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From 21 to 27 September 2026, the fourth Rome Future Week takes over the entire city under the motto “Materia prima”: companies, universities, start-ups and institutions open their doors for hundreds of individual sessions — artificial intelligence is one of the headline topics alongside work, education, health, mobility and space, according to the programme announcement.
Source: Offizielle Website · Spot and Web: Programmankündigung 2026
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Zurich, Switzerland
A festival built as a movement: the Swiss {ai} Weeks bundle hackathons and AI events nationwide from 1 September to 4 October 2026.
Basel, Switzerland · FHNW Campus Dreispitz
A hackathon rather than a classic conference: Hack am Rhein has teams from four disciplines build together in Basel from 1–4 October 2026.
Dublin, Ireland
As a community-led festival week, Dublin AI Week gathers AI product builders and founders around the International AI Summit.
Rome, Italy · Nazionale Spazio Eventi
A single-stage conference on search and AI: SERP Conf. Rome runs on 16 October 2026 from 9:30 to 21:30.
Rome, Italy · Gazometro Ostiense
A festival with a large exhibition: Maker Faire Rome 2026 puts AI, robotics and agritech centre stage from 23 to 25 October.
Rome, Italy · Sapienza Università di Roma (DIAG)
An academic AI conference: CIKM 2026 combines tutorials, workshops and a main programme around information access and knowledge.
Milan, Italy · Magna Pars Event Space
A conference for data and AI leaders: the IDC AI & Data Summit covers governance, agentic AI and AI ROI in Milan on 8 October 2026.
Milan, Italy · Superstudio Più
A developer conference with an AI focus: Codemotion Milan brings talks on LLMs, AI agents and MCP to Milan (28–29 October 2026).
Milan, Italy · Bocconi University
An academic conference on AI in finance: ICAIF '26 spans generative AI, responsible AI and markets (14–17 November 2026, Milan).