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The events shaping Europe's startup ecosystem

Tracked and curated - from our flagship Sesame Summit to the industrial shows where pilots actually get signed. One month at a time, promoted picks first.

402Events tracked
51Countries
Promoted 19-23Oct 2026

Birmingham Tech Week 2026

A week of talks, meetups and networking events across Birmingham's tech and startup community, spanning a broad range of industries and disciplines.

7,500+Curated attendees
Birmingham Tech Week 2026
Type Summit Conference Meetup Narrow by Place → Sector → Founders → Investors → 41 of 62 shown

September 2026

41 events
2-4 Sep
Conference

INFOSEK 2026

Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Slovenia's biggest information-security conference: three parallel tracks for security practitioners, CIOs and IT managers at Hotel Perla.

150+ speakers · 800+ attendees
Register
8-10 Sep
Conference

IPEM Global 2026

Paris, France

The world's private capital hub: three days in Paris where LPs, GPs, advisers and fund services meet to raise, allocate and deploy…

6,584+ attendees
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8 Sep
Conference

DIGITAL X 2026

Cologne, Germany

Deutsche Telekom's free digital business festival in Cologne's Rheinauhafen, aimed at German SMEs adopting AI, cloud and connectivity.

5,000+ attendees
Register
9-13 Sep
Festival

Ars Electronica Festival 2026

Linz, Austria

Europe's landmark media-art festival: five days in Linz where artists, scientists and technologists show work at the edge of art and technology.

122,000+ attendees
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10-12 Sep
Conference

PyData Amsterdam 2026

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Community conference for data scientists and ML engineers in the Python and open-source ecosystem, with two conference days at NDSM Loods and…

80+ speakers · 800+ attendees
Register
13-15 Sep
Conference

Infobip Shift 2026

Zadar, Croatia

A three-day developer conference on the Adriatic: six stages of AI, infrastructure and engineering talks for builders and tech teams.

100+ speakers · 4,000+ attendees
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14-18 Sep
Festival

Cambridge Tech Week 2026

Cambridge, United Kingdom

A five-day citywide festival of Cambridge deep tech, for founders, researchers, investors and policymakers, with an Innovation Alley startup showcase.

1,500+ attendees
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14-18 Sep
Conference

NDC Oslo 2026

Oslo, Norway

Norway's biggest software-development conference, five days of talks and workshops for working developers, architects and engineering leads.

156+ speakers · 2,500+ attendees
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15 Sep
Conference

Code Europe 2026

Warsaw, Poland

A developer conference in Warsaw with three parallel tracks on AI engineering, cloud and software architecture, for senior engineers across CEE.

80+ speakers · 1,800+ attendees
Register
16 Sep
Conference

France Digitale Day 2026

Paris, France

France Digitale's flagship annual event in Paris, gathering founders, investors and policymakers from across Europe's startup ecosystem.

4,500+ attendees
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16-17 Sep
Conference

Nordic Business Forum 2026

Helsinki, Finland

Two days of big-name business keynotes at Messukeskus in Helsinki, for CEOs, owners and senior executives from across the Nordics and beyond.

7,500+ attendees
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16-19 Sep
Festival

Reeperbahn Festival 2026

Hamburg, Germany

Reeperbahn Festival is a music festival and industry conference in Hamburg’s St. Pauli district. The 2026 edition ran from 16 to 19…

17-18 Sep
Festival

Brain Bar 2026

Budapest, Hungary

Europe's largest annual future festival: two days of debate on AI, society and technology in Budapest, for students, founders and the curious…

15,000+ attendees
Register
17 Sep
Conference

Startup Fair 2026

Vilnius, Lithuania

One-day Vilnius startup conference and pitch battle connecting Baltic founders with international investors.

2,000+ attendees
Register
17 Sep
Conference

dotAI 2026

Paris, France

Curated single-track AI conference in Paris in the dot conferences 'TED-style' format, with around 20 handpicked talks for developers and machine learning…

20+ speakers · 800+ attendees
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17-18 Sep
Co-located Conference

Music Frontiers 2026

Hamburg, Germany

Music Frontiers is the music-tech conference of MusicTech Germany, the German federal music-tech association. The 2026 edition ran on 17 and 18…

18-26 Sep
Festival

San Sebastián Film Festival (SSIFF) 2026

San Sebastian, Spain

The 74th San Sebastián International Film Festival (SSIFF, Donostia Zinemaldia) ran from 18 to 26 September 2026 in San Sebastián, Spain. Screenings…

21 Sep
Festival

Leeds Digital Festival 2026

Leeds, United Kingdom

A twelve-day, city-wide festival of 200+ mostly free tech events across Leeds, for the region's developers, digital businesses and tech community.

