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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Sep

Tue

9:00 AM – 7:00 PM EDT

REAL 2026

by Ginkgo Bioworks

A Boston Seaport summit on physical AI, agentic systems and lab automation in pharma R&D. Ginkgo Bioworks, MilliporeSigma and Zifo bring together leaders from biotech, automation, data and AI for talks, panels and networking.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateResearchersDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Wed

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT

Datapoints Summit: AI & Tech in Drug Discovery

by Ginkgo Datapoints

Ginkgo Datapoints hosts a Boston day for biopharma and technology practitioners exploring AI and computational approaches to drug discovery, with speakers from major industry and research organizations.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateResearchersDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Thu

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

DevConf.US 2026

Boston University, 43 Hawes Streetby Red Hat

The eighth annual DevConf.US, Red Hat's free open source community conference, runs two days on Boston University's Brookline campus. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science is a primary conference theme, covering LLMs, PyTorch and applied machine learning. Free, but registration is required.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersStudents

1:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

Boston Cloud Connect Summit: The IT Odyssey

WGBH Studiosby Cloud Connect Summit

A half day IT leadership summit at the WGBH studios, themed around the interaction of data, security and AI. Speakers include Draper's Head of AI and a WPI researcher on human and AI interaction. Free with the Boston AI Week code, and worth two ISACA continuing education credits.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopers

Sep

Sat

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EDT

GDG Cloud Boston DevFest: AI and Tech Innovations

Hult International Business Schoolby GDG Cloud Boston

The Boston Google Developer Group's flagship annual conference, free and explicitly AI-themed for 2026. Sessions cover agent harness engineering, building a Blender agent, Google Antigravity with Workspace MCP integration, and AI governance through education, plus a hands-on workshop and lunch.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsDevelopersStudentsBusiness

Sep

Mon

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

GAI World 2026

Hynes Convention Centerby GAI Insights

The fourth edition of GAI Insights' enterprise generative AI conference takes over the Hynes for three days, with more than 70 speakers across tracks on asset management, healthcare and life sciences, sales and marketing operations, and workforce AI adoption. It anchors Boston AI Week's core week.

ConferenceIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Sep

Wed

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

MIT Future Fest

MIT Museumby MIT Museum

The inaugural edition of a five day MIT festival, more than 50 events and 100 speakers across the campus, produced by MIT Museum with MIT Technology Review and MIT Design. Dedicated AI sessions run throughout, and one pass covers all five days. It closes with the free Cambridge Science Carnival.

ConferenceAll levelsGeneralResearchersStudents

Oct

Thu

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

The Boston AI Summit

Foundation Medicineby Boston AI Week

Boston AI Week's flagship conference: a single track, single room, 250 seat day at Foundation Medicine in the Seaport. It opens with the public release of The State of AI in Massachusetts 2026, a survey of how Commonwealth residents are actually using AI.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsBusinessResearchersGeneral

1:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

Second Annual AI & Drug Discovery Symposium

Goodwinby Goodwin

A Goodwin-hosted Boston symposium for life-sciences, technology and investment leaders on AI-enabled drug discovery, including market, collaboration, governance, IP and policy discussions.

ConferenceIntermediateBusinessResearchersDevelopers

Oct

Fri

7:30 AM – 7:00 PM EDT

TiECON East 2026: The Next Growth Playbook

Boston Marriott Burlingtonby TiE Boston

TiE Boston's flagship annual conference, themed for 2026 around product, market and capital in the age of AI. A full day in Burlington with keynotes from Jeff Elton and David Friend, and panels on differentiating products in AI-native markets and raising capital against them.

ConferenceAll levelsBusinessDevelopers

8:30 AM – 5:30 PM EDT

2nd Annual AI-Powered Innovation in Protein and Antibody Therapeutics Symposium

Le Meridien Cambridgeby Sino Biological

A full day in Cambridge on machine learning applied to protein and antibody design, from in silico screening to moving computationally designed proteins toward the clinic. Seven invited speakers plus eight selected oral presenters competing for more than $5,000 in prizes.

ConferenceAdvancedResearchersBusiness

Oct

Tue

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT

AI in Action Boston 2026

Harvard Club of Bostonby AI in Action

A full day at the Harvard Club of Boston built around enterprise AI execution rather than research: deployment strategy, case studies and measurable business outcomes, for founders, startup teams, executives and investors. Startups can apply for a 50 percent discount.

ConferenceIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Oct

Mon

9:00 AM – 9:30 PM EDT

Federate AI Summit: Boston

Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaportby AICamp Boston

A full day summit at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport on deploying AI inside regulated industries, with federated learning as the central theme. Four tracks cover infrastructure and governance, enterprise deployment across pharma, healthcare and banking, the underlying research, and the investment picture.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateBusinessResearchersDevelopers

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

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

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

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