AI and Tech Conferences 2026 USA: Which Are Worth It

The last quarter of the year is crowded with US business and tech events that matter to B2B SaaS and AI companies. This guide covers the ones left in 2026: when and where they are, who is in the room, what a pass costs, and whether a founder, CMO, Head of Product or Head of Design should spend the time.

We checked every date, venue, audience figure and price below on the organizer’s own website on September 21, 2026. Prices change often and many rise on a set date, so confirm on the official page before you book.

The team is not attending these events this year. We are planning to be at some of them next year, and this is the list we built to decide which.

Will Bruey on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. This year’s Disrupt runs October 13 to 15 at Moscone West. Photo: TechCrunch, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Which US tech conferences are worth it for SaaS and AI teams in late 2026?

Pick by where your buyers are, not by the size of the event. These are the strongest fits for each market we work in:

Twelve of the upcoming events on this list are in Las Vegas. If you sell into more than one market, a single trip in late October or November can cover several.

How we picked and checked these events

Everything here is in person, in the US, and between late September and the end of December 2026. We read dates, venues, audience figures and ticket prices on each organizer’s own site, not on event listing sites. Several listing sites still showed old figures, old venues or events that have already happened.

“Worth it” here means three things: how many people in the room could buy from you, whether vendors get in on the same terms as buyers, and what the trip costs in money and senior time.

Audience figures are the organizers’ own numbers. Where an organizer does not publish one, we leave it out rather than guess.

Late September and October 2026

Sibos 2026 (banking and payments)

September 28 to October 1, Miami Beach Convention Center. Swift’s annual conference comes to Miami for the first time, with more than 10,000 people from over 160 countries. Banks, market infrastructures, fintechs and software providers attend. A week pass is EUR 3,400, and a Discover pass for fintechs is EUR 1,000, approved case by case. Go if you sell transaction banking, payments or securities software to banks. Official site: sibos.com

ITC Vegas 2026 (insurtech)

September 29 to October 1, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. The organizer reports 9,000+ attendees, 1,900+ carriers and 600+ exhibitors: insurers, reinsurers, brokers, agents, insurtechs and investors. There is a Solution Provider ticket for software companies that are not exhibiting, at $2,795 on the advance rate and $2,995 standard. Go if you sell to carriers or brokers. Official site: vegas.insuretechconnect.com

OpenAI DevDay 2026 and The AI Conference (AI)

OpenAI DevDay is on September 29 at Fort Mason, San Francisco. In-person places were by application and invitation, at $650, and applications are closed, but the keynote is livestreamed free. It is where OpenAI presents updates to its developer platform, so watch it if your product is built on that platform. Official site: devday.openai.com

The AI Conference runs September 29 to October 1 at Pier 48, San Francisco, with 5,500+ builders, researchers and leaders and tracks on infrastructure, product and applied AI. Official site: aiconference.com

RelFest Chicago (legal tech)

September 29 to October 1, Hyatt Regency Chicago. Relativity’s user conference gathers 2,000 people who work with e-discovery and litigation data. Standard tickets were $1,500 through September 25, so check the current price before you book. Go if your legal AI product works with litigation data. Official site: relativity.com

Content Marketing World and Advertising Week New York (marketing)

Content Marketing World is October 5 to 7 at the Colorado Convention Center, Denver, with 100+ sessions, including AI search and content strategy. The two-day pass is listed at $2,299. Official site: contentmarketingworld.com

Advertising Week New York is October 5 to 8 at The Penn District, with a B2B Marketing Exchange day on October 8 for B2B marketers. Delegate passes start at $749. Official site: advertisingweek.com

a16z Tech Week (founders)

San Francisco, October 5 to 11, and Los Angeles, October 12 to 18. Tech Week is a calendar of events across each city under a16z’s banner, and hosts can submit their own. It suits founders who want investor and peer meetings more than a single conference. Official site: tech-week.com

Mind the Product Chicago and ProductCon San Francisco (product)

