Tech conferences in Europe

An annual collaborative hackathon where life scientists, bioinformaticians and data stewards work intensively on bioinformatics projects. The 2026 edition runs 7-11 December in Göttingen, organized by de.NBI and ELIXIR-DE, with remote participation available.

Young agtech and food startups give 3-minute pitches, followed by talks on industry trends, as part of the Grüne Woche fair in Berlin. The programme targets retail players, politicians and consumers.

Europe's leading trade fair for retail technology, presenting innovative solutions to an international professional audience.

A global platform for the embedded community, covering components and modules, operating systems, hardware, and embedded software and system design.

Europe's leading digital health event, uniting practice, IT, politics and science to drive healthcare digitalization.

Described by the organizer as "the festival for the digital society" and "Europe's most important digital and society conference". It brings together influential voices for discussion on digital and societal topics.

A business festival in Leipzig that brings together startups, companies, agencies and creatives, combining business, technology, art and culture.

The leading exhibition for smart automation and robotics, presenting the world's largest portfolio of robotics and automation solutions across the entire value chain. Held in Munich, June 22-25, 2027.

The world's largest event for developers, AI builders and tech leaders, with three days of talks, workshops, hands-on sessions, networking and a technology expo across multiple stages.

Collaborative IETF Hackathon held on the weekend of the IETF 129 meeting in Berlin, where developers build sample code, utilities and solutions showing practical implementations of IETF standards. The IETF describes its hackathons as collaborative events, not competitions.

The world's largest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment, featuring gamescom dev on Aug 23-24, Opening Night Live, a Business and Media Day, and public opening days with a large business and entertainment expo area.

IFA positions itself as the world's largest tech event connecting consumer electronics, home appliances and future tech, held at Messe Berlin.

The world's largest trade fair for hydrogen and carbon capture technologies, with two co-located expositions, 1,000+ exhibitors and 200+ speakers over three days. The 2027 edition is set for 19-21 October 2027.

International trade fair presenting the full spectrum of technologies and solutions for electronics manufacturing, with visitors and exhibitors from around the world.

Bett UK is the annual EdTech event at ExCeL London, bringing together educators, policymakers and industry. The programme includes over 700 EdTech providers and 400 speakers from 130 countries.

TechEx Global is an enterprise technology conference where CIOs, CTOs, and IT Directors gather for "strategic clarity" across AI, cybersecurity, IoT, and digital transformation. The event combines eight co-located conferences into a single two-day experience.

Tech Show London features 5 tracks and 300+ sessions across Cloud & AI Infrastructure, DevOps, cybersecurity, big data and data centre management, bringing together 19,250+ decision-makers.

International software engineering conference for senior developers, architects and tech leaders, featuring 75+ practitioners across 15 tracks covering AI systems, modern architecture, cloud platforms and observability.

Brings together L&D, HR and training professionals to explore innovations in workplace learning, co-located with HR Technologies UK, with exhibitors, seminars and a conference programme.

London Tech Week 2027 is positioned as the premier destination for innovation, collaboration, and growth in the tech industry, bringing together founders, investors, and enterprise leaders with hundreds of speakers and networking opportunities.

TechMAX EXPO 2027 is described as the UK's premier tech exhibition and conference for technology businesses, bringing together technology brands, distributors, resellers, computer technicians and MSPs with vendor exhibitions, product demos, networking and an awards ceremony.

A platform for IT decision-makers combining five co-located shows on AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data, DevOps and data center infrastructure, with 310+ exhibitors and 150+ conference sessions.

IT Partners brings together the entire Channel IT and Tech ecosystem for a combined business, networking, and community event. The official site cites visit and lead figures without stating the year they refer to.

A two-day event bringing together the international music and tech community to collaborate on music industry challenges, turning ideas into working prototypes for music creation, listening or performance, with Radio France as main partner.

A major space industry exhibition where decision-makers, buyers, agencies and startups meet to discover space technologies and schedule business meetings. The event features exhibitor booths, expert talks and a pitch competition.

VivaTech 2027 is Europe's largest technology and innovation event, bringing together around 200,000 attendees, 4,500 exhibitors and 15,000 startups where "business meets innovation," with keynotes, conference tracks and startup competitions.

TechSolutions is the professional event connecting innovations, expertise, and decision-makers to accelerate business transformation across IT solutions including ERP, CRM, digitalization, and AI/data technologies.

One-day summit on data, trends and strategies for the future of ecommerce. Professionals present research on digital strategies, AI impact, marketing, payments and logistics, followed by workshops.

