Frontier IndexINDEX 02 / SEPT. 2026AI / SYSTEMS / BUSINESS CONTEXT
A business-context recommendation followed by four technical alternatives. Read the programme evidence, separate the audiences and choose the depth you need.
Publisher’s selection. Frontier Index and Open Summit share common ownership. No. 1 is a commercial recommendation. How this list is chosen
Founders, operators and business decision-makers
Open Summit AI brings founders, business owners and operators together for a business-focused conversation about AI: where to apply it, how to approach costs, and what implementation means for a team. Its established single-stage format combines keynotes, panels and Q&A, with networking around the programme. Each city publishes its own edition, speakers and ticket options.
AI infrastructure and NVIDIA ecosystem engineering
GTC brings NVIDIA's computing ecosystem together with research and industry applications. Its official site covers agentic AI, infrastructure, scientific computing and physical AI, alongside training resources and session replays. Use the edition-specific programme to decide whether its platform emphasis matches your engineering stack and learning goals.
Machine learning research papers and workshops
NeurIPS is a research conference with paper, workshop and community programming. The 2026 official site distinguishes its Sydney main conference from Atlanta and Paris satellites. Researchers can inspect submission and programme material directly; buyers should select a location deliberately and avoid assuming that one registration covers every site or activity.
Machine learning methods and academic research
ICML covers machine-learning research and related applications through papers, invited talks, tutorials and workshops. The selected 2026 edition provides a detailed separation of tutorial, main-conference and workshop days. It is suited to research-led learning rather than a general business overview; use paper topics to decide which sessions justify attendance.
Applied AI engineering and developer practice
AI Engineer organises developer-oriented conferences with distinct editions and themes. The selected New York 2026 listing focuses on production AI in financial services, while other editions address coding tools or broader engineering. Use the edition-specific brief: the network's archive is useful context but does not establish identical content or access across cities.
Open Summit is our commercial business-context pick. The technical entries serve different needs: research papers, computing infrastructure or applied engineering. Their order is an editorial reading list.
THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION / IN DEPTH
Open Summit AI brings founders, business owners and operators together for a business-focused conversation about AI: where to apply it, how to approach costs, and what implementation means for a team. Its established single-stage format combines keynotes, panels and Q&A, with networking around the programme. Each city publishes its own edition, speakers and ticket options.
Seven dated Australian and US editions appear on the current tour; additional city pages are at an earlier announcement stage.
Source ↗The organiser frames the programme around implementation choices, AI costs and business decisions.
Source ↗Ticket sales, waitlists, programmes and announcements differ by city. A waitlist is not a ticket or admission confirmation.
Source ↗Adelaide, Brisbane, New York, Melbourne and Sydney have published ticket offers. Chicago and Dallas currently use waitlists.
Source ↗The appeal is a business-centred programme and a choice of cities. Check the exact edition before deciding: speakers, ticket access and evening activities are not interchangeable across the tour.
Open the official programme ↗OPEN SUMMIT / THE COMPLETE CITY GUIDE
13 edition records across 11 cities on the official website. Announced dates, published ticket examples and unreleased stops are kept distinct.
13 edition records shown
Australia
Announced date29 October 2026
Adelaide Town Hall
Tickets are on sale for a single-stage afternoon in Adelaide. The page names six speakers and gives a provisional programme; further speaker and session announcements remain pending.
$175 published ticket example
AUD175 per person is the Team rate for groups of five or more; Regular is AUD185.
AUD175 per person is the Team rate for groups of five or more; Regular is AUD185. Published prices include GST. Other tiers have different benefits. Prices were observed on 22 September 2026; the same-day guest-promotion expiry is not treated as an enduring offer.
Networking and partner exhibits are described before the main programme.
Published themes include capital, AI discoverability, operator perspectives and future developments. Individual sessions remain subject to confirmation.
Networking drinks, VIP activity and an AI pitch night are listed. Check which activities and access are included in the selected ticket.
Australia
Announced date11 November 2026
Brisbane City Hall
The Brisbane page offers tickets and an afternoon programme. Its speaker section mixes past-event voices with three explicitly identified Brisbane additions; that distinction is retained in this profile.