Mind the Product Chicago is October 6 to 7, with workshops at the Swissotel and the conference day at the Harris Theater. It is the event formerly called INDUSTRY, now run by Mind the Product and moved from Cleveland to Chicago. Product managers, product leaders, UX designers and founders attend. Tickets start at $895, or $1,895 with a workshop. Official site: mindtheproduct.com

ProductCon San Francisco is October 6 to 7 at SVN West, as part of San Francisco Tech Week. Product School lists CPOs, VPs and Heads of Product as its audience. Online tickets are free, and in-person prices are not published. Official site: productschool.com

AI Engineer New York (AI in financial services)

October 12 to 14, Sheraton New York Times Square. This year’s edition is aimed at engineers and technical leaders building AI in banking, fintech, insurance and asset management, with 1,000+ attending in person. Go if you sell AI or developer tools to financial services. Official site: ai.engineer

Workday Rising (HR and finance)

October 12 to 15, The Venetian and Caesars Forum, Las Vegas. Workday’s customer conference draws CHROs, HRIS leaders, CFOs, controllers, CIOs and developers. The full pass is $2,595. Go if your product integrates with Workday or sells to its customers. Official site: rising.workday.com

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (founders and AI)

October 13 to 15, Moscone West, San Francisco. The organizer reports 10,000+ attendees, and its own “who should attend” list is founders, investors and operators. A Founder pass was $899 when we checked on September 21 ($1,099 regular), and prices were due to go up after September 25. Go if you are raising, hiring or looking for press. It is a weaker fit if your buyers are enterprise IT teams. Official site: techcrunch.com

DC Fintech Week (fintech policy)

October 13 to 16, Washington, D.C., at the World Bank, Amazon HQ2 and other venues. It is free and open to the public. Regulators, policymakers, founders and investors attend. Go if your product depends on how regulators treat AI, payments or open banking. Official site: dcfintechweek.org

Money20/20 USA 2026 (fintech)

October 18 to 21, The Venetian, Las Vegas. Money20/20 calls it the USA’s number one fintech event. The organizer reports 11,000+ senior attendees from 3,400+ companies, one in three at C-suite level, from banks, payments companies, fintechs, retailers and investors. The Standard pass lists at $4,049, with Early Stage Startup ($1,545) and Growth Stage Startup ($1,855) passes. Confirm the current price on the passes page before you buy. Go if you sell to banks, payments companies or fintechs, and book meetings before you land. Official site: us.money2020.com

Money20/20 USA 2026, October 18 to 21 at The Venetian, Las Vegas. Image: Money20/20.

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo (enterprise IT)

October 19 to 22, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Orlando. Gartner expects more than 7,000 CIOs and senior IT leaders, with 180 solution providers. The standard price is $8,200, the highest standard attendee price on this list. Go if you sell to CIOs at large companies and can justify the cost. Official site: gartner.com

Cloudflare Connect (dev tools)

October 19 to 21, Moscone West, San Francisco. Cloudflare reports 5,000+ architects, developers and security leaders. The conference pass is $595. Official site: cloudflare.com

HR Technology Conference & Expo (HR tech)

October 20 to 22, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. The organizer reports 7,200+ HR and business leaders and 400+ solution providers. The price depends on who you are: from September 23 to October 12, an HR practitioner pays $1,695, a vendor (“industry partner”) pays $3,400, and practitioner expo passes are $295. Go if you sell HR, recruiting or workforce software. For a smaller, more senior room, Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo runs October 26 to 28 in Orlando, with 4,000+ CHROs and HR leaders, at $5,475. Official sites: hrtechnologyconference.com and gartner.com

PyTorch Conference and AGNTCon + MCPCon (AI infrastructure)

PyTorch Conference North America is October 20 to 21, and AGNTCon + MCPCon is October 22 to 23. Both are at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, both are run by Linux Foundation groups, and each reports 3,500+ attendees. PyTorch is for ML and infrastructure engineers. AGNTCon + MCPCon is the vendor-neutral event for AI agents and the Model Context Protocol. The PyTorch pass was $999 when we checked on September 21, and AGNTCon + MCPCon is $925 from October 8 ($475 before). Official sites: PyTorch Conference and AGNTCon + MCPCon

HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum (health and AI)

October 22 to 23, Omni San Diego Hotel at the Ballpark. Clinicians, executives and technologists from health systems meet on AI governance and implementation, with live solution demos. Suppliers pay far more than providers: $4,295 for a non-member supplier at the advance rate, against $995 for a non-member provider. Official site: himss.org

Oracle AI World and SuiteWorld (enterprise and finance)

Both run October 25 to 28 in Las Vegas. SuiteWorld, NetSuite’s conference at Caesars Forum, reports 8,000+ attendees and 150+ sponsors, and individual passes are $2,195. Oracle AI World is at The Venetian, at $2,399. Go if your product integrates with NetSuite or Oracle, or your buyers run their finance on them. Official sites: netsuitesuiteworld.com and oracle.com

ClioCon 2026 (legal tech)

October 26 to 27, Hynes Convention Center, Boston. Clio’s conference draws what it calls thousands of legal professionals, with 90+ legal-focused vendors in the exhibit hall. Tickets are $1,749. Go if you sell software to law firms, especially if it integrates with Clio. For in-house legal teams, the ACC Annual Meeting runs October 4 to 7 in Boston with 2,000+ members. Official sites: cliocon.com and acc.com

Guidewire Connections 2026 (insurtech)

October 26 to 29, Fontainebleau, Las Vegas. Guidewire’s customer conference brings together what it calls thousands of property and casualty insurance people, more than half of them executives or directors. Prices are not published. Go if your AI or data product works with insurers that run on Guidewire. Official site: guidewire.com

PPS profitABLE26 (pricing and billing)

October 27 to 30, Renaissance Waverly, Atlanta. The Professional Pricing Society’s fall conference is for pricing, revenue management, sales and marketing leaders, with sessions on pricing in the AI era. A non-member Core pass is $2,395. Go if you sell billing, pricing or revenue software, or you are rethinking how your own AI product is priced. Official site: pricingsociety.com

GitHub Universe 2026 (dev tools and AI)

October 28 to 29, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. GitHub describes it as its flagship developer event, with a focus on AI agents this year. Developers, open source maintainers and engineering leaders attend. In-person passes are $1,399, or $1,119 each for groups of four or more, and the virtual pass is free. Official site: githubuniverse.com

GitHub Universe 2026, October 28 to 29 at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. Image: GitHub.

November 2026

MarketingProfs B2B Forum (B2B marketing)

November 2 to 4, Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. One of the few conferences built only for B2B marketers, with 60+ sessions. From September 28, the main conference pass is $1,995 and the all-access pass is $2,595. Official site: mpb2b.marketingprofs.com

6sense Breakthrough 2026 (B2B marketing)

November 2 to 5, Fontainebleau, Las Vegas. 6sense’s user conference is for go-to-market and revenue teams that run account-based marketing on intent data. Prices are not published. Go if you sell to B2B marketing or revenue operations teams. Official site: 6sense.com

Forrester Technology & Innovation Forum East (enterprise buyers)

November 4 to 5, Convene 30 Hudson Yards, New York. CIOs, chief data officers and chief AI officers meet on how to govern and scale AI. Non-client tickets are $1,099. Vendor attendance is limited and subject to approval, so check before you plan around it. Official site: forrester.com

Current 2026 (data streaming)

November 4 to 5, Moscone West, San Francisco. Confluent’s conference for developers, architects, data engineers and technology executives reports 3,000+ attendees. Passes are $699 until October 10, then $899. Official site: current.confluent.io

UXDX San Francisco (product and design)

November 5 to 6, August Hall, San Francisco. About 300 product, research, design and engineering people in one room. Conference passes are $909 until October 3, then $1,199. Official site: uxdx.com

AFP 2026 (corporate finance)

