New York, USA
16 – 18 Oct 2026
3-day conference featuring talks, workshops, and networking for people with a solid understanding of EA who are taking significant actions based on those ideas – including in AI safety.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 27 Sep 2026
San Francisco, USA
12 – 13 Dec 2026
Brings together people working to ensure transformative AI leads to good futures, and people well-positioned to move into high-priority roles in the space. Includes talks, 1-1s, and structured networking.
By Effective Ventures
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 12 Dec 2026
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September 2026
Prague, Czech Republic
22 – 26 Sep 2026
Small research gathering on the foundations of abstraction – what abstractions intelligent systems learn and how they can be characterized formally. Covers natural abstractions and bisimulation.
By Iliad, Fernando Rosas
Berkeley, USA
22 – 23 Sep 2026
For people starting to take seriously claims about a future with advanced AI. Mostly attendee conversations and 1-1s, plus optional talks from speakers including Rob Miles and Buck Shlegeris.
By Lightcone Infrastructure
Pay to attend
Register by 22 Sep 2026
Online & Hong Kong
22 Sep 2026
Simon Goldstein argues that training frontier models under one company-defined constitution concentrates moral authority. Proposes constitutional diversification to reduce catastrophic risk and prevent value lock-in.
By AI Safety Hong Kong (AISHK)
Free
Register by 22 Sep 2026
October 2026
Warsaw, Poland
3 Oct 2026
Effective altruist conference bringing together people exploring how evidence and careful reasoning can guide efforts to do good – including in AI safety.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 25 Sep 2026
Hostačov, Czech Republic
11 Oct – 29 Nov 2026
Residency focused on human agency in accelerating times. Includes working weeks and gatherings, covering topics ranging from education and AI to conceptual AI alignment.
By Hostačov
Pay to attend (assistance available)
London, UK
20 Oct 2026
Mass lobby day where volunteers request meetings with their MPs to push for action on the race to superintelligence. Earlier meetings led MPs to write to the AI minister and sign an open letter to the Prime Minister.
By PauseAI
Free
Register by 20 Oct 2026
Online & New York, USA
23 – 25 Oct 2026
Design and run experiments on collusion between AI agents in markets and everyday deployments. Covers how an auditor can distinguish it from coincidence, how coordination is carried, and how to break it.
By Apart Research, Poseidon Research, AE Studio
Free (cash prize available)
Register by 23 Oct 2026
Geneva, Switzerland
24 Oct 2026
Effective altruism event bringing together professionals, researchers, and recent graduates exploring how to do the most good with the resources they have – including in AI safety.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 4 Oct 2026
Warsaw, Poland
24 Oct 2026
Aims to introduce new people to AI safety and strengthen the Polish AI safety community. While the focus is on Poland, experts who want to connect with the Polish ecosystem are welcome.
By AI Safety Poland
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 30 Sep 2026
Istanbul, Turkey
24 Oct 2026
1-day effective altruist conference bringing together students, professionals, and individuals exploring how evidence and reasoning can guide efforts to do good – including in AI safety. Held mostly in Turkish.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Free (assistance available)
Apply by 24 Oct 2026
November 2026
Zurich, Switzerland
7 – 8 Nov 2026
Brings together people in AI safety and those planning to enter it. Includes talks and workshops across technical AI safety, governance, and careers, an organization fair, structured 1-1s, speed networking, and roundtables.
By Swiss AI Safety Days
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 17 Oct 2026
Austin, USA
12 Nov 2026
Workshop at the 2026 Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) aiming to convene the AI safety and robot learning communities to establish a shared science – and a shared research agenda – for the interpretability, alignment, and control of robot foundation models.
By Physical AI Safety Institute (PAISI)
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 1 Oct 2026
Berlin, Germany
13 – 15 Nov 2026
Effective altruist conference bringing together attendees from around Europe to explore how evidence and careful reasoning can guide efforts to do good – including in AI safety. There will be talks, workshops, panel discussions, and 1-1 meetings.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Free (assistance available)
Apply by 25 Oct 2026
Washington D.C., USA
13 – 15 Nov 2026
Nonpartisan conference on governing ourselves in the age of AI, establishing dialogue between public servants and those on the AI frontier. Includes panels, debates, workshops, technical briefings, and dinners.
By Sparrow Infrastructure
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 30 Oct 2026
Tel Aviv, Israel
22 Nov 2026
Brings together cybersecurity researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs figuring out how to secure AI on the path to superintelligence. Includes technical talks, workshops, 1-1s, and a demo and job fair.
By AI Security Forum, Heron AI Security
Pay to attend
Apply by 5 Nov 2026
Melbourne, Australia
27 – 29 Nov 2026
Effective Altruism conference bringing together 300+ people working in various EA cause areas, including AI safety. There will be talks, workshops, discussions, and networking opportunities.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Free (assistance available)
