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🇬🇧 Tech Events in United Kingdom

The UK tech scene leans heavily on London, which has one of the largest single-city event calendars in Europe across fintech, AI, engineering leadership, and product management. Strong regional hubs continue through Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, Cambridge, and Leeds. Active cities on Brainberg right now include London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, Edinburgh, Cambridge, and Glasgow. Brainberg aggregates listings from multiple event platforms and community calendars into a single European feed, so the full schedule for the country shows up in one chronological view instead of spread across separate platforms.

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Upcoming events in United Kingdom

AI Integration & ApplicationNetworkingFree

Building a True Human-Digital Workforce

Leeds, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Navigating the New AI Operating Model: How Data, Context, and Culture Must Evolve Together.

As part of Leeds Digital Festival, join Nimble, alongside industry partners and guest speakers, for an interactive breakfast session exploring what it really takes to move from AI experimentation to meaningful business adoption.

We’ve moved past the initial hype of Generative AI. Now, businesses face the real challenge: how do you actually integrate AI into your organisation to create a cohesive, collaborative workforce?

This session looks beyond the hype to explore what a Human-Digital Workforce could look like in practice, and why success depends on far more than choosing the right AI tools.
Together, we'll discuss why organisations need to rethink not only their technology, but also the way they manage data, design workflows and prepare their people for a new way of working.

What we'll cover

  • Data Foundations: Evolving your infrastructure with semantic layers and ontologies to make your data truly agent-ready.
  • Engineered Context: The missing layer in most AI strategies—giving your digital agents the specific business context required to execute tasks safely and accurately.
  • Cultural Adaptation: Redesigning workflows and preparing your human teams to seamlessly interface with, manage, and trust their new digital colleagues.

Whether you are a technology leader, a strategist, or a transformation professional, this talk will provide you with a practical, systems-level blueprint to stop simply "prompting" and start building a functioning Human-Digital workforce.

Who should attend?

This event is aimed at:

  • CIOs & CTOs
  • Heads of Data & AI
  • Digital & Technology Leaders
  • Engineering Leaders
  • Enterprise Architects
  • Transformation & Change Leaders
  • Product & Delivery Leaders
  • Innovation Leaders
  • Business leaders exploring AI adoption
About Leeds Digital Festival

This event forms part of Leeds Digital Festival, the UK's largest open platform celebrating digital culture, innovation and technology. As a Festival Sponsor, Nimble is proud to support the region's thriving technology community by bringing together business leaders, practitioners and partners to share ideas, experiences and practical insights.

Wed 23 Sept · 07:00< 50
Software EngineeringMeetupFree

Women in Tech Breakfast Accenture: Negotiation 101

Leeds, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Negotiation 101: Owning Your Value in Technology

Event Overview
In technology, career progression isn't just about technical expertise, it's also about knowing how to advocate for your value. Whether you're negotiating a new salary, asking for a promotion, expanding your role or leading high-impact projects, confidence and preparation can make all the difference.

This interactive breakfast session brings together senior women in technology and leadership to share practical strategies, real experiences and actionable advice for navigating career-defining conversations in an industry where women are still underrepresented in many technical and leadership roles.

This event is open to everyone, regardless of gender. We encourage colleagues, allies, advocates, and aspiring professionals from all backgrounds to join the conversation, build connections, and help foster a more inclusive technology community!

Join us and leave with the confidence and tools to negotiate effectively, communicate your impact and take ownership of your career progression.

Event Details
📅 Date: Wednesday 23rd September
Time: 9:00–10:30 am
📍 Venue: Accenture Office, Apsley House, Leeds

Agenda
8:30 – 9:00 — Arrival, networking & breakfast
9:00 – 9:20 — Welcome & Session introduction
9:20 – 9:35 —Table Discussions
9:35 – 9:45 — Break
9:45 – 10:15 — Panel discussion
10:15 – 10:30 - Q&A

Speakers & Panel
Speakers - Joanna Stevens & Aleefia Xec
Cath Watson, Accenture
Nic Collingwood, Lloyds
Parminder Kaur, Home Office

Wed 23 Sept · 08:00< 50
Software EngineeringMeetupFree

BrumAI September 2026 - hosted by Accenture

Birmingham, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

SEPTEMBER 2026 - in-person event hosted by Accenture

We are very excited to be back, kindly hosted once again by Accenture!
It's an opportunity to connect with entrepreneurs, researchers, people in academia, students, engineers, AI enthusiasts, and curious individuals. So bring your friends and co-workers!
This is an 18+ event. Limited space.

EVENT OVERVIEW
This session will include:
- Lightning talk by Shawon Sheikh, Accenture representative
- Main talk by Martin O'Hanlon, Neo4j - "GenAI Beyond Chat - Making LLMs Make Sense"
- Discussion with the audience facilitated by Dr Anandhi Vivek Dhukaram, co-organiser at BrumAI
- Networking with like-minded individuals

AGENDA
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Arrival & Refreshments
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm Lightning talk by Shawon Sheikh, Accenture
6:10 pm - 6:40 pm Main talk by Martin O'Hanlon, Neo4j
6:40 pm - 7:05 pm Discussion led by Dr Anandhi Vivek Dhukaram
7:05 pm - 7:30 pm Networking & Close
TALK DESCRIPTION
How do we improve the responses of GenAI systems? Martin looks at what that takes once you move past the chat window.

