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17-21Oct 2026
SIAL Paris 2026
The world's largest food innovation tradeshow, for producers, buyers, distributors and food-tech startups sourcing near Paris.
October 2026
73 events
1-3
Oct
DigithON 2026
Bisceglie, Italy
A three-day pitching marathon in Bisceglie where 100 selected Italian startups compete in front of investors and corporates.
2,500+ attendees
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5-9
Oct
Devoxx Belgium 2026
Antwerp, Belgium
Europe's best-known Java and JVM developer conference, five days at a cinema complex in Antwerp for working software engineers.
3,500+ attendees
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5-6
Oct
Resilience Conference London 2026
London, United Kingdom
Resilience Conference London is a cybersecurity conference in London, United Kingdom, running 5-6 October 2026.
6
Oct
Mindtrek Conference 2026
Tampere, Finland
Finland's long-running open-technology conference in Tampere, for developers, open-source maintainers and digital business leaders.
6-9
Oct
MSV International Engineering Fair Brno 2026
Brno, Czechia
Central Europe's biggest industrial tradeshow, filling nine halls in Brno with machine tools, automation and manufacturing suppliers.
55,000+ attendees
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6-8
Oct
HUSTEF 2026
Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Software Testing Forum: an English-language Budapest conference for software testers, QA engineers and quality leads.
750+ attendees
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6-8
Oct
How to Web 2026
Bucharest, Romania
Bucharest tech conference for startup founders, product and engineering teams and investors across Central and Eastern Europe.
150+ speakers · 3,000+ attendees
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6-8
Oct
Atlassian Team Europe 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Atlassian Team Europe is a software engineering conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands, running 6-8 October 2026.
7-9
Oct
Canarias Destino Startup 2026
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
The Canary Islands' startup fair in Las Palmas: three days of stands, pitches and round tables for founders, SMEs, support bodies and…
2,000+ attendees
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7-9
Oct
Wave by Vento 2026
Turin, Italy
Vento's three-day Turin festival at OGR Torino for Italian and international founders, investors and corporates.
15,000+ attendees
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7-8
Oct
World Summit AI 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Two-day AI summit at Taets Art & Event Park near Amsterdam, with 300+ speakers across ten tracks for AI builders and buyers.
300+ speakers · 10,000+ attendees
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7-10
Oct
Les Assises de la Cybersécurité 2026
Monaco
Les Assises de la Cybersécurité is a cybersecurity conference in Monaco, Monaco, running 7-10 October 2026.
7-9
Oct
Italian Tech Week 2026
Turin, Italy
Italian Tech Week is a startup festival in Turin, Italy, running 7-9 October 2026.
7-8
Oct
Wired Next Fest Milan 2026
Milan, Italy
Wired Next Fest Milan is a tech and AI festival in Milan, Italy, running 7-8 October 2026.
7-9
Oct
Open Source Summit Europe 2026
Prague, Czechia
Open Source Summit Europe is a software engineering summit in Prague, Czech Republic, running 7-9 October 2026.
8
Oct
BIG – Bpifrance Inno Generation 2026
Paris, France
Bpifrance's giant one-day business festival at the Accor Arena, with hundreds of workshops and masterclasses for French founders, SMEs and corporates.
1,000+ speakers · 75,000+ attendees
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8
Oct
Aarhus Investor Summit 2026
Aarhus, Denmark
A curated Aarhus afternoon where early-stage Danish tech startups pitch to angel investors, VCs and family offices.
200+ attendees
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8-10
Oct
Arctic Circle Assembly 2026
Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's flagship Arctic forum: three days at Harpa where governments, scientists, Indigenous leaders and business debate the future of the North.
2,000+ attendees
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8-9
Oct
RIGA COMM 2026
Riga, Latvia
Latvia's business technology tradeshow and conference week at Kipsala, covering fintech, AI, cybersecurity, e-commerce and HR tech.
220+ speakers · 2,768+ attendees
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11-14
Oct
JavaCro 2026
Rovinj, Croatia
Croatia's central Java gathering, held on the island of Sv. Andrija near Rovinj for Java developers, architects and the regional Oracle community.
400+ attendees
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12-16
Oct
Gothenburg Tech Week 2026
Gothenburg, Sweden
A week-long, city-wide tech festival in Gothenburg for engineers, founders and corporate innovators working on applied technology.
13-15
Oct
Smart Country Convention 2026
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's congress and expo for digital government, aimed at public-sector decision makers, municipalities and GovTech suppliers.
23,000+ attendees
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13-14
Oct
SaaStock Europe 2026
Dublin, Ireland
Europe's SaaS founder conference at the RDS in Dublin, built around growth tactics and investor meetings for B2B software companies.
