AI Events in Chicago, IL
Every upcoming AI meetup, workshop, hackathon, and conference in Chicago. Updated daily.
Oct
19
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Oct
20
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9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
Catholic Partnership Summit 2026
by Leadership Roundtable
A two-day Loyola University Chicago summit examining how Catholic institutions can responsibly adopt artificial intelligence, with expert panels, roundtables and peer discussion for church leaders.
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
Tech Pulse 2030: Responsible AI Investing & Pitch Showcase
by AI 2030 | Responsible AI Chicago
A Chicago Tech Pulse 2030 gathering for investors, founders and innovation leaders, focused on responsible-AI investment and a showcase of early-stage AI startups across sectors.
Oct
22
Thu
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM CDT
Practitioner Series: Moiz Shirazi of SCOREalytics
University of Chicago Booth Harper Centerby Chicago Booth Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence
Chicago Booth welcomes SCOREalytics founder Moiz Shirazi for a practitioner conversation on scaling AI in legal and regulatory settings, including talent constraints and turning regulatory signals into usable intelligence.
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM CDT
AI-Accelerated Model-Driven Development
Selby Jenningsby Chicago C/C++ Users Group
A Chicago C/C++ Users Group technical meetup on using AI-assisted protocol compilers and structured models to generate reproducible infrastructure for trading and other high-performance systems.
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
Building Trust in AI: Data Governance, Risk, and Responsible Adoption
100 South Wacker Driveby Tech in Motion: Chicago
Tech in Motion Chicago convenes technology, data and business leaders for an in-person discussion of the governance, compliance and operating choices that shape responsible AI adoption.
Oct
26
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Oct
27
Tue
9:00 AM – 7:00 PM CDT
Bank.AI Summit Chicago
Four Seasons Hotel Chicagoby Creatio
Creatio's Chicago summit convenes banking and credit-union executives for AI use cases, live agent demonstrations, governance discussions and peer networking.
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series: Ella King (Northwestern)
John Crerar Library, University of Chicagoby University of Chicago Data Science Institute
A free UChicago talk from Northwestern engineer Ella King, whose work applies AI methods to designing dynamic, self-correcting materials, part of the weekly Schmidt AI in Science series.
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
Tiller: Structure, Gates, and State for Human + Agent Teams
TeamWorking by TechNexusby Agent Loop Chicago
An Agent Loop Chicago technical meetup on structuring collaborative software development between people and AI agents, with a presentation from Made In Tandem's JC Grubbs.
Oct
28
Wed
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
AI Multiplier Series: Executive AI Intensive
Gleacher Centerby AI Multiplier Series
A two-day, hands-on Chicago intensive for executives and operators who want to translate AI opportunities into concrete workflows, governance notes and an action plan.
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM CDT
Chicago Build 2026: AI & Digital Construction Track
McCormick Placeby Chicago Build Expo
A free two-day conference track at McCormick Place on applied AI in the built environment, covering agentic AI in architecture, data center demand, construction automation and AI tooling for residential builders.
Oct
29
Thu
Nov
3
Tue
9:00 AM – 5:30 PM CST
Datadog Summit Chicago
Convene at Willis Towerby Datadog Chicago
A free day of Chicago sessions for developers, SREs, security practitioners and AI builders on observability, agentic capabilities and practical production systems.
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST
Tech Pulse 2030 Chicago: November
Discovery Partners Instituteby AI 2030 | Responsible AI Chicago
A free responsible-AI community meetup at Discovery Partners Institute for Chicago practitioners, entrepreneurs and leaders discussing emerging technology and responsible innovation.
Nov
5
Thu
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
Live RevOps Workshop: Solving AI's Last-Mile Problem
by RevOps Co-op
A half-day Chicago workshop for revenue-operations leaders on moving AI agents beyond pilots by improving the data access, controls and operating practices behind production use.
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Microsoft Copilot & AI LAB: Level I Foundations
Association Forum Headquartersby Association Forum
A hands-on Chicago workshop for association professionals who want practical foundations for using Microsoft Copilot and generative AI responsibly in day-to-day work.
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST
Generative AI Transformers: A Deep Dive
Aon Centerby Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup Group
A Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup technical walkthrough of transformer internals, from embeddings and attention to agents and AI application harnesses.
Nov
10
Tue
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Microsoft Copilot & AI LAB: Level II Advanced
Association Forum Headquartersby Association Forum
An advanced Chicago workshop for experienced AI users who want to turn Microsoft Copilot usage into a responsible, organization-wide adoption strategy.
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM CST
AITP Chicago Executive Panel on AI ROI
RSM US LLPby AITP Chicago
AITP Chicago convenes technology leaders for a panel on where organizations are seeing measurable returns from artificial intelligence, followed by pizza and networking in the Loop.
Nov
12
Thu
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
AI Engineering Summit Chicago
Courtyard by Marriott Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mileby TESTINGMIND Chicago
A one-day Chicago summit for engineers shipping AI in production, with practitioner-led sessions on agentic development, LLMOps, responsible AI and architecture.
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Chicago Amazon Quick User Group
AT&T Centerby Amazon Quick User Group - Chicago Area
A free, hands-on Chicago meetup for people using Amazon Quick, agentic AI and business intelligence, with practical community learning at Amazon’s Loop office.
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15
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