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San Francisco conferences 2026 and 2027

98 events catalogued in San Francisco, 35 forthcoming, 63 prior. Below, the strongest of each month for the next year. Click any entry for the full editorial profile: speakers, sponsors, sessions, cross-event company graph.

Updated October 18, 2026 from each event's own site

Key takeaways

  • 35 upcoming San Francisco conferences. The next is Cloudflare Connect 2026, October 19, 2026 in San Francisco, US.
  • Largest program: IIEX West 2026: Insight Innovation Exchange, with 104 speakers.
  • Most sponsors: World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit 2027, with 74.
  • Most senior lineup: ENR FutureTech 2027, 68% of speakers at VP level or above.
  • Next call for speakers to close: After Tokens 2026, on October 20.

The best San Francisco conferences in 2026 and 2027

Data as of October 18, 2026

10 picks from 35 upcoming San Francisco conferences.

How we ranked them Full methodology

1Speakers

Counted from the event's own site. Weighted twice as heavily as sponsors.

2Sponsors

Counted from the event's own sponsor page.

3Upcoming only

Events that have not started yet. Past editions are listed further down.

4No paid placement

No event pays to appear or to move up.

At a glance
#ConferenceDatesWhereSpeakersSponsorsBest for
1IIEX West 2026: Insight Innovation ExchangeOctober 27, 2026San Francisco, US10440A broad program of sessions
2San Francisco Ruby Startup Conference 2026November 10, 2026San Francisco, US9840A small room with senior speakers
3World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit 2027March 9, 2027San Francisco, US4674Seeing the vendor landscape
4ENR FutureTech 2027May 4, 2027San Francisco, US4753Meeting senior decision-makers
5ODSC AI West 2026October 27, 2026San Francisco, US4230A small room with senior speakers
6ThreatModCon San Francisco 2026November 6, 2026San Francisco, US473Meeting senior decision-makers
7The Enterprise AI Builders Conference San Francisco 2026November 5, 2026San Francisco, US1850Seeing the vendor landscape
8Open Source Analytics Conference 2026November 2, 2026San Francisco, US412Meeting senior decision-makers
9AI Engineer Code Summit 2026November 10, 2026San Francisco, US370A deep speaker lineup
10AI Council 2027March 23, 2027San Francisco, US2621A small room with senior speakers
  1. 1

    San Francisco, US·104 voices, 40 sponsors

    Best forA broad program of sessions

    104 speakers, 51% at VP level or above. Sponsors include Listen, Maze and Conveo.ai.

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  2. 2

    San Francisco, US·98 voices, 40 sponsors

    Best forA small room with senior speakers

    98 speakers, 50% at VP level or above. Sponsors include DevITjobs, Cisco and Temporal. About 450 attendees expected.

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  3. 3

    San Francisco, US·46 voices, 74 sponsors

    Best forSeeing the vendor landscape

    46 speakers, 59% at VP level or above. Sponsors include KPMG, Bayer and BASF. About 1,500 attendees expected.

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  4. 4

    San Francisco, US·47 voices, 53 sponsors

    Best forMeeting senior decision-makers

    47 speakers, 68% at VP level or above. Sponsors include Trimble, buildots and Revizto.

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  5. 5
    ODSC AI West 2026October 27, 2026

    San Francisco, US·42 voices, 30 sponsors

    Best forA small room with senior speakers

    42 speakers, 50% at VP level or above. Sponsors include Microsoft, Google and Red Hat. 43 exhibitors.

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  6. 6

    San Francisco, US·47 voices, 3 sponsors

    Best forMeeting senior decision-makers

    47 speakers, 38% at VP level or above. Sponsors include ThreatModeler, IriusRisk and Toreon.

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  7. 7

    San Francisco, US·18 voices, 50 sponsors

    Best forSeeing the vendor landscape

    18 speakers, 24% at VP level or above. Sponsors include AWS, Google and IBM.

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  8. 8

    San Francisco, US·41 voices, 2 sponsors

    Best forMeeting senior decision-makers

    41 speakers, 39% at VP level or above. Sponsors include Preset and Altinity.

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  9. 9

    San Francisco, US·37 voices

    Best forA deep speaker lineup

    37 speakers, 23% at VP level or above.

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  10. 10
    AI Council 2027March 23, 2027

    San Francisco, US·26 voices, 21 sponsors

    Best forA small room with senior speakers

    26 speakers, 65% at VP level or above. Sponsors include Snowflake, ClickHouse and Databricks. About 1,200 attendees expected.

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Forthcoming

On the horizon, by month

October 20267 events

November 202610 events

January 20271 event

February 20276 events

March 20275 events

April 20271 event

May 20273 events

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Questions

About San Francisco conferences

What are the best San Francisco conferences in 2026?
Ranked by how many speakers and sponsors each event lists on its own site, the top three are IIEX West 2026: Insight Innovation Exchange (October 27, 2026, San Francisco, US), San Francisco Ruby Startup Conference 2026 (November 10, 2026, San Francisco, US) and World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit 2027 (March 9, 2027, San Francisco, US). The ranking above covers 10 events out of 35 upcoming San Francisco conferences we track.
Which San Francisco conference has the most sponsors?
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit 2027 lists 74 sponsors, the most of any upcoming San Francisco conference we track. It runs March 9, 2027 in San Francisco, US.
When is the next San Francisco conference?
Cloudflare Connect 2026 is next, on October 19, 2026 in San Francisco, US.
Which San Francisco conferences are accepting speakers?
Calls for speakers are open at After Tokens 2026 (until October 20).
How is this list ranked?
By verified program depth: the number of speakers and sponsors each conference publishes on its own website, which we re-check against the source. No event pays to appear in this ranking.