AI conferences in Chicago

The big rooms: AI conferences and multi-day summits in Chicago, 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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Tue

12:45 PM – 6:00 PM CDT

Leaders In AI Summit Chicago 2026

The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicagoby Institute for AI Transformation

A two-day executive summit on Michigan Avenue covering sovereign AI, governance and enterprise infrastructure, with workshops, panels on agentic systems and healthcare AI, and closed-door executive roundtables.

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Oct

Fri

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

Scientific Session of the American College of AI and Medicine 2026

McCormick Placeby American College of Artificial Intelligence and Medicine

A two-day clinical AI meeting at McCormick Place with keynotes from AI and healthcare leaders, peer research presentations, panels and workshops for clinicians, researchers and health system leaders. Free for students and residents.

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Oct

Mon

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

The UChicago and Caltech Conference on AI+Science 2026

David Rubenstein Forum, University of Chicagoby University of Chicago Data Science Institute

A three-day research conference at UChicago's David Rubenstein Forum gathering leading core AI and domain science researchers, jointly run with Caltech and sponsored by the Margot and Tom Pritzker Foundation.

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