Barcelona, Spain · Event Organisator Organizer of 4YFN (4 Years From Now), the startup platform running alongside Mobile World Congress in Barcelona since 2014. Recent editions draw 100,000+ attendees across MWC/4YFN and 1,000+ investors, offering pitch competitions, networking, and exhibition space for early-stage startups in mobile, connectivity, and digital innovation.
Munich, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of Aerospace Tech Week Europe, a specialized B2B conference and exhibition covering aerospace connectivity, avionics, and operations technology. Held annually in Munich since 2017, the event draws hundreds of aerospace engineers, OEMs, and suppliers to discuss next-generation aircraft systems and digital transformation in aviation.
Prague, Czech Republic · Event Organisator Community organiser behind the annual Agile Prague conference, one of the first agile-focused conferences in Central Europe. It brings together international speakers and local practitioners for two days of technical and practical talks, Open Space sessions, and a Coaches Clinic on agile, Scrum, and team practices.
Riga, Latvia · Event Organisator AI Studio is a joint initiative of RTU Riga Business School and the Latvian Information Technology Cluster, launched in 2024 to accelerate AI education and practical application in Latvian businesses. It combines academic knowledge with industry expertise to deliver training programmes covering AI automation, digital transformation, and advanced digital skills. AI Studio connects businesses, universities, developers, and public institutions to advance responsible AI adoption in Latvia, and is a principal organiser of the AI Connect 2026 conference.
Milan, Italy · Event Organisator Organizer of Italy's AI*Festival, an annual event hosted at Bocconi University in Milan bringing together AI researchers, startup founders, and industry leaders. The festival features keynotes, panel discussions, and demos exploring applied artificial intelligence, machine learning, and responsible AI development within Italy's growing tech ecosystem.
Vienna, Austria · Event Organisator Austria's largest non-university research institution, focused on applied research in energy, mobility, health, digital safety and security and innovation systems. It organizes Technology Talks Austria, a flagship innovation conference convening leaders from politics, industry and academia on technological sovereignty and resilience.
Munich, Germany · Event Organisator Munich program operator for Antler's pre-seed founder residencies and investment cohorts. Antler Munich is an event organiser based in Munich, Germany. Organising events in the Accelerator Programs, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech space.
Helsinki, Finland · Event Organisator ArcticStartup is a Helsinki-based media and events organization covering the Nordic and Baltic startup ecosystem since 2007. It produces NORDEEP, positioning it as Northern Europe's first and only deep tech conference with a business focus, with the mission to unlock deep tech potential by connecting startups, researchers, investors, and corporations. The organization runs the annual NORDEEP Nordic Deep Tech Business Summit in Espoo, Finland, expecting 750+ attendees and 200+ startups at each edition.
Vienna, Austria · Event Organisator Austria's leading startup community organization, active since 2013, hosting afterwork meetups, regional events, and the annual Austrian Startup Report. AustrianStartups connects over 5,000 entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem players across Vienna, Graz, and Linz, advocating for better startup policy and strengthening the national startup landscape.
Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator Community-run AWS User Group in Poland that organises AWS Community Day Poland, a free conference for AWS cloud builders, developers, and architects. The volunteer organisers run talks, hands-on sessions, and networking on AWS cloud, serverless, and DevOps topics independently of AWS itself.
London, United Kingdom · Event Organisator Organizer of Bett UK, the world's leading education technology trade show and conference held annually at London's ExCel centre since 1985. Drawing over 30,000 educators, edtech founders, and investors, Bett showcases classroom innovation, AI in learning, and digital curriculum tools, serving as a launchpad for global edtech startups.
London, United Kingdom · Event Organisator Organiser of Big Data LDN, the UK's largest free-to-attend data, analytics and AI conference and exhibition at Olympia London. The event hosts hundreds of seminars and exhibitors spanning data platforms, AI agents, governance and analytics for the data community.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Germany's leading digital industry association representing over 2,200 companies in the digital economy. Bitkom organizes startup visibility formats including the Innovators' Pitch competition and the hub.berlin conference, connecting early-stage founders with established tech corporates and policymakers shaping Europe's digital landscape.
