Tech Events at The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham

A four-hour cyber-community social at The Eastside Rooms during Birmingham Tech Week, 17:00 to 21:00. The official fringe programme states that no sign-up is required, and lists no separate event page, programme or speakers, so the fringe listing is the only public source.

A full Birmingham Tech Week day at The Eastside Rooms on whether emerging technology narrows inequality or widens it, 08:30 to 16:00. Isaac Harvey MBE and Suzie Branch-Haddow open with a fireside keynote at 10:00 on breaking barriers and building a more inclusive tech sector. A panel at 10:30 gets into what inclusive leadership looks like in practice: developing diverse talent, psychological safety, and the cultures that make either possible. A Women in Tech lightning talk follows at 11:35. The rest of the programme covers inclusive AI, accessibility, digital exclusion and ethical innovation, with community organisations, educators, accessibility advocates and policymakers in the room alongside technology leaders. Free. Why go: the agenda stays on design, deployment and governance decisions rather than sentiment. Best for employers, product teams and public sector technologists in the region.

Birmingham Tech Week's cyber security day at The Eastside Rooms, billed by the organiser as CyberVerse Unmasked, and pitched at security practitioners, CISOs and public sector teams rather than a general tech audience. Andy Hague of TechWM opens. Dave Palmer, partner at Ten Eleven Ventures and co-founder and chief product officer of Darktrace through its London listing, gives the morning keynote. Rod Latham, Director for Cyber Security and Digital Identity at DCMS, sets out government priorities, and Neil Howells of the West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit walks through what actually happens on day zero of a major incident. Sessions cover AI-enabled threats, post-quantum security, critical infrastructure and digital sovereignty. Free. The organiser's page gives registration from 09:00 and the programme 09:30 to 16:00. Entry is by the delegate QR code issued when you register for Birmingham Tech Week. Why go: hearing the Darktrace operator view and the DCMS policy view in one morning is rare. Best for security leads and incident response teams.

11th UK edition — the definitive ERP comparison event. Oracle NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, IFS, Sage, Infor and more under one roof at The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham. For anyone evaluating or advising on ERP selection and digital transformation.