What's happening: Week of 20 April 2026
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…
Venture Café Manchester's weekly Thursday Gathering spotlights the cutting edge of neurotechnology — from brain-computer interfaces to cognitive wellness applications. Highlights emerging research, practical developments and collaboration opportunities across the neurotech and health innovation ecosystem.
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.…
CONEXEN's monthly Manchester mixer brings together biopharma, life-sciences and health-tech founders, investors and researchers. Hosted at Squire Patton Boggs in Spinningfields as part of Manchester Tech Week.
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…
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.