SEINAR

Who: Tech Emerging Africa When: 5th- 9th October 2026 Time: Throughout the week, more details coming soon Where: Online & in person – details coming soon What: Four days of online programming and one day of in-person activities Description: SEINAR 2026 is the fourth edition of the AI and Emerging Tech Week (Semaine de l’Intelligence Artificielle et des Technologies Émergentes), organized annually by Tech Emerging Africa since 2023. The event runs from October 5 to 9 and is designed for a bilingual African audience (French and English) with an interest in emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, and startups. The 2026 program follows a hybrid format: four days of online programming and one day of in-person activities. This year’s theme is “Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Reimagining Skills, Transforming Enterprises, and Building the Economies of Tomorrow.” Attendance is free and open to all. Registration will open soon; updates and community access are available at techemergingafrica.com.

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THE AI LABS ARE LYING. HERE'S THE PROOF

Who: Build Something When: 5th October 2026 Time: 16:30 to 19:00 Where: Online event What: Workshop/ discussion Description: This live session puts the campaign’s case in front of the room: published interviews, preserved conversations, and the instructions and outputs at the centre of the dispute. We’ll move through the material together and discuss what it shows—and what still needs an answer. Read the records. Check the context. Decide for yourself. Explore the sources behind the organizer’s case before the event, then bring your questions. Please join the online session here: https://meet.google.com/chr-zihq-ztj

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The True Cost of AI: A Hands-On Workshop for Building AI Products Responsibly

Who: Launchpads AI / Ladies Build With AI When: 5th October 2026 Time: 4:30 – 8:30 pm Where: EDGE Workspaces Olympic, Fred. Roeskestraat 115, 1076 EE Amsterdam, Netherlands What: Networking event Description: This session tackles the true cost of AI through a practical, accessible lens, looking beyond hype and productivity gains to examine the environmental, social, and economic implications of AI use.

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When AI Starts Acting in the World

Who: QERA When: 5th October 2026 Time: 17:00–18:30 Where: Details will be shared once registered What: Networking event Description: A small, curated discussion on Multi-Agent and Physical AI — what these technologies could bring to people, organisations and industries, and what needs to change before real-world adoption becomes possible. We will explore what new opportunities emerge when AI systems can increasingly coordinate, decide and act in the physical world; how the role of humans may change; and what technical, organisational and ecosystem challenges stand between today’s experiments and real adoption. The session is for founders, industry leaders, researchers, technologists and innovation professionals. No presentations. No pitches. One table, diverse perspectives. Format: 8–10 participants, free to attend, registration subject to host approval.

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AI FOR PEOPLE — From Global Innovation to Local Impact

Who: Next Generation Hub APS When: 5th October 2026 Time: 18:00–20:30 (doors open at 17:30) Where: Online & Next Generation Hub Mercato San Severino (SA) What: Conference, Live Cases & Community Lab. Description:AI FOR PEOPLE is an Official World AI Week Event hosted in Italy by Next Generation Hub APS, a social promotion association running a community hub dedicated to artificial intelligence in Italy. It brings the global AI conversation in front of an audience that is usually left out of it: students, professionals, academics, small businesses, third-sector organisations and local institutions. The format alternates an accessible keynote, three real cases worked live and a participatory lab. Its distinctive element is The Human Question. Before the event, every participant submits one real problem from their work, their life or their community. Selected cases are worked live on stage using a six-step method that ends not with a promise but with a workable path. Please register to see the confirmed speakers and the final programme structure.

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Mirror Mirror On AI - An Experimental Debate

Who: Dot and Salt, Supported by Finom When: 5th October 2026 Time: 18:00 – 20:30 Where: Epicenter Amsterdam What: Networking event Description: Mirror Mirror is a live debate about AI, staged in a mirrored space. Real mirrors, everything reflecting everything. Someone from the audience draws a sealed envelope with a provocative statement nobody has seen, not even the speakers. They read it, say what they think first. Then four speakers answer, two minutes each, no repeating an argument. The audience votes before and after every round. What we announce is how many minds changed. Four rounds. The last one is a surprise

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Bangladesh AI Olympiad (BdAIO)

Who: BdAIO When: October 6th-9th Time: Details shared via registration Where: Details shared via registration What: Hybrid — in person and online Description: Bangladesh AI Olympiad (BdAIO) is partnering with World AI Week to host a series of AI-ML activities in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As part of the event, BdAIO will – Host an online Kaggle contest to inspire hands-on machine learning practice, from 6 October 2026 to 9 October 2026. Host an ‘Hour of AI’ activity at 2 different schools. Host an open discussion on AI and Machine Learning at BdOSN office in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Human, Synthetic, or Both? The Future of Research in an AI-Driven World

Who: Data & Insights Network When: 6th October 2026 Time: 10:00–11:00 Where: Online What: Webinar Description: We are welcoming an exciting event from our official Partner Data & Insights Network. Data & Insights Network presents Human, Synthetic or Both?, an online webinar exploring how AI and synthetic data are changing research and insights. Together with experts from Ipsos, Kantar and a third industry partner, we look beyond the hype and examine what already works in practice. How reliable are AI-generated insights? How can synthetic audiences be validated against real consumers? Where do methodological limitations remain, and what role will human respondents and researchers continue to play? Expect practical examples, critical perspectives and a lively discussion about the future balance between human and synthetic research.

