KI2026 – 49th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence

KI2026 is the 49^th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence organized in cooperation with the Fachbereich Künstliche Intelligenz der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI-SIG AI). The German AI Conference basically started approx. 50 years ago with the first GI-SIG AI meeting on Oct. 7, 1975 (see the archive of GI-SIG AI).

KI is one of the major European AI conferences and traditionally brings together academic and industrial researchers from all areas of AI, providing an ideal place for exchanging news and research results on theory and applications. KI2026 is prelocated to IJCAI 2026, which takes place in Bremen the week after on August 15–21.

The conference program will be densely packed with highlights (see also our venue and social event site). We are happy to have a confirmation from our four renowned keynote speakers and you will hear about recent topics in AI from within the community. There will also be enough time for networking and discussions, while seeing Bremen from new perspectives. Our highlights include:

• a special Industry Day at the prestigious Schuetting building - home of Bremens Chamber of Commerce
• the main conference will be at the Robotics Innovation Center of DFKI in Bremen, where we are offering a tour through the infrastructure
• Conference Dinner in the excellent CANOVA restaurant which is directly situated in the old ancient "Bremen Wall" 
• a very special Social Event: KI is going on Ship - we will cruise the river Weser along the city, you can discuss the KI 2026 posters, the incredible band Danube's Banks will play or you just go outside and watch the city floating by
• join colleagues on a sightseeing tour in Bremen

• 2026-02-13 Workshop & Tutorial Proposals Stage 1 (notification by 2026-03-02)
• 2026-03-13 Workshop & Tutorial Proposals Stage 2 (notification by 2026-03-27)
• ^2026-03-242026-04-02 Main Track Abstract Submission
• ^2026-04-022026-04-12 Main Track Full Paper Submission
• 2026-05-13 IJCAI-ECAI 2026 Near Miss Track Submission
• 2026-05-15 Doctoral Consortium Submission
• 2026-05-20 Extended Abstracts of Accepted Papers Track Submission
• 2026-05-22 Main Track Author Notification
• 2026-05-29 Camera-ready Submission
• 2026-06-04 Doctoral Consortium & Extended Abstract Notification
• 2026-06-08 2026-06-15 Early-Bird Registration ends
• 2026-08-11 Workshops & Tutorials Day
• 2026-08-12 KI Conference starts