SPEAKER BIOS
MARTIN O'HANLON
Martin is an experienced computer science educator and open source software developer.
Martin creates educational content for Neo4j and supports developers in using graph technology to understand their data.
As a child he wanted to be either a Computer Scientist, Astronaut or Snowboard Instructor.
Personal page: https://www.ohanlonweb.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-o-hanlon-3466a45/

SHAWON SHEIKH
Shawon Sheikh is a Full Stack Engineering Analyst at Accenture with a passion for AI, Generative AI, and emerging technologies. He enjoys exploring how AI can create real-world value for organisations and communities, and actively contributes to AI learning and knowledge-sharing initiatives across the Birmingham tech ecosystem.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawonsheikh/

DR ANANDHI VIVEK DHUKARAM
As a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in research, technology, and global business, with a PhD in cognitive systems engineering, Dr Anandhi specialises in driving human-centric responsible AI cultures across industries.
Throughout her career, she has witnessed firsthand the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) when harnessed responsibly. Her mission is to bridge the gap between AI technology and organisational readiness, ensuring businesses of all sizes can seize the opportunities and leverage AI effectively.
Through tailored AI literacy programs and as an EU AI Act compliance strategist, she aims to equip teams with the critical thinking and technical proficiency necessary to navigate the regulatory complexities of AI confidently.
Personal page: https://anandhiv.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandhi-vivek-dhukaram
Founder of Esdha: www.esdha.com

CAPACITY
In-person spaces are restricted, please only book if you can attend!
Only attend if you have a confirmed RSVP=yes and you are not on the waitinglist.
It will feel really good to have a full room so please don't reserve a seat unless you are coming, the event is in-person.
Please let the organisers know or cancel on meetup if you can no longer attend.
HOSTED BY
We are very grateful for the opportunity to be hosted by Accenture, Birmingham
https://www.linkedin.com/company/accenture-uk-ireland/
https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/careers
https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/about/company-index
Please feel free to connect with our host:
Tejas Kunjapur, Delivery Manager - DevOps Lead, and AI Community Lead
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejaskunjapur/
Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world's leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 784,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships.
Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients.
Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at accenture.com

Wed 23 Sept · 16:3050–200
Data & AnalyticsMeetupFree

Databricks London @ Big Data LDN

Greater London, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

We’re returning to Big Data LDN for a special edition of the Databricks London Meetup, bringing the community together at Olympia London after the first day of the conference.

Join us on Wednesday 23 September from 6pm to 7.30pm for an evening of technical talks, practical experience and honest conversation about working with Databricks. Whether you’re already building on the platform, exploring where it could fit, or simply want to meet other people working across data and AI, you’ll be very welcome.

We’re working with Databricks on the speaker line-up and will share the full agenda shortly. As ever, the aim is to keep the content useful and grounded, with experienced practitioners sharing what they have learnt from real projects rather than delivering sales pitches.

The meetup will take place inside Big Data LDN at Olympia London. The exact theatre and its location on the event map are still to be confirmed. We’ll update this page as soon as those details are finalised, so please keep an eye on the event updates before travelling.

Timings

6pm to 7.30pm: Databricks London Meetup
From 7.30pm: Databricks Data After Hours on the rooftop

Following the meetup, the evening will continue with Databricks Data After Hours, a separate rooftop event for further conversation, drinks and networking with the wider Databricks community.

Data After Hours requires a separate registration. Please RSVP at Databricks Events and please note you must use a company email - Gmail/Hotmail etc not accepted. Entry is open to Corporate Customers, folks working for consultancies, contractors and students may not be accepted.

To attend, please complete both steps:

  • RSVP to this event on Meetup.com.
  • Register for your free Big Data LDN pass - £49 saving on standard date: Register for Big Data LDN 2026

Big Data LDN takes place at Olympia London on 23 and 24 September 2026. Entry is free, but advance registration is required. The main exhibition is open from 9am to 6pm on Wednesday, with the Databricks London Meetup beginning after the first day closes.
About Big Data LDN

Big Data LDN is the UK’s leading data, analytics and AI conference and exhibition, bringing the data community together to hear from practitioners, explore new technology and share practical experience. The 2026 event takes place at Olympia London across 23 and 24 September.

Your Big Data LDN pass provides access to the wider conference and exhibition during the day, so it is worth arriving earlier if you can. You can explore the exhibition, attend sessions and meet people from across the data, analytics and AI community before joining us for the meetup at 6pm.

Venue:
Streaming Analytics Theatre
Olympia London
Hammersmith Road
London
W14 8UX

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Wed 23 Sept · 17:0050–200
Tech Leadership & ProductMeetupFree

ProductTank Manchester — Public Speaking Training 2026

Manchester, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

ProductTank Manchester: Public Speaking Training

Find Your Message: A Public Speaking Workshop for Future ProductTank Speakers

Big THANKS to Craig Millar, Resonate Speechwriting who trains speakers, including for TEDx talk who's kindly offered to deliver this training for FREE for ProductTank members!

And another big THANKS to Grayce, who has kindly offered to host this event in their office and provide food and drink.

About this event
The success of ProductTank has always depended on members being willing to stand up and generously share their hard-earned lessons, ideas and experiences.
But giving your first talk can feel daunting.
Most people worry about confidence, structure, or whether they have anything worth saying. It's easy to wait until you feel "ready" - but the reality is that very few speakers ever do.
The good news is that impactful speaking isn't about being naturally confident or highly polished. It's about having a useful idea and caring enough to share it. And with a little exploration, we often discover that our experience is more valuable to others than we realised.
To help develop future ProductTank speakers, we're delighted to offer this free interactive workshop, led by experienced speaker coach Craig Millar.
Whether you're hoping to speak at ProductTank one day, another industry event, or simply want to communicate your ideas more effectively, this workshop will help you take the first step.

Who is this for?
This workshop is for ProductTank members who:

  • Feel they might like to speak at ProductTank one day, but don't quite feel "ready" yet.
  • Wonder whether they have anything valuable enough to talk about.
  • Have ideas and experiences but aren't yet sure how to turn them into an engaging talk.
  • Would like to communicate their ideas with greater confidence, clarity and impact.

No previous public speaking experience is required, just a willingness to explore and discuss your ideas and experiences with others.

