Best AI and chatbot conferences in 2017

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With the list of their attendees. Can we make it?

Alex Kistenev

Photo credit: Slush.org, the amazing tech conference in Helsinki, Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

We at Standuply, while working hard on a Slack bot for Agile teams, like to have fun and make some noise. Since we are excited about AI and bots, we would like to get to know others who feel the same. So we have an idea:

What if we can have a single list of conferences and their participants in AI and chatbot space?

This way everybody could pick the best conference for them and engage with visitors before an event. Wouldnโ€™t that be cool? So weโ€™ve composed a list of AI and chatbot conferences in 2017.

Now letโ€™s fill it up โ˜๏ธ ๏ธ

Leave me a note near an event youโ€™re interested or going to. Then I will submit your name on the list. If youโ€™re not on Medium, reach me on Twitter at @alexkistenev and I will put your Twitter handle on the list as well.

As of 30 August, the list contains: 89 events.

Like the idea? Click on the heart below โ™ก and bring on masses!

Jan โ€” Mar

Missed. I know, I know, we should have started earlier ๐Ÿ˜ด

April

Web a Quebec

  • 4โ€“6 Apr in Quebec city, Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
  • AI, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going: , , ,

LEADE.RS Paris

  • 11โ€“12 Apr in Paris, France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
  • AI, chatbots
  • Interested/going: , ,

F8 โ€” Facebook Developer Conference

  • 18โ€“19 Apr in San Jose, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, chatbots
  • Interested/going: , , , , , , , ,

Machine Learning Prague 2017

  • 21โ€“21 Apr in Prague, Czech Republic ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

SpeechTEK

  • 24โ€“26 Apr in Washington, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going: , , ,

dotAI

  • 25 Apr in Paris, France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going: , ,

AI Conference

  • 25 Apr in Moscow, Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
  • AI, chatbots
  • Interested/going: , ,

Botscamp

  • 26 Apr online ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ
  • AI, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going:

Deep Learning Summit Singapore

  • 27โ€“28 Apr in Singapore ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going: , ,

AI With The Best

  • 29โ€“30 Apr online ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ
  • AI, chatbots, ML
  • Interested/going: , ,

BotBarcamp

  • 29โ€“30 Apr in Vienna, Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น
  • AI, chatbots, ML
  • Interested/going: ,

May

Open Data Science Conference East

  • 3โ€“5 May in Boston, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Intelligent Assistants Conference

  • 4โ€“5 May in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, ML, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going:

GPU Technology Conference

  • 8โ€“11 May in Silicon Valley, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

SuperBot Conference

  • Discount code: standuply โ€” 20% off
  • 9 May in San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going: , ,

The AI Summit London

  • 9โ€“10 May in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Microsoft Build 2017

  • 10โ€“12 May in Seattle, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • Topics: N/A
  • Interested/going: ,

Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2017

  • 11 May in San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, chatbots, ML
  • Interested/going:

Rise of AI

  • 11 May in Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Big Data & IoT Summit

  • 17โ€“18 May in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, IoT, ML
  • Interested/going:

The Machine Learning Conference

  • 19 May in Seattle, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

DEVNET Create

  • 23โ€“24 May in San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, chatbots, IoT, ML, voice interfaces
  • Interested/going:

AI Forum at C2 Montrรฉal 2017

  • 24โ€“26 May in Montreal, Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Deep Learning Summit

  • 25โ€“26 May in Boston, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Chat Conference Shanghai

  • 27 May in Shanghai
  • Topics: Wechat
  • Interested/going:

June

AI Expo Europe 2017

  • 1โ€“2 June in Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
  • AI, chatbots, ML
  • Interested/going:

Deep Learning in Retail & Advertising Summit

  • 1โ€“2 June in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Deep Learning in Finance Summit

  • 1โ€“2 June in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

The AI Conference

  • 2 June in San-Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML, chatbots
  • Interested/going:

VB Summit 2017

  • 5โ€“6 June in Berkeley, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, chatbots
  • Interested/going:

Humans and Robots

  • 8 June in York, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, chatbots
  • Interested/going: ,

AI & Machine Learning World

  • 13โ€“15 June in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Connected Cars & Autonomous Vehicles

  • 13โ€“15 June in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI and ML in smart cars
  • Interested/going:

AI Toronto 2017

  • 20โ€“21 June in Toronto, Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
  • AI, chatbots, ML, voice
  • Interested/going:

M.I.E. Summit 2017

  • 20 June in Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Global AI Hackathon