Munich, Germany · Event Organisator Leading founders festival held annually during Munich's Oktoberfest week, connecting over 5,000 founders, investors, and startup enthusiasts for networking and learning. Founded in 2012, Bits & Pretzels features high-profile keynotes, workshops, and a renowned pitch competition that has become a fixture of the European startup calendar.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Event Organisator The Bulgarian Software Community (BSC Association) is a non-profit technology association based in Sofia, Bulgaria, chaired by Mihail Mateev, a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. The community has been organising AI and IoT technology conferences since 2016, starting as the IoT Bulgaria Summit and evolving into the AI Industrial Summit series. Their events are held annually at Sofia Tech Park and bring together local and international speakers across tracks covering artificial intelligence, industrial automation, and Internet of Things.
Paris, France · Event Organisator Organizer of ChangeNOW, a global summit focused on climate and impact innovation. ChangeNOW is an event organiser based in Paris, France. Organising events in the Events, Climate Tech, Impact, Sustainability space.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Event Organisator Industry association representing Cyprus's information technology and digital enterprises, which co-organises the annual Digital Cyprus Conference. It promotes digital transformation, AI adoption and ICT-sector growth across Cypriot business and the public sector.
Douglas, GB · Event Organisator Clinical Accelerator is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) specializing in early-stage medical device clinical trials, with a focus on First-in-Human and Early Feasibility studies. The organization conducts clinical research across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, serving 100+ medical technology sponsors globally. Headquartered in Douglas, Isle of Man, it annually organizes the Georgia MedTech Innovation Summit (GMIS) in Tbilisi, convening physicians, investors, industry leaders, and medtech entrepreneurs around cardiovascular and interventional medicine innovation.
London, United Kingdom · Event Organisator Global B2B events organiser headquartered in London, running technology and marketing shows including eCommerce Expo, Technology for Marketing, Tech Show London and Big Data & AI World. CloserStill Media produces market-leading exhibitions connecting solution providers with enterprise and SME buyers.
Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator Community organisers behind Cloud Native Days Poland, a conference centred on Kubernetes and cloud-native development hosted at CIC Warsaw in Varso Tower. The event gathers developers, platform engineers, and IT professionals from the CNCF and cloud-native community for talks and networking.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator co-matter is a Berlin-based research-driven creative studio that develops strategies, media, and publications at the intersection of technology and culture. It co-founded Techfestival Copenhagen in 2017 alongside Thomas Madsen-Mygdal and a team of designers and entrepreneurs, and produced the Copenhagen Letter — a manifesto for humane technology signed by over 5,000 tech leaders. The studio works with clients including Mozilla Foundation, WeTransfer, IKEA/SPACE10, and Samsung on cultural intelligence, community strategy, and editorial projects.
Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator Code Europe is Poland's largest tech festival for software engineers, founded in 2016 and operating as an independent organization with 11-50 employees. The organization runs annual multi-day events bringing together thousands of developers from across Central and Eastern Europe, combining in-person and online sessions. Its 2026 edition, branded 'Tech Builders Festival for Engineers,' is scheduled for September 14-15 at Stadion Legii in Warsaw, with tracks covering AI engineering, cloud and DevOps, software architecture, and security.
Bucharest, Romania · Event Organisator Romanian organiser of the Codecamp conference series, running developer-focused conferences and masterclasses since 2008 across multiple cities including Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iași and Timișoara. Programmes cover software development, software architecture, artificial intelligence and engineering leadership for the local IT community.
Paris, France · Event Organisator One of the world's leading event organisers, headquartered in the Paris region, running trade shows across retail, food, agriculture and technology. Comexposium organises Paris Retail Week / NRF Retail's Big Show Europe at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in partnership with the National Retail Federation.
Milan, Italy · Event Organisator The Municipality of Milan, with implementation partner TIG – The Innovation Group, organises Milano Digital Week, a city-wide festival on digital innovation, AI and smart-city themes. It curates hundreds of largely free events spanning business, technology, digital citizenship, culture and education across the city.