What you'll do
Through practical exercises and small-group discussions you'll:

  • Recall experiences that could become engaging talks.
  • Identify the lessons your audience will find most valuable.
  • Learn practical techniques that make talks easier to prepare and deliver.

By the end of the workshop, you'll have started developing a talk that you could continue refining for ProductTank or any future speaking opportunity.

About the workshop leader
Craig Millar is a speaker coach who has spent the past decade helping leaders, technical experts and more than 30 TEDx speakers turn their experience into talks that audiences remember.
He believes that everyone has valuable experiences worth sharing, they simply need the right process to uncover and shape them.

"No matter how good the speakers were at the start, Craig managed to help them develop their skills and become ready to deliver a great TEDx talk."
Yousif Hussin, TEDx Organiser

"I am blown away by how some great and simple tools are so effective."
Helen Herd, Global Head of Sustainability, McBride Plc

"Craig will improve your speech tenfold. The value of a good speech and presentation is huge."
Kavita Sahai, Serial Entrepreneur

Learn more at www.resonatespeechwriting.com

Event details
Location: Grayce, 1st Floor Hilton House, Hilton Street, Manchester M1 2EH
Time: 6:00pm–8:30pm

Every conference speaker gave their first talk once
The turning point wasn't becoming more knowledgeable. It was realising that the experience they already had could genuinely help other people.
If you've ever thought, "Maybe I'd like to speak at ProductTank one day," this workshop is for you.

Please note

  • Tickets are free but places are limited.
  • If your plans change, please update your RSVP so someone else can attend.
  • We may take photographs during the event for community and promotional purposes.
  • Venue and event details may be subject to change.
Wed 23 Sept · 17:00< 50
Cloud & DevOpsMeetupFree

AWS User Group UK Meetup #79

London, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Welcome to our September event. We’re delighted to welcome Yan Cui, AWS Serverless Hero, independent consultant and Martin Thwaites, Principal Developer Advocate, Honeycomb.io

Here’s what they’re bringing:

Event-driven architecture solves your coupling problem and hands you three new ones. Yan has run production workloads on AWS since 2009 and has trained thousands of developers on EventBridge and Lambda, so he knows exactly where the neat whiteboard diagram falls apart: tracing a request with no call stack, changing an event without breaking consumers you don’t control, and failures that land minutes after the original request. Tonight Yan is giving us the patterns that hold up in production - event envelopes that give you versioning, idempotency and tracing for free, end-to-end tests that stay inside your own bounded context, and a hard look at where governance earns its overhead.

65,000 attendees. Four days. A booth game that has to survive the moment a keynote ends. Martin built Battleships for the Honeycomb booth on EKS, then rebuilt it on Lambda MicroVMs the month they launched, giving every player their own machine with no shared state and no pod to fight over. Tonight Martin is walking us through the rebuild: the cost modelling against EKS, what changed once a session owned a whole VM, and the instrumentation that tells him the game is degrading before an attendee does.

A big thank you to our sponsors Cloudscaler & Rayo.

Programme:
18:00: Arrival, registration
18:15: Talks start
20:00: Networking with food and a drink provided by the generosity of our sponsors.

Session 1:
Event-driven architecture: the hard parts with Yan Cui
Event-driven architectures are great at helping teams build loosely coupled, scalable systems - but the neat architecture diagrams rarely show the difficult bits. In practice, they hand you a fresh set of problems that nobody warns you about at the whiteboard stage.

Once events start flowing across multiple services and bounded contexts, new challenges emerge. How do you trace a request end-to-end when there’s no longer a simple call stack? How do you change an event without unexpectedly breaking consumers you don’t control? And how do you test and operate a system where failures can happen asynchronously, perhaps minutes after the original request?
In this talk, Yan will explore the practical lessons and patterns that make event-driven architectures work in production, including:

  • End-to-end observability as events flow across services and asynchronous boundaries
  • Testing strategies within bounded contexts, and deciding what should, and shouldn’t, be tested end-to-end
  • Schema evolution and how to change events safely without breaking existing consumers
  • Catching integration problems early, before they reach production
  • Error handling, retries and idempotency, including dealing with duplicate and out-of-order events
  • Documentation and governance so teams can understand which events exist, who owns them and how they should be used

Drawing on real-world experience building event-driven systems on AWS, Yan will look beyond the happy path and focus on the trade-offs, failure modes and engineering practices that help these architectures remain manageable as systems and teams grow.

Learning Takeaways

  • How to design an event envelope that gives you versioning, idempotency and tracing for free
  • Why “no breaking changes” often beats every event versioning scheme, and how to enforce it
  • A practical way to scope end-to-end tests so they don’t spill into other teams’ systems
  • Where governance is worth the operational overhead, and where it just slows you down

Yan is an AWS Serverless Hero and independent consultant who has run production workloads on AWS since 2009. He helps teams go faster for less with serverless, and has trained thousands of developers through his Production-Ready Serverless workshops. A prolific writer and speaker, his articles on AWS and serverless have been read millions of times.

Session 2:
Every Player Gets a VM: Prepping Battleships for re:Invent Scale with Martin Thwaites
My job is not to build games, but it is to make our booths engaging, and Battleships is my latest creation. The first version ran on EKS, which meant a mostly idle cluster for something that only runs a few days at a time. And then I needed to think about re:Invent and its 65,000 attendees. When Lambda MicroVMs launched in June I rebuilt it, giving every player their own VM with its own dedicated memory and no shared state to fight over, scaling out as far as the queue at the booth demands. You will learn the nuances I hit along the way, how the move changed the architecture once a game session had a whole machine to itself rather than a slice of a pod, and the constraints I am designing around for the moment a keynote ends and the expo hall fills up. I’ll show the cost modelling against EKS and the instrumentation going in so that I will know the game is working before an attendee tells me it isn’t.

