The AI Robot-Driven Science Initiative (AIRDS) is pleased to announce that it has sponsored AI4X 2026, an international AI conference in the fields of science and deep tech.
AI4X is an international conference whose main themes are accelerating scientific research with AI and transforming the research process through the use of AI and robotics. Sharing the aims of the conference, AIRDS took part as a sponsor with the goal of promoting exchange and co-creation among researchers and engineers across disciplines, organizations, and national borders.
AIRDS will continue to collaborate with initiatives in Japan and abroad that contribute to the advancement of AI robot-driven science, and to pursue activities toward establishing new methodologies for scientific research and their implementation in society.
About AI4X 2026
AI4X is an international AI conference co-hosted by the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM) at the National University of Singapore and the Acceleration Consortium (AC) at the University of Toronto. Centered on the theme of AI for Science, it is held as a joint Singapore–Canada conference in collaboration with Singapore's National Research Foundation (NRF).
The 2026 edition was held as outlined below.
- Dates: Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19, 2026
- Venue: Raffles City Convention Centre (Singapore)
- Hosts: Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM, National University of Singapore) / Acceleration Consortium (University of Toronto)
- Scale: 60+ invited speakers, 800+ participants, 5 days
- Main themes: AI for Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry, Biology, Self-Driving Labs, AI Agents & LLMs for Science, and more
Related Links
- AI4X 2026 Sponsors: https://ai4x.cc/2026/sponsors/