Dubai, AE · Event Organisator Conversion Club (registered as CONVERSION EVENTS AND CONFERENCES-FZCO) is a Dubai-based event organization founded around 2019 that specializes in affiliate and performance marketing conferences. The organization runs the Conversion Conf series of major events across Europe, including editions in Warsaw, Limassol, and Kyiv, and has hosted over 50 events for a community of more than 30,000 marketers worldwide. Its portfolio spans verticals including iGaming, Finance, eCommerce, Nutra, and Dating, earning it recognition as Event Agency of the Year in 2025.
Osijek, Croatia · Event Organisator The Croatian Cybersecurity Institute (Hrvatski institut za kibernetičku sigurnost) is an Osijek-based organisation promoting information-security knowledge and practice in Croatia. It organises the annual Cyber Security Conference (CSC), one of the country's longest-running cybersecurity events, gathering professionals, researchers and vendors for technical talks and networking.
St. Moritz, Switzerland · Event Organisator Organizer of the Crypto Finance Conference, an exclusive invitation-only event held in St. Moritz since 2018. The intimate gathering brings together 200+ crypto fund managers, blockchain founders, and institutional investors for high-level discussions on digital assets, DeFi protocols, and regulatory frameworks shaping the future of decentralized finance.
Cork, Ireland · Event Organisator National cyber security cluster hosted at Munster Technological University that represents the cyber security ecosystem of industry, academia and government in Ireland. Cyber Ireland organises the Cyber Ireland National Conference (CINC), the country's flagship cyber security event.
Prague, Czech Republic · Event Organisator Investment and Business Development Agency of the Czech Republic, supporting startups, foreign investment, and innovation programmes. CzechInvest initiates Czech Startup Week, a unified English-language platform bringing founders, investors, corporates, and researchers together for keynotes, workshops, pitch sessions, and demo days.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Event Organisator Organisers of Data Stack Conf, a one-day in-person conference in Sofia for engineers building modern data platforms. The programme covers databases, streaming, analytics, observability and AI data infrastructure, bringing together platform engineers, SREs and data engineers for practitioner talks and networking.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of Deep Tech Momentum, a Berlin-based marketplace event pairing deep-tech founders with specialist investors and corporate innovation teams. The curated format focuses on sectors like quantum computing, advanced materials, and AI, offering structured matchmaking sessions to accelerate fundraising for science-driven startups.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Event Organisator DEV.BG is a leading Bulgarian online community platform and job board serving IT professionals across Bulgaria, with its office in Sofia. It connects developers and other IT specialists with employers through job listings, company profiles, articles, and regular user group meetups. DEV.BG organizes the annual DEV.BG All in One conference, which in 2026 celebrates its 10th anniversary under the theme 'AI: Adopted or Addicted', expecting over 2,000 participants and 50+ IT companies at the Inter Expo Center in Sofia.
Iași, Romania · Event Organisator Organiser of DevDays, an 'Unstacked Engineering' software conference held in Iași, Romania. The team grew out of the long-running dotnetdays.ro conference and now runs a broader event focused on the real-world practice of modern, polyglot and distributed software engineering, spanning architecture, AI, cloud and DevOps.
Riga, Latvia · Event Organisator DevOps & AI Latvia is a Riga-based technology community organised around DevOps and artificial intelligence topics, operating under the tagline 'Upgrade the Culture.' With nearly 2,000 members and over 32 regular meetups hosted as of mid-2026, the community facilitates technical talks, networking dinners, and hands-on workshops for Latvia's tech professionals. Led by Uldis Karlovs-Karlovskis alongside other community organisers, it serves as a co-organiser of the AI Connect 2026 conference at the RTU Science and Innovation Centre.
Munich, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of DevOpsCon conferences focused on cloud-native engineering, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery practices. Held regularly in Munich and Berlin, the event attracts thousands of platform engineers and architects seeking hands-on workshops and case studies on scaling DevOps culture.