Italy's premier Python conference, returning to Bologna with talks, tutorials and social events for Python developers and technology professionals.

EMO Milano 2027 is a world exhibition for metalworking technology, showcasing metal cutting and forming machine tools, robots, automation systems, additive manufacturing and digital solutions. The organizer presents it as a "journey to the centre of innovation".

Annual Turin conference for founders, investors and startups, organized by Vento (formerly Italian Tech Week).

Italian trade fair for smart building technology, covering digitalisation, energy efficiency, electrification and building automation for intelligent buildings and cities.

ISE 2027 is the world's leading trade show for professional audiovisual and systems integration, bringing together thousands of AV professionals and over 1,700 exhibitors across more than 101,000 square meters of exhibition space.

UnitedXR Europe is the XR event co-produced by AWE and Stereopsia, presented as "Europe's #1 XR event". It brings together the AWE exhibition with European XR and immersive-technology community to advance the sector.

A five-day developer conference with deep dives, hands-on labs and talks on Java, AI, cloud and architecture, held on cinema screens. The 2027 edition, "FROM DEVELOPER TO BUILDER", focuses on agentic engineering, AI-powered software creation and intelligent developer tooling.

PyCon Austria is a free, public, volunteer-organized, non-profit conference focused on the Python programming language. It brings together developers and Python enthusiasts from Austria and the wider Python community.

Two days of talks on architecture, security and AI for developers, architects and tech leads.

Official site describes it as "The biggest Python and PyData event in the Baltic and Nordic regions", with the 2027 edition announced for April 28-30, 2027.

The leading technology event in Spain for business professionals and C-level executives, covering cloud, cybersecurity, big data, AI, data centers, ecommerce, digital marketing, HR and learning technology.

SMAU Milano 2026 presents itself as a platform connecting Italy's innovation ecosystem with global hubs, aimed at fostering collaborations and supporting the growth of Italian companies.

World's leading event on urban innovation with 1,000+ exhibitors and 600+ speakers.

10th-anniversary edition of BaselHack, a free 48-hour hackathon where developers, designers and tech enthusiasts collaborate.

The 17th edition of the free, volunteer-run Python conference organized by AFPy (the French Python association), for all skill levels. It runs for four days.

A tech conference focused on data, covering AI and agentic systems, data engineering, distributed systems, platform engineering, DevSecOps and data science. It is held at the Palacio de Congresos de Torremolinos, Malaga.

Midwich's UK audiovisual technology event bringing together resellers, end users, consultants and industry professionals. It features new exhibitors, product launches, interactive demo zones and networking.

European preview of CES 2027, showcasing startup innovations in AI, aerospace, agritech and digital health.

World's largest suppliers trade fair for hydrogen and carbon capture (CCUS) technologies.

A leading IoT conference and exhibition showcasing innovations in IoT, embedded systems, Edge AI, digital twins and autonomous infrastructure, part of the TechEx Europe series.

Weekend hackathon where teams build self-custodial dollar applications on RGB Protocol on Bitcoin using locally-run AI models.

Trade show for enterprise IT applications covering ERP, CRM, AI, data, cybersecurity and digitalization, with 150+ exhibitors. The programme includes 100+ conferences, workshops and roundtables.

Linux Foundation conference with tracks on Cloud & Orchestration, Linux, and Open AI + Data.

The world's leading trade fair for machine vision, showcasing industry trends, suppliers and innovations in image processing and related technologies.

A major developer community conference centered on the theme 'From Developer to Builder,' exploring agentic engineering, AI-assisted coding, Java, and cloud-native development.

An in-person collaborative hackathon in Messina where Italian-speaking technologists work on Wikimedia and OpenStreetMap projects. The event explores "alternative ways of accessing knowledge using free, minimalist and resilient technologies."

Massive developer congress with global speakers, workshops, and networking on software engineering.

Europe's biggest tech and startup event showcasing innovation, AI, digital transformation, and future tech.

Large European developer conference with tracks on programming languages, frameworks, and emerging tech.

A multi-day hybrid Open Hackathon hosted by IDRIS in partnership with NVIDIA and OpenACC, pairing computational scientists with expert mentors to port and optimize scientific HPC and AI applications on GPU-accelerated architectures.

Multi-track developer conference covering various software development topics and technologies.

Java conference covering modern Java, microservices, cloud, performance, and JVM ecosystem.

Leading conference for Spring framework, Java developers, cloud-native apps, and modern enterprise development.

Conference focused on .NET, Web and AI innovation with workshops, sessions and keynotes.