The 29th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS-29) was held May 16-18, 2016, at the Hilton Key Largo Resort in Key Largo, Florida, USA. The conference events included invited speakers, special tracks, and presentations of papers, posters, and awards. The conference chair was Bill Eberle from Tennessee Technological University. The special track were coordinated by Vasile Rus from University of Memphis.

The Eighteenth International Conference of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society was held May 15-17, 2005, at the Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida, located on 10 acres of powder-white beaches on the Gulf of Mexico. The general chairs were Larry Holder and Diane Cook of the University of Texas at Arlington. Ingrid Russell of the University of Hartford and Zdravko Markov of Central Connecticut State University served as program chairs. This article presents a report of the conference.