The AI Summit New York 2026: Dates, Speakers, Tickets & Guide
December 9-10, 2026
TL;DR: The AI Summit New York 2026 runs December 9-10, 2026 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.
TL;DR: The AI Summit New York 2026 runs December 9-10, 2026 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. Informa cites 5,000-plus senior decision-makers, 100-plus solution providers, and six content stages built around applied AI, not research (checked 2026-08-24, newyork.theaisummit.com). Only the $55 Expo Pass is public. Delegate, VIP, and Data Excellence prices are unpublished five months out. In-person only.
I track AI conferences the way I track AI tool deals: I check the organizer’s own numbers before I trust the marketing copy. The AI Summit New York goes into its 11th year at the Javits Center in December, and Informa runs the show. That is a real venue at real scale with a real operator behind it. The problem is that the specific numbers you need to budget the trip are not published yet, and the two attendance figures on the official site do not reconcile.
The scale claim on Informa’s own site contradicts itself
The AI Summit New York 2026 homepage advertises 7,500-plus attendees, 350-plus speakers, and 10 content stages. The about page instead calls out 5,000-plus senior decision-makers, 100-plus solution providers, and six stages (checked 2026-08-24, newyork.theaisummit.com/about). Both numbers are on the same domain. They do not add up to the same event.
I read the 5,000-plus figure as the specific one: senior decision-makers is who you would be networking with. The 7,500-plus figure likely folds in expo-only walk-ins on Day 2. If your budget question is “who will I actually meet in a session,” use 5,000. If it is “how crowded is the floor,” use 7,500. Do not treat either as gospel until Informa reconciles them.
When and where The AI Summit New York 2026 runs
The AI Summit New York 2026 takes place December 9-10, 2026 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 429 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10001. In-person only. No live-stream. On-demand recordings sell after the show for anyone who cannot travel.
Two days is tight for an event this size. Six stages, a Start-Up & Investor Stage, an expo floor, and a VisionAIres VIP networking track all run in parallel. Plan your session priorities before you land, not on the flight in. December in Manhattan lands after the U.S. holiday travel spike ramps and before the December scramble, so flights and hotels are still bookable in November but move fast the week of.
You get to the Javits Center by the M34, M42, M50, M12, or M11 bus. Citi Bike is a block away. Manhattan’s west side is not where you want to hunt for parking two mornings in a row, and Informa’s FAQ points to the Javits Center’s own site for subway routes rather than naming one. Rideshare drop-off is dedicated. Do not drive.
| Detail | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Dates | December 9-10, 2026 |
| Venue | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, NYC |
| Format | In-person only. On-demand recordings post-event. |
| Organizer | Informa (AI Summit Series: NY, London, San Francisco) |
| Stages | Headliners + 5 Premium-Access + Start-Up & Investor |
| Exhibitors | 100+ solution providers |
Who The AI Summit New York 2026 is built for
Informa’s own FAQ names the target: business leaders, product and unit leaders, technical experts, entrepreneurs and founders, civil society leads, and investors already deploying AI. This is not a 101-level intro event. If your organization is still debating whether to use AI at all, the sessions will move fast and assume context you may not have.
You get real value out of the trip if any of the following fits.
- Enterprise AI or data leader benchmarking a deployment against peers on the Ambassador Chapter’s bench (Wells Fargo, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, McDonald’s).
- Product or business unit leader deciding where AI actually moves revenue versus where it is still a slide-deck promise. The Applied AI and Data Excellence stages are built for that decision.
- Founder or investor working the Start-Up & Investor Stage and Village.
- Early-career professional with 1 to 4 years of experience. The Future AI Leaders program is free and application-only.
I would not send a beginner. The event is priced and positioned for people past the “should we use AI” conversation. Send those people to a workshop, not to Javits in December.
The Ambassador Chapter is real. The speaker lineup is not published.
