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Let's make a roundup of AI, tech, and academic events over the next few weeks, in-person in Mexico, plus free virtual ones you can join from anywhere. Worth blocking time for if you want to learn something or just gather with people to share ideas and make an amazing community.
In person, in Mexico
Tuesday, September 22. AI/IA CDMX Meetup "¿Sueñan los Androides con Agujeros Negros?" . A talk on machine learning applications in astrophysics, bilingual with live English subtitles. Free, at Casa Rafael Galván in Roma Norte, 6:00 PM. RSVP on Meetup
September 21–26. Chihuahua Tech Week A week-long innovation showcase for northern Mexico's tech ecosystem, with a prep session on the 17th and dedicated AI panels and workshops running through the week , alongside robotics, IoT, and sustainable tech tracks. Free. Event overview · Full schedule + RSVP on Luma
September 23–24. Finnosummit 2026 Latin America's leading fintech innovation summit lands at Expo Santa Fe in Mexico City, with a program built around embedded finance, AI, payments, digital identity, and cybersecurity. Particularly relevant if you sit at the intersection of banking and AI, as I do. Paid. Get tickets
November 2–6. MICAI 2026 The Mexican International Congress on Artificial Intelligence celebrates its 25th anniversary this year — the country's flagship academic AI research congress, held at Tec de Monterrey's Chihuahua campus, with France as guest country of honor. Attendee registration opened September 7, with early-bird pricing through September 25. Register for MICAI 2026
Free and virtual. Join from anywhere
Wednesday, September 16. Voice Agent Virtual Event A session from the Agentic AI Foundation (the Linux Foundation's vendor-neutral home for open agent standards) on building voice-driven agents. 3:30–5:00 PM GMT, free. Register
Friday, September 18. Coding Agents Lunch & Learn: Verification and Recovery Part of AAIF's recurring series on coding agents. This session covers how agents verify their own work and recover from failure, a core piece of reliable agentic design. 4:00–5:00 PM GMT, free. Register
Wednesday, September 30. AI Governance Online 2026 A full day of practitioner-led sessions on AI governance and risk, live online with the full recording library included for anyone who can't attend live. 8:00 AM–2:30 PM PT, free. Register
Conference talks and papers are useful, but the hallway conversations, physical or virtual, are usually where the best ideas show up. If you're going to any of these, I'd genuinely like to know to reach out.