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Intelligence in Motion

Who: SourceHive When: 6th October 2026 Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Where: STRAAT Museum What: Networking Event Description:​ Here’s how it goes: 30 minutes of honest, fast-moving panel debate. Then a live demonstration led by Hood Khizer, Chief Science Officer at AHOY Technology that shows – in real time, on stage – what secure data intelligence actually looks like when it moves from concept to working system. Then the floor is YOURS. ​And we mean that floor is yours. This isn’t a “raise your hand and maybe we’ll get to you” situation. We want the room in the conversation. Poke holes. Ask the awkward questions. Share what’s ACTUALLY happening in your world. That’s exactly why we’re here.

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From R&D to ROI: Turning Research Talent into Business Value

Who: Xablu Venture Studio When: 6th October 2026 Time: 10am-12:30 Where: Online What: Networking event Description: Most organizations have enough ideas but struggle to turn innovation into measurable business value. During this side event at Upstream Festival, innovation leaders, researchers, Entrepreneurial PhDs, and venture builders will explore how organizations can move from strategic intent to scalable ventures. The session focuses on ways to connect research, talent, and corporate priorities with market needs and execution. Learn why innovation programs often fail to scale Explore how AI is changing product development, talent, and commercialization Discover a venture-building model that combines corporate challenges with Entrepreneurial PhDs and commercially focused research Hear perspectives on moving beyond pilots toward measurable results Connect with corporates, founders, researchers, investors, and deep-tech talent Corporate participants may receive an innovation scan, while researchers and PhDs can access an entrepreneurial assessment. Hosted by Xablu Venture Studio, the event is for leaders and talent to build ventures faster and with less risk.

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VibeConf 2026

Who: CraftingProduct.io When: 6th October 2026 Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Where: Pathé Tuschinski, Amsterdam (VIP Room) What: Conference Description:​ Anyone can build now. The harder part is knowing what is worth building. VibeConf brings 100 curious people into one room, at one of Amsterdam’s most iconic venues, to share what they are building, what is working, and what they are still learning. Expect practical sessions, live builds, hands-on workshops, and honest stories from people doing the work. Just as importantly, expect time to meet others, compare notes, and realise you are not figuring this out alone. Less hype. More craft, curiosity, and people worth meeting.

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AI Workflow Builder Workshop

Who: AI4ALL When: 6th October 2026 Time: 11 am – 6:00 pm Where: Raamgracht 6, 1011 KK Amsterdam, Netherlands What: Workshop Description:​ This full-day hands-on workshop is for intermediate AI users who are ready to move from experimenting with prompts to designing real, working AI workflows. You’ll spend the day designing and building an AI workflow around a real problem from your own work, using tools like n8n, monday.com, and Lovable — no coding required. By the end of the day, you’ll have a completed workflow and a custom playbook to take back to your desk.

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The WES Exchange

Who: World Exec Summit When: 6th October 2026 Time: 13:00 PM – 17:00 PM Where: Eye Filmmuseum, IJpromenade 1, 1031 KT Amsterdam, Netherlands What: Networking event Description: World Exec Summit runs four Executive Strategy Tables across a single day of World AI Week. Each is a WES Exchange: twelve people including the moderator, small enough that everyone speaks and nobody presents. Each table opens on a set of Executive Questions rather than a deck — the questions leaders are already asking privately. Three are cross-industry; one goes deep on financial services. Networking, a buffet and coffee run between tables. One ticket covers the full day. Seats are assigned on seniority and relevance to the topics.

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Vibe Coding vs AI-Driven Development

Who: Streamlogic When: 6th October 2026 Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm Where: StartDock Coworking Keizersgracht 482, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland What: Networking event Description:​ This side event explores the real difference between “vibe coding” — fast, AI-generated code driven by intuition — and AI-driven development with an expert in the loop, where AI accelerates delivery without sacrificing quality, security, or long-term value.

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Digital Union Certified AI Leader

Who: Digital Union When: 6th October 2026 Time: 14:00 – 18:00 Where: Geldersekade 67, 1011 EK Amsterdam What: Networking event Description: Learn the essential leadership traits for AI leaders and apply DU-AIBOK and AI-talization concepts to move from prototype to a scalable enterprise strategy. A focused leadership experience combining a 4-hour online LMS track with a 3-hour onsite track for leaders shaping responsible, high-impact AI adoption

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Regenerative AI Innovation Forum: From Thought Leadership to Collaborative Innovation

Who: Regenerative Labs, Xablu Venture Studio and VNTR When: 6th October 2026 Time: 2-6pm Where: Amsterdam Zuid: TBC What: Networking event Description: On Tuesday, 6 October 2026, Regenerative Labs, Xablu Venture Studio and VNTR will host the Regenerative AI Innovation Forum in Amsterdam Zuid. This executive side event brings together policymakers, investors, corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers and innovation leaders to explore how AI can contribute to long-term economic prosperity, societal value and regenerative growth. The afternoon combines short keynotes with interactive discussions about the future of AI, Europe’s strategic opportunities, digital sovereignty, corporate innovation and university spin-offs. Curated roundtables will give participants the opportunity to exchange perspectives, identify shared challenges and explore potential partnerships, pilot projects and new ventures. Attendance is limited and subject to application and approval, allowing us to create a balanced and relevant group of senior participants from government, business, investment and academia. A modest participation fee may apply upon confirmation. Together, the hosts combine thought leadership, venture building and investment to help turn promising ideas into meaningful AI initiatives.

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The Next Computational Toolkit: Quantum Computing for Chemistry, Pharma and Material Science

Who:QDNL Amsterdam When: 6th October 2026 Time: 3:00 – 6:00 pm Where: Meet Berlage – Amsterdam Center, Oudebrugsteeg 9, 1012 JN, Amsterdam What: Networking event Description:​ This event unites experts across disciplines to explore breakthroughs in drugs, energy, and materials. Attendees will learn fundamentals, discover innovations, network, and identify practical real-world applications for industry and research today.

