Manchester — Week of 4 May 2026

Manchester-based AIoT Hub explores federated edge intelligence and its applications for decentralised smart grid management — a frontier topic at the intersection of IoT, distributed AI, and energy infrastructure.

Manchester QA and testing community at Matillion New Bailey for two talks: Adam Davis on testing integrations and Nicola Furniss on accessibility testing.

Named speakers David Gardner (TLT) and Rob Stein (Morvo) on AI legal essentials every founder needs. Free breakfast workshop at Eden, Salford.

Camp Digital 2026 — 14th annual, RNCM, 13+ named speakers incl. Rachel Coldicutt. The North's most enduring design and digital conference.

Hyperact brings together product professionals to share candid lessons from integrating AI into real product development lifecycles — covering what actually works, what doesn't, and how teams are building genuine advantages rather than just experimenting. Lunch provided.

Monthly gathering for data platform professionals in Manchester covering Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, SQL Server, and related technologies. Evening of technical talks, discussions, and networking at XYZ Works, Spinningfields.

Google Developer Group Manchester and Android & Kotlin Manchester co-host their Spring session at Autotrader’s Circle Square space. An evening of technical talks for Android, Kotlin, and Google platform developers, with networking to follow.

Venture Café Manchester's Thursday session explores the North's growing life sciences and health tech ecosystem, featuring early-stage biotech founder pitches in diagnostics, therapeutics, medical devices, and genomics. Researchers, founders, and investors gather to explore what it takes to build Northern health innovation at scale.

Tech Leads NW gathers at Bonded Warehouse to explore how technical leaders navigate organisational complexity, difficult conversations, and high-stakes decisions. A candid peer-to-peer format for CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and senior technical leads.

Rioch Brewer, Head of Data Insight at AJ Bell, on production data science lessons — churn, portfolio risk, anomaly detection.