AI governance, seen from the Global South

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Major international conferences, summits and forums on artificial intelligence and its governance, by month. Dates and places come from each organiser’s own website.

50 upcoming events · updated 11 November 2026

Featured events

Events marked “Affiliated” are organised by AIFOD, an organisation this site is affiliated with.

  1. AffiliatedOnline

    AIFOD Weekly AI Review #36: America says no to data centres. Is the Global South next in line?

    Online · Zoom · 09:00–10:00 CETOrganised by AIFOD

    Register on Zoom for AIFOD Weekly AI Review #36: America says no to data centres. Is the Global South next in line? (external site)

  2. AffiliatedAfrica

    Cape Town: Africa Tech Festival (17 Nov) and AI Infrastructure Ministerial Networking Forum (18 Nov)

    Cape Town, South Africa · by personal invitationOrganised by AIFOD

    AIFOD registration page for Cape Town: Africa Tech Festival (17 Nov) and AI Infrastructure Ministerial Networking Forum (18 Nov) (external site)

  3. AffiliatedAfrica

    The 6th AIFOD Global Summit: Invest in Africa's AI decade, built on Africa's terms

    United Nations Office at Nairobi, KenyaOrganised by AIFOD

    Apply to attend for The 6th AIFOD Global Summit: Invest in Africa's AI decade, built on Africa's terms (external site)

  4. AffiliatedEurope

    AIFOD Geneva Summit (dates to be announced)

    United Nations Office at GenevaOrganised by AIFOD

November 2026 10 events

  1. Under wayMiddle East

    ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 (PP-26)

    Doha, QatarOrganised by ITU

    Official website for ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 (PP-26) (external site)

  2. Asia

    AI Asia Summit

    Colombo, Sri LankaOrganised by SLASSCOM

    Official website for AI Asia Summit (external site)

  3. Asia

    Solidarity AI 2026

    Bangkok, ThailandOrganised by Platform Cooperativism Consortium

    Official website for Solidarity AI 2026 (external site)

  4. AffiliatedOnline

    AIFOD Weekly AI Review #36: America says no to data centres. Is the Global South next in line?

    Online · Zoom · 09:00–10:00 CETOrganised by AIFOD

    Register on Zoom for AIFOD Weekly AI Review #36: America says no to data centres. Is the Global South next in line? (external site)

  5. AffiliatedAfrica

    Cape Town: Africa Tech Festival (17 Nov) and AI Infrastructure Ministerial Networking Forum (18 Nov)

    Cape Town, South Africa · by personal invitationOrganised by AIFOD

    AIFOD registration page for Cape Town: Africa Tech Festival (17 Nov) and AI Infrastructure Ministerial Networking Forum (18 Nov) (external site)

  6. Africa

    Africa Tech Festival 2026

    Cape Town, South AfricaOrganised by Informa

    Official website for Africa Tech Festival 2026 (external site)

  7. Asia

    Bengaluru Tech Summit 2026

    Bengaluru, IndiaOrganised by Government of Karnataka

    Official website for Bengaluru Tech Summit 2026 (external site)

  8. Africa

    The AI Summit Cape Town 2026

    Cape Town, South AfricaOrganised by Informa

    Official website for The AI Summit Cape Town 2026 (external site)

  9. Africa

    Lagos AI Summit 2026

    Lagos, Nigeria

    Official website for Lagos AI Summit 2026 (external site)

  10. Asia

    UNU Macau AI Conference 2026

    Macau SAR, ChinaOrganised by United Nations University

    Official website for UNU Macau AI Conference 2026 (external site)

December 2026 3 events

  1. Asia

    NeurIPS 2026 (Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems)

    Sydney, AustraliaOrganised by NeurIPS Foundation

    Official website for NeurIPS 2026 (Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems) (external site)

  2. Middle East

    GITEX Global 2026

    Dubai, United Arab EmiratesOrganised by KAOUN International

    Official website for GITEX Global 2026 (external site)

  3. Africa

    21st Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF 2026)

    Nairobi, KenyaOrganised by United Nations

    Official website for 21st Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF 2026) (external site)

January 2027 6 events

  1. North America

    CES 2027

    Las Vegas, United StatesOrganised by Consumer Technology Association

    Official website for CES 2027 (external site)

  2. Asia

    AI India Expo 2027

    Bengaluru, India

    Official website for AI India Expo 2027 (external site)

  3. Europe

    World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2027

    Davos, SwitzerlandOrganised by World Economic Forum

    Event listing for World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2027 (external site)

  4. Asia

    SCALECON Jakarta 2027

    Jakarta, Indonesia

    Official website for SCALECON Jakarta 2027 (external site)

  5. Latin America

    IA Expo Internacional 2027

    Mexico City, Mexico

    Official website for IA Expo Internacional 2027 (external site)

  6. Middle East

    Web Summit Qatar 2027

    Doha, QatarOrganised by Web Summit

    Official website for Web Summit Qatar 2027 (external site)

February 2027 3 events

  1. Africa

    Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2027

    Nairobi, Kenya

    Official website for Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2027 (external site)

  2. North America

    AAAI-27: AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

    Montréal, CanadaOrganised by AAAI

    Official website for AAAI-27: AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (external site)

  3. AffiliatedAfrica

    The 6th AIFOD Global Summit: Invest in Africa's AI decade, built on Africa's terms