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World Summit AI Opening Night

Who: InspiredMinds! When: 6th October 2026 Time: 4:00 – 6:00 pm Where: Circa, Seineweg 2, 1043 BG Amsterdam, Netherlands What: Networking event Description:​ To mark 10 years of World Summit AI, we are delighted to welcome our distinguished speakers and our loyal global AI community for an exceptional evening in Amsterdam. The evening will commence with drinks, canapés and a warm welcome reception. We will then hear from two of our most eminent and influential speakers in a programme of insightful dialogue exploring the future of AI and society, world models and more.

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Women Building AI: What Holds Up in 2026 - A Roundtable Discussion

Who: Women in AI When: 6th October 2026 Time: 4:00 – 7:30 pm Where: AI House, Gustav Mahlerplein 5, 1082 MS Amsterdam, Netherlands What: Networking event Description:​ This second edition of Women Building AI is a curated, invite-only gathering for people building, deploying, and operating AI systems. It is designed as a focused working room during World Summit AI week: less stage, more table. ​Expect one keynote, five guided roundtables, and practical exchange with peers working through similar decisions.

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Climate Canals: Next Gen Data, AI & Robotics for Climate Solutions.

Who: Climate Canals When: 6th October 2026 Time: 17:30 – 20:00 Where: Piet Heinkade 99, 1019 GM  What: Networking event Description: Join us at Epicenter Amsterdam for World AI Week 2026, as researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors explore where data, AI, and robotics are making a material difference.  ​Following the presentations, stay for networking drinks and snacks to connect with fellow researchers, founders, and practitioners working at the intersection of technology and climate.

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Pre-World Summit AI: Pitch Night

Who: B/ACE Global (formerly DutchBasecamp) When: 6th October 2026 Time: 6:00 – 9:30 pm Where: Singel 126, 1015 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands What: Networking event Description:​ Pitching to investors or corporates is like speed-dating: you’ve only got a few minutes to spark interest, answer tough questions, and leave them wanting more. DutchBasecamp is hosting a Pitch Practice Night before the World Summit AI. A safe and supportive space where founders practice with founders and get real feedback. The event isn’t just for founders: ecosystem players, investors, and anyone curious about Amsterdam’s AI innovation are invited to watch, learn, and support.

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Agent Harnesses and Managed Agents 101 - Meetup w/ Harrison Chase

Who: LangChain When: 6th October 2026 Time: 18:00 – 21:00 Where: Register to see address What: Networking event Description: Meet our Customers and CEO & Co-Founder Harrison Chase in Amsterdam! ​Is your company exploring ways to build AI solutions? Join us to learn how other companies have successfully leveraged the LangChain ecosystem, and hear directly from our founder Harrison Chase about the latest developments. ​📅 Agenda ​18:00 – 18:30 – Walk-in, Welcome & Introductions ​18:30 – 19:30 – Harrison Chase: “Building Great Agents” + Q&A ​19:30 – 21:00 – Networking Drinks & Bites

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GitHub + Figma Happy Hour

Who: Figma & GitHub When: 6th October 2026 Time: 18:00 – 21:00 Where: Zoku Amsterdam What: Networking event Description: From design to code, in the age of AI workflows Join the GitHub and Figma teams for an evening in the heart of Amsterdam to discover, live, how to connect design and development using AI and accelerate the transition from concept to code. We’ll walk through the whole path a feature takes — from a component on the canvas, through Copilot in the editor, into a pull request, and back again. Both teams on stage, one continuous flow, live. Whether you’re a developer, designer, or product manager, this session will provide you with a concrete and practical vision of the potential synergies between GitHub Copilot and Figma. The evening will also be a chance to connect with fellow developers, designers, and product leaders over drinks and bites, with plenty of time for networking and conversations with the GitHub and Figma teams.

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Stranger Dinner

Who: InspiredMinds! When: 6th October 2026 Time: 7:00 – 9 pm Where: Restaurant Black and Blue – Leliegracht 46, 1015 DH Amsterdam What: Dinner Description: Step away from the conference buzz and into an intimate dinner with curious minds, bold thinkers, and unexpected strangers, all brought together by a shared fascination with AI and its impact on the world. Stranger Dinner is a one-of-a-kind gathering designed for meaningful conversations, where no one knows exactly who they’ll be sitting next to… but that’s the point. This dinner is for those who want to talk about more than buzzwords, to explore real ideas, challenge assumptions, and connect with others passionate about the future of AI.

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Figma Commons Amsterdam

Who: Figma When: 6th & 7th October 2026 Time: 10:00am–6:00pm Where: COKO Space, Prinsengracht 526, Amsterdam What: Networking event Description: For two days, Figma is taking over a historic canal house to share what’s new with Figma AI — interactive demos, hands-on workshops, food and drink, swag, and experts from the team. Free to attend. Pre-register a time slot and skip the queue

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World Summit AI 2026

Who: World Summit AI When: 7th & 8th October 2026 Time: 9 am – 6 pm Where: Taets Art & Event Park What: Conference Description: The world’s leading and largest AI Summit, 1000+ attendees, 300 speakers, 160+ countries, 10 tracks. Seen by tech leaders as the platform to launch their latest AI products and services and regarded as the world leading startup and investor network, WSAI gathers the global AI ecosystem of Enterprise, Big Tech, Startups, Investors, Science and Academia to set the global AI agenda, every October in Amsterdam.

