Tech Events by Startup Network Europe

with Helen Rijkes (Partner (keynote and moderator), Rewire) · Daniel Gebler (Founder and CTO, Picnic) · Daan Klein Douwel (Head of Data & AI, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) + 3 more

A one-day, 40-person gathering of European data and analytics chiefs at Rewire on the Mauritskade, on codified knowledge and scaling agentic AI in the enterprise. Helen Rijkes of Rewire opens and moderates a panel with Daniel Gebler (founder and CTO, Picnic) and Daan Klein Douwel (head of data and AI, KLM). Three roundtable blocks follow - governance with autonomy, measuring agent impact beyond efficiency, and grounding agents with knowledge graphs - led by data directors from adidas, Mondelez, dsm-firmenich, Elsevier, Decathlon and Unilever, with curated 1:1 matchmaking in between. Registration 08:00, close 15:30. Paid, with early-bird tiers well below the standard price. Attendance is limited to data leaders at companies above roughly 500 staff. Why go: forty people who each own a real data estate, in roundtables rather than on a stage. Not useful if you are not one of them.

with Brian McGeough (Chief Information Officer, Creditsafe) · Manuela Locarno Ajayi (SVP and Board Member, TomTom) · Philipp Nieland (Co-Founder, Nikulipe; PPRO) + 4 more

A full day for Irish AI founders and the investors who back them, at the Convention Centre Dublin. The theme is The AI Startup Imperative: Building Defensible Moats, Securing Funding and Scaling Technical Teams. Attendance is capped and selected: 70 AI startup founders and CTOs based in Ireland and Northern Ireland, chosen from around 700 applications, plus VCs and ecosystem representatives. Confirmed panellists include Brian McGeough, CIO of Creditsafe, Manuela Locarno Ajayi, SVP and board member at TomTom, and Philipp Nieland, co-founder of Nikulipe and PPRO. Roundtable moderators include Martina Fitzgerald of Scale Ireland, Niamh Sterling of HBAN, Barry Brennan of Elkstone and Amy Neale of Delta Partners. Registration is by approval through Luma and the ticket price is not published. 09:00 to 17:00. Why go: the roundtable format puts founders across the table from Irish early-stage capital rather than in an audience. Best for AI founders raising in the next year.

with Rob Quigley (VP of Engineering, Vectra AI) · Anthony Brew (Senior Director of Engineering, AI Orchestration, Zapier) · Orla Doyle (Senior Director Data Science, Novartis) + 2 more

An evening panel and a long networking session for around 300 AI, business and tech leaders at the Convention Centre. Registration from 18:00, introduction at 18:20, panel 18:30 to 19:15, then networking until 22:00 with meetings arranged in advance through a networking app. On the panel: Rob Quigley, VP of Engineering at Vectra AI; Anthony Brew, Senior Director of Engineering for AI Orchestration at Zapier; Orla Doyle, Senior Director of Data Science at Novartis; Chris Donnelly, CIO at BWG Foods; and Richard Hodgins, CTO at Intuition Publishing. Run by Startup Network Europe, sponsored by St. Gallen IMT Business School. Paid ticket, refunds up to 14 days before. Why go: five people running AI in production at real scale, and most of the evening is deliberately left for the room rather than the stage. Best if you are after introductions rather than a conference programme.

A recurring evening meetup for people in the Dutch startup ecosystem at Mulligans on the Amstel: founders, early employees and the investor-curious. Low-key, with no pitches from the stage, just introductions over a drink. From 18:30, tickets 12.10 euro. Run by Startup Network Europe, which also runs the Amsterdam AI Summit the night before. Why go: cheap, central and predictable, which makes it a reasonable first stop if you have just arrived in the Amsterdam startup scene and want faces rather than content. Best for new founders and early employees; experienced operators will find the signal thinner than at the smaller community evenings.

An evening summit in the Zuiderkerk on where AI adoption actually stands in Dutch companies, bringing together around 500 business and technology leaders. Talks and panels first, then open networking. From 18:00, tickets 34.99 euro. Run by Startup Network Europe, which also runs the Amsterdam Startup Meetup and the European CDAO conference, so expect a mixed commercial audience rather than a research one. Why go: a useful read on what mid-market Dutch firms are really doing with AI, which is a different picture from the one you get at engineering meetups. Best for commercial and technology leaders, consultants, and anyone selling into Dutch enterprises.

A paid-entry evening party for the London startup scene at Big Chill King's Cross, run by Startup Network Europe. No speakers and no programme: it is several hundred founders, operators, investors and people hiring in one bar, with a ticket price (GBP 12) that keeps it to people who meant to come. Doors 18:00. Tickets are on Eventbrite and these editions usually sell out in the final week. Why go: it is the highest-volume evening of the month for cold introductions, and the sort of room where a hire or a first customer conversation starts. Best for early founders and anyone new to the London ecosystem who wants breadth rather than depth; skip it if you want a talk or a technical conversation.

The London AI Conference gathers around 300 business, product, innovation and engineering leaders for a day on applied AI. Venue is being confirmed; ticket includes the full programme.

Ein Abendtreffen von rund 150 Berliner Führungskräften aus Wirtschaft und Technologie im SPACE SHACK, aufgebaut um ein Panel mit Executives von Taxfix, getolo, Sunday Natural, Rhapsody, Babbel und der Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin zur praktischen Umsetzung von AI. Die Tickets kosten 45 Euro und beinhalten Drinks, Essen und den Zugang zu einer Networking-App. Das Format ist bewusst stärker auf Gespräche als auf Vorträge ausgerichtet, mit einem Panel statt eines vollen Programms. Warum hingehen: Die Panel-Besetzung ist ungewöhnlich operativ — diese Leute haben AI bereits in ein Steuerprodukt, ein Versicherungsprodukt, eine Sprachlern-App und eine Universitätsklinik gebracht, und das ist ein ganz anderes Gespräch als eine Anbieter-Roadmap. Am besten für Produkt-, Engineering- und Operations-Verantwortliche in Berliner Unternehmen, die entscheiden müssen, was sie tatsächlich ausrollen — und vor allem wegen der anderen Gäste im Raum lohnend.

An evening gathering of around 150 Berlin business and technology leaders at SPACE SHACK, built around a panel with executives from Taxfix, getolo, Sunday Natural, Rhapsody, Babbel and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin on practical AI implementation. Tickets are 45 euros and include drinks, food and access to a networking app. The format is deliberately weighted towards conversations rather than talks, with one panel rather than a full programme. Why go: the panel line-up is unusually operational — these are people who have already put AI into a tax product, an insurance product, a language app and a university hospital, which is a very different conversation from a vendor roadmap. Best for heads of product, engineering and operations at Berlin companies deciding what to actually deploy, and worth it mainly for who else is in the room.

with Meryem Arik (Co-Founder & CEO, Doubleword) · Sara El-Hanfy (Director of AI & Digital, Innovate UK) · Brian Kinane (Founding Partner, Sure Valley Ventures)

A half-day, invitation-selective AI conference at Google London bringing together 120 hand-picked participants — 60 UK AI startup founders, 30 CTOs and tech leaders, 20 VCs and 10 ecosystem stakeholders — chosen from 2,000+ applications. The programme pairs a panel, 'Moats in the AI Age: Building Real IP in a World of Foundation Models', with 'Growth' and 'Funding' roundtables led by scale-up founders and investors, then app-facilitated networking. Hosted by Startup Network Europe, supported by Google Cloud, Zendesk and Stripe. Free to attend for successful applicants; apply via Luma.