What's happening: Week of 13 April 2026
Dot Net North's monthly meetup tackles the intersection of open source and AI — when should developers rely on libraries versus generating code with AI, and what this means for…
High-calibre networking for Manchester's startup founders, investors and tech entrepreneurs at the Corn Exchange. Limited to 25 attendees for genuine connection — no sales pitches, no forced introductions. Non-alcoholic welcome…
Cloud Native + Kubernetes Manchester's April meetup. Two talks: Afzal Muhammad on DBOS and reliable cloud workflows; Thomas Riley on Kubernetes on Raspberry Pi with Tailscale mesh networking. Food and…
A Friday-evening mixer for Manchester's broad tech community — founders, engineers, designers, product people, investors — hosted in the CUPRA City Garage showroom space. Relaxed format, drinks, introductions, and the kind of casual conversations that tend to turn into something the week after.
The Northern Tech Awards — produced by GP Bullhound — is the annual gala recognising the fastest-growing tech companies across the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Dinner, ceremony…
Manchester Digital's flagship Demo Nights returns to PwC Spinningfields, showcasing the most exciting emerging technologies coming out of the Manchester tech ecosystem. Founders and innovators deliver 5-minute pitches on their…
Casual pub-format meetup for data engineers and AI builders. Bring your terminal — show your agent setup, automation pipeline, or janky prototype that works in production. For people who've been…
The Northern Tech Awards — produced by GP Bullhound — is the annual gala recognising the fastest-growing tech companies across the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Dinner, ceremony and the best-attended room of founders, CEOs and investors north of Birmingham all in one night at IWM North.
Techcelerate's flagship monthly networking coffee for tech founders, investors and senior managers. Two hours, no presentations — just meaningful conversations between people building and backing tech companies. Session 72 of Manchester's most established founder-investor breakfast meetup.
An afternoon R&D clinic hosted by Alexander & Co for Manchester founders and growing tech businesses — 1:1 sessions on qualifying activity, claim preparation and what HMRC's tightened stance means in practice. Booking required; free to attend.
Exchange hosts a fireside chat with Harry Panter, CEO of Housr, covering the founder journey from product-market fit through fundraising to scale. Part of Campfield's growing founder programme — small-room, high-signal, and deliberately unvarnished.
DTX Manchester is the anchor event of Manchester Tech Week — two days of expert talks, live demos and interactive sessions across digital transformation, cloud, data, AI and cybersecurity. Manchester's…
Found Up North kicks off Manchester Tech Week with a full day programme for founders, recovering founders and soon-to-be founders. Workshops, unconference sessions, introductions, and the honest conversations founders usually…
The launch event of Manchester Responsible AI Network (MRAIN) — a new city-wide initiative bringing together researchers, policy people, founders and operators working on the practical side of responsible AI.…
Found Up North kicks off Manchester Tech Week with a full day programme for founders, recovering founders and soon-to-be founders. Workshops, unconference sessions, introductions, and the honest conversations founders usually only have in private. Relaxed format at Campfield.
techUK's Scaling in... Retail session, hosted at Gateley in Manchester, brings retail-tech founders, scale-ups and investors together for a working afternoon on the growth questions that matter at Series A-B: margin, unit economics, and cross-border expansion. Part of Manchester Tech Week.
WomenWise brings together senior women from across the Northern tech ecosystem for a Real Talk evening on leadership. Panel, Q&A and structured networking at Colony King Street. Part of Manchester Tech Week.
Alliance Manchester Business School hosts the latest instalment of its Scale Up Series, focused on how scaling companies are actually embedding AI across their org — not the vendor story, the operator story. Part of Manchester Tech Week's fringe programme.
Manchester Digital's Digital Her programme runs its annual Curiosity Camp for career changers and returners looking to move into tech — this year with Deloitte. A day of practical sessions, employer introductions and honest career-path conversations for anyone rebuilding a tech career.
Launch event for the Women in Tech and Cyber Hub (WiTCH) Manchester chapter — a new community focused on women building careers in cyber and technology across Greater Manchester. Hosted at N Brown on Lever Street as part of Manchester Tech Week.
Venture Café Manchester's Thursday Gathering lands squarely on Manchester Tech Week evening with a themed programme on regional innovation — what the North's model actually looks like, who's investing, and what the next three years need to look like. Weekly format, free, open to anyone.
The launch event of Manchester Responsible AI Network (MRAIN) — a new city-wide initiative bringing together researchers, policy people, founders and operators working on the practical side of responsible AI. Keynote, panel and networking at NatWest's Spinningfields event space. A founding-moment event for anyone in Manchester's AI community.
Manchester's flagship design and digital conference returns for its 14th year at RNCM, with Rachel Coldicutt (Careful Industries), Rochelle Gold (NHS England), Laura Yarrow (GOV.UK Design), Dan Hett, and nine…
A rare chance to get clarity on the legal essentials for AI-enabled startups — covering data protection, IP, contracts, and what investors actually expect. David Gardner, TLT Partner and Head…
Manchester’s data science and analytics community meets at DiSH. Rioch Brewer, Head of Data Insight at AJ Bell, shares lessons from delivering their first production data science models — covering…
A rare chance to get clarity on the legal essentials for AI-enabled startups — covering data protection, IP, contracts, and what investors actually expect. David Gardner, TLT Partner and Head of Fintech, and Morvo founder Rob Stein lead a morning workshop combining structured AI governance guidance with a founder-to-founder fireside. Free with breakfast provided.
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.