About the Event

DSC DACH 2026 is an AI builders conference held October 13-15, 2026 in Vienna, Austria, bringing together engineers, researchers, founders, and enterprise teams working on AI systems across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It's part of the wider Data Science Conference (DSC) ecosystem, which also runs a sister event, DSC Europe, in Belgrade.

Audience & Attendees

The event is built for AI developers, data and ML infrastructure architects, data science and analytics professionals, executive leadership driving AI strategy, and practitioners applying AI tools in production. Partner organizations named on the site include NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, AWS, IBM, AMD, Perplexity, Tenstorrent, Bosch, Roche, World Bank, and Rivian. Past speakers include Dietmar Boeckmann (board member, BKS Bank), Brinnae Bent (Duke University / Tensor & Trust), Mathias Frey (CTO, Erste Group Bank), and Martin Flechl (Head of Generative AI, Dynatrace).

Programme Structure

Technical Tutorials run October 13-14, an invite-only Executive Summit & Forums is held October 14, and the Core Conference runs alongside the AI Builders Day on October 15, which includes an AI Arena, a Demo Zone, hands-on workshops, and an AI Builders Lounge.

Main Topics

The programme is organized around five themes: AI Core, covering models, compute, and infrastructure; AI Knowledge, covering research; AI Governance, covering institutions and rules; AI Strategy, covering deployment decisions; and AI Applications, covering real-world industry systems.

Closing Session

The conference closes on October 15 with the AI Builders Day, combining the Core Conference's final talks with the AI Arena, Demo Zone, and AI Builders Lounge.

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