Learning Takeaways

  • Compare the cost of a persistently provisioned EKS cluster against per-session Lambda MicroVMs for spiky, short-lived workloads, using real modelling rather than intuition.
  • Rework an architecture once a session owns a whole machine rather than a slice of a pod - which shared state disappears, and which new constraints take its place.
  • Instrument a system so you know it is degrading before a user tells you, and design around the failure modes of a hard, unmovable traffic spike.

Martin is a Principal Developer Advocate at Honeycomb and a contributor to OpenTelemetry’s .NET libraries. He has spent the last seven years working in observability, following a twenty-year engineering career building large-scale systems. His focus is distributed tracing and telemetry pipelines in cloud-native environments. He advocates for observability as a core part of software engineering, something owned by the engineers building software, not just the teams operating it.

Do you have a story to share? If you are interested in speaking at one of our events, please check out ourcall for papers here.

We are advocates for greater inclusion & diversity in UK Tech and are especially keen to receive talk submissions from people in underrepresented groups. If you are interested in speaking at a future meetup but would like to discuss what to expect or need assistance, please contact our Inclusion & Diversity Lead Natalie Gray - graynataliej@gmail.com or DM her @natjgray

Check out our website for more information about our community and our code of conduct. Remember to follow us @AWSUserGroupUK and on LinkedIn for the latest updates, and you can find videos of our past meetups here.

Wed 23 Sept · 17:0050–200
AI Integration & ApplicationMeetupFree

Have You Forgotten How to Code in the Age of AI? A Software Crafting Dojo

Leeds, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Whether you're an experienced software developer or just starting your coding journey, this interactive coding dojo is an opportunity to sharpen your skills, solve problems collaboratively and explore how core software engineering practices remain essential in the age of AI. Meet other developers from across Leeds while tackling real coding challenges together.

Hosted by senior technology leaders at Codurance and Lhasa Limited, the session is inspired by real software engineering challenges drawn from scientific software development.

You'll work through practical coding exercises while exploring the techniques that underpin high-quality software and sustainable development practices.

Expect an evening of collaborative problem solving, discussion and learning alongside developers who enjoy improving their craft. Work individually, pair up with another developer or join a small group, whatever suits your preferred way of working.

During the evening you'll:

  • Take part in a collaborative coding dojo.
  • Code individually, in pairs or small groups.
  • Use your preferred programming language.
  • Practise Test-Driven Development (TDD).
  • Explore pair programming techniques.
  • Break complex problems into manageable steps.
  • Apply domain modelling techniques.
  • Work with string tokenisation and parsing.
  • Discuss how software craftsmanship practices support effective AI-assisted development.
  • Meet and learn from developers across the Leeds tech community.

Who should attend?

  • Software developers of all experience levels.
  • Students and early-career developers.
  • Anyone interested in software craftsmanship.
  • Developers looking to improve their technical skills.
  • Anyone curious about solving real-world software engineering problems.

Whether it's your first coding dojo or your fiftieth, you're welcome to contribute at your own pace and learn from others in a supportive environment.

No previous Software Crafters Leeds experience is required. Bring your laptop if you'd like to code along.

Refreshments will be provided, including vegetarian and vegan options.
Whether you're looking to refresh your coding skills,
explore software craftsmanship techniques or simply connect with fellow developers, we'd love to see you there.

Wed 23 Sept · 17:0050–200
Tech Leadership & ProductMeetupFree

ProductTank Bristol #57

Bristol, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Join us for our next product meetup!

18:00 - Descend, Sip, Snacks, and Strategy
18:25 - Introduction and a warm welcome from our host
18:30 - First Talk
19:15 - Break for more sips and snacks
19:30 - Second Talk
20:15 - Wrap Up
20:20 - End and Depart, with the opportunity for extended discussions at the pub

📢 Building a product insights agent: research as infrastructure
👤 James Reece
James is a Lead Product Designer at Kaluza, a player-coach and 0→1 specialist with 15 years in UX & product design. A builder at heart: rapid prototypes, product vision, and AI agents, including the product insights agent he'll be talking to us about.

📢 Growing pains: Parenting your AI agents to adulthood
👤 Joel Livermore
With 8 years in product, Joel is a Group PM currently working in payments at Dojo. with a career spanning startups to enterprise. He's spent his last year building AI agents by day and raising a newborn by night.

Sponsor: Graphcore - Build the future of AI compute
Graphcore is creating the technology powering the next generation of machine intelligence. We're currently hiring across a wide range of product and tech roles.
Find out more at graphcore.ai

Host: Kaluza
Kaluza is an energy technology company building the intelligent software behind a net-zero energy future. Our Energy Intelligence Platform helps energy providers streamline operations, elevate customer experience and optimise energy in real time — making clean energy work for everyone.

Season sponsor: Pilot Works
Pilot Works is a product and service design consultancy based in Bristol.
We use research and prototyping techniques to help our clients visualise and align on what they need to deliver, in order meet the needs of their users and achieve their organisation’s goals.
As well as hands-on consultancy we also provide training and coaching for individuals and teams.
Find out more at https://pilot.works

Additional Information
Photography and/or recording equipment will be used throughout the event, with images shared on social channels during and after the event.

By attending, you agree to follow our Code of Conduct

Wed 23 Sept · 17:0050–200
AI Integration & ApplicationMeetupFree

Mindstone Newcastle September AI Meetup

Newcastle upon Tyne, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Welcome to the most electrifying and ground-breaking AI Meetup in Newcastle!

Join us once a month as we delve into the world of artificial intelligence, explore its cutting-edge practical applications, and marvel at the astonishing projects that are shaping our future.

