AI in Business Conference

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Date
October 16, 2026
Time
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location
Columbus, OH

About this event

The AI in Business Conference brings together business practitioners and academic researchers to examine how AI is reshaping industries, institutions and the people within them. 

This year's expanded 2.5-day program bridges industry practice and academic research. The conference opens with industry sessions and transitions to academic research, with Thursday bringing both tracks together. 

Oct. 14–15 (Wed–Thu):  Industry and Practitioner Track | Oct. 15–16 (Thu–Fri):  Academic Research Track

This year's theme, AI Innovation at Scale, is a call for shared learning that goes beyond the hype and helps achieve AI readiness. Organizations that scale AI well do so because they have built the right foundations: grounded data, governed risk and the organizational maturity to move deliberately rather than just fast.

Events include industry presentations and practitioner-led panels offering real-world insight into deploying AI enterprise-wide from marketing and finance to operations and HR. The academic track features presentations and poster sessions of cutting-edge empirical, analytical and theoretical research.

Whether you work in industry or research, the conference is an opportunity to test ideas, make connections and engage with the people and organizations shaping how AI gets built and deployed in practice.

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