What's happening: Week of 8 June 2026
Femke Halsema (City of Amsterdam) · Guido van Rossum (Python Software Foundation) +3 more
The day before Hello Tomorrow Summit — Europe's premier deep tech event — lands in Amsterdam for the first time, the city makes its own statement. Amsterdam Deep Tech Showcase…
The Benelux Regional final of the Startup World Cup — a global pitch competition with regional rounds in 100+ countries feeding into a Silicon Valley grand finale with a $1M…
with Femke Halsema (Mayor, City of Amsterdam) · Guido van Rossum (Creator of Python, Python Software Foundation) · Kiki Lauwers (CEO, Thorizon) + 2 more
The day before Hello Tomorrow Summit — Europe's premier deep tech event — lands in Amsterdam for the first time, the city makes its own statement. Amsterdam Deep Tech Showcase is a city-organised day at CRCL Park, Marineterrein, designed to show exactly where Amsterdam has earned the right to play in the global deep tech conversation. Three focus areas: Future of Compute (AI and quantum algorithms); Future of Sustainable Systems (climate tech and green chemistry); Future of Life Sciences & Health (biotech and medtech). Speakers include Mayor Femke Halsema, Guido van Rossum (creator of Python), Kiki Lauwers (CEO, Thorizon), Jelle Prins (co-founder, Cradle) and Sander van Deventer (co-founder, VectorY Therapeutics). An Innovation Market and 10 breakout sessions complete the programme. Brought to you by the City of Amsterdam, with Amsterdam University, VU, Amsterdam UMC and Amsterdam Science Park. Registrations are curated — apply early.
After more than a decade in Paris, Europe's leading deep tech summit moves to Amsterdam for the first time. Hello Tomorrow 2026 brings 3,000+ founders, investors, researchers, corporates and policymakers to NDSM Producties — Amsterdam's iconic waterfront industrial space — for two days of serious deep tech programming across 4 stages and 125 exhibitors. The summit focuses on the breakthroughs and strategic priorities that matter most to the deep tech sector right now: healthcare innovation, climate technology, advanced computing, food & agriculture systems, resilience and sovereignty. The Deep Tech Days programme (June 8–10) also runs across Amsterdam this week, offering additional side events for the global deep tech community arriving in the city. This is the flagship event for anyone investing in, building on, or partnering with Europe's most ambitious science-to-market ventures.