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TTT-AI and partners

Who: TTT-AI , and partners DIGITAL HOLLAND Breaking Barriers / AIC4NL, LLM-BRIDGE, ALT-EDIC and the 7 DUTCH AI HUBS Time: Afternoon Wednesday 7 October 2026. Where: Lab-44, Zaandam, Netherlands. What: AI Startup-Investor Matchmaking Event. Description: The event brings AI startups and academic spin-offs developing novel AI technology together with 20 investors from the Netherlands and surrounding countries, through five curated one-on-one matchmaking sessions of 20 minutes each. The afternoon concludes with short presentations on support programmes for AI startups and networking. The event is by invitation only. Want to join? Contact Sandra sandra@handelsroute.nl for information.

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Navigating Digital Sovereignty in the AI Era: Scaling Secure Enterprise AI - Eric Lajoie, AI General Manager, SUSE

Who: SUSE When: 7th October 2026 Time: 11:50–12:35 Where: Taets Art & Event Park What: Roundtable Description:​ To stay ahead, organizations need to stop focusing on trends and start building solid, reliable AI systems. Real scalability comes from a strong foundation where AI workloads are treated with the highest level of care, security, and governance. Moving from fragmented AI experiments to secure, predictable, and fully compliant enterprise production at scale is the defining challenge for today’s leaders. Join this exclusive, peer to peer discussion to explore how highly regulated industries can industrialize AI production without giving up control. We will discuss the architectural blueprints required to build autonomous networks that deliver enterprise value while eliminating black box vendor lock-in. This is now FULLY BOOKED

The AI Production Gap: From Pilot to Production - Matt Johnson, Field CTO, MongoDB

Who: MongoDB When: 7th October 2026 Time: 12:45–13:30 Where: Taets Art & Event Park What: Roundtable Description:​ Most AI projects look good in a demo. The hard part is making them reliable, useful, and affordable in day-to-day business. This roundtable brings leaders together to compare what gets in the way: messy or outdated data, weak search, unclear ownership, security concerns, or a business case that does not hold up at scale. The conversation will explore how teams connect AI to live business context, measure whether it is working, and avoid building a maze of separate services. We will also discuss when to consolidate the stack and when flexibility across models, frameworks, and clouds matters. The goal is a candid exchange about the choices, compromises, and operating practices that help teams move from proof of concept to systems people can rely on. This is now FULLY BOOKED

Becoming a Frontier Company: Key Learnings from Industry Leaders

Who: Microsoft/EPAM When: 7th October 2026 Time: 14:30 – 15:15 Where: Taets Art & Event Park What: Roundtable Description:​ How are organizations laying the foundations for successful AI transformation? Join leaders from EPAM, Microsoft and Lipton Teas & Infusions for an executive roundtable discussion exploring the journey towards becoming a more AI-enabled organisation. Through an open conversation with peers, we’ll discuss the critical role of data foundations, the path to AI readiness, and the leadership, organizational and cultural changes required to unlock lasting business value from AI.  This is now FULLY BOOKED

Agentic AI Safety

Who: Docker When: 7th October 2026 Time: 15:25 – 16:10 Where: Taets Art & Event Park What: Executive Roundtable Description:​ In most large organizations, agents are already at work, whether or not they’ve been approved by security. This roundtable brings together senior technical leaders, including security leaders, to compare notes on the problem: what agents are accessing, whose identity they act under, what evidence would make sign-off possible, and what recent public incidents mean for their own exposure. The session is a facilitated peer conversation, hosted by a Docker executive. There are no slides or pitches here. The session is built for leaders who are being asked to approve controls they can’t yet verify, and who want to hear how their peers are handling the same question. Speaker – Mark Lechner, Chief Information Security Officer, Docker. This is now FULLY BOOKED

Proving AI Literacy: How Italy Is Turning AI Act Article 4 Into Verifiable Credentials

Who: AIPIA – Associazione Italiana Professionisti dell’Intelligenza Artificiale When: 7th October 2026 Time: 17:00-18:15 Where/ What: Online webinar, in English Description:​ AIPIA, the Italian professional association for Artificial Intelligence practitioners, will host a practical 75-minute webinar on how organisations can evidence AI literacy under Article 4 of the EU AI Act. Speakers from AIPIA’s Technical-Scientific Committee will cover what Article 4 does and does not require, the impact of Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, the current standards landscape, and what an auditable AI literacy record can look like in practice. The session is aimed at compliance and HR leaders, AI governance practitioners, training providers, policy professionals and SMEs adopting AI.

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Source Library: An Evening of Introductions at the Embassy of the Free Mind

Who: Embassy of the Free Mind (Source Library) When:  7th October  Time: 5-7:30pm Where: Embassy of the Free Mind, Keizersgracht 123, Amsterdam What: Networking event Description: The Embassy of the Free Mind will open its doors to AI Week Summit participants for an evening of introductions and connection. We’ll introduce Source Library, our initiative using AI to make the Embassy’s collection of Hermetic, alchemical, and esoteric texts more accessible and searchable. Among a short intro and a live demo of Source Library in action, there will be drinks in the historic surroundings of the House With the Heads, on Amsterdam’s Keizersgracht. A chance for us to meet the AI Week community, and for you to discover what’s inside one of the world’s most unusual libraries. Sign up by using the specific code: SL-FRIEND26

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From research to production: scaling SOTA search & reasoning agents