Why should you attend?
• Get up close and personal with the AI projects that are redefining the boundaries of technology and human potential.
• Learn from the brightest minds in the field and gain valuable insights into the ever-evolving AI landscape.
• Unleash your curiosity, fuel your creativity, and expand your network as you connect with fellow AI aficionados and pioneers.

What you can expect?
Mindstone events consist of three talks covering different aspects:

• Can You Trust What AI Builds? by Peter Timson: A technical demo breaking down the process for building a product using AI with real-life learnings and insights.
• Stop Searching, Start Scheduling: Build a Competitor Watch with AI tools by Kaye Nicholson: A practical demo and step-by-step guide on how to use AI to speed up and improve tasks.
• What Does The Future Look Like With AI?: A theoretical talk on the impact of AI on work, life and society.
• What actually breaks: a year of running AI agents in production by Chris Davison

After the talks we'll have pizza, drinks, and networking.

Don't miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to witness the AI revolution in action. It's time to embark on a thrilling journey into the future and discover the endless possibilities that lie within the realm of artificial intelligence.

Reserve your spot today for the ultimate AI experience! 💡✨ (https://community.mindstone.com/events/mindstone-newcastle-september-ai-meetup-2026)

Want a quicker check-in on the day? Set up your Mindstone profile in advance at https://identity.mindstone.com/signup and keep your login details handy when you arrive.

Wed 23 Sept · 17:00< 50
AI Integration & ApplicationMeetupFree

Making product roadmaps and AI work for you

Oxford, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

We're back with another in-person ProductTank Oxford meetup at the King's Arms in central Oxford. This month, we're delighted to feature two great speakers with talks on roadmapping and AI assurance.

6:00pm Doors open, drinks, and networking
6:50pm Welcome
7:00pm Phil Hornby - Going beyond the "Now-Next-Later" Roadmap
7:45pm Break
8:00pm Claire Woodcock - Nobody Should Trust Your AI, How to build systems people can rely on
8:45pm Wrap-up
8:50pm Close (but you're welcome to stick around!)

We hope you can join us!

Going beyond the "Now-Next-Later" Roadmap
Roadmaps are a visual tool used to communicate and align many audiences. Yet why do most of them just look so boring? Now-Next-Later is a great start in breaking bad patterns but there’s more to rethinking the roadmap. Great ones show goals, priority and optionality. They capture direction, discovery and delivery. Yet they stay simple enough for everyone to understand. Learn about 14 visual styles you can choose from to deliver the message and keep the audience interested. Let’s turn your roadmaps from dull documents into powerful tools.

Phil Hornby is a highly experienced product leader, coach, and technologist with over 20 years in the industry. His career spans various roles, including product management, project management, operations, development, sales, and marketing across diverse sectors like SaaS, IoT, and Automotive. Phil's mission is to help product leaders think clearly, make strong decisions, and take powerful action that drives high-impact outcomes. Phil has helped thousands of individuals across hundreds of companies, combining technical, business, and human skills to empower teams and leaders. His expertise lies in delivering complex solutions that elegantly solve customer problems at scale. His approach emphasises collaboration, context-driven leadership, and continuous learning.

Nobody Should Trust Your AI: How to build systems people can rely on
You can hardly move for people telling you to become AI-native. Vibe coding feels like magic. Your customer service team is suddenly handling twice as many queries. And yet, you can’t shake the nagging feeling that at any moment one of these systems might confidently let your product, your customers and ultimately, you, down.

You shouldn’t trust AI, and neither should anyone else.

Drawing on lessons from years of working in high stakes AI products, Claire will explore why hallucinations are only the obvious failure; how evals can reassure you without testing what actually matters; and how to build safeguards, monitoring and recovery paths that help you sleep at night.

Drawing on stories from real AI products, we’ll look at how to add AI without surrendering control, and build systems people can rely on without asking them simply to believe.

This is not a talk about email summarisation. Bring your own stories from the trenches to share.

Claire Woodcock is an AI product leader who has spent her career building products in domains where being confidently wrong matters. Most recently VP of Science & ML at Climate X, she previously led AI Products at Mozilla, Twitter, Onfido and Babylon Health across climate risk, recommendations, biometrics and healthcare. She has a postgrad in the Social Science of the Internet from the Oxford Internet Institute and has published research on explanations and trust in AI. Claire specialises in turning complex machine learning into useful, commercially successful products, whilst asking awkward questions about what they're good at.

Wed 23 Sept · 17:0050–200
Data & AnalyticsMeetupFree

PyData Exeter, Owning Your Tech Future within a changing industry

Exeter, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

The future of tech isn't something we wait for; it's something we build together.

Join us on 23 September for a special PyData Exeter event at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM).

AI isn't just changing how we write code. It's changing how we build digital products, collaborate as teams, mentor the next generation of engineers, and create value for our users. This transformation presents challenges, but also an opportunity for our communities to actively shape what comes next.

With the support of Devon County Council, we are bringing together the communities of PyData Exeter, Tech Exeter, ProductTank Exeter and Digital Plymouth, for an evening of discussion, ideas, and shared perspectives.

We're delighted to welcome Jacob Tomlinson (NVIDIA) as our keynote speaker. Through his work in open source, Jacob has been deeply embedded in the transformation taking place across our industry, and we're looking forward to hearing his perspective.

Join us for what promises to be a fascinating evening of ideas, discussion, and community.

NOTE: The registraion for this event is on eventbrite!!!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owning-your-tech-future-within-a-changing-industry-tickets-1998070123526

SPONSORS
Devon County Council

CODE OF CONDUCT
The PyData Code of Conduct governs this meetup . To discuss any issues or concerns relating to the code of conduct or behaviour of anyone at the PyData meetup, please contact the PyData Exeter organisers, or you can submit a report of any potential Code of Conduct violation directly to NumFOCUS.

