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
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
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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 (SAIGE), 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
11 – 13 Sep 2026
Teams of researchers, engineers, and security practitioners turn public incident evidence into practical response methods for autonomous AI incidents.
By Apart Research, CeSIA
Free (cash prize available)
Register 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
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
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)
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
2-day gathering bringing 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
Apply by 7 Nov 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
Register 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
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)