  • 23โ€“25 June in San-Francisco, Seattle, New-York, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Munich, Beijing, Tokyo, Vancouver, Casablanca
  • AI, chatbots, ML
  • Interested/going:

Chatbot Summit

  • 26 June in Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
  • AI, ML, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/Going: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Oโ€™Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference

  • 26โ€“29 June in New York, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence

  • 28โ€“29 June in San Diego, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Machine Intelligence Summit

  • 28โ€“29 June in Amsterdam, Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Botscamp

  • 29 June online ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ
  • AI, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going:

July

The AI Summit Hong Kong

  • 26 July in Hong Kong ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

MobileBeat 2017

  • 11โ€“12 July in San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, chatbots, ML
  • Interested/going:

International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining

  • 15โ€“20 July in New York, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Multimedia & AI Summit and Expo

  • 20โ€“21 July in Lisbon, Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
  • AI
  • Interested/going:

The Fifth Elephant

  • 20โ€“21 July in Bangalore, India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Anthill Inside 2017

  • 29 July in Bangalore, India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

September

AI Vancouver Conference

  • 7 Sep in Vancouver, Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Intelligent Systems Conference 2017

  • 7โ€“8 Sep in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

The Machine Learning Conference

  • 15 Sep in Atlanta, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Oโ€™Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference

  • 17โ€“20 Sep in San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Deep Learning Summit

  • 21โ€“22 Sep in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Virtual Assistant Summit

  • 21โ€“22 Sep in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, ML, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going:

The AI Summit San Francisco

  • 27โ€“28 Sep in San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Botscamp

  • 28 Sep online ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ
  • AI, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going:

October

ChatbotConf

  • 2โ€“3 Oct in Vienna, Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น
  • chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going: , , , ,

Minds Mastering Machines [M3]

  • 9โ€“11 Oct in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Business of Bots 2017

  • 9โ€“11 Oct in San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • chatbots, AI
  • Interested/going:

GPU Technology Conference

  • 10โ€“12 Oct in Munich, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Predictive Analytics World London

  • 11โ€“12 Oct in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI
  • Interested/going:

World Summit AI

  • 11โ€“12 Oct in Amsterdam, NL
  • AI
  • Interested/going:

Open Data Science Conference Europe

  • 13โ€“14 Oct in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

Deep Learning Summit Montreal

  • 12โ€“13 Oct in Montreal, Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going: ,

monage

  • 24โ€“26 Oct in Boston, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • chatbots, conversional interfaces
  • Interested/going:

World of Watson โ€” 2017

  • 29 Oct - 2 Nov in Las Vegas, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML, chatbots
  • Interested/going:

AI Asia

  • 30โ€“31 Oct in Singapore ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

November

Data Natives

  • TBD in Berlin, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence

  • 1โ€“3 Nov in Madeira, Portugal
  • AI
  • Interested/going:

Open Data Science Conference West

  • 2โ€“4 Nov in San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

TalkRobot at Web Summit

  • 6โ€“9 Nov in Lisbon, Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
  • chatbots
  • Interested/going:

AI Evolution

  • 7 Nov in New York, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

MACHINA Summit AI

  • 8โ€“9 Nov in Munich, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going: ,

Machine Intelligence Summit Hong Kong

  • 9โ€“10 Nov in Hong Kong ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going: , ,

The Machine Learning Conference

  • 10 Nov in San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

AI Europe

  • 20โ€“21 Nov in London, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, chatbots, ML, voice
  • Interested/going:

RPA & AI Summit

  • 28โ€“29 Nov in UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI, chatbots
  • Interested/going:

AWS re:Invent

  • 27 Nov โ€” 1 Dec in Las Vegas, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going:

December ๐ŸŽ…

Neural Information Processing Systems 2017 (NIPS)

  • 4โ€“9 Dec in Long Beach, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going:

The AI Summit New York

  • 5โ€“6 Dec in New York, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML
  • Interested/going: @Claradactyl,

Botscamp

  • 7 Dec online ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ
  • AI, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going:

AI World Conference & Expo

  • 11โ€“13 Dec in Boston, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, ML, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going: , ,

SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence

  • 12โ€“14 Dec in Cambridge, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
  • AI
  • Interested/going:

Stay tuned for dates

Botness

  • New York, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going: , , , ,

Talkabot

  • Austin, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/Going: , , , ,

Oโ€™Reilly Bot Day

  • San Francisco, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • AI, chatbots, conversational interfaces
  • Interested/going:

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