Top 11 Machine Learning Conferences for 2026

2. Hybrid AI 2026 (Machine Learning Week)

• Date: May 5-6, 2026.
• Location: The Clift Royal Sonesta, San Francisco, California, US.
• Cost: $1,795. Early bird options for individual workshops available for $1,200.

Machine Learning Week's Hybrid AI is a two-day conference hosted in May that focuses on the human-AI collaboration, generative AI reliability, and the hybrid concept of combining predictive AI with generative AI. The event caters to data scientists, analytics managers, and AI visionaries. It covers applications in business, industry, healthcare, and deep learning. 

3. Snowflake Summit

• Date: June 1-4, 2026.
• Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, US.
• Cost: TBC (Registration opens soon; 2025 pricing was $1,895–$2,495)

The Snowflake Summit is hosted by Snowflake and focuses on AI and ML applications on cloud data platforms. This conference is especially great for those who are interested in deploying ML on cloud data platforms and optimizing data management for AI. They have a set of 12 tracks and over 400 sessions, covering Snowflake, AI & ML, data engineering, and many other ML-relevant topics.

4. Data + AI Summit

• Date: June 15-18, 2026.
• Location: Hybrid - San Francisco, California, US, and available online.
• Cost: TBC (2025 pricing was $1,395–$1,895).

The four-day Data + AI Summit is hosted by Databricks. This ML conference includes important tracks on data governance, data science and ML, and generative AI. In addition to these dedicated tracks, the conference includes keynote speeches, a hackathon, and plenty of networking opportunities in the Expo Hall. Past conference panels and training sessions are available on YouTube.

5. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference

• Date: June 3-7, 2026.
• Location: Denver, Colorado, US.
• Cost: $900–$1,200 for non-members (Early/Standard); $750–$950 for members. Individual workshops from $250.

CVPR is a conference dedicated to computer vision and pattern recognition. The conference will have tutorials, workshops, and poster presentations, perfect for learning about all of the most up-to-date research and theory in the specialty of computer vision and pattern recognition.

6. International Conference on Machine Learning

• Date: July 6-11, 2026.
• Location: COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, South Korea.
• Cost: TBC (2025 pricing was $1,150).

ICML 2026 will be the 43rd edition of this conference. It is a seven-day conference dedicated to machine learning papers, workshops, and tutorials. Past events have included workshops on topics like adversarial ML, generative AI, high-dimensional learning, and many others. This event is an excellent opportunity to learn about ML and network with ML practitioners.

7. DataConnect

• Date: October 29-30, 2026.
• Location: Hybrid - The Ohioan Hotel & Event Center, Columbus, Ohio, US, and available online.
• Cost: $649-$1595 in-person. $75 online.

The two-day DataConnect conference in Columbus, hosted by Women in Analytics, is an analytics, data science, ML, and AI conference focused on driving AI adoption and integration in organizations. Topics will span areas such as GenAI, professional development in ML roles, understanding ROI on ML applications, and many more.

8. Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence

• Date: August 17-21, 2026.
• Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Cost: TBC (2025 pricing was $450–$650)

UAI is an international five-day conference co-hosted by the Barcelona School of Economics and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. 2026 will be the 42nd edition of this conference, which has been hosted yearly since 1985. The format of the conference gives good exposure to many great speakers while also providing hands-on training and tutorials at the beginning and at the end of the main event. The structure makes for a great week of networking and learning. Student discounts are available. Details are yet to be released on the 2026 edition. 

9. CDAO Government

• Date: September 23-24, 2026.
• Location: Washington, D.C., US
• Cost: Often free for government end-users; Industry pricing TBC (previously $499).

The CDAO Government conference is a great ML conference for those looking to understand the applications of machine learning in governmental organizations. There are often additional upcoming events. Attendees will learn the proper and ethical ways to deploy machine learning solutions in government. Details of the 2026 conference are yet to be released but you can register your interest. 

10. Collide Data Conference

• Date: October 1, 2026.
• Location: Atlanta, Georgia, US.
• Cost: $399 for early birds; $999 otherwise.

The Collide Data Conference provides great networking opportunities, discussion on the latest trends in machine learning, hands-on workshops, and exposure to a diverse set of speakers from top tech organizations. The two-day event will attract over 7,000 hybrid attendees from over 1,500 organizations. Details for 2026 are yet to be announced. 

11. Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems

• Date: December 6-12, 2026.
• Location: Sydney, Australia.
• Cost: TBC (Usually ~$1,000 range).

NeurIPS is widely considered one of the most prestigious AI and machine learning research conference in the world. Held annually in December, it acts as the year-end summit for the entire field, premiering the most groundbreaking papers on neural networks, deep learning, and statistical machine learning. If you want to see where the technology will be in 3–5 years, this is where you look. Details for the 2026 edition in Sydney will are yet to be announced.

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