Artificial intelligence is moving into a new phase.
The conversation is no longer simply about what AI might be capable of. Enterprises are deploying it at scale. Governments are determining how it should be governed. Researchers are pushing increasingly capable systems forward. And businesses are deciding where AI creates genuine value — and where the hype ends.
In one month, many of the people at the centre of those decisions will come together in Amsterdam.
On 7–8 October 2026, @ World Summit AI will celebrate 10 years of bringing the global AI ecosystem together, with 10,000+ attendees, 300+ speakers, 10 tracks and 100+ exhibitorsexpected for its anniversary edition.
And some of the most influential voices in AI are joining the conversation.
Three voices shaping very different parts of AI
Audrey Tang, Cyber Ambassador of Taiwan and former Digital Minister, has become one of the world’s most distinctive voices on the relationship between technology, democracy and society.
Her work offers a perspective that is increasingly important as governments around the world grapple with questions of AI governance, trust and the role technology should play in public life.
Daphne Koller, Founder and CEO of insitro and Co-founder of Coursera, has spent decades at the intersection of machine learning, science and human progress.
A former Stanford professor, her work today focuses on applying machine learning to one of humanity’s most consequential challenges: discovering and developing new medicines.
Then there’s Zico Kolter, Board Member at OpenAI, Professor and Head of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University and Chief Scientist at Gray Swan.
His work across machine learning, robustness, AI safety and security places him at the centre of some of the most important technical questions facing increasingly capable AI systems.
Three people. Three very different perspectives on where AI is heading.
And they’re just three of the 300+ speakers taking to the stages of World Summit AI this October.
Across two days, conversations will span frontier AI, enterprise adoption, infrastructure, governance, sovereignty, scientific discovery, investment, AI safety and the practical realities of deploying AI in the real world.
But this October, AI goes beyond the Summit
World Summit AI will sit at the heart of a much bigger week of activity across Amsterdam.
World AI Week is bringing together the wider AI community through a city-wide programme of workshops, roundtables, networking gatherings, founder meetups, dinners and community experiences.
Rather than concentrating every conversation inside one venue, the programme creates opportunities for organisations and communities from across the ecosystem to take discussions deeper throughout the city.
One of the additions to this year’s programme comes from Google, bringing together Google Cloud, Elastic and senior industry leaders for “The AI Agent Revolution: Balancing Investment, Implementation, and Integration” on 8 October.
The conversation will focus on a challenge increasingly facing enterprise technology leaders: how to move AI agents beyond experimentation and towards implementation while navigating integration, security, governance and ownership.
It’s one example of how the conversations happening at World Summit AI will continue beyond the main stages and into more focused discussions throughout the week.
Before all of that, a decade deserves a celebration
The week begins before the doors to World Summit AI officially open.
On Tuesday 6 October, the community will gather at Circa Amsterdam for World Summit AI Opening Night: A Celebration of 10 Years at the Forefront of AI.
The evening will bring together members of the global AI community for conversation, drinks and a special programme looking towards the future of AI and society.
Among the special guests will be Audrey Tang, setting the stage for the conversations that will follow at World Summit AI.
For a Summit celebrating its first decade, Opening Night is designed as both a moment to look back at how dramatically the AI landscape has changed — and to begin asking what the next 10 years might bring.
One final opportunity before October
For those considering joining the conversation in Amsterdam, World Summit AI is currently running its final 2-FOR-1 offer before the Summit, available until this Friday.
The offer gives attendees the opportunity to bring a colleague, friend or someone from their network with them at no additional ticket cost — particularly relevant for teams looking to experience different parts of a programme spanning 10 tracks and hundreds of speakers.
But beyond the offer, the bigger picture is what Amsterdam is set to become this October.
For one week, the city will bring together researchers, technologists, founders, enterprise leaders, policymakers, investors and communities from around the world — on the stages of World Summit AI and across the growing World AI Week programme.
Audrey Tang. Daphne Koller. Zico Kolter. 300+ speakers. 10,000+ attendees. A city-wide week of AI. And 10 years of World Summit AI.
Four weeks from now, Amsterdam becomes a meeting point for the people building, deploying, governing and questioning what comes next in AI.
For anyone trying to understand where the technology is heading — and the decisions that will shape its next chapter — October is getting very close.
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