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ILA Berlin 2026 closed with around 110,000 attendees and 765 exhibitors from 37 countries, continuing a recovery from 72,000 in 2022 and 95,000 in 2024. Two days after work on the New Generation Fighter ended, Airbus unveiled Team Gen 6 on the show floor, an eight-company German grouping with a parallel Spanish initiative alongside it. Uncrewed and autonomous systems dominated the exhibition, and ILA Berlin 2028 is already set for May 17-21, 2028.
September is the busiest month on the 2026 calendar, with 360+ published events and major floors colliding across Europe, North America and Asia. Here are 40+ September 2026 trade shows by date, city and industry - plus why so many of the month's biggest shows are biennial, and how to choose when everything overlaps.
Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026 brought 32,000+ to San Francisco, where CEO Ali Ghodsi's "context problem" thesis framed the week. Genie, Agent Bricks, and the new Unity AI Gateway reorganized enterprise AI around four priorities: Context, Cost, Control, and Choice.
NeoCon returned to The Mart in Chicago from June 7-10, 2026 for its 57th edition, reporting show traffic of 55,000, up 9% from 2025, and welcoming design professionals from 88 countries. Beyond the numbers, the show delivered three clear signals: rich, emotional color returned to commercial interiors, human-centered design became the baseline rather than the exception, and Illuminate at NeoCon established lighting as a central part of the specification conversation.
InfoComm 2026 ran June 13-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, drawing 28,132 verified attendees from 94 countries. Total attendance dipped from 2025, but end users reached a record 37% of verified attendance, AI ran across the show floor, and AVIXA signaled where pro AV heads next: the connected workplace, live experiences, and the home.
Gamescom 2026 runs 26-30 August in Cologne. Your complete guide to trade vs public days, ticket prices, gamescom dev, Opening Night Live, travel and exhibitors.
