Introduction
The Machine Learning Developers Summit comes to Hyderabad on 4 and 5 March 2027, in the 9th edition of a series organised by Analytics India Magazine (AIM) since 2019.
Hyderabad is the second stop of MLDS 2027: the Bengaluru edition runs a week earlier, on 25 and 26 February, and the Hyderabad edition carries the same themes, pass structure and prices.
The themes are Agentic AI, covering systems that reason, use tools, remember and act, and Forward Deployed Engineering, the work of carrying AI into a customer's own systems and running it there until it delivers results. The venue is still to be confirmed.
Event Overview
MLDS 2027 Hyderabad runs on Thursday 4 March and Friday 5 March 2027, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM IST each day, in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Each pass covers one city and both days there, and passes for both cities can be added to the same order, with group discounts counted across pass types and both cities.
The 2026 edition drew more than 2,000 attendees, as published by AIM, and the 2027 plan aims for more than 3,000 attendees across both cities and more than 100 speakers, though those are organiser goals rather than confirmed results. The confirmed programme elements are keynotes, talk tracks, a hands-on workshop track, an AI Expo and the AI Awards.
What to Expect
Expect two days with a production mindset: the focus is not what models can do in a demo, but how agents behave once they are wired into a real business.
The workshop track runs from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM on both days and comes with the Learning and VIP passes, while the expo and demos are included in every pass.
The forward deployed engineering content covers five focus areas: discovery on site, integration, going live, owning the outcome after launch, and the FDE career in India. Formats seen at past editions, such as a hackathon, a paper track and Code Craze, had not been announced for 2027 when this entry was verified, and the detailed agenda had not been published yet.
Who Should Attend
The organiser lists CXOs, AI and ML engineers, data scientists, enterprise leaders, founders, researchers, students and AI product builders among the audience, and the 2026 audience was mostly developers and engineers with 5 to 15 years of experience.
Engineers in global capability centres and enterprise IT teams who deploy AI for internal users or clients are the natural audience for the forward deployed engineering theme, and data scientists moving from models to agents will find the agentic AI content directly relevant. The sessions assume a working familiarity with machine learning, so this is a conference for people who build, rather than a general introduction to AI.
Key Highlights
- 9th edition of MLDS, running since 2019, organised by Analytics India Magazine.
- Hyderabad edition on 4 and 5 March 2027, one week after the Bengaluru edition.
- Two 2027 themes: Agentic AI and Forward Deployed Engineering, the second new for 2027.
- Workshop track daily from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, in Learning and VIP passes.
- AI Expo and demos confirmed for 2027 and included in every pass.
- Group discounts of 10, 20 and 30 percent for orders of 3 to 5, 6 to 10, and 11 or more passes.
Agenda and Speakers
No 2027 speaker had been announced when this entry was verified on 13 November 2026, and the detailed agenda had not been published.
The organiser's target is more than 100 speakers across both cities, and reveals will be published on the official Speakers page. The confirmed shape is keynotes, talk tracks, the workshop track from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM each day, the AI Expo and the AI Awards, and the organiser is running an open call, FDE Frontline, for practitioners to pitch a talk on forward deployed engineering or agentic AI.
Registration Information
Passes are sold on the official MLDS tickets page, and the same prices apply in both cities: per person, per city, covering both days, quoted before 18 percent GST.
Early bird prices run until 15 December 2026, 11:59 PM IST: Standard 6,000 INR (7,080 INR including GST) for talks, keynotes and lunch on both days; Learning 12,000 INR (14,160 INR including GST), which adds the workshop track; and VIP 20,000 INR (23,600 INR including GST), which adds a 90 minute roundtable, front-row seating, the platinum lounge and six more extras, including a one year AIM digital subscription.
Regular prices apply from 16 December 2026 to 31 January 2027: 8,000 INR Standard, 16,000 INR Learning and 26,000 INR VIP. Late prices apply from 1 February 2027 until 9:00 AM IST on 4 March: 10,000 INR Standard, 20,000 INR Learning and 32,000 INR VIP. Group discounts of 10, 20 and 30 percent apply for orders of 3 to 5, 6 to 10, and 11 or more passes, counted across pass types and both cities.
Venue and Location
The Hyderabad venue had not been announced when this entry was verified on 13 November 2026: the official page lists the edition as Venue TBC, with the city given as Hyderabad, Telangana.
Check the official page for the venue announcement before booking hotels or travel, since the event times are confirmed as 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM IST on both days and lunch is included in every pass.
Why This Event Matters
Hyderabad has grown into one of India's most important cities for enterprise technology, with global capability centres, pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, and large IT services operations all running serious AI programmes.
Much of that work is deployment work: taking models and agents into production systems that already exist, with the governance and reliability demands that come with them. That is why the 2027 theme of forward deployed engineering fits this city well, since it describes engineers who embed with a customer, build and connect the AI system there, and stay responsible for the outcome after launch.
The summit's own history shows the same shift, with the share of MLDS session titles about agents rising from 3 percent in 2023 to 53 percent in 2026, as published on the official site.
Event Details
- Event: MLDS 2027 Hyderabad (Machine Learning Developers Summit, 9th edition)
- Dates: Thursday 4 March to Friday 5 March 2027
- Time: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM IST each day
- Venue: Not Announced (Hyderabad, Telangana; venue TBC on the official page)
- City: Hyderabad, Telangana
- Format: In-person
- Organiser: Analytics India Magazine (AIM)
- Themes: Agentic AI, Forward Deployed Engineering
- Passes (early bird, before 18 percent GST): Standard 6,000 INR, Learning 12,000 INR, VIP 20,000 INR
- Early bird deadline: 15 December 2026, 11:59 PM IST
- Registration deadline: 15 Dec 2026 (early bird ends; late passes on sale until 4 Mar 2027, 9:00 AM IST)
- Speakers and agenda: Not yet announced
- Sister edition: MLDS 2027 Bengaluru, 25 to 26 February 2027, NIMHANS Convention Centre
Last verified: 13 November 2026.