Who: Zeta Alpha When: 7th October 2026 Time: 17:30 – 20:00 Where: Lab42, Science Park, Amsterdam What: Networking event Description:​ Foundational AI is moving fast, but bringing cutting-edge research into stable, complex industrial environments is a key challenge for enterprise and industrial applications. Join us for an evening of tech deep-dives and conversations focused on building, scaling, and maintaining production AI for high-stakes industrial domains. The session will cover practical architecture patterns, design insights, and real-world lessons from maintaining state-of-the-art systems in production. What we’ll cover: • Efficient domain adaptation: Post-training sub-1B search agents for specialized industrial tasks. How we adapted a 0.8B model using RLVR, transitioning from public QA to specialized, low-trace railway fault analysis without sacrificing speed or precision. – by Sankar Jaydas • Building self-learning loops into custom agent SDKs. Designing resilient, self-improving agent architectures that handle complex enterprise search and decision loops in real-world production environments. – by Fernando Rejon Barrera

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Agents in Amsterdam: A Tasting Tour

Who: LangChain When: 7th October 2026 Time: 17:30 – 21:00 Where: Middenweg 44, 1505 RK Zaandam, Netherlands What: Networking  Description: “Join LangChain, Elastic, and Google Cloud for an evening tasting tour of Amsterdam by boat and on foot. We push off from the dock just a short walk from World Summit AI, sail through the historic canals over the first course, and finish in the oldest part of the city, where two more tastings wait behind doors you would walk past without knowing. ​Harrison Chase, our co-founder and CEO, is on board for the evening as well as our team of experts to answer all your questions. Talk agent building, testing, deployments and monitoring with our LangChain experts and dig into why retrieval falls apart at scale and how to solve it using Elastic search on Google Cloud. ​Capacity is limited by the boat, so register early.”

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Are LLMs capable of supporting mental health triage?

Who: Aeli When: 7th October 2026 Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CEST Where/ What: Online video conference Description:​ When someone turns to a chatbot instead of a therapist, what should happen next? Clinicians, cyberpsychologists, AI and NLP researchers and lived experience experts work through that question together in a roundtable discussion.

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Builder's Meetup Amsterdam, hosted by Disrupt.com

Who: Disrupt.com When: 7th October 2026 Time: 18:00 – 22:00 Where: StartDock singel 126 What: Networking event Description:​ If you are in Amsterdam for World Summit AI this showcase, we open the process – from idea validation to funded venture – and show you how it works in practice. You will see the real process. Meet the operators. Hear directly from founders who have built and exited. Not advisors. Not academics. In partnership with AWS, you will see the tools and infrastructure these ventures are actually built on. You leave with a clear next step. And if the fit is there, you leave as our next co-founder with a $250K cheque plus $100K free credits (OpenAI, Claude, AWS, Slack and much more)

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The Human Side of AI: A cocktail-hour warm-up on what stays irreplaceably human

Who: Damselfly Consulting SAS When: 7th October Time: 6:30-8pm Where: Room Mate Aitana, IJdok 6, 1013 MM Amsterdam, Netherlands What: Networking event Description: Between day one and day two of the summit, step out of the sessions and into a warmer conversation. We open with a 20-minute keynote from futurist and former AI innovation lead Marion Mulder on what it means to stay human as AI accelerates — the question beneath the technology. Then, drink in hand, Renée Schnitzler — founder of Profile to Presence™ and author of The Constellation Code™ — facilitates a fast, playful reading of five human “types,” where you’ll discover what’s irreplaceably yours at work and meet a roomful of people wired nothing like you. Part cocktail hour, part self-discovery, entirely human. €25 includes a drink and a copy of The Constellation Code™ for every guest. Come curious, leave knowing something new about what you bring.  

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Stranger Dinner

Who: InspiredMinds! When: 7th October 2026 Time: 7:00 – 9 pm Where: Restaurant De Luwte – Leliegracht 26-28, 1015 DG Amsterdam What: Dinner Description: Step away from the conference buzz and into an intimate dinner with curious minds, bold thinkers, and unexpected strangers, all brought together by a shared fascination with AI and its impact on the world. Stranger Dinner is a one-of-a-kind gathering designed for meaningful conversations, where no one knows exactly who they’ll be sitting next to… but that’s the point. This dinner is for those who want to talk about more than buzzwords, to explore real ideas, challenge assumptions, and connect with others passionate about the future of AI. Event now FULLY BOOKED

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Off Summit - The (Un)official After Party

Who: AHOY When: 7th October 2026 Time: 19:00 – 23:00 Where: IJver Amsterdam – Scheepsbouwkade 72, 1033 WM Amsterdam What: After Party Description:​ No slides. No keynotes. No pitches. AHOY is hosting a night at IJver Amsterdam, on the NDSM Wharf. If you know the spot, you already know this is not your typical conference venue. Former shipyard, north side of the water, the kind of place that has a story before you even walk in. We build AI that runs in the real world, on real infrastructure, for teams building things that actually ship. Wednesday night we are doing something a little simpler: good music, a bar with character, and the kind of conversations that only happen when nobody has a slide deck in front of them. No panels. No name tags. No dress code. Show up when you want, bring whoever is worth bringing, and stay as long as Amsterdam lets you.

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AI Salon Amsterdam World Summit AI Special

Who: AI Salon When: 7th October 2026 Time: 8:00 – 11:00 pm Where: Taets Art and Event Park What: Networking event Description:​ ​The Amsterdam AI Salon community will come together after the first conference day of World Summit AI 2026 with a special festive edition. Get rid of that suit and ready to mingle!

