Electra Collective's breakfast event focused on the next generation of angel investors — particularly bringing more women and underrepresented founders into the angel ecosystem. Held at Origin Workspace in Clifton, with breakfast, structured conversations, and time to meet active angels and founders building investable companies.
A full-day hackathon convening Bristol and South West cybersecurity, infrastructure and AI builders at Temple Studios. Teams form on the day, work on real cyber/AI challenges, and showcase prototypes by the afternoon. Strong fit for developers, security engineers, and product-side technical leads. Going fast at time of listing.
A practical techSPARK-listed workshop helping early-stage founders and marketers sharpen the fundamentals: building a clear pitch and defining customer personas. A useful, accessible session for people breaking into the industry and small teams wanting to tighten their go-to-market story.
An evening at Bristol's flagship innovation hub separating genuine breakthroughs from breathless hype in robotics and AI. Grounded talks on where embodied AI actually stands today and where it's heading next, plus networking with the South West's deep-tech, research and startup community.
BCI's evening talk on the craft of humour in marketing — when it lands, when it dies, and how brands can use comedy as a serious strategic lever. Paddy Gilmore (a comms consultant and columnist who built a career around making messaging memorable) shares practical lessons for marketers and agency teams. Hosted at UWE's Bristol Business School in Frenchay.
WomenHack's Bristol edition — a high-energy evening connecting women in tech (engineers, designers, product, leadership) with employers actively hiring. Format includes speed-style intros, employer pitches, and unstructured networking. Free for candidates; established global network running monthly events in 50+ cities.
A research seminar at UoB's Fry Building on building explainable trust in next-generation quantum telecommunications — how do you certify a quantum channel is doing what it claims when classical intuitions break down? Sharp, technical session for cryptographers, network engineers, and deep-tech founders who want a clear view of where quantum security is actually headed. Going fast on Eventbrite.
Bristol's largest practical AI meetup returns for its June edition at Origin Workspace, the last before the summer break. Three talks lead the evening: Dan Charles on 'When can we say that the computers are writing themselves?', Dan Ghadimi on building a 'Second Brain with Claude Code and Obsidian', and Drue Steele on 'The Future of AI: will we wear AI, or will AI wear us?'. Doors at 6pm, talks from 6:30pm, then pizza, drinks and networking with a friendly community of builders, developers and the AI-curious.
Lunchtime workshop at Square Works on how scaling businesses should actually choose, sequence and adopt new tech — without burning runway on shelfware. Practical session aimed at founders, ops leads and digitising SMEs in the West of England. Includes lunch and structured Q&A.
An evening at Knowle West Media Centre exploring community-led approaches to digital tools — KWMC's long-running 'discovering technology' session where neighbourhood projects, creative technologists and curious newcomers prototype together. A reminder that Bristol's tech scene goes well beyond Temple Meads.
The night-before warm-up for Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2026 — a free, informal meetup at Just Eat's Bristol HQ with three lightning talks (including Marwa Gorvan on Designing with Aphantasia), drinks, and the chance to meet conference speakers and attendees in a relaxed setting. Limited capacity — registration required.
The 8th edition of Pixel Pioneers Bristol — one of the UK's best-loved front-end and UX/UI conferences — returns to the Arnolfini on Bristol's harbourside. Rachel Andrew (Chrome DevRel) opens with a pragmatic talk on Baseline browser support; Heydon Pickering closes with a typically unhinged session on making HTML make music. In between: Christine Vallaure on layout between design and code, Candi Williams on language as the secret sauce of UX, Nick Lewis on the low-carbon web, and more. Bruce Lawson MCs. The standout tech event in Bristol this window.