AI conferences in Boston

The big rooms: AI conferences and multi-day summits in Boston, with keynote speakers, focused tracks, and the kind of hallway networking that fills a calendar for months. Every upcoming AI conference in the city, tracked and verified daily.

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Oct

Fri

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

ARC Prize Research Summit 2026

Massachusetts Institute of Technologyby ARC Prize Foundation

A Cambridge forum for researchers advancing frontier AI reasoning, convened by ARC Prize with MIT. It focuses on work combining neural methods, program synthesis and formal reasoning.

ConferenceFreeAdvancedResearchersDevelopers

Oct

Mon

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Chief AI Officer Fall 2026

by Corinium Global Intelligence Boston

A two-day Boston conference for senior AI and enterprise technology leaders, centered on AI strategy, governance, intelligent automation and responsible deployment in established organizations.

ConferenceAdvancedBusinessDevelopers

Oct

Tue

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT

AI-Driven Drug Discovery & Development Summit 2026

Boston Marriott Copley Placeby Kisaco Research

A three-day Boston conference for pharmaceutical, biotech, AI and data leaders working on AI-enabled drug discovery and development. Sessions span machine learning, generative design, data science, clinical research, AI infrastructure and technical operations.

ConferenceAdvancedResearchersDevelopersBusiness

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

AI Drug Discovery & Development Summit 2026

Boston Marriott Copley Placeby Kisaco Research

A three-day Boston conference for life-science and AI practitioners applying AI across drug discovery and development. The program spans discovery, clinical trials, data, AI infrastructure and hands-on networking for pharma, biotech and research teams.

ConferenceAdvancedDevelopersResearchersBusiness

Oct

Thu

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Generative AI Summit Boston 2026

The Westin Boston Seaport Districtby AI Accelerator Institute

Four co-located AI summits run on one day and one ticket at the Westin Boston Seaport District: Generative AI, Agentic AI, Chief AI Officer and CISO. More than 60 speakers including Sarah Bird of Microsoft and Aaditya Bhat of OpenAI, across roughly 500 attendees.

ConferenceIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Nov

Mon

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

Nxt AI 2026

by Nxt AI

A three-day Boston conference on next-generation AI and machine learning, bringing researchers and industry participants together for talks and collaboration across emerging applications.

ConferenceAll levelsDevelopersResearchersStudentsBusiness

Nov

Tue

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

AIxEd Workforce Summit by Boston University

George Sherman Unionby AIxEd

A Boston University summit on the skills and school-to-workforce pathways needed in the AI era. Education, industry and government leaders explore AI’s effects on roles, talent development and career transitions.

ConferenceAll levelsBusinessResearchersStudentsGeneral

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

AIxEd Workforce Summit

George Sherman Unionby AIxEd

A Boston University summit on the AI-era workforce, connecting educators, employers, policy leaders and researchers around skills, reskilling and the transition from school to career.

ConferenceAll levelsBusinessResearchersStudentsGeneral

Nov

Fri

8:45 AM – 5:00 PM EST

AI in K-12 Education: Navigating the Challenges

International School of Bostonby International School of Boston

A two-day Cambridge conference for educators, school leaders and researchers on practical, responsible AI in schools. Workshops and discussions address assessment, literacy, ethics, sustainability and institutional strategy.

ConferenceAll levelsResearchersStudentsBusinessGeneral

Nov

Tue

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

AI in Healthcare & Pharma Summit Boston 2026

by RE•WORK

A two-day Boston summit for healthcare, pharmaceutical and AI leaders on bringing AI from pilots into clinical and operational practice, with sessions on agentic workflows, governance, validation and data interoperability.

ConferenceIntermediateResearchersDevelopersBusiness

Nov

Wed

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

AI in CRE Thought Leadership Summit

Royal Sonesta Bostonby Commercial Real Estate Development Association

A curated Cambridge summit for commercial real-estate leaders examining practical artificial intelligence in development, investment and operations. The program includes an MIT walking lecture, peer discussions, use cases and structured networking.

ConferenceAdvancedBusinessResearchers

Dec

Wed

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

Designing the AI-Enabled Life Sciences Workforce 2026

Hyatt Regency Boston Harborby Hanson Wade

A two-day Boston summit for life-sciences HR and transformation leaders working to turn AI experimentation into workforce redesign, human-AI collaboration and measurable operational value.

ConferenceIntermediateBusinessResearchersDevelopers