From Samsung SDS and Kakao in Korea to NVIDIA, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS and TSMC overseas, the last quarter of 2026 brings both industry trade shows and major corporate conferences. Mid-October is the busiest stretch: OCP, SEMICON West, CEATEC and SEDEX all overlap in the same week. Here is a date-by-date guide through the end of December.
October
Oct 6–8 | AI FESTA 2026 with Samsung SDS, Seoul, Korea (Corporate event)
Samsung SDS takes part in AI FESTA 26 at COEX Hall C (3rd floor), showcasing AI infrastructure and the future of manufacturing sites transformed by robotics (RX). AI FESTA is the flagship event of Korea's official national AI Week.
Oct 12–15 | OCP Global Summit, San Jose, USA
The Open Compute Project's annual summit at the San Jose Convention Center brings the open-compute community together around AI servers, liquid cooling and data center power architecture.
Oct 13–14 | if(kakao)26, Yongin, Korea (Corporate event)
Kakao's annual tech conference takes place at the Kakao AI Campus. Day 1 focuses on "Intelligence in every connection," and Day 2 on "The moment technology becomes trust."
Oct 13–15 | SEMICON West 2026, San Francisco, USA
North America's flagship semiconductor show runs at the Moscone Center. It is the last fall edition: from 2027, SEMICON West moves to a spring schedule in Phoenix.
Oct 13–16 | CEATEC 2026, Chiba, Japan
Japan's major digital innovation exhibition is held at Makuhari Messe under the theme "Transformation." Admission is free with advance registration.
Oct 14–16 | SEDEX 2026, Seoul, Korea
Korea's largest semiconductor exhibition fills COEX Halls C & D with about 280 companies and 700 booths. It runs alongside the Korea Electronics Show, with Samsung Electronics and SK hynix taking part.
Oct 21–23 | Japan IT Week Autumn, Chiba, Japan
This Makuhari Messe edition includes a dedicated AI Infrastructure & Data Center Expo.
Oct 21–23 | Industrial AI EXPO, Goyang, Korea
Held at KINTEX Exhibition Center 1, the expo focuses on spreading AI transformation (AX) across industries.
Oct 26–29 | Oracle AI World 2026, Las Vegas, USA (Corporate event)
Held at The Venetian, Oracle AI World shows how enterprises apply AI across cloud, data and applications through real customer cases.
November
Nov 4–6 | Data Center Korea 2026, Seoul, Korea
Korea's dedicated data center exhibition takes place at the aT Center, covering cooling, power, energy management and DCIM solutions. Pre-registration by Nov 3 gives free entry.
Nov 6 | TSMC Japan OIP Ecosystem Forum, Tokyo, Japan (Corporate event)
The Tokyo stop of TSMC's 2026 Open Innovation Platform forum series.
Nov 9–10 | NVIDIA AI Day Seoul, Seoul, Korea (Corporate event)
NVIDIA brings AI Day to COEX, with sessions on November 9 and hands-on workshops on November 10.
Nov 11 | SK hynix AI Hackathon 2026 Finals, Seoul, Korea (Corporate event)
The in-person finals at COEX look for AI experts who can solve real problems in semiconductor manufacturing.
Nov 12 | TSMC Taiwan OIP Ecosystem Forum, Hsinchu, Taiwan (Corporate event)
Under the theme "Expanding AI with Leadership Ecosystem," TSMC's Taiwan forum at the Sheraton Hsinchu covers advanced 3D stacking and packaging, including CoWoS, SoIC and TSMC-COUPE co-packaged optics.
Nov 15–20 | SC26 (Supercomputing), Chicago, USA
The premier HPC and AI infrastructure conference runs at McCormick Place, with the exhibition floor open November 17–19.
Nov 17–20 | Microsoft Ignite 2026, San Francisco, USA (Corporate event)
Microsoft's flagship conference returns in person to Moscone Center, with major announcements across AI, Copilot, Azure, security and developer tools.
Nov 18–20 | Japan IT Week Osaka, Osaka, Japan
The Osaka edition of Japan IT Week is held at INTEX Osaka.
Nov 30 – Dec 3 | NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C., USA (Corporate event)
NVIDIA's U.S. capital edition of GTC runs across a multi-venue campus centered on the Ronald Reagan Building, with a keynote by CEO Jensen Huang, sessions, demos and hands-on workshops.
Nov 30 – Dec 4 | AWS re:Invent 2026, Las Vegas, USA (Corporate event)
AWS expects more than 60,000 attendees and over 2,200 sessions on generative AI, machine learning, serverless and cloud infrastructure.
December
Dec 1–3 | Datacloud Asia × ITW Asia 2026, Singapore
Held at the Shangri-La Singapore, with December 1 as a pre-event day. Organizers expect more than 2,000 attendees, about 60% at C-suite, VP or director level, making it a key event for data center investors and operators across Asia-Pacific.
Dec 9–11 | SEMICON Japan 2026, Tokyo, Japan
The show takes place at Tokyo Big Sight with free exhibition admission, alongside summits on advanced packaging and chiplets, design innovation, and metrology and inspection.
Still to be announced
Naver DAN 26. Naver has not yet announced dates for this year's Team Naver conference. Last year's DAN25 was held November 6–7 at COEX Grand Ballroom.
SK AI Summit. SK Group is skipping its usual second-half SK AI Summit this year. From 2027, the summit moves to the first half of the year, linked with NVIDIA GTC.
Dates are based on organizers' announcements as of early October 2026 and may change. Please confirm on official websites before attending.