AI, LLM and ML conferences to attend in 2025

Planning for 2025 and looking for the conferences to attend? There is a myriad of great events focused on Generative AI and applied Machine Learning! 

We made the research and selected the most interesting events and conferences for AI and ML practitioners happening in 2025. We looked to include events of the most value to the community: the largest and most popular ones and those that are free to attend or openly publish the content after the event. We hope the list will help you plan your schedule for 2025.

If we’re missing some great events, please let us know (our Discord is the best place to do it). We’ll update this post at least once per quarter. 

Disclaimer: all information about listed events comes from their websites. We simply put it together.

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DataCouncil

SF Bay Area, April 22-24, 2025
Organized by: Data Council
Price: $, content freely available afterward
Program: event schedule for 2024 and 2023

The event covers the entire data stack: from data infrastructure to data engineering, data science, machine learning, and data analytics. The conference aims to bridge the gap between them. Organizers invite open-source contributors and industry experts from data-related projects for deeply technical content. After the event, all content is published.

Previous talks are freely available on the Data Council YouTube Channel.

apply (conf)

Virtual, dates to be confirmed
Organized by: Tecton
Price: FREE, content freely available afterward
Program: event schedule for 2024.

It is a free virtual event on data engineering for applied machine learning that targets data and ML teams. During the conference, participants will share best practice development patterns, tools of choice, and emerging architectures they use to build and manage production ML applications. Other topics include managing labeling pipelines, transforming and serving features in real-time, and serving at scale. 

Previous talks are freely available on Tecton’s YouTube channel.

MLconf

MLconf NYC: New York, March 27, 2025
MLconf SF: San Francisco, dates to be confirmed‍
Organized by: MLconf
Price: $, content freely available afterward
Program: here is the 2022 program for San Francisco.

MLconf is devoted to machine learning and data science and agnostic of any tool, platform, or company. The conference topics cover data science, data engineering, computer vision, AI research, and machine learning. The attendees are data practitioners, startup founders, professors, and students. 

Past sessions are freely available on MLconf website.

PyDATA

PyCon DE & PyDATA Berlin: Berlin, April 23-25, 2025
PyDATA NYC: New York, dates to be confirmed
PyDATA Global: virtual, dates to be confirmed
Organized by: NumFOCUS
Price: $, content freely available afterward
Program: here is the 2024 program for Berlin, New York and PyDATA Global.

PyDATA conferences are dedicated to data analysis tools and provide an opportunity for their users and developers to share ideas and learn from each other. Topics cover best practices, new approaches, and emerging technologies for data management, processing, analytics, and visualization. The program also includes workshops and networking with fellow members of the Python and PyData communities. 

Previous talks are freely available on the PyData YouTube Channel.

ODSC 

ODSC East: Boston or virtual, May 12-15, 2025
ODSC Europe: London, dates to be confirmed
ODSC West: San Francisco, dates to be confirmed
Organized by: Open Data Science Conference
Price: $, content freely available afterward
Program: here is the 2024 program for London and San Francisco

As organizers put it, the goal of the conference is to bring together the global AI community to encourage the exchange of innovative ideas and the growth of open source software. Conference focus areas: machine learning, deep learning, NLP, MLOps, and data engineering. The program includes training sessions, workshops, talks, networking reception, and a career expo. 

Selected talks are available on the ODSC YouTube channel.

TMLS Summit

Toronto, summer of 2025
Organized by: Toronto Machine Learning Society (TMLS)
Price: $
Program: here is the program for 2023.

TMLS Summit is a blend of cutting-edge research, workshops, and industry case studies. Last year’s topics included ML observability and monitoring, deployment, Kubernetes for MLOps, NLP, data analytics, and more. Though you need a ticket for the conference, there is a free career fair and startup showcase.

Data + AI Summit

San Francisco + Virtual, June 9-12, 2025
Organized by: Databricks
Price: $, content freely available afterward
Program: agenda for 2024.

The event brings together data teams to discuss data analytics, data engineering, data lakehouses, data science, machine learning, MLOps, data security, and governance, as well as academic and advanced industrial research. 

Talks from DATA + AI Summit 2024 on Generative AI are freely available on Databricks YouTube channel.

