AI events in Chicago this week
Your next seven days of Chicago AI: every meetup, workshop, hackathon, and networking night coming up this week, verified daily.
Sep
15
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.
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM CDT
Caught on Camera: Vision AI on the Warehouse Floor
1111 W 22nd Streetby Arvist
Arvist, Hanwha Vision and PLT host a Chicago demonstration of vision-AI quality control in a freight warehouse, including live footage-to-claims workflows and discussion of deploying the systems in operating facilities.
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
Automation, MCP, and Vibe Coding: What Gets Built vs. What Gets Shipped
Aon Centerby Digital Delivery Chicago
Digital Delivery Chicago convenes a practical AI-adoption meetup on automation, MCP and vibe coding, focusing on the difference between promising prototypes and tools teams actually put into use.
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
How Does AI Impact the Way We Learn?
Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Squareby Edtech Institute of Chicago
Edtech Institute of Chicago launches its Future of Learning meetup series with a hands-on evening on AI and learning research, practical opportunities and open questions.
Sep
16
Wed
6:00 PM – 6:00 PM CDT
revAlation Chicago 2026
The Old Post Officeby Alation
Alation's two-day Chicago conference for data and AI leaders and practitioners focuses on governed AI, production agents, data quality and peer exchange.
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
Where is AI in 2026 and Where is it Going?
Skokie Public Libraryby AI Safety Awareness Group Chicago
A free, beginner-friendly Skokie workshop on current AI systems, their likely effects on work and society, and the risks that deserve public attention.