Vilnius, Lithuania · Event Organisator DevOpsDays Vilnius is the local chapter of the global, community-run DevOpsDays conference series, organised by a volunteer team of Lithuanian engineers. The non-profit event focuses on DevOps culture, software delivery, automation and the intersection of development and operations, drawing practitioners from across the Baltics.
Düsseldorf, Germany · Event Organisator Digital Innovation Hub Düsseldorf/Rheinland, a regional ecosystem builder connecting startups, corporates, SMEs and universities. It organizes Future Tech Fest (formerly Digital Demo Day), the centerpiece of Düsseldorf Startup Week, plus matchmaking, accelerator and venture-clienting programs across North Rhine-Westphalia.
Brussels, Belgium · Event Organisator DIGITALEUROPE is the leading trade association representing digitally transforming industries across Europe, headquartered in Brussels at Rue de la Science 37. It represents over 56,000 businesses through 134 global corporate members and 45 national trade associations spanning 35 EU countries plus Ukraine, Moldova, the UK, Norway, Switzerland, and Turkey. The organization engages EU institutions across 15 policy priority areas including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, connectivity, data governance, and digital skills. It organises the annual Summer Summit as its flagship policy convening event, bringing together senior representatives from member states, the European Commission, and leading global technology companies.
Munich, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of DLD Munich, an influential international innovation conference series founded in 2005 by Hubert Burda Media. Each January, DLD convenes around 1,500 global thought leaders, investors, and tech executives for curated discussions on digital trends, AI, science, and the future of society and business.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of DMEA, Europe's leading digital health and healthcare IT trade fair held annually in Berlin. Drawing over 16,000 attendees and 700 exhibitors, DMEA showcases innovations in electronic health records, telemedicine, AI diagnostics, and hospital IT infrastructure, serving as a key meeting point for healthtech startups and health system leaders.
Barcelona, ES · Event Organisator DoinGud is a Web3 community organization and NFT platform founded by Manu Alzuru, built around social impact applications of blockchain technology and the Ethereum ecosystem. It is the founding organization behind ETHBarcelona, Spain's largest Ethereum festival, which it has produced since the inaugural 2022 edition in Barcelona. DoinGud operates as a community-driven initiative supporting DAOs, creators, builders, and activists working at the intersection of decentralization and positive social change.
London, United Kingdom · Event Organisator Organiser of the Digital Transformation EXPO (DTX) series in London and Manchester, part of Clarion Events. DTX brings digital, data, cloud, cyber and AI teams together to explore practical enterprise transformation, with exhibitors, keynote stages and networking for technology buyers and innovators.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Organisator One of Europe's fastest growing tech conferences, held annually in Dublin since 2017. Dublin Tech Summit brings together over 10,000 global leaders, innovators, and founders for two days of keynotes, workshops, and networking, leveraging Ireland's position as a European tech hub hosting major multinationals and a thriving startup ecosystem.
Budapest, Hungary · Event Organisator Organiser of Hungary's long-running E-Commerce Conference (E-Kereskedelmi Konferencia), the country's most important annual gathering for the online retail sector. The two-day programme features keynotes, panels, an expo, networking, and an awards dinner, with a strong cross-border and international focus.
Ghent, Belgium · Event Organisator EAI (European Alliance for Innovation) is a global non-profit professional society for researchers in information and communication technology, with offices in Belgium, the United States, and Slovakia. It organizes more than 200 academic conferences annually across 150+ countries and serves a community of over 250,000 members worldwide. EAI is the official organizer of the ICDF2C conference series, dedicated to digital forensics and cybercrime research, with proceedings published through Springer's LNICST series and the EU Digital Library (EUDL).
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of Ecosummit Berlin, a climate-tech investor and founder matchmaking event focused on decarbonization and deep tech. Active since 2010, Ecosummit brings together 500+ climate-tech founders, VCs, and corporate sustainability officers for curated deal-flow sessions, making it one of Europe's longest-running green innovation conferences.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Event Organisator The Edinburgh International Festival Society is the charitable body responsible for producing the Edinburgh International Festival, one of the world's premier performing arts events held every August since 1947. The Society presents world-class opera, theatre, music and dance across 24 days, bringing artists from over 40 countries to Edinburgh. It is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in Scotland (SC024766) and a registered Scottish charity (SC004694), headquartered at The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh.
