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.

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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

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

Oct

Thu

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.

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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

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.

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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.

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