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AI, Creativity and the New Art Order

Who: Dead End Gallery When: 7th October 2026 Time: 8:00 – 11:00 pm Where: Dead End Gallery What: Networking event Description:​ In this meetup and lecture, we look beyond the hype. Art created with the aid of AI inspires fascination, resistance and urgent new questions. In this talk/meeting, we explore why. You will discover how Dead End Gallery develops AI artists, how their artworks are created, and why the stories behind the works are just as important as the images themselves. The talk explores authorship, originality, creativity, copyright, curation, and the changing role of the gallery in a new digital landscape.

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​Leap and Lead in Asia: Singapore as Asia's Strategic Gateway

Who: AI Club Asia When: 8th  October 2026 Time: 8:00- 10:00am Where: Lab 44, Middenweg 44, 1505 RK Zaandam What: Breakfast Talk Description: As Europe and Asia deepen collaboration on AI innovation, Singapore stands out as the strategic gateway connecting Southeast Asia, China, and the wider region to global AI ecosystems. Join the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)& AI Club Asia (ACA) for an intimate breakfast conversation bringing together leaders from government, industry, and academia to explore how Singapore, as a strategic gateway to Asia and, more broadly, the region, is shaping the next wave of AI innovation, and how European partners can plug in. ​Over coffee and conversation, we’ll hear diverse perspectives: from economic development strategy, to enterprise AI infrastructure, to the Dutch AI innovation landscape to research and internationalisation collaboration between Europe and Asia.

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DIVA HEALTH – International Digital Health B2B Meeting

Who: Diva Health When: 8th  October 2026 Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Where: EDGE Olympic, Amsterdam What: Networking event Description: The meeting is designed as a focused B2B platform bringing together healthcare organisations, Digital Health and HealthTech companies, AI innovators, investors, international healthcare organisations, researchers, and strategic partners to explore collaboration, digital transformation, international healthcare opportunities and potential engagement with Iraq and the wider region.

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World Summit AI 2026

Who: World Summit AI When: 7th & 8th October 2026 Time: 9 am – 6 pm Where: Taets Art & Event Park What: Conference Description: The world’s leading and largest AI Summit, 1000+ attendees, 300 speakers, 160+ countries, 10 tracks. Seen by tech leaders as the platform to launch their latest AI products and services and regarded as the world leading startup and investor network, WSAI gathers the global AI ecosystem of Enterprise, Big Tech, Startups, Investors, Science and Academia to set the global AI agenda, every October in Amsterdam.

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Stranger Lunch

Who: InspiredMinds! When: 8th October 2026 Time: 12:30 – 2:30 pm Where: Lab-44, Middenweg 44, 1505 RK Zaandam, Netherlands What: Lunch Description: Step away from the conference buzz and into an intimate lunch with curious minds, bold thinkers, and unexpected strangers, all brought together by a shared fascination with AI and its impact on the world. Stranger Lunch is a one-of-a-kind gathering designed for meaningful conversations, where no one knows exactly who they’ll be sitting next to… but that’s the point. This lunch is for those who want to talk about more than buzzwords, to explore real ideas, challenge assumptions, and connect with others passionate about the future of AI and robotics.

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The AI Agent Revolution: Balancing Investment, Implementation, and Integration - Delphin Barankanira, ISV Partner Engineering Lead, Google

Who: Elastic When: 8th October 2026 Time: 14:30–15:15 Where: Taets Art & Event Park What: Roundtable Description: AI agents are rapidly becoming a major enterprise investment priority, promising to transform how organizations automate work, interact with data, and make decisions. But moving from experimentation to enterprise-scale adoption raises much harder questions around security, integration, governance, and ownership. This roundtable brings together Google Cloud, Elastic and senior industry leaders to explore what it takes to move AI agents from ambition to implementation.   The discussion will focus on practical choices organizations are making today: where agents can create meaningful value, how to integrate and secure them across enterprise environments, and where to build internally versus leverage partners. This is now FULLY BOOKED

AI for Health and Humanity: An Executive Masterclass with Daphne Koller

Who: World Summit AI When: 8th October 2026 Time: 14:30 – 15:30 Where: Taets Art & Event Park What: Masterclass Description:An interactive 60-minute session with one of the pioneers of modern AI — and the founder and CEO of insitro, the physical AI company applying causal machine learning to human biology and drug discovery. Places are limited and booking will close on the 25th September. Attendees must hold a valid expo and content ticket for World Summit AI. If you do not hold a valid ticket you will be refunded for this event.

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Take your team beyond the limits of single-player AI

Who: Miro When: 8th October 2026 Time: 3:00–6:30 PM Where: Miro HQ, Fred. Roeskestraat 100, Amsterdam What: Networking event Description: Learn how leading orgs are bringing their teams, tools, and agents together to align on context, make better decisions, and turn those decisions into action at scale — hear directly from Miro’s own transformation team, VML, and AND Digital, alongside a panel of leading Dutch enterprises, in a half-day of candid conversation, live demos, and networking at Miro’s Amsterdam office.

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World Summit AI 10th Anniversary Closing Party

Who: World Summit AI When: 8th October 2026 Time: 4:30 – 7 pm Where: Taets Art and Event Park What: Networking event Description: The World Summit AI DJ is back and we invite you to relax with some good music and a cold drink in our purpose built mainstage marquee. Come celebrate the 10th edition with us in style! World Summit AI ticket holders only

First edition of AI at Sciencepark a co-creation between HAVA-Lab, Data Science Center and LAB42

Who: LAB42 When: 8th October 2026 Time: 16:00-19:00 Where: LAB42 What: Networking event Description:Join us on Thursday 8 October at Lab42 for the first “AI at Sciencepark” gathering, a new event series on how Artificial Intelligence is shaping our world. Every month, we’ll hear from an exciting cross-section of speakers on AI in the world, from cutting-edge scientific developments to grounded societal impact. Speakers are curated to offer multi-disciplinary perspectives, and we’re not afraid to get deep and technical where needed. 🙂 For this debut edition, we’re looking at the ways AI is impacting the university, and higher education more broadly. What do the recent upheavals in the field of mathematics mean? What can open and sustainable AI education at scale look like, and how do we address existing skills gaps and lack of diversity?