Lyngby, Denmark · Event Organisator Organizes executive education courses focused on leading the bio-revolution across life science sectors. Based in Lyngby, Denmark, ELPIS offers leadership development programs for biotech and pharma professionals, bringing together industry executives, researchers, and entrepreneurs to discuss commercialization strategies and emerging trends in biotechnology.
Lisbon, Portugal · Event Organisator ETHGlobal is the leading organiser of Ethereum and Web3 hackathons and summits worldwide, running flagship in-person events and online hackathons that bring together developers, founders and protocol teams to ship onchain applications. Its Lisbon editions anchor Portugal's recurring Onchain Lisbon ecosystem week.
Vienna, Austria · Event Organisator Vienna-based non-profit association and foundation that has organized the European Forum Alpbach since 1945, an annual interdisciplinary gathering in Tyrol bringing thousands of participants from politics, business, science, culture and a large scholarship-funded young cohort together for debate on Europe's future.
Yerevan, Armenia · Event Organisator Event x Expo Group is an Armenian event management company headquartered at Sayat-Nova Ave 19/1 in Yerevan, specializing in conferences, exhibitions, trade shows, summits, and networking events. They are the organizer of e-Logi Fest, Armenia's leading international event dedicated to logistics, e-commerce, and supply chain innovation, held annually at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex. Their portfolio spans large-scale international events including the PostEurop Plenary Assembly 2016 in Armenia and the CDEK Forum Yerevan 2025. The company works with industry leaders, government officials, and innovators to build communities and create collaboration platforms.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong · Event Organisator Eventus International is a global summit and exhibition company specializing in gaming and iGaming conferences across emerging and established markets worldwide. Led by founder and CEO Yudi Soetjiptadi and COO Lou-Mari Burnett, the company delivers senior-level, C-suite-focused events connecting studio heads, operators, regulators, and technology providers. Their portfolio spans multiple continents and includes regional SPiCE series events across Asia and the Middle East, the LiGA Summit in Latin America, and specialist events such as the iGaming Studio Summit in Riga, Latvia. The company maintains registered offices in Hong Kong and South Africa and serves the global gaming sector.
Riga, Latvia · Event Organisator EVO VC & Startups is a global founder-and-investor networking community spanning dozens of cities across more than a dozen countries with tens of thousands of members. It runs recurring informal evening socials, including editions in Riga, that connect tech founders, angel investors and venture capitalists to find co-founders, funding and scaling partners.
Bisceglie, Italy · Event Organisator Fondazione DigithON organises DigithON, Italy's largest digital and startup pitch marathon, held annually in the coastal town of Bisceglie in Puglia. It selects around one hundred startups each year for intensive pitching, mentoring and matchmaking with investors, venture funds and business angels.
Kyiv, Ukraine · Event Organisator Ukrainian edition of the global Forbes business media brand, which beyond its publishing work runs a portfolio of flagship business conferences and forums in Kyiv, including the annual Forbes Entrepreneurs Forum that convenes founders, CEOs and investors for case studies and networking.
Odense, Denmark · Event Organisator Foreningen Ignite (CVR: 45839109) is a Danish non-profit association that organises Ignite Odense, described as Denmark's second-largest startup, scaleup, and investor event. The organisation operates on an un-conference philosophy that prioritises direct, meaningful connections between founders, investors, and operators over traditional stage-and-audience presentation formats. Held annually in Odense, the two-day event attracts participants from across Denmark and internationally, with success measured by investment introductions and partnerships formed rather than by headcount.
Brussels, Belgium · Event Organisator Forum Europe is a policy-focused event management company that has been organizing high-level conferences at the heart of the European Union since 1989. The organization specializes in convening senior policymakers, industry leaders, and stakeholders around critical European and international policy issues spanning technology, space, defence, and digital governance. Forum Europe is the organizer of the annual European Space Forum and the European Space, Security and Defence Forum, as well as a growing portfolio of global events through its Forum Global division. Registered in England and Wales and operating primarily from Brussels, Forum Europe provides in-person, virtual, and hybrid event solutions for institutional and industry clients.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Creative network and event company behind the Forward Festival series, a touring two-day conference for design, branding, motion design and creative leadership that has run since 2015 across cities including Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Zurich and Hamburg, drawing thousands of designers and agencies.
