Amsterdam — Week of 25 May 2026

Now in its third year, this two-day professional conference brings data centre operators, energy engineers, sustainability leads, and technology suppliers together to tackle the critical challenge of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability in data infrastructure. As data centre power consumption becomes an increasingly visible issue — for regulators, boards, and organisations building AI infrastructure — the content is squarely where the industry conversation is heading. Organised by Prospero Events Group, with over 100 conferences and 3,000 participants across 15 years. Hosted at Hotel NH Amsterdam Zuid.

Companion to the co-founder matching event running simultaneously at I Dock, this broader tech networking session brings together founders, investors, engineers, and operators for an evening of structured introductions. Organised by Ascent Valley at the waterfront I Dock venue — one of Amsterdam's established startup networking spots.

Ascent Valley's structured co-founder matching event at I Dock is specifically designed for ambitious founders and builders actively looking for a co-founder. Rather than generic networking, the format creates structured introductions focused on complementary skills and shared startup ideas. If you're building something and need a technical or commercial partner — or if you're an engineer or marketer looking for the right founding team — this is a more intentional use of an evening than open networking.

Katapult Future Fest has convened 3,500+ change-makers from 55 countries since 2017 — this year it moves to Amsterdam for the first time. Three days across two iconic venues: Investor Day on May 27 at Tolhuistuin (waterfront, investor-focused programming + evening kick-off), then the full festival on May 28–29 at Ruigoord, the creative artists' village on Amsterdam's western edge known for its unconventional energy and summer celebrations. KFF is built for founders, investors, technologists, artists and mission-driven leaders who believe that capital, technology and community need to act together. The programming blends deep investment conversations, hands-on workshops and the kind of informal setting — community dinners, a closing afterparty — where genuine long-term collaborations actually form. If you're at the intersection of impact, innovation and investment, this is the gathering to be at this week.

Product-Led Alliance's European summit lands in Amsterdam for two intensive days of product strategy, customer experience and growth insight. The 2026 edition brings together 150+ product professionals and 20+ industry voices from companies including Coca-Cola HBC, Mendix, Booking.com and Sitecore — the kind of practitioners who are making product-led decisions at genuine scale. Sessions cover product vision and feedback loops, customer experience design, PLG mechanics and the emerging role of AI in product workflows. Crucially, it's designed for peer-level exchange: the conversations flow from morning coffee through to the evening happy hour without the usual conference-floor noise. A tightly curated two-day summit for product leaders, CPOs, heads of growth and senior PMs who want strategy they can actually use.

Back by popular demand at Capital C's Bloemenmarkt location, this is a dedicated morning for female founders to meet, share and build — over coffee, breakfast and the kind of honest conversations that rarely happen in mixed professional settings. The format is open and focused: founders across all stages exchanging genuine experiences around funding, team-building, staying the course, and navigating environments that weren't always designed with them in mind. Hosted by Capital C, one of Amsterdam's most respected startup hubs, this is not a networking event dressed up as community — it's the other way around. Welcoming space, limited spots.

An intimate evening at The Gent — Amsterdam's high-design coworking space on the Herengracht — for women building across tech, tailoring, design and adjacent crafts. Hosted by the Friends of Neno community, the format is conversational rather than panel-driven: a small group of women founders, operators and creatives share what they're building and the methods they've worked out along the way. The crossover audience (tech-meets-craft-meets-design) makes the room different from a standard women-in-tech mixer — useful for anyone working at the edges of digital product, fashion-tech, retail-tech or creative technology.

Tech Makers brings Amsterdam's tech and entrepreneurial community together at The Social Hub for their fifth monthly gathering. The format is drinks-first, with short pitches woven in — founders grab the mic to share what they're building, and the rest of the room does what it's there for: meeting the people building Amsterdam's next wave of startups. Powered by Qonto, this is one of the city's genuine grassroots tech gatherings — the kind of room where you're as likely to meet a founding engineer as you are an angel or a corporate innovation lead. No panels, no agenda, no pitch decks — just Amsterdam's tech community doing what it does best.