Blackpool, UK
17 – 20 Sep 2026
Brings together designers, developers, product managers, subject-matter experts, and others for four days to improve... this site! Teams form around specific projects, with social activities alongside the work sessions.
By AISafety.com
Free (assistance available)
Apply by 14 Aug 2026
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
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August 2026
Christchurch, New Zealand
15 Aug 2026
Teams of 2–4 diagnose a reinforcement learning agent that has found a reward hacking loophole, then implement a fix while racing through checkpoints. Mentors are on hand throughout.
By Effective Altruism Christchurch Universities (EACU), University of Canterbury Computer Society (CompSoc)
Free
Register by 15 Aug 2026
Bremen, Germany
15 – 16 Aug 2026
Workshop at IJCAI/ECAI 2026 exploring safety challenges in physical AI systems, from near-term autonomous robotics risks to longer-horizon threats from physically capable AGI. Includes talks, poster sessions, panel discussions, and a mentoring program for early-career researchers.
By University of Bremen, Robotics Institute Germany
Pay to attend
Register by 15 Aug 2026
Vancouver, Canada
16 Aug 2026
Aims to bring together researchers, organizers, professionals, and independent contributors from across AI safety to discuss and connect.
By Vancouver AI Safety Hub (VASH)
Free
Register by 16 Aug 2026
Santiago, Chile
22 Aug 2026
1-day conference for professionals from all disciplines who want to use their skills, experience, and resources to have greater positive impact – including in AI safety. There will be talks and panel discussions, sessions on careers and opportunities, mentoring, and social activities.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Free
Apply by 14 Aug 2026
Copenhagen, Denmark
22 Aug 2026
The first multi-disciplinary conference on AI x-risk in Denmark, bringing together researchers, students, policymakers, and others concerned about the risks. The aim is to strengthen the Danish AI safety community and to establish a recurring national venue for discussion.
By Søren Elverlin
Free
Register by 22 Aug 2026
London, UK
22 Aug 2026
Aims to narrow the gap between the research being done in the AI safety field and what the public understands – including policymakers. Participants turn complex AI safety concepts into accessible content.
By London Interface for AI Safety (LIaiSE), Frame Fellowship
Free (cash prize available)
Apply by 20 Aug 2026
Singapore
29 – 30 Aug 2026
Effective Altruism conference bringing together 250 attendees for a 2-day program of talks, workshops, discussions, and networking on EA cause areas – including AI safety.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 15 Aug 2026
Buenos Aires, Argentina
29 Aug 2026
Spanish-language effective altruist conference bringing together people exploring how evidence and reason can guide efforts to do good – including in AI safety. There'll be talks, workshops, career sessions, and networking.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Free
Apply by 15 Aug 2026
September 2026
Berlin, Germany
5 Sep 2026
Event where European AI safety institutions and researchers will gather and coordinate. There’ll be talks, workshops, a projects showcase, and a panel on the establishment of European AI Security Institutes.
By Safe AI Germany, Foresight Institute
Free
Apply by 5 Sep 2026
London, UK
5 – 7 Sep 2026
Conference aiming to prepare organizers, advocates, researchers, and campaigners from around the world to return to their countries with the motivation, confidence, and skills to build the movement demanding AI frontier development be paused.
By PauseAI
Free (assistance available)
Apply by 21 Aug 2026
Berlin, Germany
11 – 14 Sep 2026
Annual rationalist unconference which brings together aspiring rationalists from across Europe and beyond for 4 days of intellectual exploration and fun. Many activities are unrelated to AI safety, but those are optional and there are many AI safety people there to make it worthwhile.
By LWCW
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 11 Sep 2026
Cambridge, UK
17 – 18 Sep 2026
Aims to bring together the existential risk community, with a focus this year on the governance challenges shaping today’s world – including around AI safety.
By Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER)
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Register by 17 Sep 2026
Blackpool, UK
17 – 20 Sep 2026
Brings together designers, developers, product managers, subject-matter experts, and others for four days to improve... this site! Teams form around specific projects, with social activities alongside the work sessions.
By AISafety.com
Free (assistance available)
Apply by 14 Aug 2026
New Delhi, India
19 – 20 Sep 2026
Effective altruist conference bringing together attendees from India and surrounding regions 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 19 Sep 2026
Wellington, New Zealand
19 Sep 2026
1-day effective altruism conference for people across New Zealand interested in using reason and evidence to do the most good possible. Includes talks, workshops, and networking on AI safety and other EA cause areas.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Pay to attend (assistance available)
Apply by 19 Sep 2026
Oxford, UK
25 – 27 Sep 2026
Brings together the effective altruism (including AI safety) community to connect, exchange ideas, and find concrete ways to have more impact. Includes talks and panels, workshops, meetups, and 1-1 conversations.
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
Free (assistance available)
Apply by 13 Sep 2026
Cambridge, USA
28 Sep 2026
For academic researchers, faculty, postdocs, PhD students, and early-career scholars to explore promising research directions in AI safety. Includes presentations, panels, breakout sessions, and networking.
By FAR.AI, Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI)
Free (assistance available)
Apply by 20 Aug 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
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
Washington D.C., USA
23 – 25 Oct 2026
Connects students and recent graduates considering careers in AI governance, law, or public service with guest speakers working in AI policy. Includes discussions of the AI governance landscape.
By DC Mini-Conference (DCMC)
Free (assistance available)
Apply by 28 Aug 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
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)
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)
