Upcoming events
A selection of tech, creative and purposeful events, curated by rougefrog.
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The Heat (Harwell)
Brought to you by the Voyagers Climate-Tech community, THE HEAT is a hands-on, practical, mind-expanding, friendship-building, exploratory, curiosity-led, science-based, creative, artistic, participatory, decentralised, experimental, edgy, live, risky, urgent and unpredictable gathering of 500+ talented people working on climate technologies.
Oslo Innovation Week (Oslo)
Oslo Innovation Week invites you to the heart of Nordic innovation. We are an umbrella event uniting 80+ events driven by Norwegian and international incubators, investors, and the startup ecosystem highlighting actual solutions to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Tech Chill (Milano)
Founded a decade ago, TechChill Milano is a non-profit organization based in Riga, Latvia, that aims to help startups succeed in the world. We do so by filling the gaps in knowledge, skills, and network – we gather the key people from the startup ecosystem and beyond to meet and build long-lasting business relationships, discovering the true potential of Italy's tech community.
IT Arena (Lviv)
IT Arena is Ukrainian and Eastern Europe’s largest tech event for tech geeks, product managers, business analysts, entrepreneurs, and startup founders.
Until 2020, a three-day conference dedicated to the most modern information technologies was held at the Arena Lviv stadium. With the onset of the pandemic, the IT Arena changed its format to a partially digital one, while networking events were held live, in compliance with all recommendations for combating Covid-19. In 2022, when full-scale war broke out, the IT Arena took place offline to demonstrate the resilience of the tech industry and Ukraine.
Bits & Pretzels (Munich)
Bits & Pretzels hosts 7,500 founders, investors, and industry leaders for three days full of learning, networking & doing business during Munich Oktoberfest.
Sifted Summit (London)
Sifted Summit connects VCs with early and late-stage founders — and other investors — from across Europe. Meet established scale-ups looking to raise their next round or discover a future founder with an idea worth investing in.
Forward Festival (Vienna)
For creativity, design & communication.
Forward brings together the best international and local creative heads, who provide insights into their success stories in an exciting atmosphere.
The Future is Sound
The Future is Sound is a visionary immersive event series, known as THE TED OF MUSIC & SOUND proudly hosted at London's iconic BARBICAN CENTRE.
Cult Tech Summit (Vienna)
CultTech is the application of technology to the benefit of culture and society. It has the potential to empower creators and consumers, enable massive access to culture and foster new economic models.
The Europas (Lisbon)
Founded in 2009 by Mike Butcher, editor-at-large at Tech Crunch, this year The Europas celebrates 16 years of identifying Europe’s most ambitious and successful startups, including Spotify, Wise (Transferwise), Farfetch, Depop, Starling Bank, and many others. Today, The Europas are the leading awards for Europe’s hottest tech startups with unmissable content, a fun and fantastic awards celebration, and a legendary afterparty.
Web Summit (Lisbon)
Web Summit will bring together 70,000+ people, and the companies redefining the tech industry, in Lisbon.
Slush (Helsinki)
Slush is a not-for-profit organization on a mission to help and create founders to change the world. Based in Helsinki, Slush annually hosts the world’s leading startup event bringing together a curated crowd of European startups, world-class investors, and tech journalists. We stand by relevance over scale, bringing tangible value, and sharing actionable company-building advice. No fluff.
The Immersive Tech Week (Rotterdam)
For 10 years, Immersive Tech Week has supported the XR community at the forefront of the XR revolution, celebrating the creativity, innovation, and transformative potential of this industry. As we mark this milestone anniversary, we reflect on a decade of dreaming, pioneering, and shaping the future.
EU-Start-ups Summit (Malta)
EU Start-ups Summit gathers up to 2,500 founders, startup enthusiasts, corporates, angel investors, VCs, and media from across Europe. It’s all about tech-based and tech-enabled startups with global ambitions!
SXSW 2025
South by Southwest® dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW® is best known for its conferences and festivals that celebrate the convergence of tech, film, music, education, and culture.
Shaka 2025 (Biarritz)
Beyond being the most famous surf spot in France, Biarritz welcomes a unique event inviting community of builders and dreamers to dive into a 4 days journey of learning, connection, and unforgettable experiences .
Tech BBQ (Copenhagen)
Tech BBQ summit expertly connects tech & hygge: it is designed so that you can meet innovative and groundbreaking startups in the ecosystem, discuss the latest trends, network in a cozy and vibrant atmosphere, get inspired by trendsetting speakers – and enjoy a good old-fashioned BBQ!
Intelligent Health (Basel)
The world's leading AI in medicine summit series. A global tech and science strategy group focused on AI4Good operating in healthcare, education, STEM and government / strategic level Artificial Intelligence, connecting the global AI ecosystem from Enterprise to BigTech, Startups, Investors and Science.