What's happening: Week of 1 June 2026
Dr Fiona Marshall (Novartis)
Imperial College London's annual health innovation summit connects researchers, founders, investors, and industry leaders for a full day of keynotes, demos and networking. Headlined by Dr Fiona Marshall (President of…
Samuel Colvin (Pydantic Inc.) · Rachel-Lee Nabors (Independent)
Three days of data science, machine learning, and open-source tools at the international PyData conference. Keynotes from Samuel Colvin (founder of Pydantic, backed by Sequoia) and Rachel-Lee Nabors (former W3C…
SXSW brings its iconic festival to Shoreditch for six days of tech, film, music and culture. The 2026 conference covers 15 tracks including AI & The New Human Experience, Frontier…
codebar's fortnightly free coding workshop for underrepresented groups in tech — online format with a lightning talk, hands-on paired coding, and mentorship from experienced developers. Open to beginners and those building confidence in Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and more.
Friday-night Indian Professionals in London startup pitch + networking — a strong UK-India diaspora room, well-timed to the end of SXSW London week. A variety pick for the founder/operator crowd looking for sector- and community-specific networking alongside the SXSW programming.
Future Worlds Demo Day is the annual showcase where ambitious founders pitch deep tech startups born from world-class university research — live on stage at Ministry of Sound. Expect standout…
Aravind Srinivas (Perplexity AI) · Alex Kendall (Wayve) +1 more
Europe's largest annual tech festival returns to Olympia London (8–10 June) with a fringe programme running across the city until 12 June. The 2026 edition features the new Founders Stage…
The AI Summit London's 10th anniversary edition brings 4,500+ enterprise AI leaders, technologists, and investors to Tobacco Dock for two days across 10 stages and 14 content tracks. Speakers from…
Tech Nation's OnetoWin finalist reception brings together the UK's most promising early-stage startups with top investors, industry leaders and ecosystem champions at Soho House White City. Drinks, canapés and curated networking with the startups vying for one of the UK's most coveted early-stage tech honours. Official LTW 2026 fringe event.
LTW Fringe session on circular IT, digital inclusion and ESG-aligned tech reuse — hosted by The Tech-Takeback Foundation at SEC Newgate's Farringdon offices. Libby Peake (Senior Fellow, Green Alliance) speaks on how corporate IT flows, secure reuse and community delivery can hit measurable social and net-zero outcomes.
Opening-night LTW Fringe networking reception hosted by InvestHK and the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office. Useful for any UK tech company exploring expansion into Hong Kong or APAC. Register by 3 June by emailing Invitation_InvestHK@hketolondon.gov.hk with name, title and company.
Monthly networking drinks at the Gherkin's Sterling Bar for tech startups, VCs, developers, and AI professionals — timed for London Tech Week when the city's ecosystem is buzzing. Over a decade of proven London startup networking in one of the most iconic rooms in the City.
AbilityNet's free LTW Fringe webinar unveils the 2026 Tech4Good Awards finalists — projects using technology to drive accessibility, digital inclusion, sustainability and social impact. A useful lunchtime hour for anyone whose work touches assistive tech, inclusive product design, or impact-focused innovation. Hosted by Mark Walker (AbilityNet) and Leigh Smyth (Impact Match).
An intimate closing reception during London Tech Week for women in tech to process the week's inspiration and build connections beyond the main conference circuit. An official LTW fringe event — one of the few dedicated to community and relationship-building rather than content.
A free one-day unconference during London Tech Week fringe, designed to make AI genuinely understandable for everyone — not just technical specialists. Attendee-led sessions emphasise real-world impact, clarity, and practical application. A refreshing counterpoint to the flagship conference circuit.
Europe's flagship legal-transformation conference — 5,500+ attendees, 400+ speakers across 100+ sessions exploring AI adoption inside law firms and corporate legal teams, governance, and the changing shape of the legal…
Billed as London's biggest practical AI meetup — three sessions covering a technical talk on building AI-native products with real-world learnings, a step-by-step demo on using AI to speed up…
Europe's flagship product conference — 1,200+ product managers, product leaders and designers at the Barbican for keynotes, panels and workshops. Past stages have hosted speakers from Slack, Silicon Valley Product…
Newspeak House book club on Eric Ries' new book Incorruptible — the Lean Startup author's argument for a new corporate form designed to keep mission-driven companies honest as they scale. Hosted in Newspeak House's Classroom, a long-standing East-London salon for technologists, founders and people working at the politics-technology intersection.