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Practi Live: AI Stories Beyond the Hype

Who: Practi When: 8th October 2026 Time: 16:30 – 19:00 Where: The Magnum Ice Cream Company’s Town Hall What: Networking event Description: Ever felt the gap between the AI hype everywhere and what reality looks like? At this Practi event, we will share unusual stories and real examples of how people and organisations are putting AI to work, from building a new global company to applying for jobs with personal agents and navigating emerging legal and ethical grey areas. Real experiences, honest lessons, and plenty to discuss.

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Dam Good Drinks

Who: Drive TLV When: 8th October 2026 Time: 18:00 – 20:00 Where: The Hoxton, Amsterdam What: Networking event Description: Wrap up World Summit AI with good people, great conversations, and, well… dam good drinks. Before everyone heads back to real life, join us at Hoxton Amsterdam for one last evening of great conversations, hosted by Drive Europe. Drive Europe is where industry leaders become AI leaders – a community helping organizations stay ahead of AI through collaboration, practical insights, and the right connections. Whether you’re looking to exchange ideas, meet new people, or simply unwind after a full day at the summit, we’d love to have you join us. No panels. No pitches. Just great conversations. Space is limited. Registration is required.

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AI Demo Night

Who: Figma When: 8th  October 2026 Time: 18:00pm – 20:30pm Where: Booking.com, Oosterdokskade 163, Amsterdam What: Networking event Description:The useful part of AI isn’t in anyone’s keynote. It’s in what someone worked out three weeks ago and hasn’t told anybody. Most of us are figuring out AI in our workflow the same way: trial and error between real deadlines, a few things that stick, plenty that don’t. It’s a strange thing to be doing alone in a room when everyone around you is doing exactly the same thing. Join the Friends of Figma Amsterdam community on October 8th for an evening of short demos and an opportunity to connect with peers to talk about them. Real files, real constraints, real dead ends. Nobody is here to be impressive — the point is that you leave with ideas you hadn’t thought to try.

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Stranger Dinner

Who: InspiredMinds! When: 8th October 2026 Time: 7:00 – 9 pm Where: Restaurant Waag – Nieuwmarkt 4, 1012 CR Amsterdam, Netherlands What: Dinner Description: Step away from the conference buzz and into an intimate dinner with curious minds, bold thinkers, and unexpected strangers, all brought together by a shared fascination with AI and its impact on the world. Stranger Dinner is a one-of-a-kind gathering designed for meaningful conversations, where no one knows exactly who they’ll be sitting next to… but that’s the point. This dinner is for those who want to talk about more than buzzwords, to explore real ideas, challenge assumptions, and connect with others passionate about the future of AI.

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AHOY Private dinner

Who: AHOY When: 8th October 2026 Time: 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM Where: Black and Blue, Leliegracht 46, 1015 DH Amsterdam, Netherlands What: Private Dinner Description: We’re bringing together 10 of the brightest minds in AI for a private dinner on the final night of World Summit AI in Amsterdam. Expect good food and high quality networking. Attendees include Jamil Shinawi, Founder and CEO of AHOY Technology, Mohannad El Barachi, CEO of Wrk.com, and Hood Khizer, CEO of Trouve Labs. Come meet some of the best people in the AI space! This is an approval only event. Everyone must register and be approved before attending.

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ODYSSEA

Who: Skill&Tell When: 8th & 9th October 2026 Time: 9:00-17:30pm Where: Amsterdam – register to find out more What: Datathon Description:A 2-day datathon, free and open to everyone, organized by Algerian AI engineers looking for competitive increments on frontier tasks Skill & Tell’s Datathon brings together curious minds, data enthusiasts and ambitious builders for an intense challenge where data meets real-world problems. Over the course of the event, participants explore a carefully designed dataset, uncover hidden patterns, build intelligent solutions and compete against teams pushing the limits of what can be achieved. From the first insight to the final submission, every decision matters, turning raw data into models, ideas and solutions that can stand up to a serious technical challenge.

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AI Breakfast @ Data & Insights Network in Amsterdam

Who: Data & Insights Network When: 9th October 2026 Time: 9:00–11:00 am Where: D&IN office, Kabelweg 57, Amsterdam What: Networking event Description: Following the success of our first AI Breakfast session last April, we are organising a special additional edition as part of World AI Week. We warmly invite both our members and interested non-members to join us for an interactive session with a maximum of 25 participants, focused on exchanging experiences, insights and ideas. The goal of this morning is clear: to continue building knowledge and strengthening connections within our community. While we laid the foundations in April, this time we’ll take the conversation one step further: Moving forward together: What advanced tips and lessons learned can we share to help each other stay ahead? AI in practice today: How has our use of AI in qualitative research changed and evolved over the past few months? New frontiers: What new practical, methodological or ethical challenges are we now encountering? After several inspiring real-world examples from our guest speakers, we’ll open up the discussion. The small-scale setting gives us the opportunity to have a genuine and in-depth conversation about the impact of AI on our profession. The session will be held in Dutch. Places at the breakfast table are limited. Will you join us?

