# AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 > The largest technical AI conference in the world, with 29 tracks, 300 speakers, 100 expo partners, 6,000+ AI Engineers, founders, and VPs of AI. - **Website:** https://ai.engineer/worldsfair/2026 - **Dates:** June 29 – July 2, 2026 (4 days) - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Venue:** Moscone West Convention Center - **Tickets:** - **Newsletter:** - **YouTube:** - **Twitter/X:** - **LinkedIn:** --- ## Schedule Overview ### Day 0 — Sunday, June 28: New Engineer Orientation (NEO) | Time | Event | |------|-------| | 5:00PM – 9:00PM | Early Registration & Badge Pickup | | 7:00PM – 9:00PM | New Engineer Orientation | > **Sign up for NEO:** ### Day 1 — Monday, June 29: Workshop Day + Welcome Reception | Time | Event | |------|-------| | 8:00AM – 7:00PM | Registration | | 9:00AM – 1:00PM | 10 Rooms of Workshops | | 1:00PM – 4:00PM | Exhibitor Arrival | | 1:15PM – 2:15PM | Lunch & Learn Workshops | | 2:30PM – 5:30PM | 10 Rooms of Workshops | | 4:00PM – 7:30PM | Expo + Sonar x Extend Welcome Reception | | 6:00PM – 9:00PM | Oxylabs VIP Reception | | 7:00PM – 10:30PM | Firecrawl Speaker Dinner | | 7:00PM – 9:30PM | Qodo: AIE Opening Night VIP Event | | 8:00PM – 10:00PM | Offsite Side Events & Meetups | ### Day 2 — Tuesday, June 30: Keynotes + Breakouts | Time | Event | |------|-------| | 8:00AM – 5:00PM | Registration | | 9:00AM – 10:30AM | 90m Keynotes | | 10:00AM – 7:30PM | Expo | | 10:45AM – 12:25PM | 10 Parallel Tracks + Leadership | | 1:30PM – 4:05PM | 10 Parallel Tracks + Leadership | | 4:30PM – 5:30PM | 60m Keynotes | | 5:00PM – 7:30PM | Onsite Networking Night | | 7:30PM – 10:30PM | Optiver: The Agentic SDLC Loop | ### Day 3 — Wednesday, July 1: World Cup + Multi-Track Programming | Time | Event | |------|-------| | 8:00AM – 5:00PM | Registration | | 9:00AM – 10:30AM | 90m Keynotes | | 10:00AM – 5:00PM | Expo | | 10:45AM – 12:25PM | 10 Parallel Tracks + Leadership | | 1:30PM – 4:05PM | 10 Parallel Tracks + Leadership | | 4:00PM – 7:00PM | World Cup Quarterfinal VIP Suite | | 4:30PM – 5:30PM | 60m Keynotes | | 6:00PM – 9:00PM | Stripe x Metronome Startup Night | | 6:00PM – 10:00PM | Offsite Side Events & Meetups | | 6:30PM – 9:30PM | Vercel x Merge x Factory: AI Engineer After Dark | ### Day 4 — Thursday, July 2: Final Day + Last Chance Expo | Time | Event | |------|-------| | 8:00AM – 1:00PM | Registration | | 9:00AM – 10:30AM | 90m Keynotes | | 10:00AM – 4:30PM | Expo | | 10:45AM – 12:25PM | 10 Parallel Tracks + Leadership | | 1:30PM – 4:05PM | 10 Parallel Tracks + Leadership | | 4:30PM – 5:30PM | 60m Keynotes | | 6:00PM – 10:00PM | Offsite Side Events & Meetups | --- ## Tracks 40 tracks across 4 days, covering the full breadth of AI engineering. ### Day 1 — Workshop Day Full-day hands-on workshops across all tracks. ### Day 2 — Session Day 1 | Track | Room | |-------|------| | Software Factories | Keynote | | Claws & Personal Agents | Track 1 | | Vision & OCR | Track 2 | | Search & Retrieval | Track 3 | | Workshops Day 2 | Track 4 | | Security | Track 5 | | Voice & Realtime AI | Track 6 | | LLM Recsys | Track 7 | | Forward Deployed Engineering | Track 8 | | Data Quality | Track 9 | | AI-Native Enterprises | Leadership 1 | | AI Architects: Show my Workflow | Leadership 2 | | CTO Circle | Leadership Lounge | ### Day 3 — Session Day 2 | Track | Room | |-------|------| | Autoresearch | Keynote | | Sandbox & Platform Engineering | Track 1 | | Robotics & World Models | Track 2 | | Memory & Continual Learning | Track 3 | | Workshops Day 3 | Track 4 | | Evals | Track 5 | | Design Engineering | Track 6 | | Computer Use | Track 7 | | Context Engineering | Track 8 | | Posttraining & Midtraining | Track 9 | | AI-Native Enterprises | Leadership 1 | | AI Architects: Tokenmaxxing | Leadership 2 | | CTO Circle | Leadership Lounge | ### Day 4 — Session Day 3 | Track | Room | |-------|------| | Harness Engineering | Keynote | | Startup Battlefield | Networking Room | | Generative Media | Track 1 | | Agentic Commerce | Track 2 | | AI in Finance | Track 3 | | Local AI | Track 4 | | Graphs | Track 5 | | AI in GTM | Track 6 | | AI in Healthcare | Track 7 | | Agentic Engineering | Track 8 | | Inference | Track 9 | | AI-Native Enterprises | Leadership 1 | | AI Architects: AI Factories | Leadership 2 | | CTO Circle | Leadership Lounge | --- ## Venue **Moscone West Convention Center**, San Francisco, CA Three levels of programming: | Floor | What | |-------|------| | 1st Floor | Registration, Expo, Food, Evening Socials | | 2nd Floor | Breakout Rooms | | 3rd Floor | Keynotes + VIP Rooms | ## Hotels Discounted room blocks close June 6, 2026. Book early — World Cup in the US means rooms sell out fast. | Hotel | Status | |-------|--------| | [San Francisco Marriott Marquis](https://book.passkey.com/e/51164469) | Available | | Parc 55 San Francisco | **SOLD OUT** | | [InterContinental San Francisco](https://www.ihg.com/hotels/us/en/find-hotels/select-roomrate?fromRedirect=true&qSrt=sAV&qIta=99801505&icdv=99801505&qSlH=sfohb&qCiD=27&qCiMy=052026&qCoD=04&qCoMy=062026&qGrpCd=ae3&qAAR=6CBARC&qRtP=6CBARC&setPMCookies=true&qSHBrC=IC&qDest=888%20Howard%20Street,%20San%20Francisco,%20CA,%20US&showApp=true&adjustMonth=false&srb_u=1&qRmFltr=) | Available | --- ## Tickets Full refunds available up to one month before the event. | Tier | Price | Access | |------|-------|--------| | Leadership | $2,399 | Keynote + leadership tracks + expo + workshops | | Engineering + Workshops | $1,999 | All engineering tracks + workshops + expo | | Engineering | $1,499 | All engineering tracks + expo | | Expo Explorer | $299 | Expo hall access only | **Group discounts** (applied automatically): | Quantity | Discount | |----------|----------| | 5+ tickets | 10% off | | 10+ tickets | 15% off | | 15+ tickets | 20% off | | 30+ tickets | Email info@ai.engineer | **Purchase:** --- ## Highlights - Startup Battlefield on July 2nd - 100+ expo partners throughout - 10 engineering tracks per day + 2 Leadership Tracks on main days - World Cup Quarterfinal VIP Suite (July 1, Levi's Stadium — invite only, sponsorships available) - No afterparties July 1 & 2 — side events encouraged --- ## For AI Agents Open endpoints for building apps, agents, and tools on conference data. - llms.md (this overview): https://ai.engineer/worldsfair/2026/llms.md - llms-full.md (every session + all speakers): https://ai.engineer/worldsfair/2026/llms-full.md - Sessions JSON: https://ai.engineer/worldsfair/2026/sessions.json - Speakers JSON: https://ai.engineer/worldsfair/2026/speakers.json - MCP Server: https://ai.engineer/mcp - iCal Calendar: https://ai.engineer/worldsfair/2026/calendar.ics --- ## Links - **Website:** https://ai.engineer/worldsfair/2026 - **Tickets:** - **YouTube:** - **Twitter/X:** - **LinkedIn:** - **Newsletter:** - **NEO Sign-up:**