Wed 23 Sept · 17:00< 50
AI Integration & ApplicationMeetupFree

What can you do so that your life after transformative AI is good? (free pizza)

Liverpool, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Artificial intelligence is likely to change our lives strongly, whether we want it or not.

Some bad things it can make:

  1. Artificial intelligence that has different goals than us and that can lead to our extinction (on average, experts and people interested in artificial intelligence assign 10-30% chance that this will happen).
  2. A lot of us might die due to AI-assisted biological risk (there is around 5% chance that around 50% of people will die because of that - very loosely based on forecasts from Metaculus.com).
  3. Concentration of power and inequality.

The good things involve scientific and technological progress and increased productivity leading to people living longer and being happier, in general.

One of the above is likely to happen soon. Forecasters from AI Futures predict that transformative AI will be created around 2028, and those forecasters have been generally right predicting the progress so far.

I believe that there are things that you can do so that it goes well for you.

The question is:
What can you do so that your life after transformative AI is good?

That's the topic I'd like to discuss. I have my answer to that question that I'd like to share, but everyone will have equal opportunity to express their opinions, and you don't have to express any opinions if you don't want to.

If you want to discuss something else, then it's fine too but the above question will take a priority.

This meetup is for everyone - for those who are interested in the topic of artificial intelligence, and those who are not (but still want their lives to be good). It's for AI optimists and AI haters.

The event will happen only if there are at least 3-4 attendees.

There's going to be 2 pizzas (for free) divided on maximally 8 attendees.

Rules:

  1. If you want to come just to eat pizza and you're not interested in AI, that's fine and that's allowed, as long as you don't do anything that takes your attention away (e.g. using phone for a large part of the meetup).
  2. No unethical advice, i.e. advice that benefits an individual at the expense of the collective.

The penalty for violating the rules is not being allowed to come to the next meetup, if there is any.

Wed 23 Sept · 17:30< 50
Software EngineeringMeetupFree

Managing your career like a "Product"

Birmingham, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

On 23rd September, join us at ProductTank Birmingham for an evening of product conversations with an experienced Product Management career coach.
In this session, "Managing Your Career Like a Product," you'll discover how to apply product thinking to your own career whether you're breaking into Product, aiming for leadership, navigating a career transition, or looking to create greater impact. Learn practical frameworks to continuously discover, build, measure, and grow your career with the same mindset you use to build great products.

We’ll be joined by:

SPEAKER
James Gunaca

The Talk: Managing your career like "Product"

Talk Description:
In this session, you'll discover how to apply product management principles to your own career:

  • Think of your career as a product, not a CV.
  • Build your personal value proposition and positioning.
  • Prioritize career opportunities like a product roadmap.
  • Validate assumptions before making career decisions.
  • Prepare for interviews using a hiring manager's perspective.
  • Create a repeatable system for long-term career growth.

Whether you're actively looking for your next opportunity or simply want to future-proof your career, you'll leave with practical frameworks you can apply immediately.

SPEAKER BIO

James Gunaca
With over 12 years of Product Management experience, our speaker has worked on products used by millions, including Amazon Echo, Alexa, AppleCare+ Subscriptions, and Xbox All Access. As a former hiring manager and Amazon Bar Raiser, he has screened more than 2,500 Product candidates, conducted 300+ interviews, and hired Product Managers at every level - from PM to Senior PM and Manager.
Today, he dedicates his time to helping Product Managers accelerate their careers, combining real hiring insights with practical coaching that has helped professionals around the world secure roles with greater impact, purpose, and compensation.

👥 Agenda

  • 6:30 PM - Arrival, Networking & Food
  • 7:00 PM - Welcome
  • 7:10 PM - Talk - James Gunaca
  • 8:00 PM - Q&A
  • 8:15 PM - Networking
  • 9:00 PM - Event Ends

🍕 Food & Drinks
Thanks to our sponsor AND Digital, we’ll have pizza and drinks available, and we'll be ready to connect!

🤝 Thanks to our Sponsors

AND Digital – A digital delivery partner helping ambitious companies build world-class digital capabilities and close the digital skills gap.

x+why Foundry – A flexible workspace provider combining purpose-driven design with entrepreneurial energy to create impactful workspaces across the UK.

Stablezact – An entirely new payment infrastructure, built with blockchain technology, to simplify global crypto transactions, empowering modern businesses with crypto payments.

IntelStream UK – A Birmingham-based content and storytelling company, providing professional photography, videography and PR content for events.

Wed 23 Sept · 17:3050–200
Software EngineeringConferenceFree

techSPARK Next Gen: What I Wish I'd Known

Bristol, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

A relaxed community for the next generation of people working in tech.

techSPARK Next Gen: What I Wish I'd Known

New to tech? Still figuring out what half the job titles even mean? Same.

techSPARK Next Gen is a laid-back, no-agenda-except-honesty evening f********or people early in their tech careers.

No sales pitches. No recruiters lurking with a LinkedIn QR code. Just a room of people roughly where you are, hearing from people who were once exactly where you are, before they figured a few things out (or didn't, which is arguably more useful to know).

For our first get-together, we're putting six people from wildly different corners of the tech world, software, product, data, design, marketing, sales, ops, on the spot with one question: what do you wish you'd known earlier in your career?

They get five minutes. That's it. No slides, no pitching, no polished career highlight reel. Just wrong turns, unexpected opportunities, confidence wobbles, career changes, and the advice they learnt the long way round, because nobody told them sooner.

Come for their wisdom. Or, their lack of it. Either way, you'll leave knowing you're not the only one who has no idea what you're doing, and neither did they, for quite a while.

The Details

📍 Where: Central Bristol

📅 When: Wednesday 23rd September

🕠 5:30pm — Doors open. Grab a drink, arrive, settle in, meet people.

