The Fourth UK AI Conference 2026

September 29 - 30, 2026
Nottingham, UK

The UK AI Community is pleased to announce the Fourth UK AI Conference 2026, which will be held in Nottingham, UK, from Tuesday, 29 September 2026 to Wednesday, 30 September 2026 at The Hilton Nottingham. We are proud to announce that this year's UK AI Conference will be supported by the Turing AI Fellowship: Somabotics Creatively Embodying AI led by the University of Nottingham!

In addition to plenary talks, the conference will also include poster presentations. We invite the submission of papers to be presented as talks and abstracts to be presented as posters at the conference. This event will allow researchers nationwide to share work on all aspects of AI, from theory and development to application and real-world implementation. Topics can cover a broad scope of AI, ranging from Machine Learning theory to Ethics and Trustworthy AI, from Computer Vision to Robotics.

Programme

The detailed programme for the UK AI Conference 2026 will be announced closer to the conference dates.

Venue

The conference will be hosted in Nottingham, UK, from Tuesday, 29 September 2026 to Wednesday, 30 September 2026 at The Hilton Nottingham. Further details about the exact venue and travel information can be found on the Venue page.

Registration

Registration details (including link and deadlines) will be announced in due course.

Papers Submission

Please see the Call for Papers for the current submission guidelines.

Submit via OpenReview. Authors must be registered on OpenReview prior to submission.

For questions and queries please contact our team: meeting@uk-ai.org

Key Dates

• Submission deadline: 19th June 2026
• Notification of decisions: 21st August 2026
• Conference dates: 29th September - 30th September 2026

Organizing Committee

Program Committee

Alistair Benford University of Birmingham, Baturalp Büyükateş University of Birmingham, Christian Cabrera University of Cambridge, Sarah Kiden University of Southampton, Arianna Salili-James Natural History Museum, Vincent Zakka Aston University, Feng Zhou University of Nottingham,

University of Nottingham

Lynn Rees University of Nottingham, Hazel Sayers University of Nottingham,

Local Chair

Steve Benford University of Nottingham,

Chairs

Neil D. Lawrence University of Cambridge,

Sponsors

This work is being supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through the Turing AI World Leading Researcher Fellowship: Somabotics: Creatively Embodying Artificial Intelligence [grant number EP/Z534808/1]