Venue

AutoML 2026 will take place between 28 September and 1 October 2026 at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Computer and Information Science (UL FRI).

The faculty (UL FRI) enrols about 1,300 students. It offers a wide variety of air conditioned classrooms, all equipped with state-of-the-art AV equipment, including at least two overhead projectors, wireless internet (eduroam), whiteboards, and plenty of electricity sockets for notebook computers. The faculty has two large lobbies where the participants can mingle and network, interspersed with a plenty of small cosy workspaces equipped with electricity, and a spacious terrace with benches just outside the main entrance.

UL FRI in numbers

three large auditoriums (300, 200, and 100 seats, respectively),
five medium size classrooms (50-60 seats),
four smaller classrooms (30-40 seats),
12 computerized classrooms (18-30 computers each, one to two seats per working space; can be emptied if necessary), and
cafeteria which can sit 400 people and will be offering lunch to the attendees.

How to get to us?

Email: pc-chairs-2026@automl.cc. For any questions related to local organization, please contact the local chairs: lc-chairs-2026@automl.cc.
Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Večna pot 113, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Travel

Ljubljana has good connections with foreign countries. It is served by its own airport, located 20 minutes from Ljubljana, as well as by trains and buses. Travellers from the east or west coast of the USA usually need to make one plane transfer, whereas travellers from Australia or Asia need to change planes twice (to get to the Ljubljana airport) or once (to get to nearby airports in Venice or Vienna).

By air

The Ljubljana airport at Brnik (Jože Pučnik Airport) is about 25 km North-West from the center of Ljubljana. It has good connections with other European airports and is serviced by major European and other international airlines (Air France, Lufthansa, Swiss, LOT, Turkish Airlines), and low-fare carriers (Fly Dubai).

Ljubljana airport has direct flights to: Amsterdam, Belgrade, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Munich, Niš, Paris, Podgorica, Warsaw, Zurich (*more destinations available in the summer months).

Several airports within reasonable distance to Ljubljana are served by low-fare carriers. Favourably priced scheduled transfers from these airports and Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport can be booked through the website at GoOpti.com.

More info: https://lju-airport.si/en.
Nearby airports: Klagenfurt (85 km) · Trieste (130 km) · Zagreb (140 km) · Graz (187 km) · Venice (230 km)

By rail

Ljubljana has good railway links with all large European cities. The railway station is in the center of Ljubljana. Train travel within Slovenia is convenient and inexpensive. More info: https://slo-zeleznice.si/en/.

By road

Ljubljana is located at the crossroads of Slovenia’s most important road routes. Motorway access from any of the neighbouring countries is very easy. Ljubljana is located 2.5 hours drive from Venice, Italy and 3.5 hours drive from Vienna, Austria.

Road tax vignettes must be purchased for the use of Slovenian motorways, including the Ljubljana bypass/ringroad. The roads where the vignette is required are marked by special vignette signs. Vignettes can be purchased at petrol stations located in the border areas of Slovenia’s neighbouring countries, at petrol stations, post offices and most newspaper kiosks in Slovenia, at branch offices of the Automobile Association of Slovenia (AMZS) and online at https://evinjeta.dars.si/en.