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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.