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Best DeepTech Events and Conferences in 2022

Past Events

LSX World Congress 2022

May 10-11 – UK
LSX World Congress gathers the founders and CEOs of innovative startups through to publicly listed life sciences giants, and everyone in between. It represents the breadth and depth of the cutting-edge research and technology driving the advances in the industry right now and in the near future.

IOT Solutions World Congress 2022

May 10-12 – Spain
An event showcasing some game-changing solutions & technologies that are disrupting and transforming the industry. Global players are involved in the digital transformation of companies, exchanges of ideas, experiences and success stories on the benefits for the end-user.

Tech.eu Summit

May 17 – Belgium
Tech.eu Summit will bring together more than 2,500 European tech startups, scaleup entrepreneurs, executives, investors and corporate innovation leaders. The summit will feature experts from Tech, fintech, digital transformation, e-commerce and marketplaces, health tech, deep tech and AI.

EBAN Cork 2022

May 18-19 – Ireland
The EBAN Annual Congress is one of Europe’s largest international private investment & entrepreneurship events. The event will take place over a three-days, including Investor led workshops, keynotes, pitching sessions, round table workshops etc.

Latitude59 2022

May 19-20 – Estonia
Latitude59 is a great place to be for networking opportunities, in-depth discussions with top international players and opportunity for several pitching rounds for both startups as well as investors, and an overall chance to get together and reflect on the crazy strenuous months behind us and forge new plans for the future.

ChangeNOW

May 19-21 – France
The ChangeNOW summit is an accelerator event with an aim for a better world. Over 3 days, the summit puts the spotlight on the most concrete and innovative solutions to face some of the World’s biggest challenges.

Rise of AI Conference

June 8 – Germany
Since 2015, the annual Rise of AI conference has connected AI experts, decision-makers, opinion leaders and game changers to discuss Artificial Intelligence for society, politics and the economy.

DTS22

June 15-16 – Ireland
One of Europe’s fastest-growing Tech conferences, DTS (Dublin Tech Summit) sits at the heart of the international tech scene with some of the biggest global tech companies.

Viva Technology

June 15-18 – France
Acting as a global catalyst for digital transformation and startup growth, VivaTech attracts some of the best innovation actors to ignite positive change in business and society.

Collision

June 20-22 – Canada
Collision brings together great speakers in tech’s leading companies, and top media. Join to make meaningful connections, find valuable leads, and get access to premium content.


Upcoming events

Data & Analytics Summit Dubai 2022

Aug 30 – Sep 1 – UAE
During this 4th annual data infrastructure conference, they focus on the role of new models for data infrastructure and the new ways and reasons to invest in data analytics.

UX & Product Design Week 2022

August 30 – UK
Get inspiration for your current projects and advice on how to build the design team of your dreams. Find out the secrets of what makes products successful and what mistakes companies made when they were building new services.

Big-Data.AI Summit

September 14-15  – Germany
A conference about artificial intelligence and big data in business. Gain actionable insights into scaling intelligent use cases, identify future business opportunities, and find new solutions for data-driven innovations.

GITEX Global

October 10 – UAE
Bringing together thought-leaders, creators, innovators, and makers to discuss, debate, and challenge new ideologies, showcase new products and identify future opportunities.

World Summit AI

October 12-13 – Netherlands
AI summit gathers the global AI ecosystem of enterprise, Big Tech, startups, investors, science, and the brightest brains in AI as speakers every October in Amsterdam to tackle head-on the most burning AI issues and set the global AI agenda.

Web Summit

November 1-4 – Portugal
Web Summit 2021 brought together 42,000+ people, and companies shaping the tech industry. Meet founders and CEOs of technology companies, fast-growing startups, policymakers, and heads of state.

AI for Good Summit

November 10-11 – Canada
Learn about applying artificial intelligence to benefit society and tackle global challenges such as the environment, education, healthcare and sustainability.

Slush 2022

November 17-18 – Finland
Slush 2022 is all about connecting founders with what and whom they need while building a new, inclusive, and more purposeful culture of entrepreneurship.

IoT Tech Expo Global

December 1-2 – UK
The free hybrid event will bring together key industries from across the globe for two days of top-level content and thought leadership discussions across 6 co-located events covering IoT & 5G, Cyber Security & Cloud, Blockchain, AI & Big Data, Edge Computing, and the newly added Digital Transformation track.

