Artificial Intelligence

IJCAI-ECAI 2026

IJCAI-ECAI 2026 is the 35th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, serving as the premier international gathering of researchers in AI. The conference features special tracks on topics such as Human-Centered AI, AI for Social Good, AI4Tech, AI and Health, and AI and Robotics. Attendees can participate in a variety of sessions, workshops,…

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11Speakers
52Sponsors
8Exhibitors
10On the bill · sessions
63Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at IJCAI-ECAI, in alphabetical order.
Barbara Plank
Chair for AI and Computational Linguistics · LMU Munich
David C. Parkes
Dean, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences · Harvard University
Doina Precup
Associate Professor, Head of Montreal office · McGill University, DeepMind
Georgina Curto
Acting Head of Research; Principal Investigator; Chair of the IJCAI Symposia in the Global South · United Nations University Institute in Macau
Jan Peters
Full Professor for Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Computer Science Department · Technische Universitaet Darmstadt
Jeroen Delfos
Technology Specialist · European Commission, DG CNECT A/2
Jiajun Wu
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, of Psychology · Stanford University
Luciano Serafini
Principal Researcher and Head of the Data and Knowledge Management Research Unit · Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Nick Jennings
Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University · Loughborough University
Professor Nick Jennings
Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University · Loughborough University
Tinne Tuytelaars
Full professor · KU Leuven
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ)Diamond
Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ) / Artificial Intelligence Journal Division (AIJD)Diamond
Artificial Intelligence Journal Division (AIJD)Diamond
Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and CulturePlatinum
DeepLGold
GoogleGold
SAPGold
Savings Banks Finance Group (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe)Gold
The Savings Banks Finance Group (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe)Gold
T-SystemsGold
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)Silver
Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgSilver
CerenceSilver
Cerence AISilver
Cerence Inc.Silver
CONTACTSilver
DFKI (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence)Silver
E.ONSilver
Franka RoboticsSilver
German Informatics Society (GI) (FBKI)Silver
German Informatics Society (GI) / FBKISilver
German Informatics Society (GI) / GI technical committee on artificial intelligence (FBKI)Silver
German Informatics Society (GI) - Technical Committee FBKISilver
German Informatics Society (GI) – Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence (FBKI)Silver
German Informatics Society (GI), Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence (FBKI)Silver
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)Silver
GovernikusSilver
GPTZeroSilver
Helmholtz AISilver
Helmholtz Association / Helmholtz AISilver
Hessian.AISilver
Hessian.AI – Hessian Center for Artificial IntelligenceSilver
Hessian.AI – the Hessian Center for Artificial IntelligenceSilver
JPMorganChase AI ResearchSilver
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS)Silver
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPSSilver
RosenxtSilver
Rosenxt GroupSilver
ScaDS.AI (Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence)Silver
ScaDS.AI Dresden/LeipzigSilver
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Agenda

Selected from 10 sessions on the bill.
  • Friday, 21/08/2026, 09:00–10:00

    Inductive Biases for Robot Reinforcement Learning

    Autonomous robots that can assist humans in situations of daily life have been a long standing vision of robotics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive sciences. A first step tow…

  • Friday, 21/08/2026, 14:00–15:00

    IJCAI In the World

    This session highlights the impact of the IJCAI in the World initiative and invites community participation. Over the past three years, IJCAI has supported mentoring sessions, pane…

  • Friday, 21/08/2026, 14:00–15:00

    Reinforcement Learning

  • Thursday, 20/08/2026, 09:00–10:00

    Good visual representations: easier said than done

    Deep learning has sometimes been referred to as representation learning: it’s all about transforming raw inputs into gradually more abstract and useful representations. For visual …

  • Thursday, 20/08/2026, 14:00–15:00

    Building Visual and Physical Intelligence Through Code

    Much of our visual and physical world has its intrinsic structure: scenes are composed of objects; objects possess their own geometry, texture, material, and physical properties; c…

  • Tuesday, 18/08/2026, 10:00–11:00

    The Past, Present and Future of Agentic AI

    Agentic AI has rapidly emerged as one of the most prominent themes in contemporary artificial intelligence. In this lecture, I will trace the evolution of the field from its early …

  • Tuesday, 18/08/2026, 14:00–15:00

    Neuro-Symbolic AI and Logic Tensor Networks

    Neuro-symbolic AI combines neural networks’ learning abilities with symbolic logic’s reasoning power. In this talk, I will provide an overview of the main motivations, research cha…

  • Wednesday, 19/08/2026, 09:00–10:00

    The Myth of Ground Truth: What Human Disagreement Teaches Us About AI

    Artificial Intelligence has achieved remarkable progress, with increasingly capable systems now supporting decisions, generating knowledge, and interacting with humans at unprecede…

  • Wednesday, 19/08/2026, 11:30–12:30

    The EU AI Act – Help shape the future of safe AI

    With enforcement of the rules starting on the 2nd of August, the EU AI Act is more topical than ever. The AI Act aims to ensure that AI in the EU is safe and can be trusted and ado…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 63 companies, parsed from the program.

63 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
45Sponsoringsponsor only
8Exhibitingexhibitor only
10Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

27% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Director / Head of327%
  • Engineer · IC19%
  • Other roles764%

Of 11 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)Sp·S
  2. 02Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ)Sp·D
  3. 03Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ) / Artificial Intelligence Journal Division (AIJD)Sp·D
  4. 04Artificial Intelligence Journal Division (AIJD)Sp·D
  5. 05Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgSp·S
  6. 06CerenceSp·S
  7. 07Cerence AISp·S
  8. 08CONTACTSp·S
  9. 09DeepLSp·G
  10. 10DFKI (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence)Sp·S
  11. 11ElsevierSp·B
  12. 12EonSp·S
  13. 13Franka RoboticsSp·S
  14. 14German Federal State of BremenSp·M
Sponsors by tier
diamond3
6% of 52
platinum1
2% of 52
gold6
12% of 52
silver36
69% of 52
bronze4
8% of 52
main sponsor2
4% of 52
At peer events but not here

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