ACM AI Leadership Summit 2026
Basics
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Location | Atlanta, GA |
| Venues | Hyatt Regency (main sessions); Georgia Tech (Doctoral Consortium) |
| Host | ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) |
| URL | aisummit26.acm.org |
| Contact | aisummit@acm.org |
| Format | Multi-track; invited leadership + submitted papers + doctoral consortium |
Theme
"Thoughtful leadership around the future of artificial intelligence" – AI's transformative impact across science, education, industry, government, and society.
Conceived and supported by leaders from across ACM: elected officers, boards and councils, Special Interest Groups, and professional staff.
Program Overview
| Date | Track(s) | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | Doctoral Consortium | Georgia Tech |
| Aug 31 | Frontier Models & Technologies; Responsible & Ethical AI | Hyatt Regency |
| Sep 1 | AI and the Creative Arts; AI and the Workforce | Hyatt Regency |
| Sep 2 | Agentic AI; ACM SIGs Day (parallel tracks) | Hyatt Regency |
Schedule
Schedule not yet published. Check aisummit26.acm.org for updates.
Known dates
- Aug 30 — Doctoral Consortium at Georgia Tech
- Aug 31 — Frontier Models & Technologies track; Responsible and Ethical AI track
- Sep 1 — AI and the Creative Arts track; AI and the Workforce track
- Sep 2 — Agentic AI track; ACM SIGs Day (multiple parallel tracks)
Doctoral Consortium
- 141 applications received
- Decisions sent by June 30
- Call for this track has closed
Deadlines
| Item | Date |
|---|---|
| Paper submission deadline | June 30 |
| Early bird registration | June 30 |
| Doctoral Consortium decisions | June 30 |
Tracking
Things to watch for as schedule and details are published:
[ ]Full program and speaker list published[ ]Keynote speakers announced[ ]Agentic AI track details (Sep 2) – most directly relevant to current research[ ]ACM SIGs Day agenda – which SIGs are participating, what format[ ]Doctoral Consortium accepted cohort announced[ ]Registration pricing tiers beyond early bird[ ]Workshop / tutorial listings
The Sep 2 Agentic AI track is the highest-signal day given the PAgE framing at PLDI 2026 (June) and the agentic engineering vocabulary question. Whether ACM leadership uses "agentic AI" as a governance term or a capability term will be legible from the Sep 2 program.
Related
- PLDI 2026 (June 15–19, Boulder) – PAgE workshop on agentic engineering; formal-methods framing of agents
- BugBash 2026 (April, Washington DC) – correctness/DST side; Antithesis, Quint/TLA+
- Agentic Systems 2026 – Seven Concerns framework; reference vocabulary for agentic AI tracks