2026 LA TECH CALENDAR
IT CONFERENCES & EVENTS — LOS ANGELES
◉ TODAY: JUN 4
CLOUD / API
AI / GENAI
GRAPHICS / MEDIA
OPEN SOURCE
DATA / ENTERPRISE
STARTUP / VC
SECURITY
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
CLOUD
AI/GENAI
GRAPHICS
OPEN SRC
DATA
STARTUP
SECURITY
▲ PEAK DENSITY Jul 18–23 — AlmaLinux Day (Free) + SIGGRAPH 2026 + Open Source Days fire simultaneously in DTLA.
Best single window in the year to combine graphics, open source, and AI in one trip.
Best single window in the year to combine graphics, open source, and AI in one trip.
MARQUEE EVENT · JUL 19–23, 2026
SIGGRAPH 2026
World premier on computer graphics and interactive techniques — AI-integrated tracks spanning Production & Animation, Research & Education, Gaming & Interactive, and New Technologies. Exhibition Jul 21–23. Keynote: Lanny Smoot (Disney Research). AlmaLinux Day (free, Jul 18) is a satellite event for VFX/rendering engineers the day before.[2] [4]
UPCOMING FROM JUN 4, 2026
TICKETED
JUN 9
VC World Summit LA
Spaces Hollywood, 1800 Vine St
Startups, AI, media tech, fintech, creator economy. [12]
FREE
JUN 10
AWS Summit Los Angeles
LA Convention Center
145+ sessions — cloud, agentic AI, serverless. Keynote 11AM, networking 5PM. Kong API early bird also closes today. [1]
FREE
JUL 18
AlmaLinux Day: Los Angeles
E-Central, 1020 S Figueroa St
Linux in VFX, rendering, simulation pipelines. Day before SIGGRAPH — ideal combo for OS/graphics engineers. [4]
PAID
JUL 19–23 ★
SIGGRAPH 2026
LA Convention Center
CG, AI, robotics, gaming, XR. Exhibition Jul 21–23. Keynote: Lanny Smoot (Disney Research). [2]
TBD
JUL 19
Open Source Days
Los Angeles (+ online)
Community open source talks; co-timed with SIGGRAPH week. [16]
PAID
AUG 22
Data Con LA
CSU Long Beach
14th annual. Anti-hype framing on AI's practical impact on data engineering and analyst workflows. [5]
~$300+
AUG 26
Generative AI Summit LA
Conrad LA, 100 S Grand Ave
Agentic architectures, LLMOps, GenAI infra. Speakers: DeepSeek, Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Meta. Early bird ends Jul 4. [6]
$249–549
SEP 30–OCT 1
API & AI Summit (Kong)
InterContinental LA
API infra, microservices, LLM connectivity in production. Certification training Sep 29 (100 seats). Early bird closes Jun 10. [7]
PER EVENT
OCT 12–18 ★
Tech Week LA
Various venues, city-wide
a16z-presented decentralized conference — hundreds of independent hackathons, VC office hours, founder panels across the city. IBM, Adobe, AWS, Fenwick. [8]
PAID
NOV 2
Cybersecurity Summit LA
Los Angeles (venue TBC)
11th annual. CISO/CIO/CTO executive-level briefings. [10]
PLANNING NOTES
HOW TO USE THIS CALENDAR
- Best single weekend: Jul 18–19 — AlmaLinux Day (free, Fri) rolls into SIGGRAPH opening day (Sat). Downtown convention cluster is walkable from DTLA dining and arts.
- Cloud / infra: Jun 10 AWS Summit (free, one day) or Sep 30–Oct 1 Kong API Summit are the tightest focused picks.
- Startup / VC: Oct 12–18 Tech Week spreads events across multiple neighborhoods — plan 4–6 events and build restaurant reservations around them.
- GenAI early bird: GenAI Summit LA early bird closes Jul 4. Kong early bird closes Jun 10.
- SCaLE note: SCaLE 23x is in Pasadena (~30 min from DTLA), not central LA — budget travel time. At $20, it was the cheapest full-week conference on this list.
ALREADY PASSED IN 2026
| Jan 15 | FutureCon Los Angeles | Cybersecurity, hybrid — Hilton Culver City. 10 CPE credits. [11] |
| Mar 5–8 | SCaLE 23x | Open source, Linux, DevOps, AI — Pasadena Conv. Center. ~3,500 attendees, $20. [3] |
| Mar 16–17 | ACC Cybersecurity + AI Summit | Cyber/AI for legal professionals — UCLA Luskin. |
| Apr 1–2 | TECHSPO Los Angeles | AdTech, MarTech, SaaS — Loews Hollywood. Free expo floor. [9] |
| Apr 1–3 | DigiMarCon Los Angeles | Digital marketing, AI, SEO — co-located with TECHSPO at Loews Hollywood. [14] |
| May 18 | TechEx North America | Enterprise cloud, cybersecurity, IT innovation — Los Angeles. [17] |
| May 27–28 | AI on the Lot | AI in film/media — Culver City. 2,000+ attendees. Sponsors: Amazon MGM, Adobe, Google, NVIDIA. [13] |