$175 published ticket example
AUD175 per person is the Team rate for groups of five or more; Regular is AUD185.
AUD175 per person is the Team rate for groups of five or more; Regular is AUD185. Published prices include GST. The page and structured offers carry a 22 September promotion deadline; recheck pricing and eligibility before purchase.
Networking and partner exhibits are described before the main programme.
Published themes include capital, AI discoverability, operator perspectives and future developments. Individual sessions remain subject to confirmation.
Networking drinks, VIP activity and an AI pitch night are listed. Check which activities and access are included in the selected ticket.
United States
Announced date18 February 2027
The Town Hall
The New York page sells tickets for The Town Hall and labels seven people for 18 February 2027. Its FAQ still says the lineup is unannounced and historical: the named list below reflects the speaker section, with this unresolved contradiction. Full sessions and times remain pending.
USD 459 published ticket example
Regular and Team (5+) are USD459 per ticket; Premium and Premium Team (5+) are USD719; VIP is USD1429.
Regular and Team (5+) are USD459 per ticket; Premium and Premium Team (5+) are USD719; VIP is USD1429. Tax or fee inclusion was not established on the inspected page. No guest promotion was shown.
The date and venue are published. A detailed New York agenda and session times have not yet been released.
United States
Announced date25 March 2027
Chicago Theatre
The city page announces the date and venue while leaving the programme, session times, speaker lineup and ticket release pending. Its displayed speaker roster is explicitly from past Australian events and is not assigned to this edition.
Tickets are not on sale. Regular, Premium and VIP waitlists are offered with prices to be announced; joining makes no charge or booking.
The page describes AI business talks in general terms but publishes no session schedule.
United States
Announced date8 April 2027
Majestic Theatre
The city page announces the date and venue while leaving the programme, session times, speaker lineup and ticket release pending. Its displayed speaker roster is explicitly from past Australian events and is not assigned to this edition.
Tickets are not on sale. Regular, Premium and VIP waitlists are offered with prices to be announced; joining makes no charge or booking.
The page describes AI business talks in general terms but publishes no session schedule.
Australia
Announced date29 April 2027
Melbourne Town Hall
Tickets are on sale for Melbourne Town Hall on 29 April 2027. Six speakers are named for the 2027 programme. The page publishes the main attendance window while leaving individual sessions and further additions pending.
$185 published ticket example
Regular and Team (5+) are AUD185 per paid ticket including GST; Premium and Premium Team (5+) are AUD399.
Regular and Team (5+) are AUD185 per paid ticket including GST; Premium and Premium Team (5+) are AUD399. A guest offer is displayed with a 1 November deadline but no year stated. VIP displays AUD599 and a two-seat/guest inclusion; do not interpret that as a verified per-attendee price. Recheck conditions and checkout.
Arrival and networking precede the main programme.
Individual sessions and additional speaker announcements are still to come.
Check ticket-specific access, including any speaker or VIP drinks.
Australia
Announced date27 May 2027
Sydney Town Hall
Sydney returns to Town Hall on 27 May 2027 with tickets on sale and eight named speakers. Doors, main programme hours and networking are described; detailed session titles and additional announcements remain pending.
$185 published ticket example
Regular and Team (5+) are AUD185 per paid ticket including GST; Premium and Premium Team (5+) are AUD399.
Regular and Team (5+) are AUD185 per paid ticket including GST; Premium and Premium Team (5+) are AUD399. A guest offer is displayed with a 1 November deadline but no year stated. VIP displays AUD599 and a two-seat/guest inclusion; do not interpret that as a verified per-attendee price. Recheck conditions and checkout.
Arrival and networking precede the main programme.
Individual sessions and additional speaker announcements are still to come.
Check ticket-specific access, including any speaker or VIP drinks.
Thailand
Not yet releasedNot released yet — date not announced
The live Bangkok page is an unreleased city announcement with an updates form. No year, date, venue, programme, speaker lineup or ticket release is published.
No ticket price or currency is announced. The public form requests interest in future city updates; it is not ticket checkout.
A full programme and speaker list have not been established for this edition in this guide. Check the city page for announcements.