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Sovereignty on Someone Else's Weights

Who: Estratek When: 9th October 2026 Time: 10:00-11:00 CEST Where: Online What: Online RoundTable Description: A working roundtable for technology and risk leaders in regulated industries. Roughly 40% of the world’s sovereign LLM programmes run on one American company’s published weights. Open-weight models now carry 36% of production token volume but only 8.6% of spend, and enterprise open-source API usage has fallen from 19% to 11% – developers switched, procurement did not. Twenty minutes of framing, then open discussion: which decisions can live where, the break-even maths that actually decides self-hosting, and what “sovereignty” buys a bank, an insurer or a hospital in practice. Non-commercial, no vendor pitch, Chatham House rule.

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Creative Lab: Vibe Coding & Humanities

Who: Embassy of the Free Mind (Source Library) When: 9th October 2026 Time: 3-6pm Where: Embassy of the Free Mind, Keizersgracht 123, Amsterdam What: Networking event Description: The Embassy of the Free Mind is home to more than 28,000 books and manuscripts spanning alchemy, Hermetic philosophy, Kabbalah, and other wisdom traditions. Source Library, an Embassy of the Free Mind initiative, uses AI to make these texts more accessible, searchable, and explorable for researchers and curious minds alike. Join technology futurist Michell Zappa and Source Library founder Derek Lomas for a hands-on Creative Lab exploring the tools and creative process behind Source Library, and how AI is changing the way we create, research, and build. This session runs as part of our regular Vibe Coding program, with spots reserved for AI Week Summit attendees. No coding experience required. Bring a laptop, a free ChatGPT or Claude account, and an idea you’d like to explore.

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Build Your Own AI Agent: Workshop and Round table

Who: Amsterdam Data Academy When: 9th October 2026 Time: 3-6pm Where: Matrix ONE, Science Park 301, Amsterdam What: Networking event/ Roundtable Description: An official World AI Week event, hosted at Matrix ONE on Science Park. The afternoon has two halves. First a free hands-on workshop: you build a working AI agent yourself, with our teachers next to you. No prior coding experience assumed, and you leave with something that runs. Then a round table with Ishan Singh, marketing lead at Uber, on what AI genuinely changes in marketing work and what is still noise. Not a presentation, but a small group and a facilitated conversation. For marketing directors, marketing managers and agency leads who want to move past the demos and see what this actually does in their own work.

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Bridge AI Talks — Türkiye × Netherlands

Who: Entertech İstanbul Teknokent / UTPO — Entertech Europe B.V. When: 9th October 2026 Time: 17:30 – 21:00 Where: Central Amsterdam (exact address shared with registered guests) What: Networking event/ Roundtable Description: Bridge AI Talks brings the Turkish and Dutch technology communities together for an evening of short talks and open conversation, closing out World AI Week. Entertech İstanbul Teknokent — the joint technology park of Istanbul University and Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa — runs UTPO, the International Technology Marketing Office, a programme supported by the Turkish Ministry of Trade. Under the programme, fifteen Turkish technology companies are entering the Dutch and European markets, each now operating a Dutch B.V. This autumn the office opens its permanent base in Amsterdam. Six of those companies take the floor with short talks on what they are building: sovereign on-premises GenAI for regulated enterprises, digital identity and electronic signature, clinical decision support, port automation and digital twins, financial market analytics, and mobile gaming. The rest of the evening is open networking over drinks. Who should come: founders, investors, corporate innovation teams, and anyone curious about the technology coming out of Türkiye — and about how a non-EU ecosystem finds its way into the European market. Programme 17:30 — Doors, drinks 18:30 — Startup talks 19:15 — Open networking 21:00 — Close Free to attend. Registration is required and places are limited.

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DATA ANALYTICS CONGRESS 2026 — SIGNAL VS. NOISE

Who: Data & Insights Network When: 5th November 2026 Where: Utrecht, Netherlands What: Conference Description: The AI conversation continues after World AI Week. Data & Insights Network brings the data, analytics and AI community together for Data Analytics Congress 2026 (DAC’26), centred around this year’s theme: Signal vs. Noise. As organisations generate more data, models and AI-driven output than ever, the challenge is no longer simply accessing information — it’s identifying what genuinely creates value and what simply creates more noise. Throughout the day, DAC’26 will explore AI in practice, AI agents and automation, data foundations, organisational change and the evolving impact of AI on the way we work. Expect practical insights, real-world applications and conversations focused on moving beyond the hype to understand what is actually delivering value.

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World Summit AI Amsterdam 2027

The global AI community returns to Amsterdam in 2027. World Summit AI brings together the people building, deploying, funding, governing and challenging AI — from global tech leaders and pioneering researchers to startups, investors, policymakers and enterprise decision-makers. Expect cutting-edge conversations, world-class speakers, practical insights, breakthrough technologies and connections spanning the entire AI ecosystem. From the latest advances in AI research and real-world deployment to responsible AI, governance and the societal impact of intelligent technologies, this is where the conversations shaping what comes next take place. Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2027

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World Summit AI Americas 2027

World Summit AI is heading back to Montréal in 2027. Bringing together the AI ecosystem from across the Americas and beyond, World Summit AI Canada connects the brightest minds in technology, business, science, academia, investment and government for two days of ideas, innovation and meaningful connections. From cutting-edge AI research and enterprise adoption to responsible AI, governance, emerging technologies and real-world applications, expect the conversations, people and technologies shaping the next chapter of artificial intelligence. Meet global AI leaders, discover breakthrough solutions, connect with the people building what’s next and experience one of the most important meeting points for the AI community in the Americas. Montréal, Canada | 2027

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