83+ speakers · 1,680+ attendees
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13-15
Oct
Startup OLE 2026
Salamanca, Spain
Three-day startup and investor gathering in Salamanca, pairing European founders with investors, corporates and universities.
3,600+ attendees
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13-14
Oct
Cybertech Europe 2026
Rome, Italy
The European edition of Cybertech: two days at La Nuvola in Rome pairing keynotes and tracks with an exhibition of startups and…
10,000+ attendees
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13-14
Oct
MIT4LS – Meet in Italy for Life Sciences 2026
Rome, Italy
Italy's national life-sciences brokerage forum, pairing biotech and medtech startups, research groups and clusters for two days of matchmaking.
1,000+ attendees
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13-15
Oct
CyberChess 2026
Riga, Latvia
Latvia's national cybersecurity conference, run by CERT.LV in Riga across three tracks for security practitioners, policymakers and researchers.
800+ attendees
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13-15
Oct
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
San Francisco, United States
TechCrunch's flagship startup conference and home of Startup Battlefield 200.
10,000+ attendees
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13-15
Oct
Unlock VC Summit 2026
Paris, France
Unlock VC Summit is a venture capital summit in Paris, France, running 13-15 October 2026.
13-15
Oct
SuperReturn Middle East 2026
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Informa Connect's Gulf private capital conference at The Ritz-Carlton DIFC, Dubai, 13-15 October 2026, with 200+ LPs and a near 1:1 LP-to-GP…
500+ attendees
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14-15
Oct
Luxembourg Venture Days 2026
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Luxembourg's curated dealflow event, matching pre-vetted startups and scaleups with European VCs, corporates and public funders over two days.
360+ speakers · 3,400+ attendees
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14-15
Oct
Wolves Summit 2026
Krakow, Poland
Krakow matchmaking summit pairing CEE founders with investors and corporates over two days of stage content and 1-on-1 meetings.
350+ attendees
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14-15
Oct
TechShow Budapest 2026
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest fintech conference from FinTechZone, combining the FinTechShow, PayTechShow and BankTechShow programmes.
500+ attendees
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14-15
Oct
5,800+ attendees
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14-15
Oct
Invest Europe Venture Capital Forum 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Invest Europe Venture Capital Forum is a venture capital conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands, running 14-15 October 2026.
14-15
Oct
Norrsken Impact/Week 2026
Barcelona, Spain
Norrsken Impact/Week is a startup festival in Barcelona, Spain, running 14-15 October 2026.
14-16
Oct
MaMA Music & Convention 2026
Paris, France
MaMA Music & Convention is a music industry conference and festival in Paris, founded in 2010. The 17th edition runs from 14…
15
Oct
ISTA Conference 2026
Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria's biggest software engineering conference: one day of parallel stages for developers, architects and QA, run by Sofia's largest IT employers.
750+ attendees
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15
Oct
Demo dan Start:up Slovenija 2026
Maribor, Slovenia
An evening demo day in Maribor where ten selected Slovenian startups pitch to a panel of domestic and international investors.
16-18
Oct
Garage48 Empowering Women Hackathon 2026
Johvi, Estonia
A Garage48 hackathon focused on supporting women founders and developers, pairing participants into teams to build a working prototype in 48 hours.
100+ attendees
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16-17
Oct
European Blockchain Convention 2026
Barcelona, Spain
European Blockchain Convention is a crypto and blockchain conference in Barcelona, Spain, running 16-17 October 2026.
17-21
Oct
SIAL Paris 2026
Paris, France
The world's largest food innovation tradeshow, for producers, buyers, distributors and food-tech startups sourcing near Paris.
285,000+ attendees
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17
Oct
Slovenia Games Conference 2026
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slovenia Games Conference is a games industry conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 17 October 2026.
19-23
Oct
Birmingham Tech Week 2026
Birmingham, United Kingdom
A week of talks, meetups and networking events across Birmingham's tech and startup community, spanning a broad range of industries and disciplines.
7,500+ attendees
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19-21
Oct
Futura Innovation Conference 2026
Limerick, Ireland
An international innovation conference in Limerick, Ireland, bringing together founders, researchers and industry leaders around emerging technology and startup pitches.
1,000+ attendees
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19-22
Oct
Oslo Innovation Week 2026
Oslo, Norway
A week of founder, investor and corporate events staged across Oslo, spanning climate, health, ocean tech and the circular economy.
400+ speakers · 15,000+ attendees
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19-20
Oct
AI & Big Data Expo Europe 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Enterprise AI and big data tradeshow at RAI Amsterdam, part of the TechEx Europe series of eight co-located expos with 8,000+ attendees,…
250+ speakers · 8,000+ attendees
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19-23
Oct
Czech Startup Week 2026
Prague, Czechia
Czech Startup Week is a startup festival in Prague, Czech Republic, running 19-23 October 2026.
