June 9-11, 2026 • Over the Rhine • Cincinnati, OH
June 9-11, 2026 • Union Hall • Cincinnati, OH
The Midwest’s largest event for ai professionals and enthusiasts
Cincy AI Week brings together the builders, leaders, operators, students, and curious minds shaping what AI looks like in the Midwest. Expect practical conversations, real local connections, and the kind of ideas you can actually take back to work, your company, or your next project.
CINCY AI WEEK SPEAKERS
MEET THE SPEAKERS AND BROWSE 100+ Sessions
From Fortune 500 executives and startup founders to researchers and policy leaders. Each speaker at Cincy AI Week will share exclusive insights, real success stories, and actionable ideas. Come learn from the best – and get ready to ask them your burning questions!
More speakers coming soon!
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Introducing Our 2026 Event Sponsors
Cincy AI Week is powered by partners who care about real-world AI adoption. Explore the organizations supporting the community and the conversations.
Get AI Certified at Cincy AI Week
AI Ready Ohio, powered by ETA and JobsOhio, is coming to Cincy AI Week, and that means attendees walk away with credentials in hand.
- Level up your skills with hands-on sessions and workshops
- Network with the region's AI builders, leaders, and employers
- Grow your impact, and leave with a certificate included
Credentialed. Connected. Career-ready.
Earn an AI Ready Ohio credential by attending sessions and workshops throughout Cincy AI Week.
The Cincy AI Week Community Hub
Everything happening across the region in one place. Explore community events, nominate the people moving AI forward, and catch the marquee moments during the week.
Community Events Calendar
From happy hours to hands-on workshops, see everything the community is hosting during Cincy AI Week, and apply to add your own.
View the CalendarCincy AI Award Nominations
Know someone driving AI forward in the region? Nominate the people and organizations shaping what's next, recognized at the Awards Luncheon on June 11.
Submit a NominationCintrifuse AI Demo Day
Watch the region's most promising AI startups pitch live, hosted by Cintrifuse during Cincy AI Week.
Learn MoreLOCATION
Ditch The Conference Center.
Cincinnati AI Week happens where Cincinnati's innovation actually lives. Over-the-Rhine isn't a convention center — it's the neighborhood where the city's best founders, operators, and builders already work, meet, and create. From Trancept to Union Hall to Alcove to Sommerhaus, your sessions are embedded directly in the ecosystem. Grab coffee between panels at the same spots where Cincinnati's top startups close deals. Run into a future collaborator on the sidewalk between venues. That's not a happy accident — it's the format.
You'll feel the difference the moment you walk in.
4 Venues · Over-the-Rhine · June 9–11, 2026
Cincinnati AI Week Venues
Programming spans four venues across Over-the-Rhine — Cincinnati's most vibrant neighborhood.
Trancept
Union Hall
Alcove
Sommerhaus
Official Hotel Partner · June 9–11, 2026
TownePlace Suites by Marriott Cincinnati Downtown
Cincinnati, OH
Exclusive AI Week Group Rate
Discounted room block for Cincinnati AI Week attendees. Book by May 18, 2026 to secure the group rate — rooms are limited and released on a first-come, first-served basis.
WHat are you Waiting for?
Save your Seat at Cincinnati’s Leading AI Conference today!
Want to Speak at Cincy AI Week?
Submit your application to speak at Cincinnati’s leading AI conference today!
GET INVOLVED
Participate in Cincy AI WEEK
Pick your lane and plug in. Speak, sponsor, volunteer, or grab a ticket and be in the room with Cincinnati’s AI builders and decision-makers.
Apply to Speak
Share what you're building with 2,000+ practitioners across four stages in Over-the-Rhine. Practitioners and operators only — no sales pitches.
Become a Sponsor
Put your brand in front of 2,000+ enterprise AI leaders — from Trancept to Union Hall to Sommerhaus. Activations, not just logos.
Volunteer
Rep the Queen City. Help us run the show across four OTR venues and connect with every speaker, sponsor, and attendee in the room.
Get Tickets
Three days across Over-the-Rhine's best venues. Sessions, workshops, and networking with Cincinnati's AI community. Limited capacity per venue.
WHY CINCINNATI?
LOCAL Builders. Real Deployment.
Cincinnati is built for real-world adoption. When AI works here, it works anywhere.
You’ve got major companies, operators, and builders packed into a tight downtown footprint, plus a growing startup scene that’s focused on implementation over hype. Cincy AI Week brings it all together so you can meet the people doing the work and leave with momentum, not just ideas.
