What's happening: Week of 20 April 2026
A strategic product-thinking workshop led by 25-year digital product veteran Andy Irvine. Attendees use their own AI agent to work through a synthetic business scenario, stress-test product strategy and identify…
Edinburgh's go-to monthly founders gathering returns at Shepherd and Wedderburn's offices, courtesy of their Start to Scale initiative. The format is built for real connection: colour-coded speed networking badges, a…
Scottish Parliament election hustings on tech, AI and the digital economy — hosted at the Bayes Centre by National Conversations with ScotlandIS. Confirmed speakers include Daniel Johnson MSP (Labour), Miles…
A strategic product-thinking workshop led by 25-year digital product veteran Andy Irvine. Attendees use their own AI agent to work through a synthetic business scenario, stress-test product strategy and identify blind spots. Hosted at Skyscanner HQ with food and networking before the session — currently sold out with a waitlist.
The Chartered Institute of Marketing brings Craig Edwardson (Founder, Edwardson Digital; Advisory Board Member, Marketing Society Scotland) to Princes Street for a focused breakfast session on what actually drives B2B lead generation success via digital advertising. Topics include expectation-setting, attribution, sales-marketing alignment, and account-based marketing. 1 hour of CPD credit included. Free for members and non-members alike. Pastries from 8:30 AM, session from 9 AM.
Two technical talks for engineers and security practitioners at CodeBase. Oleksandr Piekhota (Principal Engineer, Teaching Strategies) walks through 'AI Agents Explained: Skills, Loops and MCP', then Security Operations Analyst Cameron Cottam pulls back the curtain on practical threat intelligence work. Networking, pizza and drinks afterwards.
Edinburgh's long-running monthly Tech Meetup — one of the city's flagship community events for founders, engineers, designers and operators. April edition features community announcements, a tech demo and a keynote…
Panel discussion at the Royal Society of Edinburgh exploring how AI is reshaping reading, writing, learning and translation. Speakers include Dr Sharon Deane-Cox (Strathclyde), Prof Peter Mackay (St Andrews), Dr…
Weekly Wednesday-night informal tech meetup at The Abbey pub — one of the most reliable, no-agenda networking rooms in Edinburgh's tech scene. Drop in for drinks and conversation with founders,…
Edinburgh's long-running monthly Tech Meetup — one of the city's flagship community events for founders, engineers, designers and operators. April edition features community announcements, a tech demo and a keynote speaker, followed by networking over drinks. Hosted by UK Startup Hub and sponsored by FanDuel.