15,000+ attendees
Register
21-25 Sep
Festival

Belfast Tech Week 2026

Belfast, United Kingdom

A citywide, community-programmed tech festival across Belfast: 60+ events for founders, developers and Northern Ireland's wider tech scene.

3,000+ attendees
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22 Sep
Conference

Cyber Ireland National Conference 2026

Kilkenny, Ireland

Ireland's national cybersecurity conference: a day in Kilkenny for the country's security industry, public sector, academia and vendors.

400+ attendees
Register
22 Sep
Conference

Salon de la Data et de l’IA 2026

Lyon, France

Free, volunteer-run French data and AI community conference in Nantes, open to all data professionals - with a first Lyon edition launching…

100+ speakers · 2,000+ attendees
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23-24 Sep
Conference

Nordic Fintech Week 2026

Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen Fintech's two-day conference at TAP1, bringing fintech founders together with banks, investors and regulators from across the Nordics.

225+ speakers · 2,000+ attendees
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23-24 Sep
Conference

0100 Emerging Europe 2026

Budapest, Hungary

0100 Emerging Europe is a startup and venture conference in Budapest, Hungary, running 23-24 September 2026.

24 Sep
Conference

DevTalks 2026

Bucharest, Romania

The Cluj-Napoca edition of Romania's biggest developer conference, a one-day, three-stage programme for engineers and tech leads.

40+ speakers · 2,500+ attendees
Register
24 Sep
Conference

ScotSoft 2026

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

ScotSoft is a software engineering and AI conference in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on 24 September 2026.

25-26 Sep
Festival

Science in the City 2026

Valletta, Malta

Malta's national science and arts festival, filling Valletta's streets with research, performance and hands-on demos for the public.

33,000+ attendees
Register
25-27 Sep
Conference

IT Arena 2026

Lviv, Ukraine

IT Arena is a software engineering conference in Lviv, Ukraine, running 25-27 September 2026.

28 Sep
Festival

La Melee Numerique 2026

Toulouse, France

A week-long digital festival across Toulouse, with 20+ themed tracks, a hackathon and side events for the Occitanie tech and business community.

520+ speakers · 9,740+ attendees
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28-30 Sep
Festival

Bits & Pretzels Founders Festival 2026

Munich, Germany

Bits & Pretzels is a founders festival in Munich bringing together entrepreneurs, investors and corporates for talks, workshops and networking.

7,500+ attendees
Register
28-30 Sep
Conference

Cyprus Forum 2026

Nicosia, Cyprus

Cyprus's main public policy conference, three days in Nicosia bringing politicians, business, academia and civil society into one room.

28 Sep
Conference

BASTA! Herbst 2026

Mainz, Germany

BASTA! Herbst is a software engineering conference in Mainz, Germany, running 28 September - 2 October 2026.

28 Sep
Conference

GOTO Copenhagen 2026

Copenhagen, Denmark

GOTO Copenhagen is a software engineering conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, running 28 September - 2 October 2026.

29 Sep
Conference

Toulouse Space Forum 2026

Toulouse, France

A one-day Toulouse gathering of space agency leaders, primes and suppliers, run by La Tribune at the Cite de l'Espace.

30+ speakers · 600+ attendees
Register
29 Sep
Conference

BIOSPAIN 2026

Bilbao, Spain

Spain's national biotechnology industry meeting, organised by AseBio, bringing together biotech companies, investors and researchers for partnering and dealmaking.

2,400+ attendees
Register
29 Sep
Festival

Trondheim Tech Festival 2026

Trondheim, Norway

Trondheim Tech Port's three-day autumn festival for Norway's technology, research and startup community.

250+ attendees
Register
29 Sep
Festival

INOFEST 2026

Nitra, Slovakia

A one-day Slovak innovation festival on industrial transformation, AI in manufacturing and regional development, for makers, manufacturers and founders.

200+ attendees
Register
29-30 Sep
Conference

Devopsdays Berlin 2026

Berlin, Germany

Devopsdays Berlin is a software engineering conference in Berlin, Germany, running 29-30 September 2026.

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