November 8 to 11, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. The organizer reports more than 7,000 treasury, FP&A and finance professionals, with 200+ solution providers in the exhibit hall. It is a large room of corporate finance buyers, relevant for B2B payments, accounts payable and receivable, FP&A and finance AI. The non-member rate is $2,195 until October 2, then $2,469. Official site: financialprofessionals.org

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America (cloud native and AI infrastructure)

November 9 to 12, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City. The organizer reports 9,000+ attendees from 2,100+ organizations: platform, DevOps and AI/ML engineers. Co-located events on November 9 include Cloud Native AI + Inference Day and Platform Engineering Day. All-access passes are $2,278 corporate or $1,278 individual, plus tax. Official site: events.linuxfoundation.org

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026, November 9 to 12 at the Salt Palace, Salt Lake City. Image: CNCF and The Linux Foundation.

Adobe MAX 2026 (design)

November 10 to 12, Miami Beach Convention Center, with preconference sessions November 8 to 9. This is where Adobe presents its creative and AI tools. Passes are $1,995, or $1,695 each for groups of three or more, and online attendance is free. Official site: max.adobe.com

A keynote at a past Adobe MAX. This year’s event runs November 10 to 12 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Image: Adobe.

AI Engineer Code Summit and Cerebral Valley AI Summit (AI)

The AI Engineer Code Summit is November 10 to 12 at the Hilton Union Square, San Francisco, for people building coding agents and developer tools. Attendance is by application. Official site: ai.engineer

The Cerebral Valley AI Summit is November 12 in San Francisco, with 350 founders and investors, also by application. Tickets are $1,299, and founder tickets are $199. Official site: cerebralvalley.com

CHIME26 Fall Forum (health IT)

November 11 to 14, Gaylord Rockies, Denver. It is built for health system CIOs and digital health leaders. Vendors take part through CHIME Foundation membership and can host small focus groups. Official site: chimecentral.org

HLTH USA 2026 (healthcare)

November 15 to 18, The Venetian Expo, Las Vegas. HLTH is in November this year. The organizer reports 12,250+ attendees, 4,400+ at C-suite level and 8,500+ meetings, across providers, payers, employers, pharma, investors and startups. Solution providers pay $3,495 (full price $3,995), startups under four years old with under $8 million raised pay $1,500, and qualified buyers can attend free through Market Connect. Those rates were due to rise after September 26, so check the current price. Official site: hlth.com

HLTH USA 2026, November 15 to 18 at The Venetian Expo, Las Vegas. Image: HLTH.

TLTF Summit and Legal Innovators New York (legal tech)

The TLTF Summit, from The LegalTech Fund, is November 16 to 18 at The Phoenician, Scottsdale, by invitation, for law firm leaders, general counsel, investors and founders. Official site: tltfsummit.com

Legal Innovators New York is November 17 to 18 at Quorum by Convene, with 500+ participants. Law firm and in-house leaders attend free if approved, and vendors pay. Official site: legalinnovatorsnewyork.com

Microsoft Ignite 2026 (enterprise and AI)

November 17 to 20, Moscone Center, San Francisco. Microsoft’s conference for IT pros, developers, partners and business leaders covers its AI, Azure and Copilot plans. The conference pass is $2,325, a hub-only pass is $1,625, and the digital pass is free. Official site: ignite.microsoft.com

Microsoft Ignite 2026, November 17 to 20 at Moscone Center, San Francisco. Image: Microsoft.

RSNA 2026 (imaging and health AI)

November 29 to December 3, McCormick Place, Chicago. RSNA 2025 had nearly 38,000 registrants, and its exhibits featured an AI Showcase. An in-person industry registration is $1,020 for non-members, and exhibits-only is $630. Rates rise by $100 on October 2. Official site: rsna.org

AWS re:Invent 2026 (cloud and AI)

November 30 to December 4, across Caesars Forum, Caesars Palace, Encore, MGM Grand, The Venetian and Wynn in Las Vegas. AWS reports 60,000+ attendees and 2,200+ sessions. The full pass is $2,499, and there are no day or expo-only passes. Cancellations get a full refund until October 16. Go if you build on AWS, sell through its partner ecosystem, or sell to cloud and platform teams. Official site: aws.amazon.com

NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C. (AI infrastructure)

November 30 to December 3, Ronald Reagan Building. NVIDIA’s fall US GTC is for government leaders, researchers and its partner ecosystem, with the keynote on December 1. Conference passes are $899, and exhibit hall passes are $375. Official site: nvidia.com

December 2026

Fortune Brainstorm AI San Francisco (enterprise AI)

December 7 to 8, The St. Regis San Francisco. It is by invitation, for Global 500 executives, investors and founders, and the registration fee is $3,500. Official site: fortune.com

FTT Fintech Festival North America (fintech)

December 8 to 9, JW Marriott Austin. A smaller event with 450+ attendees, where banks and other financial institutions attend free and meet vendors through hosted meetings. Solution providers pay $2,899, and early-stage startups pay $899 until October 16. Official site: fintechtalents.com

Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies (infrastructure and FinOps)

December 8 to 10, The Venetian, Las Vegas. The organizer reports 3,000+ infrastructure, operations and cloud leaders, the buyers for cloud cost and FinOps tools. The early rate is $4,475 until October 9, then $4,925. Official site: gartner.com

The AI Summit New York (enterprise AI)

December 9 to 10, Javits Center, New York. The organizer reports 7,500+ attendees and 200+ exhibitors, with C-suite, product and technical leaders deploying AI in large companies. Delegate passes are $2,099 until October 15, start-up passes are $799, and expo passes are $99. Official site: newyork.theaisummit.com

NeurIPS 2026, Atlanta (AI research)

December 9 to 13, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta. The main NeurIPS site this year is Sydney, and Atlanta is the US site. It is a research conference, so it matters most for research and recruiting, not marketing. Official site: neurips.cc

Which events fit your role?

• Founder or CEO: TechCrunch Disrupt, the Cerebral Valley AI Summit (by application) and Tech Week events in San Francisco and Los Angeles, for investors, partners and hiring.

• CMO: the event in your market where your buyers are, plus MarketingProfs B2B Forum or Content Marketing World for your team.

• Head of Product: the platform events where your stack changes (the OpenAI DevDay livestream, GitHub Universe, Microsoft Ignite, AWS re:Invent), and Mind the Product, ProductCon or UXDX for peers.

• Head of Design: Adobe MAX and UXDX San Francisco, plus a day at the event your customers attend, to hear how buyers describe their problems.

How much do US tech conferences cost?

Published attendee prices on this list run from free (DC Fintech Week, the Databricks Data + AI World Tour stops and the ElasticON Tour days) to $8,200 (Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo). Vendor access can cost more.

At these buyer-heavy events, a vendor pass costs roughly two to four times what a buyer pays.

Many buyer-heavy events charge vendors more than buyers:

• HLTH USA: $3,495 for solution providers, $1,500 for clinicians and eligible startups.

• HR Tech: $3,400 for vendors at the advance rate, $1,695 for HR practitioners.

• HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum: $4,295 for non-member suppliers, $995 for non-member providers.

• Becker’s CEO + CFO Roundtable (November 2 to 5, Chicago): $10,000 for vendor access, $2,500 for hospital and health system staff.

Several offer cheaper passes for startups or founders: Money20/20 ($1,545 early stage), HLTH ($1,500), The AI Summit New York ($799), Cerebral Valley ($199 for founders) and TechCrunch Disrupt (a Founder pass was $899 through September 25).

Some events limit vendors. The MAG Payments Conference (September 27 to 30, Nashville) is closed to the public. AHIP’s fall events are for member health plans. Forrester approves vendor attendance case by case, and the CFO Leadership Conference admits vendors only as sponsors.

The ticket is often not the biggest cost. Flights, a hotel near the venue and two to four days of senior time add up, so price the whole trip before you compare passes.

Should you attend, exhibit or just book meetings?

A simple rule by stage:

• Before Series A: attend a small number of events where your buyers are, and book meetings before you go. A booth rarely pays off at this stage unless the room is full of your buyers.

