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LondonWeek of 9 Mar 2026

Mon 9 MarSun 15 Mar 2026 · 21 events

9:00amPaid
Business Design Centre, London N1 0QH

with Senior executives (Various, Monzo, Standard Chartered, ING, Uber)

Leading international banking & payments conference. 1,700+ attendees, 60% C-level/director. Startup City hub for scale-ups. Themes: AI, open finance, digital identity, CBDCs, counterfraud. Fintechs' Pitch Live competition.

FintechAI & ML
6:30pm£30
National Liberal Club, London SW1A 2HE

with Rory Sutherland (Vice Chairman, Ogilvy)

Rory Sutherland — author of Alchemy and vice chairman of Ogilvy — delivers a lecture in the tradition of the 1776 series. Expect contrarian thinking on marketing, behavioural economics, and why irrationality drives the best ideas.

MarketingFounders
5:30pm£5

with Selby Cary (Co-founder, Foras Ventures) · Hamish Geddes (Co-founder, Foras Ventures)

Monthly flagship founders meetup with fireside chats and speed networking. Colour-coded badges: fundraising founders (red), team-building (blue), community (green). Hosted by serial founders, sponsored by Howard Kennedy Ignite.

FoundersInvestors
6:00pmFree
AutogenAI, London N1 9LG

The 76th meetup of the AWS User Group UK — London's longest-running AWS community. Technical talks, live demos, and networking for developers and cloud engineers building on AWS.

AI & MLSaaS
6:00pmFree

with Founder speakers (Founders, Various) · Legal practitioners (Solicitors, Various firms)

Founder stories paired with real legal realities — what founders wish they'd known about contracts, IP, employment law, and fundraising legal docs. Practical, candid, and community-driven.

Founders
6:00pmFree
Google King's Cross, 2 Pancras Sq

with Dan Bowyer (Partner, SuperSeed) · Kristina Pereckaite (Partner, South East Angels) · Roger Wade (Founder, BoxFund VC) + 1 more

UK & Ireland's largest pitch competition. 12 regional finalists compete for a £25k prize package at Google King's Cross. Live 90-second pitches, investor panel feedback, buzzing networking.

FoundersInvestors