Optimized AI Conference

Atlanta, April 14-16, 2025
Organized by: Southern Data Science
Price: $, content freely available afterward
Program: not yet available, explore previous speakers.

Optimized AI Conference (previously Southern Data Science Conference) is a practitioner-first multi-track AI event in Atlanta. It brings together experts and researchers from industry, academia, and government institutions to present their work and share best practices in AI. Last year’s program covered reinforcement learning, data-centric AI, continuous deployment, building ML platforms, recsys, and more. 

Previous talks are freely available on the Optimized AI Conference YouTube Channel.

Big Data LDN

London, September 24-25, 2025
Organized by: Reed Exhibitions Limited
Price: FREE, content freely available afterward
Program: not yet available, check out previous speakers.

Big Data LDN is a free to attend data and analytics conference and exhibition focusing on how to build dynamic, data-driven enterprises. Delegates meet to discuss real-world case studies and discover new tools and techniques.

Previous talks are freely available on the Big Data LDN YouTube Channel.

Coalesce

Las Vegas, autumn of 2025
Organized by: dbt Labs
Price: $, content freely available afterward
Program: here is the 2024 agenda.

It is the analytics engineering conference that covers all facets of working with data. Topics include automation, data pipelines, data change management and accessibility, data observability, analytics career, data teams routine, and more. The conference’s focus is on the higher leverage and higher impact data work. The program also includes training sessions, workshops, and community networking.

Previous talks are freely available on the dbt YouTube Channel.

MLOps World

Austin TX + Virtual, October of 2025
Organized by: Toronto Machine Learning Society (TMLS)
Price: $, content freely available afterward
Program: not yet available, here is the program from 2024.

As organizers put it, the goal for MLOps World is to help companies put more models into production environments. It explores the best practices, methodologies, and principles of effective MLOps and will be interesting to those working towards a live production environment or currently working in production. 

Check out previous talks on the MLOps World YouTube channel or read the recap blog by James Le, where he summarises content from the talks he found most useful.

GenAI World

Austin TX + Virtual, October of 2025
Organized by: Toronto Machine Learning Society (TMLS)
Price: $, content freely available afterward
Program: not yet available, here is the program from 2024.

The conference is dedicated to helping promote the development of AI/ML/Gen AI effectively, efficiently, and responsibly across all Industries. The conferences's program consists of case studies form real-life AI implementations and advanced research in the field. Topics include optimizing AI workflows, implementing GenAI apps in production, and evaluating agents and RAG systems.

Previous talks are freely available on the conference website.

The AI Summit New York

New York, December 10-11, 2025‍
Organized by: Informa
Program: not yet available, here is the program from 2024.

As organizers put it, the AI Summit Series helps bring together industry experts to transform theoretical AI discussions into practical and profitable applications. Key topics include GenAI, ethics behind AI apps, and AI governance as well as AI use cases from healthcare, finance and cybersecurity.

Selected talks are freely available on the conference YouTube channel.

Deep Learning & Advanced ML Summit

San Jose, February 11, 2025
Organized by: RE-WORK
Price: $, content freely available afterward
Program: schedule for 2025.

The summit focuses on innovations in Deep Learning, Advanced ML and the latest real-world applications of AI . Participants from industry and academia will discuss how to optimize the AI lifecycle and streamline pipelines for better production. Among the covered topics are generative AI, deep learning algorithms, architectural practices, data efficiency, ML pipelines and workflows, and deployment. 

Selected talks are available on the RE-WORK YouTube channel.

Data Natives

Berlin, dates to be confirmed
Organized by: Data Natives
Price: $, past talks are available for a fee
Program: not yet available, here is the program from 2024.

The conference is a meeting point for those excited by the boom in data science, machine learning, and all data-infused tech. The program includes talks, workshops, and startup showcases. The 2022 conference covered data economy, NLP, transformer networks, AutoML, graph databases, and augmented analytics.

Summing up

There are so many AI, LLM and Machine Learning conferences out there that choosing which to attend may be overwhelming. We listed the most interesting events to participate in 2025. Hope that helps to navigate the space and select the ones that suit your needs. Of course, the list is not the ultimate, so do not hesitate to jump to our Discord and let us know what is missing! 

We’ll be revisiting the list to keep the information up-to-date and add your suggestions.

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