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An annual summit on artificial intelligence and leadership hosted by ODSC (Open Data Science Community). The event brings together data scientists, AI practitioners, technology leaders, and business professionals to explore emerging trends, applications, and implications of AI systems. Held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport. Pre-registration required; paid attendance.
ODSC AI West 2026 is a multi-day conference bringing together practitioners, business leaders, and AI professionals to explore reskilling opportunities, emerging technologies, and leadership strategies in an AI-driven economy. The summit features keynotes, expert panels, and topic-focused sessions on AI applications, workforce transformation, and organizational strategy. Hosted by the Open Data Science Community at Hyatt Regency SFO.
The Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) AI West 2026 brings together data scientists, machine learning engineers, and AI practitioners for workshops and hands-on training led by industry experts. The conference features technical sessions on AI research, applications, and emerging tools, with opportunities to learn from leading practitioners across academia and industry. Multi-day program with keynotes, breakout sessions, and networking.
The Future of Decision-Making Conference examines how AI-enabled systems are reshaping high-stakes decision-making across military commands, intelligence analysis, crisis management, and clinical settings. Hosted by Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation, the conference brings together scholars, practitioners, and operational experts to discuss cognitive surrender, military decision-making and AI, and featured research presentations. Topics include how reliance on machine outputs reshapes professional judgment and how AI is changing command decisions in practice. October 28, 2026.
A Stanford HAI conference exploring the societal implications of rapid AI advancement, centered on workforce and labor concerns. Keynote speakers include Fei-Fei Li (Founding Director, Stanford HAI), James Landay (Denning Director, Stanford HAI), Jeff Dean (CEO, DiscoveryLoop), and Audrey Tang (Cyber Ambassador-at-large, Taiwan). The conference addresses widespread anxiety about AI's impact across sectors, examining questions of human worth and place in a shifting technological landscape.
A comprehensive conference on heart rhythm disorders and arrhythmia management, featuring world-renowned cardiologists and electrophysiology experts. Plenary sessions explore digital health, wearables, and emerging technologies in arrhythmia care. Three parallel tracks with rapid-fire sessions cover mechanisms of cardiac fibrillation, inherited arrhythmias, catheter ablation strategies, and stroke prevention. Designed for physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, fellows, residents, and students seeking CME/CEU credits. Free in-person registration for Stanford-affiliated attendees; professional registration available at sliding scale ($90–$390). Hosted by Stanford University.
AgentCamp is a community-led unconference where early adopters of AI agent technologies gather to share experiences, challenges, and solutions. The program opens with lightning talks on agent engineering, AI memory, AI loops, and LLMs, followed by attendee-proposed breakout sessions across three rounds. Designed for builders, entrepreneurs, and anyone curious about practical AI applications, the event emphasizes peer learning and real-world use cases. Hosted by TechEquity AI, a nonprofit democratizing access to AI knowledge, as part of the broader TechEquity AI Summit series.
The Stanford Medicine Children's Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease Research Symposium brings together faculty, trainees, postdocs, students, and researchers to discuss the latest advances in diagnosing, managing, and treating pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and celiac disease. The day-long program features translational research presentations and clinical discussions at the forefront of both fields, with opportunities to learn about innovations in therapy and patient care. Researchers are invited to submit abstracts.
TechEquity AI Summit 2026 features keynote talks and hands-on AI agent workshops. The event explores applications of generative AI across industries and skill-building in emerging AI tools and methodologies. Free to attend.
A hands-on workshop introducing Snowflake Data Cloud, covering platform navigation, data organization, access management, querying structured and semi-structured data, and built-in AI/ML capabilities. Led by Dave Doan and Richie Bachala, Senior Delivery Manager and Senior Manager of Applied Engineering at Snowflake, respectively. Part of the TechEquity AI Summit, a series of events combining keynotes, panels, and technical workshops designed to democratize AI knowledge and applications.
Part of the TechEquity AI Summit, this half-day program combines a keynote on GraphRAG patterns with a hands-on 90-minute workshop on AI Gateway architecture and governance. Learn core concepts including build-vs-buy tradeoffs, cost visibility, rate limiting, and sensitive data redaction using Snowflake AI Gateway as a primary case study, with comparison to alternatives like LiteLLM, Kong, and Cloudflare AI Gateway. Speakers: Okhtay Azarmanesh, Principal AI/ML Architect at Snowflake, and Stephen Chin, VP of Developer Relations at Neo4j. No prerequisites beyond familiarity with AI agents and LLMs.
A one-day conference examining how major technology platforms shape public life for billions in the Global Majority—Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and parts of Asia and Oceania—and why rights and safety protections remain concentrated in wealthy nations. Three panels explore the ideological foundations of tech power (the tech right), geopolitical dimensions of AI governance, online harms and accountability mechanisms, and the labor and financial systems sustaining counter-power. Hosted by Stanford's Center for South Asia in partnership with the Center for the Study of Organized Hate, We Are Noor, and DRF USA.
A pitch competition and conference showcasing deep-tech ventures at the intersection of health, AI, brain-machine interfaces, longevity, precision health, wearables, and robotics. Five finalist teams present to compete for a $25K prize. Keynote by John L. Hennessy, President Emeritus of Stanford and Chairman of Alphabet, in conversation with Prof. Zhenan Bao, eWEAR Faculty Director. The day includes pitches from teams including AlignSight Medical, Lume Health, CircuCare, and others, followed by a startup demo showcase and networking reception. Hosted by Stanford University's eWEAR initiative.
A showcase of practical ethics projects from Stanford's 2026 Ethics and Technology Practitioner Fellows, exploring critical intersections of technology and ethics through inquiry, stakeholder engagement, and organizational reform. Projects span community deliberation on data centers, AI-accelerated carbon emissions, and AI regulation. The event welcomes civil society actors, policymakers, industry leaders, and academics to discuss exercising ethical leadership amid barriers to change.
The 3rd Annual Silicon Valley IP Forum convenes judges, law firm and in-house counsel, and IP law academics for substantive discussion on intellectual property practice and policy. Hosted by Stanford University at Munger Complex.
The CIFE annual Industrialized Construction Forum convenes industry leaders, innovators, and startups exploring off-site construction, prefabrication, 3D printing, robotics, and emerging business models reshaping how buildings are made. Since 2014, the IC Forum has served as the premier knowledge-exchange hub for this growing community across the Bay Area and globally, bridging research and practice in next-generation construction technology and methodology.
The 2027 Global and Planetary Health Research Convening brings together physician-scientists, engineers, economists, earth scientists, ecologists, and mathematical modelers to share original research and explore collaborations in global and planetary health. Hosted by Stanford's Center for Human and Planetary Health and Center for Innovation in Global Health, the full-day convening welcomes abstract submissions across disciplines addressing this year's theme. Thursday, February 11, 9am–3pm at Stanford.
The BlackStar Greaves Seminar is a three-day gathering for artists, filmmakers, scholars, and curators working in cinematic media. Hosted by Stanford University's Institute for Diversity in the Arts, the seminar explores the technical and creative aspects of media-making through sessions, artist presentations, and intimate peer exchange. Attendees will connect with peers and center their practice while engaging with the natural beauty of northern California. Open to curators, film programmers, filmmakers, film workers, and film scholars; proposals for sessions are invited through October 5, with general registration opening in November.
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