    United Nations Office at Nairobi, KenyaOrganised by AIFOD

    Apply to attend for The 6th AIFOD Global Summit: Invest in Africa's AI decade, built on Africa's terms (external site)

March 2027 3 events

  1. Europe

    MWC Barcelona 2027

    Barcelona, SpainOrganised by GSMA

    Official website for MWC Barcelona 2027 (external site)

  2. Middle East

    Global AI Show Abu Dhabi 2027

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Official website for Global AI Show Abu Dhabi 2027 (external site)

  3. Africa

    Ghana AI Summit & Awards 2027

    Accra, Ghana

    Official website for Ghana AI Summit & Awards 2027 (external site)

April 2027 5 events

  1. Latin America

    KHIPU 2027: Latin American Meeting in Artificial Intelligence

    São Paulo, BrazilOrganised by KHIPU

    Official website for KHIPU 2027: Latin American Meeting in Artificial Intelligence (external site)

  2. Middle East

    LEAP 2027

    Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOrganised by Saudi Ministry of Communications and IT / Tahaluf

    Official website for LEAP 2027 (external site)

  3. Africa

    GITEX Africa 2027

    Marrakech, MoroccoOrganised by KAOUN International

    Official website for GITEX Africa 2027 (external site)

  4. North America

    ICLR 2027 (International Conference on Learning Representations)

    California, United StatesOrganised by ICLR

    Official website for ICLR 2027 (International Conference on Learning Representations) (external site)

  5. Asia

    GITEX AI Asia 2027

    Singapore, SingaporeOrganised by KAOUN International

    Official website for GITEX AI Asia 2027 (external site)

May 2027 5 events

  1. Global

    UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance 2027

    New York, United StatesOrganised by United Nations

    Official website for UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance 2027 (external site)

  2. Africa

    AI Everything Kenya x GITEX Kenya 2027

    Nairobi, KenyaOrganised by KAOUN International

    Official website for AI Everything Kenya x GITEX Kenya 2027 (external site)

  3. Africa

    Africa AI Summit 2027

    Cape Town, South Africa

    Official website for Africa AI Summit 2027 (external site)

  4. North America

    Web Summit Vancouver 2027

    Vancouver, CanadaOrganised by Web Summit

    Official website for Web Summit Vancouver 2027 (external site)

  5. Asia

    Asia Tech x Singapore 2027

    Singapore, SingaporeOrganised by IMDA and Informa

    Official website for Asia Tech x Singapore 2027 (external site)

June 2027 7 events

  1. Latin America

    Web Summit Rio 2027

    Rio de Janeiro, BrazilOrganised by Web Summit

    Official website for Web Summit Rio 2027 (external site)

  2. Europe

    VivaTech 2027

    Paris, FranceOrganised by Publicis Groupe and Les Echos-Le Parisien

    Official website for VivaTech 2027 (external site)

  3. North America

    CVPR 2027 (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition)

    Seattle, United StatesOrganised by IEEE / CVF

    Official website for CVPR 2027 (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition) (external site)

  4. Global

    Geneva AI Summit 2027

    Geneva, SwitzerlandOrganised by Swiss Confederation

    Official website for Geneva AI Summit 2027 (external site)

  5. Global

    AI for Good Global Summit 2027

    Geneva, SwitzerlandOrganised by ITU

    Official website for AI for Good Global Summit 2027 (external site)

  6. Global

    WSIS Forum 2027

    Geneva, SwitzerlandOrganised by ITU

    Official website for WSIS Forum 2027 (external site)

  7. Asia

    MWC Shanghai 2027

    Shanghai, ChinaOrganised by GSMA

    Official website for MWC Shanghai 2027 (external site)

July 2027 1 event

  1. Latin America

    ICML 2027 (International Conference on Machine Learning)

    Rio de Janeiro, BrazilOrganised by ICML

    Official website for ICML 2027 (International Conference on Machine Learning) (external site)

August 2027 2 events

  1. AffiliatedEurope

    AIFOD Geneva Summit (dates to be announced)

    United Nations Office at GenevaOrganised by AIFOD

  2. Asia

    ACL 2027 (Association for Computational Linguistics)

    Kyoto, JapanOrganised by Association for Computational Linguistics

    Official website for ACL 2027 (Association for Computational Linguistics) (external site)

September 2027 1 event

  1. Asia

    SuperAI Singapore 2027

    Singapore, SingaporeOrganised by SuperAI

    Official website for SuperAI Singapore 2027 (external site)

October 2027 3 events

  1. Africa

    GITEX Nigeria 2027

    Abuja and Lagos, NigeriaOrganised by KAOUN International

    Official website for GITEX Nigeria 2027 (external site)

  2. Europe

    World Summit AI Amsterdam 2027

    Amsterdam, NetherlandsOrganised by InspiredMinds

    Official website for World Summit AI Amsterdam 2027 (external site)

  3. Africa

    AI Expo Africa 2027

    Johannesburg, South AfricaOrganised by AI Media Group

    Official website for AI Expo Africa 2027 (external site)

November 2027 1 event

  1. Europe

    Web Summit Lisbon 2027

    Lisbon, PortugalOrganised by Web Summit

    Official website for Web Summit Lisbon 2027 (external site)

Check the official link before you travel; organisers sometimes change dates and venues. To suggest an event, write to editor@globalsouthaipolicy.org.