Hello Tomorrow 2023

March 9-10 – France
A 2-day event covering the most exciting and relevant developments in deep tech. With discussions across various fields and networking opportunities galore, this conference promotes true groundbreaking tech and the people behind it.

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Events 2 days ago

Last week, I spent three days at Bits and Pretzels in Munich — a startup-focused event with a distinctly Bavarian flavor. Think Oktoberfest meets startup conference, complete with dirndls, lederhosen, and more beer than you might expect. As someone building an AI-powered event platform, I went in with a specific mission: Observe how startups actually market themselves at events. Here’s what I discovered: GoodBytz: The power of good demos What they did: Robotics startup GoodBytz set up a booth where its robots prepared kaiserschmarrn (a traditional German dessert) all day long. Why it worked: Nothing beats seeing a product in action. While other booths had brochures and demos, GoodBytz’s robots were actually cooking. The smell, the movement and the end result stirred together an experience that people will remember and talk about. The lesson: If you have a physical product, show it in action. The old writing adage generalizes well: Show, don’t tell.  Let people see, hear and touch the product. WeRoad: The bathroom hack What they did: Posted “Missing Investor” flyers in bathroom stalls with QR codes pointing to their website. Why it worked: Pure genius. Every startup at the event was looking for investors, but the “Missing Investor” headline, while a bit on the nose, proved irresistible. Plus, bathroom stalls are one of the few places where people have 30 seconds to actually read something. The lesson: Think about where your target audience’s attention will remain undivided. Sometimes, the most effective marketing leverages the most unexpected places. Emqopter: Visual impact matters What they did: Designed a bright orange booth that displayed their drone prominently. Why it worked: In a sea of grey, white, beige and brown, Emqopter’s bright orange booth was impossible to overlook. The drone was real, too, and proved a real conversation starter. The lesson: Your booth is competing with hundreds of others. Make it visually distinctive and ensure your product is the hero. Quests: Community building using the product What they did: Created a busy, branded booth with accessories (toy car, traffic cones, a bulletin board) and used their anti-loneliness app to build communities among founders at the event. Why it worked: Quests used their product to solve a real problem right at the event, and the busy booth design generated energy and curiosity. The lesson: Use your product to solve a problem at the event — if it’s possible, of course. Demonstrate your value in real time. Dyno: Event-themed marketing What they did: Distributed branded electrolyte packs with the tagline “Your hangover ends. Your pension lasts – with Dyno.” Why it worked: Dyno aligned its messaging perfectly with the Oktoberfest theme. Every attendee was thinking about beer and hangovers, so Dyno’s goodies were quite relevant. The tagline was clever, memorable, and directly addressed a pain point most people at the event might have to deal with later. The lesson: Tailor your marketing to the event’s theme and culture. The more you tie your messaging and product to the context, the more memorable you become. So, what did I learn? Event marketing is about more than just showing up and setting up a booth; you have to understand your audience and create experiences that people will remember. Here’s what really struck me: most startups and even big companies don’t know how to leverage events properly. They book the booth, show up and hope for the best; maybe they bring some branded pens and a pop-up banner. Then they’ll go back home and wonder why they spent €5,000 in exchange for 50 business cards that never convert. The startups that stood out at Bits and Pretzels understand something fundamental: event ROI isn’t about booth size or location; it’s about strategy, creativity and planning. None of the startups above improvised on-site, or planned something the night before the event in their hotel rooms. They laid everything out 4-6 weeks before the event. A solid pre-event strategy is what separates successful event marketing from expensive booth rental.  But what matters most for early-stage startups is that you don’t need a massive budget to stand out. WeRoad’s bathroom stall hack probably cost €50 to print the flyers. A standard booth package at Bits and Pretzels would go for €3,000 to €5,500. The ROI difference is staggering when you compare the cost per meaningful conversation. That’s the difference between simply spending money and investing smartly. Building Sesamers has taught me that helping startups find the right events is only half the equation. The other half is helping them understand how to maximize ROI once they’re there. Good props aren’t a marketing expense; they’re opportunities to meet customers, investors and partners, and strike up engaging conversations.

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