20-23
Oct
hack.lu 2026
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Long-running Luxembourg security conference for researchers, CERT teams and practitioners, with talks, workshops and a CTF.
75+ speakers · 500+ attendees
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20
Oct
RAILCONNECT: Innovation & Entry 2026
Graz, Austria
A one-day rail innovation session at the UNICORN hub in Graz, for startups and suppliers looking to sell into the rail industry.
20-21
Oct
Masters&Robots 2026
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw's future-tech conference from Digital University, aimed at business leaders and innovation teams tracking AI and exponential technologies.
20-22
Oct
Codecamp Cluj-Napoca 2026
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
A one-day Codecamp developer conference in Cluj-Napoca: talks and masterclasses for Romanian software engineers, architects and tech leads.
1,500+ attendees
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20-22
Oct
swampUP Europe 2026
Barcelona, Spain
swampUP Europe is a software engineering conference in Barcelona, Spain, running 20-22 October 2026.
20-22
Oct
UNLEASH World 2026
Paris, France
UNLEASH World is a people and HR tech conference in Paris, France, running 20-22 October 2026.
20-21
Oct
High-Tech Venture Days 2026
Dresden, Germany
High-Tech Venture Days is a startup conference in Dresden, Germany, running 20-21 October 2026.
20-22
Oct
NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026
Berlin, Germany
NVIDIA GTC Berlin is an AI conference in Berlin, Germany, running 20-22 October 2026.
21-22
Oct
VDS – Valencia Digital Summit 2026
Valencia, Spain
Startup Valencia's two-day summit at the City of Arts and Sciences, for founders, investors and corporates from 120+ countries.
600+ speakers · 12,000+ attendees
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21-23
Oct
ENISE 2026
Leon, Spain
Spain's national cybersecurity meeting, run by INCIBE in León for security professionals, public bodies and startups.
3,000+ attendees
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21
Oct
Webrazzi Summit 2026
Istanbul, Türkiye
Webrazzi Summit is a startup summit in Istanbul, Turkey, on 21 October 2026.
22
Oct
CymruSec Summit 2026
Cardiff, United Kingdom
CymruSec Summit is a cybersecurity summit in Cardiff, United Kingdom, on 22 October 2026.
23-25
Oct
Maker Faire Rome 2026
Rome, Italy
Europe's biggest maker and innovation fair, three days of hardware, robotics and research projects open to families, students and industry alike.
45,000+ attendees
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23-24
Oct
Plan B Forum 2026
Lugano, Switzerland
Plan B Forum is a crypto and blockchain conference in Lugano, Switzerland, running 23-24 October 2026.
26-29
Oct
Future Investment Initiative 2026
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The 10th Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, 26-29 October 2026, the FII Institute's annual investment summit.
27-29
Oct
it-sa Expo&Congress 2026
Nuremberg, Germany
Europe's largest IT security tradeshow: three days in Nuremberg where security vendors, CISOs and IT teams meet across expo halls and open…
28,260+ attendees
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27-29
Oct
0100 International 2026
Milan, Italy
0100 International is a startup conference in Milan, Italy, running 27-29 October 2026.
27-28
Oct
MoneyLIVE Nordic Banking 2026
Copenhagen, Denmark
MoneyLIVE Nordic Banking is a fintech conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, running 27-28 October 2026.
27-30
Oct
BIME Pro 2026
Bilbao, Spain
BIME is a music industry conference and festival in Bilbao, with a sister edition in Bogotá. BIME Pro 2026 runs from 27…
28-29
Oct
Codemotion Milan Tech Conference 2026
Milan, Italy
Italy's largest developer conference: two days at Superstudio Piu in Milan with 110+ talks on seven parallel stages, plus a Tech Lead…
3,000+ attendees
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29-30
Oct
BDX I/O 2026
Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux's community-run developer conference, two days of talks and workshops for engineers, architects and tech leads.
1,000+ attendees
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29
Oct
Codecamp Iasi 2026
Iasi, Romania
A one-day Codecamp developer conference in Iasi: talks and masterclasses for Romanian software engineers, architects and tech leads.
2,000+ attendees
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29-30
Oct
Crossroads 2026
Sofia, Bulgaria
Crossroads is a startup conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, running 29-30 October 2026.
30
Oct
Driving IT 2026
Copenhagen, Denmark
Driving IT is a software engineering and tech conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 30 October 2026.
31
Oct
Kyiv AI Day 2026
Kyiv, Ukraine
Kyiv AI Day is an AI conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 31 October 2026.
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