata management, ethics and privacy in data & AI, and LLM implementation.
RAISE Summit
- July 8–9
- Paris, France (in the Louvre, too)
- 399€–1699€ (early bird)
They’re expecting 5000 attendees, 1500 companies, and more than 250 speakers, most being C-suite. Learn about real-world use cases, or find the right partners to deliver solutions. There will also be a hackathon.
Ai4
- August 11–13
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Free–$2895 (prices will go up after early bird rates end)
Ai4 organizers are expecting more than 8000 attendees this year for a conference that bills itself as “the industry’s only must-attend annual event.” 2024 speakers included Geoffrey Hinton, Andrew Yang, fortune 500 companies, and researchers from top universities.
Ray Summit
- Fall, 2025
- San Francisco, CA
Anyscale’s annual event for anyone who wants to talk about building and deploying large-scale AI applications. Includes hands-on training and tutorials, and big name speakers.
World Summit AI
- October 8–9, 2025
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- €349
Large conference that targets the entire AI ecosystem: enterprise, startups, investors, builders, and researchers. Networking, high-profile plenary sessions, curated panels, and smaller meetings.
MLOps World/Generative AI World
- October, 2025
- Austin, Texas
Big event for the generative AI community with technical workshops, panel discussions, case studies, and lots of networking opportunities. Partnership with the MLOps World team.
The AI Summit New York
- Winter 2025
- New York, NY
Large general interest AI conference every year in NYC. Convenes AI experts and researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and business leaders for multiple days. Includes an expo and a networking cafe.
Mid-Sized, Regional AI Conferences
Data Science Salon Austin
- Feb 19–20, 2025
- Austin, TX + Virtual
- $295 (On-Demand), $695 (In Person)
Intimate conference with use-cases, technical talks and workshops. This year they added a Future of ML & AI Startups + Showcase that will include VC and startup panels, and a start-up showcase with a prize awarded. Speakers from FAANG, fortune 500 and government.
Data Science Salon San Francisco
- TBA, 2025
- San Francisco, CA
The focus for this small, one-day conference is around generative AI and ML in enterprise. Described as a mix of TedX, Foo Camp and Summit that includes curated sessions for AI researchers, c-suite, and senior managers.
MLConf
- March 27, 2025
- New York, NY
- $263.69 (Early Bird rate)
One-day conference on applications of ML techniques and practices, ML/AI algorithms, platforms, tools, and lessons learned. Best for data scientists, devs, researchers, startup founders, investors, and anyone else who wants to stay current.
Data Council
- April 22–24, 2025
- Bay Area, CA
- Early bird is $1299 until February
Long-running conference dedicated to no hidden sales pitches. Technical focus with talks that share industry knowledge, best practices, and cutting-edge systems and tools for practitioners in data and AI.
CDAO Spring
- April 10, 2025
- San Francisco, CA
- Free-$2499
Niche conference for chief data and analytics officers and other data and analytics leaders, practitioners, and data scientists. Covers AI, data security, and digital transformation.
AI Expo
- April 18, 2025
- Austin, Texas
- $29.00–$75.00
One-day conference dedicated to the latest in AI trends and technologies. Includes a conference, trade show, and networking opportunities. Sessions are less technical and geared toward decision makers and enthusiasts. Estimated 2000 attendees.
ODSC East
- May 13–15
- Boston, MA
- $479 (Early Bird)–$1399 (VIP)
Great mid-size technical conference for practitioners: data scientists, researchers, ML engineers, AI engineers, etc. This year there’s an agents track. Every year there is a mini-bootcamp prior to the conference.
The Data Science Conference
- May 29–30, 2025
- Chicago, IL
- $1600
No vendors, sponsors, or recruiters. Two days of back to back talks by data scientists and researchers on a single track.
AI Engineer World’s Fair
- June 3–5, 2025
- San Francisco, CA
- $799 (Early Bird)+
Technical AI conference for generalist software engineers, AI engineers, and AI VPs. There will be up to 5 tracks. This was a buzzworthy event last year that sold out to 2K engineers.