🎤 6:00pm — Welcome + What I Wish I'd Known: six lightning talks, five minutes each.

🍕 6:30pm — Pizza arrives. From there, it's simply time to eat, have a drink, and chat.

👋 7:30pm — Official wrap up (though nobody's kicking you out).

No forced networking, awkward icebreakers, or organised breakout groups. Stay as long as you like, talk to whoever you like.

This is a small, intentional, event so it stays a conversation, not a conference.

Who This Is For

Broadly, people in the first 0–7 years of working in tech or a tech-adjacent role. Software, product, data, design, marketing, sales, customer success, operations, or something else entirely, first job, fourth job, or a total career pivot into tech. It's about career stage, not age or job title.

Come on your own. Come with someone from work. Come with mates. Come with questions, or just come and listen.

What's Next

techSPARK Next Gen runs every other month. At the end of the evening, you'll get to nominate who you'd like to hear from next, so if there's someone in the community you'd want to grab a coffee withand pick their brain, tell us.

Future topics on the cards:

  • Is AI Going to Take Our Jobs?
  • Productivity & Balance (perfect for January, when everyone's New Year energy has already fizzled)
  • Recruitment: CVs, LinkedIn, and how to be seen without cringing
  • Wellbeing: looking after your (very tired) brain

Next dates: Wednesday 25th November · Wednesday 27th January

techSPARK Next Gen A relaxed community for the next generation of people working in tech.

Wed 23 Sept · 18:30 – 20:30
Software EngineeringConferenceFree

Climate Tech Time

London, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Bringing together innovators, investors and enthusiasts

Are you passionate about climate tech? This is the place for you.

Climate Tech Time is the UK’s largest monthly gathering for climate tech, bringing together:

💰 VCs, Angels & Investors

📈 Startups & SMEs

🏛️ Corporates, Government, Non-Profits & Academia

If you work in climate tech and want to engage in meaningful conversations, this is the place to be. Climate Tech Time is our signature evening event, but we also offer additional programming earlier in the day to deepen connections and provide more opportunities for collaboration.

What’s Happening?

Climate Tech Time (6pm-9pm) - The UK's biggest monthly event for climate tech, packed full of inspirational speeches from startup founders and facilitated conversations with climate tech enthusiasts

Climate Conversation Day (12:30pm-6pm) - For the eager early-birds who want more conversation and more connection, join us for lunch, co-working, and a community workshop. Details below. (Spots limited, confirmation sent by email)

Expert Office Hours (4pm-6pm) - Are you building a climate tech company? Our community partners are here to support via expert office hours. This month we have Office Hours focused on Digital Marketing, Recruitment & Public Relations (PR). Details below.

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1. Climate Tech Time (6:00 - 9:00 PM)

Our main event: The UK’s Largest Monthly Climate Tech Event

An enthusiastic evening of networking, thought-provoking talks, and climate-focused discussions.

Schedule:

6:00 - 7:00 PM – Arrive, grab some plant-based bites, and settle into meaningful conversations with ice-breaker questions about climate.

7:00 - 8:00 PM – Three climate tech leaders share bold ideas in 7-minute talks, followed by engaging group discussions.

8:00 - 9:00 PM – Drinks and networking – meet potential partners, collaborators, or just great new connections.

🌟 Speaker Line-up:

To be announced...

🔊 Want to speak at a future Climate Tech Time? Nominate a changemaker here! ⬅️

🎟️ Tickets cover entry and plant-based canapés. Drinks available for purchase at the bar. If cost is a barrier, reach out – we have an accessibility fund.

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2. Climate Conversation Day (12:30 PM - 6:00 PM)

An Afternoon of Connection Before Climate Tech Time

Hosted in collaboration with The Conduit, this afternoon-long event is designed for those looking to connect in a more informal setting before the main evening event.

You should join if you are:

  • Working in climate tech and eager to meet like-minded individuals
  • Looking for a collaborative co-working environment
  • Excited to engage in discussions on climate tech, policy, and innovation

Schedule:

  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM – Arrival
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM – Lunch
  • 2:00 - 3:00 PM – Community Workshop
  • 3:00 - 6:00 PM – Socialising or Office hours
  • 3:00 - 4:30 PM - Startup Masterclass
  • 6:00 - 9:00 PM – Climate Tech Time!

Spots are limited. Apply to join during check-out and your spot will be confirmed by email.

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3. Masterclass and Office Hours

For Climate Tech Startups & Mission-Oriented Businesses

Before Climate Tech Time, we offer expert office hours to help you and your business grow. Our trusted community partners host these sessions – vetted organisations that specialise in supporting climate tech startups.

What's on this month:

PUBLIC RELATIONS (PR) OFFICE HOURS

Run by Harpswood, you should join these if:

  • You're eager to raise the profile of your organisation in the media and want to speak with journalists but don’t know where to start
  • You're looking to attract investors, announce a new partnership, or promote a fundraise
  • You need help distilling and delivering your messages

PLEASE NOTE: Spots are limited for office hours and are available by application only. You'll automatically receive an invitation to apply if you're a startup. If you're an SME or feel these Office Hours would be relevant to you, please drop us an email at aaron@climateconnection.co.uk.

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About Climate Connection

Fed up of stuffy conferences, boring speeches, and dinners where you're stuck sitting next to one person? So are we.

At Climate Connection, we create the types of events we wish we were invited to: events with thoughtful conversations, curated connections, and real learning.

We are expert experience and event designers on a mission to grow the climate tech ecosystem through meaningful connections. Based in London, we have galvanised over 15,000+ connections and we run 40+ events per year.

Hosted by The Conduit

The Conduit is a community of people committed to creating a just, prosperous and sustainable future.

Our members are entrepreneurs, investors, creatives, business leaders, activists, civil-society leaders and policymakers, bringing together knowledge, networks and capital for sustained positive impact, in our London and Oslo clubs.

