World Summit AI marks 10-year milestone with biggest-ever Amsterdam edition

World Summit AI 2026 returns to Amsterdam for its 10th anniversary, bringing together global AI leaders in October.

08 July 2026, London, UK — World Summit AI (WSAI) will return to Amsterdam on 7–8 October 2026 for its 10th anniversary edition, bringing together more than 10,000 attendees from over 130 countries for its largest global gathering to date. Held at Taets Art & Event Park, the 2026 summit will convene leaders from enterprise, big tech, start-ups, investment, academia and government to examine how AI is being built, deployed and governed at scale.

Under the banner “Shaping the new AI paradigm”, WSAI 2026 will feature 300+ speakers, 100+ exhibitors and a more expansive programme designed to serve both technical and non-technical audiences. World Summit AI’s Chief Operating Officer, Maisie Holder stated,

“World Summit AI began nearly a decade ago, before AI became a global headline, with a simple belief: the future of this technology should be shaped through open dialogue across the whole ecosystem. As AI becomes more powerful and more consequential, it is more important than ever to bring people together to challenge ideas, share perspectives and help shape what comes next.”

The 10th anniversary edition comes at a pivotal moment for AI governance, safety and sovereignty. As governments and regulators develop new frameworks, enterprises deploy increasingly powerful models, and infrastructure choices take on geopolitical significance.

World Summit AI will convene the people shaping AI policy, infrastructure and deployment to move the conversation beyond broad principles and toward practical approaches for responsible, resilient AI.

As the anchor event of World AI Week, WSAI26 will sit at the centre of more than 100 fringe events taking place across the city from 5–9 October 2026.

Headline speakers already announced include:

• Audrey Tang, Cyber Ambassador, Government of Taiwan
• Zico Kolter, Board of OpenAI; Chief Scientist, Gray Swan AI; Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
• Marietje Schaake, Fellow, Stanford University’s Institute for Human‑Centered Artificial Intelligence; Former Member of the European Parliament
• Grady Booch, ACM Fellow, IBM Fellow, IEEE Fellow and IEEE Computing Pioneer
• Dr Simon See, Professor, Nanyang Technological University; Global Head of NVAITC,
• NVIDIA
• Dr Ling Ge, Chief Investment and Strategy Officer (EMEA), Tencent
• Mark Papermaster, CTO and EVP, AMD
• Harrison Chase, Co‑Founder and CEO, LangChain

Opening night: Celebrating 10 years

To mark the anniversary, World Summit AI will also host an invitation-only Opening Night on 6 October in Amsterdam for valued speakers, VIPs, long-standing supporters and senior AI leaders, with selected journalists able to request access. The evening will include ‘An audience with Audrey Tang’ and a special guest to be announced. The summit will close the 10-year celebrations with an afterparty in the custom-built mainstage marquee 4 – 6pm on the 8th October.

Sponsors include Global Partners Airia and SAP, Platinum Partner HP and Gold Partners, Figma and Glean. City of Amsterdam returns in their long-standing partnership with WSAI as Headline City Host Partner.

About World Summit AI

World Summit AI is the world’s leading AI summit, bringing together the people shaping how artificial intelligence is researched, governed and deployed globally. Since launching in Amsterdam in 2017, the summit has become a critical meeting point for enterprise leaders, big tech, start-ups, researchers, policymakers, investors and ethical experts from across the global AI ecosystem.

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