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The go-to after-work drinks for London's startup crowd. Third Friday of every month at The Windmill in Shoreditch - free entry, no pitches, no sponsors, just founders, investors, and tech people who enjoy good conversation over a pint. One of London's most reliable community meetups.

TechUK convenes a Semiconductors Forum making the case for chips as the foundation of AI and deeptech strategy — a rare serious policy conversation on the hardware supply chain UK AI depends on.

A rare opportunity to meet ten hand-picked Berlin fintech startups and their backers from House of Finance & Tech at Level39. Welcome remarks from Berlin Senator Franziska Giffey. For investors with EU appetite or UK founders with expansion plans, this is a high-signal room.

Gordon Guthrie hosts an evening at Newspeak House on how governments institutionalise digital services. Candid, practitioner-led — the right room for anyone working on UK govtech.

The flagship event of UK Fintech Week gathers 2,000+ fintech leaders, founders, investors and regulators at the historic Guildhall -- 100+ sessions across AI-powered finance, open banking and civic fintech on four stages. The 11th IFGS brings together 70+ country delegations with FCA Office Hours for startups seeking direct regulator access. The must-attend room of the fintech year.

Europe's premier tech founder-investor summit returns to the QEII Centre -- two days of sessions with leaders from OpenAI, Wise, NATO Innovation Fund, Morgan Stanley and more. Built around execution, not aspiration: what's working right now in AI-native businesses, how to navigate funding dynamics, and Europe's real competitive position. A high-signal room for serious builders and investors.

Mindstone's monthly London AI meetup draws 300+ practitioners for practical applied-AI talks — one of the most consistent high-signal AI rooms in London and a reliable 'who's actually building with LLMs' audience.

The London meetup for newsroom technologists — journalists, engineers, and product people building tools for journalism. Hosted at Newspeak House by Edward Saperia.

Monthly drinks at The Gherkin's Sterling Bar for fund industry professionals, fintech founders, and tech providers. No speeches, no pitches - two free drinks, a food buffet, and 2,000+ members. A reliable slot in the London fintech calendar.

The headline event of UK Fintech Week 2026: ten carefully selected fintech companies compete in three-minute pitches at Level39, judged by the audience. Organised by Innovate Finance - the UK's independent fintech industry body - Pitch360 is the room where the next wave of UK fintech gets its moment. Free entry, serious crowd.

with James Garner (AI Upskilling & Governance Specialist, ) · May Winfield (Legal Consultant, )

The Chartered Institute of Building brings four named speakers to Brewers' Hall for a half-day on AI in construction - AI upskilling, data, legal frameworks, and real project examples. CPD-accredited for professionals navigating digitalisation in the built environment.

AWS Summit London lands at ExCeL with 200+ expert sessions spanning agentic AI, data, security and cloud architecture -- free to attend. New for 2026: code talks, builder sessions and interactive labs alongside the returning GameDay. Keynote doors open at 08:00; arrive early for the 4,000-seat auditorium.

The first AgentCon in the UK lands at London South Bank University -- a free, full-day Microsoft-backed developer conference dedicated to AI agents in production. No hype: real codebases, deployment patterns, agent memory management and cost optimisation from engineers who have shipped. Workshop tracks run 60-90 minutes for deeper technical learning. The best free AI engineering event of the week.

A new data and AI festival at Olympia London -- two days, five content theatres, free entry. CDOs and data leaders from Uber, BBC, Lloyds Banking Group, the FT and the NFL on what it actually takes to embed data into enterprise decision-making. Practical tracks: governance, AI architecture, data engineering, and board-level accountability.

The UK's largest monthly climate tech gathering at The Conduit. Three climate tech leaders give 7-minute talks, followed by facilitated discussions and drinks. The room is high-signal: VCs, angel investors, and founders all show up. Free office hours from 4pm for early arrivals.