• Series A to B: attend with a meeting plan, and add a side event such as a dinner where your buyers are concentrated.

• Series B to C: consider exhibiting at the one or two events with the most buyers for your market.

The AI Playground on the show floor at The AI Summit New York 2025. This year’s summit sells expo passes from $99. Photo: The AI Summit New York.

Check what each pass includes. AWS re:Invent has no day or expo-only passes. The AI Summit New York sells an expo pass from $99, Microsoft Ignite a hub-only pass, and NVIDIA GTC D.C. an exhibit hall pass.

What should you have ready before you go?

People you meet will look you up the same day. Your site, demo and deck carry the second conversation.

1. Book meetings two to four weeks ahead. Several large events run meeting programs, such as Money20/20 SmartMeet and HLTH Market Connect.

2. Make sure your landing page says what you say at the event: the same product name, the same one-line description, the same proof.

3. Have a demo that works without venue Wi-Fi and on a phone.

4. Bring a short deck and a one-page leave-behind.

5. Agree on one sentence that describes the product, and have everyone on the team use it.

6. Send follow-ups within 48 hours.

We wrote more about this in Fintech Event Season Is a Design Deadline. If your site or demo needs work before you fly, see how we approach B2B website design.

Which 2026 events have already happened?

If you were planning around these, they are over: Webflow Conf (September 1 to 3, Boston), FinovateFall (September 9 to 11, New York), Dreamforce (September 15 to 17, San Francisco), AI Infra Summit (September 15 to 17, Santa Clara), dbt Summit, formerly Coalesce (September 15 to 18, Las Vegas), HubSpot’s UNBOUND, formerly INBOUND (September 16 to 18, Boston) and Okta’s Oktane (September 22 to 24, Las Vegas). SaaStr’s flagship was in May, and SaaStr has no in-person US event before the end of the year. Outside the US, we covered Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai.

Where we will be

We are not at these events this year. The team plans to be at some of them next year, and we will say which once that is decided. If you are going this fall and want a second pair of eyes on your site or demo before you fly, talk to the team.

Questions people ask about US tech conferences in 2026

When and where is Money20/20 USA 2026?

Money20/20 USA 2026 runs October 18 to 21 at The Venetian in Las Vegas.

Who attends Money20/20 USA?

The organizer reports more than 11,000 senior attendees from more than 3,400 companies, one in three at C-suite level, from banks, payments companies, fintechs, retailers and investors.

What is the biggest tech conference left in 2026?

Of the events in this guide, AWS re:Invent reports the largest audience: more than 60,000 attendees, November 30 to December 4 in Las Vegas.

What are the biggest AI conferences in the USA in late 2026?

Among the AI-focused events in this guide, by the organizers’ published attendance: The AI Summit New York (7,500+), The AI Conference (5,500+), and PyTorch Conference North America and AGNTCon + MCPCon (3,500+ each). TechCrunch Disrupt reports 10,000+ attendees across a broader startup audience.

Is AWS re:Invent free?

No. AWS re:Invent 2026 has a full pass at $2,499, and there are no day or expo-only passes.

Is TechCrunch Disrupt worth it?

TechCrunch Disrupt is worth it for founders who are raising, hiring or looking for press. The organizer lists founders, investors and operators as its audience and reports 10,000+ attendees.

When is HR Tech 2026?

HR Tech 2026 runs October 20 to 22 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Which tech conferences are in Las Vegas in late 2026?

ITC Vegas, Workday Rising, Money20/20 USA, HR Tech, Oracle AI World, SuiteWorld, Guidewire Connections, 6sense Breakthrough, AFP 2026, HLTH USA, AWS re:Invent and Gartner’s IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies conference.

Has Dreamforce 2026 already happened?

Yes. Dreamforce 2026 ran September 15 to 17 in San Francisco.

Are tech conferences worth it?

When a large share of the room could buy from you and you book meetings before you go. If not, the livestream and the coverage afterward are often enough.

Is Rango attending these events?

Not in 2026. The team plans to attend some of these events in 2027 and will share which once that is decided.