NeurIPS 2026
The fortieth NeurIPS brings the global machine-learning research community to Sydney, with satellite programmes in Atlanta and Paris, for peer-reviewed papers, tutorials, competitions, workshops and an industry expo.
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What you need to know
The fortieth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems opens in Sydney on 6 December 2026. The official calendar divides the Sydney week into an expo day on 6 December, tutorials on 7 December, the main conference from 8–10 December, and workshops and competitions on 11–12 December. Official satellite programmes in Atlanta and Paris run 9–13 December.
The Sydney meeting combines refereed papers with invited talks, demonstrations, tutorials, competitions, workshops and a professional exposition. The official registration portal currently marks in-person conference, tutorial and workshop passes for both Sydney and Atlanta as sold out, while virtual-only registration remains available. Prospective participants should rely on the live registration portal because availability may change through waitlists or cancellations.
What to expect
- Foundation models, generative AI and machine-learning theory
- AI safety, robustness, evaluation and responsible deployment
- Computer vision, language, reinforcement learning and optimization
- Machine learning for science, health and other high-impact domains
Who should attend
- Machine-learning and artificial-intelligence researchers
- Data scientists and research engineers
- Graduate students and academic programme leaders
- AI governance, safety and technology-policy specialists
NeurIPS is one of the principal venues where new machine-learning methods, evaluation practices and research norms enter wider technical debate. Its 2026 programme will be closely watched not only for model advances, but also for work on AI safety, scientific applications, reproducibility and the governance of AI-assisted research.