The Learning Workshop 2026

March 18 - March 21, 2026
Majorca, Spain

6th Annual Gathering

The Learning Workshop is a small gathering for researchers in machine learning (typically students, early-career professors, and industry professionals) to explore and exchange ideas.

This year’s workshop was held in Majorca, Spain, from March 18–21, 2026, and included about 12 attendees.

Past attendees have included researchers from industry labs such as Google DeepMind, OpenAI, the Allen Institute, Meta AI, and Waymo; and from universities such as Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, NYU, Princeton, Harvard, Oxford, Columbia, and CMU.

Format

Each attendee leads an hour-long session, typically comprised of 15 minutes of presentation from the session lead and 45 minutes of discussion and Q&A from the other attendees.

Guidelines

• Session topic: The focus of the workshop is to talk about ideas and ongoing work, rather than published work. Attendees are encouraged to select the session topic that they think would spark the most productive discussions.
• Quality: Sessions are expected to contribute to a high standard of discussion.
• Confidentiality: All conversations are off the record.

Organizers

This year the Learning Workshop is organized by John Hewitt, Chris Lu, Lisa Schut, and Sam Sokota.