Approval-only working lunch for Scottish founders and C-suite planning US expansion in the next 6-12 months. Daniel Glazer (Wilson Sonsini) leads a session on US incorporation, raising from US VCs, hiring and legal setup, followed by peer networking. High-signal room.
A half-day healthtech research networking event at the Usher Institute, bringing together clinicians, academics and industry around stroke recovery research — methodologies, global collaborations and translational opportunities. Strong fit for healthtech, neurotech and medical AI practitioners.
Hendrik Ebbers, Director of Open Source for the Hiero project, walks through deploying and operating Hiero — the open-source, vendor-neutral DLT stack powering the Hedera network. Short technical demo for developers curious about running decentralized networks.
The monthly Blockchain Scotland Meetup returns to the Bayes Centre for an evening of talks, demos and networking around blockchain, Web3 and digital assets. Hosted in the ground-floor Bayes Theorem room — a credible venue for one of Edinburgh's most active distributed-tech communities.
Edinburgh's engineering-leadership community gathers at Skyscanner HQ for an evening of talks and networking aimed at engineering managers, tech leads and senior individual contributors. A reliable room for anyone leading or scaling a tech team in Scotland.
The sixth edition of JAlba — Edinburgh's boutique Java/JVM unconference — returns to the Old Town for three days of open-space conversations about Java, the JVM ecosystem and where technology is heading. Around 30 practitioners, no set agenda, just the sessions the room decides to run. £180 all-in includes lunches and outings. A hidden gem for serious JVM engineers.
CivTech's flagship Demo Day brings the twelve Round 11 cohort companies to Edinburgh to pitch solutions to public-sector challenges — from health and digital inclusion to net-zero. The go-to event for anyone working on govtech, public innovation or social-impact startups in Scotland.
Scotland MLOps Community returns to Skyscanner with Rachel Willmer on the practical realities of self-hosting modern AI — what works, what doesn't, and what the build vs buy decision actually looks like for engineers shipping AI products. Strong fit for ML engineers, platform teams and AI builders.
Lunchtime guided tour of Sarah Calmus's Right to Roam immersive installation, led by the artist. Short, accessible and free — a lightweight creative-tech break for anyone curious about sensory media and environmental storytelling.
A joint gathering with Creative Tech Scotland — exhibitions, short talks and open networking at Edinburgh Futures Institute. Strong pick for designers, immersive-media folks, XR and games studios, and anyone working at the edge of art and technology.
The Marketing Meetup brings Shaira Gatdula (Founder, Dear Girls Club) to Leith for an honest session on building communities that actually show up — not just metrics. Useful for marketers, community managers and founders thinking about audience. Donation tickets, average pay £11.
Weekly Friday co-working and community session for tech founders hosted by ScotlandIS and the Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Drop in for focused work time, informal roundtables and peer support with other early-stage and scaling founders.
OARC 46 is the two-day hybrid meeting of DNS-OARC — the global research collaborative focused on the operational resilience of DNS. Sessions cover measurement, abuse, protocol work and operator insights. Aimed at infrastructure engineers, security researchers and anyone building internet-scale systems.