Events

AI researchers and enthusiasts will dive into cutting-edge topics like AI for science, hybrid intelligence, and neuromorphic computing through talks and workshops led by industry leaders, with plenty of networking and hands-on learning packed into two days.

The Cambridge x Arcade AI Hackathon will bring together elite AI developers, gamers, and founders—including PhD candidates and industry leaders—to create innovative AI-driven games with chances to win cash, hardware, and pitch to top-tier investors. Sponsored by Tencent Cloud and backed by Cambridge China AI Association, this hybrid 48-hour event promises top-level networking and cutting-edge game development opportunities.

Founders, investors, and developers will converge for a week-long innovation festival featuring networking events, conferences on startup growth and emerging tech, and pitch nights backed by major players like Google Cloud, Binance, and Salesforce. It's the gathering that'll shape what's next for Latin America's tech ecosystem.

AI Week Frankfurt will bring together AI leaders, policymakers, and developers for five days of keynotes, workshops, and networking in Germany's financial hub. Attendees will get deep dives into cutting-edge AI topics while connecting with industry pioneers and innovators shaping the field.

The Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon will give selected builders ten days to create with Meta’s latest AI models, with live workshops and a $1 million prize pool across indie developer and startup tracks. Projects will tackle real-world problems or push the frontier in areas like software, robotics, science, and manufacturing.

Eligible pharma and biotech professionals will receive free admission to the AI Drug Discovery & Development Summit, running October 27–29 and focusing on AI advances in drug discovery and development.

Enterprise AI leaders—CDOs, Chief AI Officers, and VP-level practitioners—will converge to tackle governance, agentic automation, and AI ROI strategy alongside speakers like Michael I. Jordan, Peter Norvig, and Chip Huyen in an exclusive 250-person summit. The three-day event will dig into AI adoption, ethics, workforce transformation, and agent systems through intimate peer validation and strategy alignment with your core team.

Data and AI professionals will dive into cutting-edge workshops and hands-on training led by industry experts, while business leaders and career switchers gain strategic insights on navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape. The three-day event will feature thought leaders sharing the latest breakthroughs and practical applications shaping the future of data science and AI.

AI Expo Africa 2026 will showcase cutting-edge AI applications through four focused tracks, featuring enterprise case studies and smart tech demos tailored for business and government leaders.

Enterprise IT leaders will explore how to evolve networks into AI-native infrastructure, with practical frameworks from experts leading the transition. Sessions will cover AI infrastructure, automation, and designing the AI-native enterprise fabric.

The 2026 One Way Summit will bring together 1,000+ founders, investors, and innovators from 30+ countries, with speakers including Duolingo’s Severin Hacker, Slack co-founder Cal Henderson, and OpenAI Foundation’s Anna Makanju. Sessions will cover AI, fintech, venture capital, and immigration challenges, alongside a Startup Grind pitch competition.

Meta’s 10-day global AI Developer Hackathon will give selected developers access to its latest models and expert-led workshops as they build solutions to real-world challenges. Projects will compete across indie developer and startup tracks for $1 million, with judging focused on technical skill, execution, and creativity.

Researchers, educators, and policymakers will converge in Amsterdam to bridge the gap between AI research and classroom reality, with keynotes from global AI leaders at NVIDIA, UCD, and NTU exploring everything from teacher AI literacy to emerging VR and neuro-education technologies. The two-day conference will dig into practical implementation challenges, ethical guidelines, and what's next for education beyond 2030.

RunMux will bring its AI acceleration gateway and live Qwen demos to the European debut of Alibaba Cloud’s Apsara Conference, featuring Qwen researchers and product leaders, keynotes, forums, and networking. RunMux CEO Thomas will speak on a Worldwide CXO Nexus Forum panel, alongside discussions of production-ready AI models and agent infrastructure.

A hands-on workshop will explore how generative AI can support content creation across the creative industries. Attendees will get practical experience with emerging AI tools and workflows.

The Apsara Conference’s European debut will bring enterprise leaders and AI builders together to explore agentic systems, multimodal AI in creative industries, growth in China, and AI’s impact on sport. Speakers will include senior leaders from Alibaba Cloud and Salesforce, alongside executives and technical experts from Hugging Face, JetBrains, Atos, and innovative AI companies.

Anthropic will host its first nationwide online “Built with Claude Code: Japan 2026” hackathon, where experienced developers and first-time coders will have a week to build tools tackling everyday challenges and broader social needs. Selected participants will receive Claude plans and API credits, with $50,000 in API credits awarded to winners.

The AI Engineer Code Summit Hackathon will bring teams of up to four together to tackle frontier AI engineering challenges, with $11,000 in prizes and special awards from Meta, Google DeepMind, MongoDB, and Fetch.ai. Speakers and judges will be announced soon; attendance will require an approved application.

A one-day hackathon will challenge teams to build durable agentic AI systems using MongoDB Atlas, Vector Search, and Agentic Memory, with projects evaluated by MongoDB product leaders and members of the Canadian AI community. Final teams will compete for up to $21,000 CAD in cash prizes and $6,000 in LangSmith credits.