Barcelona, Spain · Event Organisator Local chapter operator of Founder Institute's pre-seed acceleration program. Founder Institute Barcelona is an event organiser based in Barcelona, Spain. Organising events in the Events, Pre-Seed, Startup Education space.
Prague, Czech Republic · Event Organisator Czech frontend developer community that organises FrontKon, Prague's frontend conference. The bilingual programme spans web technologies, accessibility, architecture, and AI across multiple stages plus workshops, drawing hundreds of developers and designers each edition.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Event Organisator Organising team behind Full Stack Conf, a developer conference in Sofia focused on full-stack and 'T-shaped' engineering in the AI era. The programme spans Flutter, Java, Kotlin, React, PHP, SQL and cloud technologies, delivered through talks, workshops and case studies at the Inter Expo Center.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Event Organisator An event agency running the FUTURUM series of fintech, payments and crypto conferences across the Caucasus and Central Asia, including FUTURUM Payments Georgia in Tbilisi. Its events bring together payment providers, banks, fintech startups, crypto firms, investors and regulators for stage talks and curated networking.
Málaga, ES · Event Organisator FYCMA (Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga) is the trade fair and congress center of Málaga, operated by the City of Málaga. It organizes and hosts major professional, technological, and cultural events across Spain and internationally, with a venue spanning 60,000 m². FYCMA is the founding organizer of Greencities, the annual Forum for Urban Intelligence and Sustainability held each September in Málaga, now in its 17th edition in 2026.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Event Organisator Organiser of G GATE CONF, a large multi-vertical affiliate-marketing and business conference held at Expo Georgia in Tbilisi. The event gathers media buyers, affiliates, CPA networks, advertisers and service providers across crypto, iGaming, nutra and other performance-marketing verticals.
Reykjavik, Iceland · Event Organisator Game Makers Iceland is a grassroots community organization for Iceland's local game development scene, welcoming professionals at studios, indie developers, hobbyists, artists, and students. Based in Reykjavík, they organize the annual Reykjavík Game Summit, bringing together local and international speakers for talks, insights, and networking. The organization maintains active community channels and emphasizes inclusivity across Iceland's growing game industry.
Tallinn, Estonia · Event Organisator Garage48 is an Estonian non-profit foundation that has run hackathons and startup-acceleration events across Europe and Africa since 2010, helping launch ventures such as Single.Earth and Lingvist. Its weekend hackathons gather developers, designers and founders to build working prototypes in 48 hours, including themed editions like Future of Wood focused on sustainable timber technologies.
Barcelona, Spain · Event Organisator Organizer of Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo events for CIOs and enterprise technology leaders. Gartner Conferences is an event organiser based in Barcelona, Spain. Organising events in the Events, Enterprise IT, CIO Strategy, Digital Transformation space.
Istanbul, Turkey · Event Organisator Istanbul-based exhibition organiser running Eurasia Tech Week (ETW) at the Istanbul Congress Center, a B2B technology exhibition and conference bringing together technology companies, investors and industry leaders across the Eurasian region, with tracks on connectivity, fintech, consumer tech, data centres and a deep-tech and startup zone.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Event Organisator GeoSTQB (Georgian Software Testing Qualifications Board) is Georgia's national representative of ISTQB® and was founded in 2019 in Tbilisi. It administers globally recognized software testing certifications at Foundation, Advanced, and Expert levels and coordinates professional development programs for QA engineers across the country. GeoSTQB organizes Testers Day, Georgia's largest QA community conference, which draws 500+ testing and engineering professionals and features 20+ speakers across two parallel tracks.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of GITEX Europe, a global-scale tech conference and exhibition focused on AI, cybersecurity, and digital finance. Launched in Berlin in 2025 as the European expansion of the Dubai-based GITEX Global brand, the event targets 30,000+ attendees and brings together startups, scaleups, and enterprise buyers across multiple tech verticals.
