Tech Events at The NEC Birmingham, Birmingham

The Automotive Management trade show for car retail and dealer management at the NEC, with a digital tools and skills theme in its agenda. No ticket price is published. 9:30am to 4:30pm.

The EdTech strand of the Schools & Academies Show, in Hall 1 at the NEC. The free pass covers the summit, the SAASHOW theatres and the exhibition. Start and end times are not published on the organiser's site.

A one-hour speed-networking session on the second day of the Festival of Entrepreneurs at the NEC, run by Birmingham NatWest Accelerator with Buy Women Built, Enterprise Nation and Warwick Innovation. Founders rotate through short structured conversations with the partner organisations. Free, 14:00 to 15:00, booked separately from the Festival itself. A session inside an event we already list, so it is kept to its venue and organiser pages rather than the city page.

Easyfairs' laboratory industry exhibition, in Hall 2 at the NEC and co-located with Advanced Engineering. Free entry. 9am to 5pm on the 4th, 9am to 4pm on the 5th.

Exhibitor stand booking for CloudLIMS, a laboratory information management system, on stand E91 at Lab Innovations 2026 at the NEC. Visitors book a slot with the vendor's team for a product demonstration. Lab Innovations itself is the host exhibition.

Two-day metals industry exhibition and conference at the NEC, co-located with Advanced Engineering. Conference streams cover innovation and technology, sustainability and the circular economy, and supply chain, trade and policy. Open 09:00-17:00 on 4 November and 09:00-16:00 on 5 November.

with Stephen Phipson (CEO, Make UK) · Katherine Bennett CBE (Speaker, High Value Manufacturing Catapult) · Simon Rose (Speaker, Airbus Defence & Space) + 3 more

The UK's biggest advanced manufacturing and engineering show — two days in Halls 3 and 3a at the NEC, with 400-plus exhibitors across aerospace, automotive, space, rail, maritime, energy and electronics. Free for qualified professionals, 18 and over. Six CPD forums run alongside the floor, including a dedicated AI, Digitalisation and Automation track plus R&D and design engineering, clean energy and net zero, and people and skills. Speakers include Stephen Phipson (CEO, Make UK), Katherine Bennett CBE (High Value Manufacturing Catapult), Simon Rose (Airbus Defence & Space), Fatin Emre Gunes (Jaguar Land Rover), Ed Bower (Aston Martin Lagonda) and James Passemard (McLaren Accelerator). UK Metals Expo and Lab Innovations are co-located. 9:00 to 17:00 on the 4th, 9:00 to 16:00 on the 5th. Why go: the digitalisation track is where Midlands manufacturers talk about what they have actually deployed rather than what they are evaluating. Best for anyone selling software or automation into industry, or running it inside one.

A Business Buzz networking session running inside the Festival of Entrepreneurs at the NEC. Open-format business networking, free.

A two-day entrepreneurship exhibition at the NEC with a free visitor pass. 9am to 6pm on the 3rd, 9am to 5pm on the 4th.