Manchester — Week of 25 May 2026

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Manchester's own True Worth AI hosts a sold-out governance deep-dive at Bloc, Bruntwood SciTech. Practical, experienced-led — not a theory session. Quietly one of the best events of the week.

WomenHack brings together women in tech and the employers who want to hire them — structured speed-networking format, employer presentations and open networking. A well-run hiring event focused on diverse tech talent in Manchester. Useful for engineers, designers and data professionals actively exploring roles, as well as hiring managers building inclusive teams.

Sold-out evening for AI founders and practitioners at the Corn Exchange. The best networking room in Manchester this Bank Holiday week.

Manchester Network's fortnightly gathering of founders, tech entrepreneurs and investors at the Corn Exchange. Free, open and reliably well-attended — the recurring fixture for early-stage networking in the city. Sold out for this Bank Holiday week edition.

Mindstone's Manchester AI community meetup at DiSH — a sold-out evening of AI talks, demos and networking for practitioners, founders and product people working at the frontier of AI. Cross-listed on the Mindstone community platform; agenda published on RSVP. A reliable monthly fixture for the Manchester AI practitioner community.

Karen Hao — the journalist who broke the OpenAI story — in conversation about AI's impact on democracy and labour. Sold out at Manchester Business School. The most important talk of the Bank Holiday week.

Manchester Tech Social's regular afterwork drinks mixer for tech, AI, data and IT professionals at The Old Wellington. Relaxed, informal, free — a consistent fixture for meeting people working across the Manchester tech scene.