Wed 23 Sept · 19:00 – 22:00
EntrepreneurshipConferenceFree

The London Network Event , Startup Founders, Tech Entrepreneurs, Investors

London, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Business networking event in central london. Connect w/ tech entrepreneurs, startup founders, finance professionals, B2B pros and investors.

The London Network: Exclusive Tech Startups, Entrepreneurs & Professionals Networking Event

Join The London Network for a dynamic and exclusive event designed for tech enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and professionals who are shaping the future of technology. This is your opportunity to connect with industry leaders, exchange ideas, and build valuable relationships in a welcoming, no-pressure environment.

🕒 Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

📍 Location: Sycamore Covent Garden, 66 Great Queen Street, WC2B 5BX. A contemporary and elegant bar offering a relaxed atmosphere with modern decor, perfect for networking and vibrant conversations.

👔 Dress Code: Business smart casual.

Why Choose The London Network?

At The London Network, we focus on fostering authentic connections that spark innovation and collaboration. Unlike other events that push sales or services, we provide a space where tech entrepreneurs and professionals can meet, share insights, and explore opportunities to grow—without the distraction of pitches or forced introductions.

  • Exclusivity & Intimate Setting: Limited to 25 attendees, ensuring every conversation is impactful and genuine.
  • No 1-Minute Presentations: We believe the best networking happens naturally. Whether you're an introvert or extrovert, our event is designed to be comfortable and welcoming, with no public speaking required.
Who Should Attend?

The London Network welcomes professionals from diverse industries who are eager to advance their careers, build their networks, and stay ahead in their fields. This event is ideal for:

  • Startup Founders: Looking to pitch ideas, find partners, or secure funding.
  • Investors & VCs: Seeking new, disruptive technologies and promising startups to invest in.
  • Innovators & Tech Enthusiasts: Exploring emerging trends and sharing breakthrough ideas.
  • Software Developers & Engineers: Building innovative solutions or seeking collaboration in new projects.
  • Cybersecurity Specialists: Interested in protecting tech innovations and networking with startups.
  • Data Scientists & Analysts: Exploring data-driven technologies and connecting with tech leaders.
  • IT Managers & Team Leads: Looking to scale their teams, streamline operations, or discover new tools.
  • Cloud Computing Experts: Engaging with startups utilizing cloud infrastructure for growth.
  • AI & Machine Learning Professionals: Exploring the latest AI trends and networking with innovators.
  • Industry Professionals: From tech, finance, or legal sectors offering expertise in scaling businesses.
  • Business Developers: Focused on partnerships, collaborations, or market expansion.
  • Mentors & Advisors: Offering guidance on business strategy, scaling, or product development.

Why Attend Our Event?
  • Genuine Connections: At The London Network, we focus on real relationships—no sales, no pressure—just pure, professional networking.
  • A Community of Innovators: With London’s leading network of tech professionals and entrepreneurs, you’ll be surrounded by people who are as passionate about innovation as you are.
  • An Unmatched Experience: We keep our events exclusive and focused, ensuring you walk away with valuable connections that can propel your career or business forward.

Limited to 25 spots! Register today and hit Follow for updates on future weekly events.

📸 Event Photography

Please note that photos and videos may be taken for promotional purposes. Event media by CineEye, a London-based video production and photography provider.

Note: Proof of ID required for alcoholic beverages. 18+ only.

Refund Policy: Refunds are available if requested at least 3 days before the event. No-shows and late cancellations are non-refundable.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your business network in a relaxed, engaging setting! Sign up now and start building connections that last.

Wed 23 Sept · 19:00 – 22:00
EntrepreneurshipConferenceFree

September 2026 Fintech & Tech Startup Networking Breakfast In Mayfair

London, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Join London's top Fintech and Tech Startups for a Networking Breakfast-Connect, Share Ideas, and Grow Your Business over Coffee and Pastries

London FinTech & Tech Startup Breakfast is the Capital's only independent regular business breakfast network dedicated to professionals working within London’s FinTech, InsurTech, Tech Startup ****and related industries.********Our networking events are extremely relaxed and casual affairs and attended by a wide range of business sectors with everyone from developers & compliance experts to marketiers, investors to brokers...****Each ticket includes teas, coffees and juices and a full breakfast food buffet (including vegetarian options) and your own printed attendee sheet to take away.

Join us for our September 2026 Business Networking Breakfast at the Fabulous Bonds of Mayfair - in their private lounge for a delicious breakfast, drinks and the opportunity to talk property, make new friends and seek out fresh business leads.

  • No Speeches
  • No Talks or Schedule
  • No Membership Fees
  • No Sales Presentations

Just pure relaxed networking in a friendly environment.

The world of fintech encompasses a wide range of sectors, here are a selection of some who have attended our events in the past:

Accounting

AI Consultants

Angel Investors

Brand Marketing

Challenger Bank

Cloud Hosting

Cybersecurity

Data Mining

Digital Agency

Digital Payments

Ecommerce Experts

Ecommerce Fulfilment

Email Marketing

Fibre Providers

Financial Compliance

Financial Risk

Fintechs

Forex Dealers

Graphic Design

Growth Advisor

Intellectual Property Law Firm

IP Lawyers

IT Support

Payment Providers

PPC Agency

Public Affairs

Public Relations

Remote Staffing

Retail Warehouses

SEO Agencies

Software Developers

Software Engineers

Startups

Startup Lawyers

Strategy Consulting

Venture Capital

Warehousing

(please note these are just examples of previous attendees from the past decade - we market to a wide range of sectors - we don't guarantee any or all of the above will attend, though many do :-)

Anyone from any sector, from any size of firm or at any stage of their career are welcome to book and attend and benefit from the power of networking.

Thu 24 Sept · 09:00 – 11:00