Glasgow, United Kingdom · Event Organisator Glasgow City Innovation District (GCID) is Scotland's first innovation district, established as a dynamic hub for innovation, enterprise, and collaboration in Glasgow city centre. It is co-governed by Glasgow City Council, Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, and the University of Strathclyde. GCID is the founder and principal organiser of Glasgow Tech Week, the city's annual week-long festival celebrating technology, startups, and digital entrepreneurship across more than 40 events.
Barcelona, Spain · Event Organisator Organizer of GLOBALS Tech Festival in Barcelona, focused on helping scaleups achieve international expansion and sustainable growth. The event convenes hundreds of growth-stage founders, cross-border investors, and expansion strategists for workshops, matchmaking, and case studies on scaling European startups into global markets.
Paris, France · Event Organisator Organiser of GO Entrepreneurs (formerly Salon des Entrepreneurs), a series of large French entrepreneurship events in Paris and Lyon for founders, freelancers and business leaders. The events feature pitch battles, expert panels and networking around starting and scaling a business.
Braga, Portugal · Event Organisator Greenfest is the organiser of Portugal's largest sustainability festival, running for over eighteen years around pillars such as circular economy, green entrepreneurship, energy and biodiversity. It convenes companies, public bodies, NGOs and the public through talks, exhibitions and activities promoting sustainable development.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of Greentech Festival, a major Berlin sustainability and climate innovation conference and exhibition co-founded by former Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg. Since 2019, the multi-day festival has attracted thousands of attendees to explore green technology showcases, startup pitches, and award ceremonies celebrating environmental innovation.
Barcelona, Spain · Event Organisator Organizer of MWC Barcelona and associated startup programming including 4YFN. GSMA / MWC & 4YFN is an event organiser based in Barcelona, Spain. Organising events in the Events, Connectivity, Mobile, Startup Ecosystem space.
Prague, Czech Republic · Event Organisator GUG.cz is the Czech Google Developer Group community and organiser of DevFest.cz, Prague's community developer conference. The volunteer-run organisation hosts meetups and an annual conference covering AI, Android, web, cloud, Flutter, security, and open source for the local developer community.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of specialized life-science summits including the mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit Europe series. Hanson Wade has been producing senior-level scientific conferences since 2008, convening researchers, pharma executives, and biotech founders for deep technical discussions on drug discovery, gene therapy, and emerging therapeutic platforms.
Thessaloniki, Greece · Event Organisator HELEXPO (TIF-HELEXPO) is Greece's largest exhibition and congress organization, headquartered in Thessaloniki with over 100 years of operational history. The organization hosts more than 500 events annually, attracting over 800,000 visitors, and organizes the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), the country's premier trade and investment exhibition. HELEXPO operates the Thessaloniki International Exhibition and Conference Centre alongside multiple congress centers, and is implementing sustainability practices aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Athens, Greece · Event Organisator The Hellenic Impact Investing Network (HIIN) is a non-profit organisation promoting impact investing and sustainable finance in Greece and Southeast Europe. It organises the annual Impact Festival Europe in Athens, convening investors, fund managers, philanthropists, policymakers and entrepreneurs to connect regional opportunities with global capital.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Event Organisator A global deep tech innovation platform known for its annual Global Summit in Paris and Deep Tech Pioneers program. Founded in 2011, Hello Tomorrow has built a community of 15,000+ researchers, founders, and investors, identifying and supporting science-driven startups across biotech, energy, AI, and new materials through competitions and mentoring.
Innsbruck, Austria · Event Organisator Deep-tech commercialization program and successor to the I.E.C.T. Summer School, running since 2015. It delivers an intensive week of mentorship for science-driven founders preparing a pre-seed or seed raise, culminating in a Demo Day where teams pitch to a curated group of investors and corporate partners.