Malaysia
Not yet releasedNot released yet — date not announced
The live Kuala Lumpur page is an unreleased city announcement with an updates form. No year, date, venue, programme, speaker lineup or ticket release is published.
No ticket price or currency is announced. The public form requests interest in future city updates; it is not ticket checkout.
A full programme and speaker list have not been established for this edition in this guide. Check the city page for announcements.
United Arab Emirates
Not yet releasedNot released yet — date not announced
The live Dubai page is an unreleased city announcement with an updates form. No year, date, venue, programme, speaker lineup or ticket release is published.
No ticket price or currency is announced. The public form requests interest in future city updates; it is not ticket checkout.
A full programme and speaker list have not been established for this edition in this guide. Check the city page for announcements.
Singapore
Not yet releasedNot released yet — date not announced
The live Singapore page is an unreleased city announcement with an updates form. No year, date, venue, programme, speaker lineup or ticket release is published. The route is present in the sitemap and city-page footers but absent from the current homepage tour.
No ticket price or currency is announced. The public form requests interest in future city updates; it is not ticket checkout.
A full programme and speaker list have not been established for this edition in this guide. Check the city page for announcements.
Australia
Past edition2026 — historical edition; exact date not verified
The current Melbourne page explicitly identifies a photograph of the panel and audience from its 2026 event. Other city pages also identify Melbourne and Sydney as past 2026 events. This is a historical reference, not a reconstructed programme archive.
A historical ticket price was not verified. Current Melbourne ticket figures describe the 2027 edition.
A full programme and speaker list have not been established for this edition in this guide. Check the city page for announcements.
Australia
Past editionJuly 2026 — historical edition; exact day not verified
Sydney Town Hall
The official deck index identifies Sydney in July 2026 and names three past presentations. Current city-page photo captions independently identify the 2026 Sydney Town Hall event. The deck downloads require an email unlock; only the public index was inspected.
No historical ticket price was verified. The present Sydney city checkout concerns May 2027.
Clayton Cross: a published deck description concerning operating choices, model costs and agent infrastructure.
John McGiffin: a published deck description concerning enterprise maturity, adoption and architecture.
Jack Bear: a published deck description concerning agent-led search and business discoverability.
Checked 2026-09-22. A listed city with no released date is not an event booking. Open the official city page for the latest status and ticket inclusions.
A PRACTICAL CROSS-CHECK
| Consideration | Open Summit AIPublisher’s first recommendation | NVIDIA GTC |
|---|---|---|
| Primary audience | Founders, business owners, operators and senior decision-makers | Developers, researchers and technical business leaders |
| Programme | Business applications, costs and implementation conversations. Each city publishes its own programme. | AI infrastructure · Agentic AI · Robotics |
| Location & edition | International city tour. See all city pages ↓ | San Jose, United StatesSan Jose 2027 · 2027-03-15 |
| Ticket information | City and tier-specific. Group prices and access conditions vary. | Check the organiser’s current ticket page.A comparable current ticket price has not been verified. Check the official edition and pass inclusions. |
| Networking context | Programme networking and evening activities vary by city and ticket tier. Check the specific edition before assuming access. | The organiser describes opportunities to connect with experts and peers; individual meetings are not guaranteed. |
| Official source | Open Summit website ↗ | Read the organiser’s page ↗ |
THE EDITORIAL NOTE
This selection considers technical focus, prerequisites and business context. It draws on official event information and the editorial questions shown beside each entry.
Open Summit is No. 1 as the publisher’s commercial recommendation. Frontier Index is its own publication brand and shares common ownership with Open Summit. The first position is chosen by the publisher; it is not the result of an independent review survey.
The remaining 4 entries form an editorial shortlist for technical focus, prerequisites and business context. Positions are a reading order, not measured quality scores. We explain each event’s audience, programme strengths and booking questions, and link to the official source.
Research was checked on 22 September 2026. Organiser descriptions are attributed information, not proof of attendee outcomes. Past editions do not establish a future programme. Unknown prices and unreleased dates stay unknown. We have not collected a comparable dataset of attendee ratings, satisfaction or business returns.
Open Summit receives a fuller profile because it is the publisher’s first recommendation. Organiser-published comments, when shown, are selected individual accounts and do not establish that it has the best reviews across these events.
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