Informa has not published a full 2026 speaker or keynote lineup as of 2026-08-24. What is confirmed and verifiable is the Ambassador Chapter, an advisory board shaping the 2026 program, not a list of confirmed on-stage presenters.
| Name | Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Bijit Ghosh | Managing Director, AI/ML & Data Transformation | Wells Fargo |
| Elise Neel | SVP, Global Strategy & Strategic Partnerships | Panasonic |
| Jason Harvey | EVP & General Manager, BET+ | Paramount Global |
| Maryam Ashoori | VP, Product and Engineering | IBM |
| Nitzan Mekel | VP, Chief AI Officer | eBay |
| Pooja Chandiramani | VP, Global Head of Marketing Analytics | Coach |
| Wayne Filin-Matthews | VP, Data, AI & Architecture (Chief Architect) | McDonald’s |
| Zach Golkhou | Director of Generative AI & Data Science | JPMorgan Chase |
That is a credible bench. Every title is hands-on, not “AI evangelist” branding. If you need confirmed session speakers before you commit budget, that is a reasonable thing to wait on. I will update this guide the moment Informa publishes the roster.
The 2026 agenda leans applied, not research
The AI Summit New York 2026 program organizes around three tracks: Next Generation, Applied AI, and Data Excellence. Those feed a physical stage lineup: the Headliners Stage (all-pass), five Premium-Access stages (AI at Scale, Next Generation, Finance, Data Excellence, GenAI), and a Start-Up & Investor Stage.
The naming tells you the intent. “Applied AI” and “Data Excellence” are both about shipping, not exploring. A dedicated Finance stage and a dedicated GenAI stage means Informa is still splitting content by industry vertical (finance) and technology category (generative AI) rather than picking one lens. Layer on the AI Demo Tours, the self-guided “AI Trail” across the expo floor, VisionAIres for VIP networking, a Networking Café, and a hackathon. That mix maps to how enterprise buyers evaluate AI vendors in 2026: fewer slide decks, more live demos.
The Full Agenda link on the official site currently points at page structure, not a populated session list. Informa is still accepting speaker submissions for 2026. Expect the session-by-session schedule to land 6 to 8 weeks out.
The AI Summit New York 2026 ticket situation
Only the Expo Pass price is public. Every other tier exists as a named product with no dollar figure attached.
| Pass | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Expo Pass | From $55 | Expo floor + Headliners Stage + one additional stage |
| Delegate Pass | Not yet published | Full keynote and 6-track access + meals |
| VIP All Access | Not yet published | Delegate access + VisionAIres VIP Lounge |
| Data Excellence Pass | Not yet published | Headliners + Data Excellence Stage + Expo privileges |
| Government / Academic / Start-Up | Not yet published | Reduced, eligibility-based rates |
| Future AI Leaders | Free (apply) | Early-career track, 1 to 4 years of experience |
All confirmed via the official FAQ on 2026-08-24. Check the passes and pricing page before you budget, since this is the section of the guide most likely to move first.
Five months before a December event, most established conferences already have early-bird pricing live. This one does not, beyond the $55 Expo Pass floor. That is not a legitimacy red flag. Informa is not a fly-by-night operator. It does mean anyone planning a Delegate or VIP trip is budgeting on last year’s pricing pattern, not confirmed 2026 numbers. There is no StackVerdict partnership discount code. I am not going to invent one. If that changes, this guide changes.
My buy-or-skip framing for The AI Summit New York 2026
Register interest now if you are a serious enterprise AI buyer and want first access when Delegate passes go live. Also register now if you might qualify for the free Future AI Leaders program or a reduced Government, Academic, or Start-Up rate. The interest form is the only lever available today.
Wait to book travel until Delegate or VIP pricing is public. That is the number that decides whether the trip pencils. Skip the event if you need confirmed named keynote speakers before you commit budget, since that information does not exist publicly yet. Come back to this guide when the roster lands.
For a comparison against other New York AI events, see the AI Enterprise Conference 2026 and the London and San Francisco editions of the same AI Summit brand. For deal alerts as pricing goes live, subscribe here.