September 8-10, 2026 • Fawcett Center • OSU
September 8-10, 2026 • Fawcett Center • OSU
The AI Conference Built for Columbus Innovators
The most relevant AI conversations are happening close to home. Register today to connect with the people and organizations building the future with AI in Columbus.
GET INVOLVED
Participate in Columbus AI WEEK
Pick your lane and plug in. Speak, sponsor, volunteer, or grab a ticket and be in the room with Columbus’ AI builders and decision-makers.
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Speak
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Sponsor
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Volunteer
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Attend
AGENDA OVERVIEW
What to Expect At Columbus AI WEEK
Columbus AI Week blends conference-level insights with the energy of a high-impact meetup. As a leading Ohio AI Conference, Columbus AI Week brings together operators, executives, developers, and innovators for practical sessions, community events, and meaningful connections across the Columbus AI ecosystem. Full agenda coming soon!
COLUMBUS AI WEEK SPEAKERS
LIVE ON STAGE: MEET YOUR SPEAKERS
From Fortune 500 executives and startup founders to researchers and policy leaders. Each speaker at Columbus 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!
SPEAKERS COMING SOON!
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Introducing Our 2026 Event Sponsors
Columbus AI Week is powered by partners who care about real-world AI adoption. Explore the organizations supporting the community and the conversations.
Want to Speak at Columbus AI Week?
Submit your application to speak at Columbus’ premier AI Conference today!
LOCATION
The Fawcett Center at OSU
Skip the fluorescent lights and endless hallways. The Fawcett Center at The Ohio State University brings the sessions into the middle of the ecosystem, so networking happens naturally.
You’ll feel the difference the moment you walk in.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Explore Community Experiences
AI Week special events create the highest-value networking of the week—designed for fast introductions, meaningful conversations, and real opportunities with the people building and adopting AI locally.
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Startup Showcase
Watch rapid startup pitches, then meet founders and teams immediately after. Discover new products, evaluate real use cases, and connect with the builders behind them.
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Community Happy Hour
Meet attendees before the main conference begins. Make early connections, lock in plans, and walk into programming seeing familiar faces.
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Women in AI & Tech Breakfast
An empowering Day 3 kickoff featuring real stories, candid experiences, and insights from women leading AI and emerging technology across industries.
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WHY COLUMBUS?
Quietly Powerful
Enterprise innovation, insurance, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and one of the largest research universities in the nation driving it all. This is a city where AI isn’t theoretical. It’s deployed. It’s operational. It’s scaling.
Columbus AI Week brings together the operators, executives, founders, researchers, and technologists applying AI inside real organizations. If you’re building, buying, implementing, or investing in AI in the Midwest, this is the room.
