Tech Events at Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester

Greater Manchester's flagship annual innovation event, at Manchester Central, bringing SMEs, startups, universities, investors, policymakers and the region's business support organisations into one hall. The day runs innovation showcases from some of the region's more interesting businesses, live demonstrations across AI, advanced manufacturing, green technologies, life sciences and emerging sectors, speaker sessions on where innovation is heading, and structured networking rather than the open-floor sort. Funding and support organisations are present with information on what is actually available. Half nine to half three, Windmill Street. Why go: it is the one day a year when the region's innovation funders, universities and support agencies are all in the same building and reachable without a diary request. Best for founders looking for grant funding or a university partner, and for anyone mapping the Greater Manchester support landscape.

Two practitioner talks on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, held as the user group's evening session at the end of day one of Data Decoded MCR. Rob Sewell explains what fabric-toolbox is and why you should care, touring Microsoft's open-source Fabric tools: FUAM for tenant monitoring, FCA for cost analysis, DAX performance testing, semantic model auditing and the MicrosoftFabricMgmt PowerShell module. Duncan Boyne, a Power BI and Fabric consultant at Tugger, shows how AI can build a whole three-page report, from data model to Figma wireframe to finished pages, including where it goes wrong. 17:30 to 19:30 in the Data Governance, Risk & Compliance Theatre, then the conference afterparty. Free, but you need a free Data Decoded ticket as well as the Meetup RSVP. Why go: hands-on Fabric tooling and an honest look at AI-built reports in one sitting. Best for Power BI developers and data platform owners.

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.

UCX Manchester runs alongside DTX at Manchester Central, covering unified communications, cloud telephony, contact centres, CX, AV and the AI layer that's now reshaping all of them. Co-located with DTX Manchester — one badge, four events.