Venture Beat Transform
- TBA, June 2025
- San Francisco, CA
- Free–$999
Small conference for enterprise executives across industries, with talks that focus on Ai advances for enterprise.
Toronto Machine Learning Summit (TMLS)
- Summer 2025
- Toronto, Cananda
- Free–$700
This will be the 8th year of this mid-sized conference, which includes a mix of workshops, case studies, and research presentation. Audience is typically 50% ML practitioners, and a mix of researchers and business leaders.
ODSC West
- Fall, 2025
- Burlingame, CA
Large event for AI and data science practitioners with workshops, hands-on training, insightful panels, and networking opportunities.
Technical & Hands-On AI Conferences
Apply()
- Spring 2025
- Virtual
Tecton’s annual virtual conference for ML and AI engineers. Features workshops and technical sessions with a focus on applied AI and machine learning.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon
- April 1–4, 2025
- London, England
- Free–$2000+
Huge in-person conference for devs, technical leaders, and c-suite who are invested in open-source with a focus on kubernetes and broader DevOps trends. There are panels, poster sessions, lightning talks, and tutorials.
AI in Finance Summit
- April 15–16, 2025
- New York, NY
- $1395+
Attendees include data scientists, AI Directors, ML and AI engineers, other technical leads in banking, financial services, and insurance. Themes include generative AI, ML for fraud detection, ethics and regulations, deep learning and other topics
Optimized AI Conference
- April 14–16, 2025
- Atlanta, Georgia
- $250 and up
Formerly the Southern Data Science Conference, Optimized AI conference is a multi-track AI event that attracts top speakers in the industry—past speakers include Chip Huyen, Francois Chollet, and Sebastian Raschka.
Big Data & Analytics Summit
- June 4–5, 2025
- Toronto, Ontario
- $999+
Event for data leaders and practitioners. This year the conference will focus on deploying AI with ethics and sustainability, driving democratization, agile governance frameworks, and AI talent pipelines. Includes networking events, keynotes, exhibitions, panels, and more.
Arize:Observe
- June 25, 2025
- San Francisco, CA
- $TBA
The LLM and AI observability conference all about building AI-powered applications and improving quality and performance in production. Last year presenters included heads of AI, founders, engineers, and researchers from Microsoft, OpenAI, Mistral AI, Anthropic, Vectara, Wayfair, DSPy and more.
MLCon
- June 23–27, 2025
- Munich, Germany
- 503€+
Includes workshops, sessions, keynotes, networking sessions. Main topics include advanced ML development, ML basics, generative AI, and business strategy.
Coalesce
- Fall, 2025
- Las Vegas, Nevada
Annual conference by dbt Labs that shows a wide range of applications for analytics engineering. Highly interactive with workshops and lots of opportunities to learn.
AI Infra Summit
- September 9–11, 2025
- Santa Clara, CA
- Free–$999
Formerly the AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit, the conference has rebranded as a full-stack AI & ML infrastructure event. Topics covered include hardware & systems, data centers, edge AI and enterprise AI. Advertised as an opportunity to connect with partners whether you’re an enterprise end-user, hyperscaler, or part of the wider tech ecosystem.
Voice & AI
- Fall, 2025
Brings together the generative AI and conversational AI communities along with enterprise leaders and other innovators. Last year there were 100+ speakers from Fortune 500 companies and beyond.
Academic & Research Focused AI Conferences
CVPR
- June 11–June 15, 2025
- Nashville, Tennessee
- $TBA
Major computer vision and pattern recognition conference for academics and industry researchers. 10000+ attendees, keynotes, panels, papers, and workshops.
ICLML
- July 13–July 19
- Vancouver, Canada
- $TBA
Long-running ML conference. Papers span AI, data science, and statistics, with applications like CV, computational biology, robotics, and much more.
InterSpeech
- August 17–21, 2025
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
Niche conference on human speech processing. The theme this year is about fair and inclusive speech science and technology. There are challenges, special sessions, panels, workshops, and tutorials.
NeurIPS
- Winter, 2025
- Location TBA
An important conference on neural information processing systems. Keynotes, poster sessions, competitions, a journal showcase, an expo, and opportunities to learn from the latest research and top researchers in neural information processing.