TEDAI Vienna 2026

About TEDAI Vienna 2026

TED runs TEDAI Vienna at the Hofburg Palace from Wednesday, October 28 to Friday, October 30, 2026, in person. Opening Gala is on October 28, Discovery Day on October 29 and the talks on October 30. Tracks are AI & Safety, AI & Agents, AI & Brain, AI & Digital Labor, AI & Policy, AI & Culture, AI & Medicine and AI & Open Science.

The site lists speakers including Geoffrey Hinton (AI pioneer), Felix Rieseberg (Engineering Lead for Claude), Peter Steinberger (OpenClaw founder) and Valeria Pettorino (Cosmologist). Sessions include Discovery Sessions with spotlight panels, Ideas Adventures and workshops, Themed AI Dinners and TED Talks sessions on AI & Brain.

The Late Pass at €1,700 is available, the Group Pass at €1,200 is limited, and a Donor ticket costs €4,000. Prices exclude VAT.

Location

Vienna, Austria

Venue: Hofburg Palace

Agenda

Wednesday, October 28

• 09:00–10:00 · Coffee Bites
• 10:00–13:00 · Discovery Sessions: Spotlight Panels, Ideas Adventures, Workshops
• 13:00–14:00 · Lunch Break
• 14:00–17:00 · Discovery Sessions: Spotlight Panels, Ideas Adventures, Workshops
• 18:00–21:00 · Themed AI Dinners

• 09:30–11:00 · AI & Brain: TED Talks | Session 1: Welcome to the Pandemonium
• 12:00–13:30 · AI & Brain: TED Talks | Session 2: Escaping Hypnocracy
• 15:00–16:30 · AI & Brain: TED Talks | Session 3: Islands of Ingenuity
• 17:00–18:30 · AI & Brain: TED Talks | Session 4: Mapping the Great Unsolved
• 19:00–23:00 · Closing Celebration

Tracks & topics

• AI & Safety
• AI & Agents
• AI & Brain
• AI & Digital Labor
• AI & Policy
• AI & Culture
• AI & Medicine
• AI & Open Science

Speakers

• Peter Steinberger
  OpenClaw founder
• Kauna Ibrahim Malgwi
  Clinical psychologist
• Felix Rieseberg
  Engineering Lead for Claude
• Geoffrey Hinton
  AI pioneer
• Valeria Pettorino
  Cosmologist
• Yukiyasu Kamitani
  Brain decoder
• Kateryna Lopatiuk
  Architect
• Mido Assran
  World Model Architect
• Cory Doctorow
  Activist & Journalist
• Layla Hosseini-Gerami
  Rescuer of Failed Drugs
• Nicholas Thompson
  CEO, The Atlantic
• César Rodriguez-Garavito
  Earth Rights Scholar
• Carissa Veliz
  Author
• Nenad Tomasev
  Researcher, Google DeepMind
• Mikko Hypponen
  Cybersecurity leader
• Gabriella Di Laccio
  Performer for Change
• Etienne Brisson
  Systems Challenger
• Brian Moore
  Artist and Creative Director
• Doris Xin
  AI Systems Architect
• Luke Kemp
  Author and Researcher
• Kenneth Cukier
  Deputy Executive Editor, Economist
• Andrea Colamedici
  Philosopher

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