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PyTorch Conference North America, subtitled The Deep Learning Conference, is the flagship gathering of the PyTorch open-source ecosystem, organised by the PyTorch Foundation together with The Linux Foundation. It serves machine learning and AI engineers, infrastructure specialists, researchers, students, technical leaders and open-source contributors who work across the AI stack. The 2026 conference takes place in person on 20 and 21 October at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California. Organisers expect more than 3,500 attendees from over 1,000 organisations, with 400-plus speakers delivering more than 200 talks and poster presentations. Subjects span model training and inference optimisation, kernel engineering, hardware heterogeneity and multi-silicon deployment, agentic AI systems, responsible AI, and related projects such as vLLM, DeepSpeed and Ray. Beyond keynotes, the agenda includes hands-on workshops, technical deep dives, poster sessions, a demo theatre and Meet the Developers sessions where contributors answer questions directly. Reduced pricing, scholarships and travel funding are offered for students and researchers, and childcare is available on site. As an AI and machine learning conference in San Jose, it gives the PyTorch community a yearly checkpoint on where open-source deep learning tooling is heading.
PyTorch Conference North America 2026 takes place October 20–21, 2026 in San Jose, United States.
PyTorch Conference North America 2026 is an in-person event.
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San Jose in late October delivers the dry, mild weather that defines a Californian autumn, with warm days and cool evenings. The conference sits in the middle of Silicon Valley, and the surroundings are more suburban than the name suggests — a downtown of moderate scale surrounded by the campuses that made the region. San Francisco is an hour north for anyone extending the trip.
Norman Y. Mineta San José International (SJC) is roughly 15 minutes from downtown, the closest option by a wide margin. San Francisco (SFO) and Oakland (OAK) offer more international routes and connect by Caltrain or BART in around an hour to ninety minutes. Downtown San Jose is walkable, but the wider valley effectively requires a car or ride-hailing; public transport between suburbs is limited.
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Coverage across the South Bay is excellent on all major US networks. International attendees should arrange an eSIM before departure, since US roaming is expensive and large technical conferences routinely saturate venue Wi-Fi. Set up an eSIM with Airalo before you board and you're online the moment you land.
Computer History Museum. In Mountain View, about 25 minutes north, holding the most significant collection of computing artefacts anywhere, including a working Babbage Difference Engine reconstruction and early mainframes. Directly relevant to this audience. Allow two to three hours.
Winchester Mystery House. A sprawling Victorian mansion built continuously for decades with stairs leading nowhere and doors opening onto walls. Ten minutes from downtown San Jose and reliably strange. Guided tours run through the day and take about an hour. Tickets on Tiqets →
Santa Cruz and Highway 17. Forty-five minutes over the mountains brings you to the Pacific coast, with a boardwalk, redwood parks and cool ocean air. A realistic half-day escape by car. The mountain road is winding and slow in traffic, so allow buffer time.
San Francisco day trip. Caltrain reaches the city in roughly an hour to ninety minutes from Diridon station without needing a car. Enough for a half-day covering the Ferry Building, a museum and a walk. Check weekend timetables, which run considerably less frequently. Tickets on Go City →
Which airport should I fly into?
San José (SJC) is closest at around 15 minutes from downtown. SFO and OAK have wider international service but need an hour or more to reach San Jose.
Do I need a car?
Not for downtown San Jose or Caltrain trips. A car or ride-hailing becomes necessary for suburban campuses and the coast.
What is the weather like in late October?
Dry and mild, with warm afternoons and distinctly cool evenings. Rain is uncommon this early in the season but a layer for the evening is worth packing.
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