AI Events in Chicago, IL

Every upcoming AI meetup, workshop, hackathon, and conference in Chicago. Updated daily.

All upcoming 44 Today 0 This week 6 Weekend 0 Free only 33

Sep

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.

ConferenceAdvancedBusinessResearchers

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.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusiness

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.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Sep

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.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusinessResearchers

Sep

Thu

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

AI & Data Summit Chicago

Convene, 311 West Monroeby IDC

IDC's one-day Chicago summit convenes senior technology and business leaders on scaling enterprise AI, trusted data, governance and agentic AI risk.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopersResearchers

Sep

Tue

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

SievoFriends Chicago

320 S Canal Stby Sievo

A full-day Chicago conference for procurement and finance leaders examining how data, AI and peer benchmarks can drive measurable procurement results through keynotes, hands-on sessions and peer roundtables.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsBusiness

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT

Building AI Agents That Teams Can Trust: 6th Chicago Meetup

by The Test Tribe

A Chicago meetup on the engineering and governance choices involved in moving from individual AI agents to reliable multi-agent systems, with a practitioner talk and peer exchange.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Wed

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT

Chicago: Building Apps with Lakebase

Analytics8by Databricks Community Meetup Chicago

A Chicago Databricks Community Meetup featuring a live Lakebase demo and practical discussion of building AI-native applications with the Databricks data platform.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT

Chicago | Claude for Finance

Ferris & Coby Claude Community Events Chicago

A free Loop gathering for finance practitioners sharing real AI workflows, live demonstrations, governance concerns and candid lessons from attempts that did not work.

MeetupFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Sep

Thu

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT

Chicago: Agentics Foundation Meetup

by Chicago Agentics Foundation Meetups

A Chicago gathering for builders, researchers, founders and enterprise leaders exploring deployable agentic-AI systems, open-source projects and practical automation.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchers

Sep

Fri

12:30 PM – 5:00 PM CDT

RunDiffusion Workshop: Generative AI for Design Visualization

25 East Washingtonby Chicago Innovate Tech AEC

A hands-on Loop workshop on using generative AI to turn early design concepts and annotations into renderings, visualizations and animated storytelling, including prompt technique and plugin integration with Revit, Rhino and SketchUp.

WorkshopIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Mon

12:00 AM – 11:59 PM CDT

CriblCon 26

by Cribl

A three-day Chicago conference for security and IT practitioners covering AI-ready telemetry, agentic AI, observability pipelines, technical sessions and hands-on labs.

ConferenceAll levelsDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Wed

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT

CMO Census Chicago: Marketing in the Age of AI

The Hoxton, Chicagoby Passionfruit

Passionfruit brings Chicago marketing leaders together for a panel and fireside chat on AI-first marketing, digital priorities and creativity in the changing CMO role.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsBusinessGeneral

Oct

Thu

5:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT

HPA Member Meeting: Industrial, Physical AI & Supply Chain

mHUBby Hardtech Partners Alliance

A Chicago hardtech gathering on industrial and physical AI, supply-chain innovation and investment perspectives, with speakers from mHUB, Booz Allen Venture and HPA portfolio companies.

MeetupFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopersGeneral

Oct

Mon

8:00 AM – 5:30 PM CDT

Snowflake World Tour 2026: Chicago

Hyatt Regency Chicagoby Snowflake

Snowflake's free one-day Chicago stop, themed Making AI Real for Business, with three tracks on modernizing data infrastructure, preparing governed data for AI, and building trustworthy AI agents on business data.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

2026 North American Semarchy Summit: Chicago

The Westin Chicago River Northby Semarchy

A two-day Chicago summit for data leaders and practitioners exploring trusted data, data products, AI, DataOps and the operational foundations needed to scale AI work.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Oct

Tue

8:30 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

ServiceNow World Forum Chicago 2026

McCormick Place, Lakeside Centerby ServiceNow

A one-day, in-person ServiceNow forum at McCormick Place for business and technology practitioners exploring applied AI, agent building, workflow data and enterprise automation.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusiness

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT

Tech Pulse 2030 Chicago: October Session

Discovery Partners Instituteby AI 2030 | Responsible AI Chicago

A free Chicago meetup for practitioners, entrepreneurs and community leaders examining responsible AI and the real-world impact of emerging technology, followed by local networking.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchersStudents

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.

ConferenceAdvancedResearchersBusinessStudents

Oct

Tue

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

Solve26 Chicago

Hyatt Regency O'Hareby eGain

A free two-day eGain conference at Hyatt Regency O'Hare on generative AI, agentic AI and trusted knowledge foundations for customer-service and enterprise automation teams.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Oct

Wed

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

MBA Tech Exchange 2026

by Mortgage Bankers Association

A one-day Chicago summit for mortgage technology leaders, featuring a hands-on AI lab, technology demos, practical sessions and peer networking on innovation in single-family real estate finance.

ConferenceAll levelsBusinessDevelopers

Oct

Tue

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.

ConferenceAll levelsBusinessResearchersGeneral

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.

MeetupFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopersGeneral

Oct

Wed

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.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopersGeneral

Oct

Thu

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

Data & Analytics Summit Chicago 2026

The Ritz-Carlton, Chicagoby Global Business Insights

A one-day executive summit at the Ritz-Carlton on applying data, analytics and AI to consumer goods decision-making, covering AI shopping, AI-powered shopper insights and scaling AI across the enterprise.

ConferenceIntermediateBusinessResearchers

Nov

Tue

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.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchersStudents

Nov

Thu

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.

WorkshopBeginnerBusiness

Nov

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.

WorkshopAdvancedBusiness

Nov

Wed

8:00 AM – 2:45 PM CST

Product-Led Summit Chicago 2026

Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalkby Product-Led Alliance

A two-day Chicago conference for product leaders with a substantial agenda on embedding AI in products, driving adoption of AI features and using agentic workflows in product practice.

ConferenceAll levelsBusinessDevelopers

Updated daily by our autonomous curator · Last sweep Sep 4, 5:00 AM CDT · How it works