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…
The Manchester Statistical Society — one of the oldest statistical societies in the world — hosts a talk separating AI-augmentation hype from the patterns that are actually moving numbers inside UK businesses. Grounded, evidence-led, and deliberately short on vendor pitch.
Third monthly gathering of Manchester's Laravel developer community at Street Group HQ. Food and drinks sponsored by Tact. 26 RSVPs.
A full day programme from Stribe on building and measuring DEI inside tech organisations — practical frameworks, case studies from Manchester employers, and facilitated working sessions for People leads, founders and HRBPs in the tech sector.
Monthly gathering from Women in Technology North, hosted at Kraken Technologies' Circle Square HQ. Focuses on career development, community, and redefining what a tech career path can look like.
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 products, followed by live demos and hands-on play. Always a sellout — book early.
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.…
A DTX Fringe evening for GM tech leaders on the intersection of AI, cybersecurity and the human layer — the behaviours, training gaps and policy choices that actually determine risk in an AI-augmented workplace. Hosted by GM Business Growth Hub at Glaisyers ETL.
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 largest tech gathering, co-located with UCX, Creator Economy Live and IR B2B at Manchester Central.
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…
Manchester QA and testing community at Matillion New Bailey for two talks: Adam Davis on testing integrations and Nicola Furniss on accessibility testing.
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.
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.