AI Conference 2026: Rethinking Green AI

Conference on sustainable AI, resource use, and environmental impact across the AI lifecycle.

The AI Conference 2026 “Rethinking Green AI” will take place on October 6, 2026 at Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH in Berlin. The conference focuses on how the resource consumption and emissions of AI can be assessed transparently and managed responsibly across the entire AI lifecycle.

Key topics include sustainable AI approaches related to data centers, hardware, water consumption, cooling, model deployment, training, reporting standards, and the use of Green AI in industry, crafts, and public administration. The event brings together experts from research, business, politics, and government to discuss potential, challenges, and practical solutions.

The program includes an opening by Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider, a keynote on small language models, panels, parallel sessions, AI showcases, and a closing get-together. The event will be held in German, with selected contributions possibly taking place in English.

Date: October 6, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM–5:30 PM; registration from 9:00 AM
Location: Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH, Stresemannstraße 69–71, 10963 Berlin
Organizer: Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH
Language: German, with selected contributions possibly in English
Admission: Registration required
Audience: Experts from research, business, politics, public administration, environmental and digitalization actors, and people interested in sustainable AI
Focus: Green AI, sustainable AI, resource consumption, emissions, data centers, hardware, model deployment, AI training, reporting standards, EU policy
Special feature: AI showcases featuring projects such as DC2Heat, AI-REEFSHIELD, GreenTwin, RecycleBot, Green-AI Hub Mittelstand, the AI Lab at the German Environment Agency, and Civic Coding