UK Fintech Week's closing evening session at Level39: Grow London (London's official growth agency) brings high-growth fintech founders and senior leaders together for candid conversation on scaling and emerging trends. Free entry, strong room.

with Dr Anna Moore (Researcher, University of Cambridge) · Dr Zina Ibrahim (Researcher, King's College London) · Dr Kezhi Li (Researcher, UCL)

A full-day forum on AI in mental health research, hosted at Deutsche Bank's London HQ with named speakers from Cambridge, King's College London, and UCL. Organised by MQ Mental Health Research and DATAMIND (NHS-linked), the intersection of serious AI and real healthcare systems.

with Scott Wilson (Founder & CEO, Covecta) · Laurence Mitchell (Director of Analytics & Automation, MQube) · Ben Leonard (CEO & Co-Founder, Life Moments)

The fourth edition of MQube's Unplugged series - talks and panel discussion on real-world technology impact, with four named speakers including a fintech CEO, analytics director, and two founders. Free entry at The Playhouse in Southwark; structured format with dedicated networking slots.

with Dr Soraya Kouadri M (Senior Lecturer in Computing, The Open University) · Massimo Maltempi (Senior AI & Business Consultant, MaxMal Consulting)

Two experts - an Open University AI lecturer and a former IBM and Google consultant - walk through AI's real-world impact on healthcare: NHS cancer AI, the Moorfields/DeepMind partnership, and responsible AI governance in practice. Free, no prior AI knowledge required.

Women in Payments' EMEA Symposium returns to London for two days of keynotes, leadership panels, and career development breakouts across the payments and banking ecosystem. Theme: 'Redefine Today, Own Tomorrow'.

Silicon Roundabout — the UK's biggest deeptech community — runs a structured bi-weekly online intro round. Quick, low-overhead way to surface who's building what in UK deeptech.

Weekly networking event for AI and tech professionals in the startup ecosystem. A consistent community format from Networxlondon, based at Sycamore Covent Garden.

Europe's flagship workplace-learning conference returns to ExCeL with 15,000 visitors, 200+ exhibitors, and 200+ free seminars — co-located with HR Technologies UK. The defining week of the year for EdTech and HRTech commercial conversations in London.

The UK's biggest HR technology event runs alongside Learning Technologies at ExCeL — two days of HR SaaS, people-analytics, and workplace-AI content with the full UK buyer community in the room.

A friendly morning coffee for Greenwich and South East London founders to meet locally and trade notes. Good quiet-week filler for founders outside the central London circuit.

LogRhythm's European cybersecurity summit lands at CodeNode with investigative journalist Geoff White as keynote. A focused day for the SIEM/SOC community — 150+ security professionals in one room.

The third edition of the NexGen Banking Summit brings 500+ banking executives and fintech innovators to the Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel for two days on AI-powered banking, generative AI, and digital transformation. One of the strongest dedicated fintech events in London this month.

Annual summit for venture capital investors and founders at The Tower Hotel, covering deal flow, investment trends, and ecosystem building.

Evening networking at The Anthologist in the City for AI/ML startup founders, investors, and tech professionals.

The UK's premier software developer conference returns to the Business Design Centre in Islington for two intensive days. Devoxx UK features 100+ sessions across 8 tracks — from Java and Architecture to Data & AI and Bleeding Edge — with hands-on labs and an evening social. Sponsored by Red Hat, JetBrains, Google Cloud, and AWS, this is the must-attend event for engineers and technical leaders in May.

Three thousand senior marketing professionals gather at Excel London for the Digital Marketing World Forum's flagship global event. 200+ speakers across 10 tracks from AI automation to creator economy and digital transformation.

MongoDB's flagship London conference brings together AI builders and architects at the iconic Old Billingsgate venue. The speaker lineup is one of the strongest of the week: MongoDB CEO CJ Desai, 20VC founder Harry Stebbings, and Sequoia partner Luciana Lixandru share the stage alongside Hugging Face and enterprise tech leaders. A must for developers building production AI applications.

Monthly fintech networking breakfast at Bonds Mayfair, Piccadilly. A consistent format for fintech founders, investors, and professionals to connect over early morning coffee.

Practical investment readiness workshop at Bayes Business School (City, University of London). Covers what investors look for, pitch structure, and fundraising preparation — free entry.