Dresden, Germany · Event Organisator Dresden-based deep-tech ecosystem builder and organizer of HighTech Venture Days, an invitation-only investor matchmaking event pairing selected European hardtech and deep-tech startups with international venture capital, corporate VCs and family offices across semiconductors, robotics, energy and advanced materials.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Event Organisator Organizer of HLTH Europe, a major health innovation conference connecting digital health startups with healthcare decision-makers in Amsterdam. Launched as the European sister event of the US-based HLTH conference, it brings together thousands of healthtech founders, hospital administrators, and investors to drive digital transformation in healthcare.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Event Organisator HT Solutions is a Tbilisi-based IT consulting and technology services company with over 15 years of experience, serving enterprises, SMBs, and startups across cybersecurity, cloud computing, data management, and network infrastructure. The firm partners with major technology vendors including Palo Alto Networks, Google Cloud, and VMware, having completed over 1,000 projects for 200+ clients. HT Solutions organizes the annual Change Inspire Conference, Georgia's premier multi-track technology event now in its seventh year, attracting 1,000+ participants from across the region.
Budapest, Hungary · Event Organisator The Hungarian Testing Board (HSTQB) is the official ISTQB member body in Hungary and organiser of HUSTEF, the Hungarian Software Testing Forum. The conference draws hundreds of QA, automation, and software engineering professionals worldwide for tutorials and talks with a deliberately strong technical focus.
Budapest, Hungary · Event Organisator The Hungary Power Platform User Group is a volunteer-run community organization in Budapest dedicated to advancing Microsoft Power Platform knowledge among practitioners in Hungary. Led by Microsoft MVPs Máté Tóth and Dénes Halász, the group organizes the annual Shift+Enter Summit, a conference featuring international speakers on Power Platform, Microsoft 365, AI, and career development topics. The group aims to make professional development accessible by keeping events affordable through sponsorship and community support.
Tartu, Estonia · Event Organisator Hydrogen Valley Estonia, coordinated by the Estonian Association of Hydrogen Technologies, brings together industry, research institutions and the public sector to develop the country's hydrogen economy. It organises Tartu Hydrogen Days, an international conference accelerating clean hydrogen technologies across Estonia, the Baltics and the Nordics.
Barcelona, Spain · Event Organisator Organizer of ICE Gaming, the world's largest gaming industry expo and conference now held in Barcelona after relocating from London. Running for over 40 years, ICE attracts 40,000+ attendees from the global gaming, betting, and igaming sectors, showcasing technology providers, startups, and regulatory developments in the gaming ecosystem.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of IFA Berlin, one of the world's oldest and largest consumer electronics trade shows, running since 1924. Each September the event attracts over 180,000 visitors and features startup-focused programs like IFA NEXT, giving hardware and smart-home founders a global stage alongside major brands and media coverage.
Gothenburg, Sweden · Event Organisator Organizer of the Ignite Sweden Summit and corporate-startup matchmaking program, active since 2017. Ignite Sweden has facilitated over 4,000 meetings between startups and large corporations, accelerating B2B partnerships and innovation procurement across Swedish industry sectors including manufacturing, energy, and public services.
Milan, Italy · Event Organisator Il Sole 24 Ore Eventi is the events arm of Italy's leading business newspaper, organising the Innovation Days roadshow with Confindustria across Italian regions. The series spotlights local entrepreneurship, digital transformation, SMEs and startups through talks, an innovation award and B2B networking.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Event Organisator One of Cyprus's leading business event and media organisations, running a large calendar of conferences, forums and summits across finance, technology, shipping and entrepreneurship. Its flagship gatherings include the INSPIRE entrepreneurial festival and the Digital Assets and the Future of Finance Summit.
León, Spain · Event Organisator INCIBE, the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute, is the public body driving Spain's cybersecurity ecosystem and the organiser of ENISE, the country's benchmark cybersecurity event. It supports companies, startups, public administrations and researchers through programmes, funding and matchmaking around digital security.
Budapest, Hungary · Event Organisator IndaEvents is the event management brand operated by DN Network Zrt., a Budapest-based company specializing in business conferences, technology summits, and lifestyle events across Hungary. DN Network Zrt. is headquartered at Lajos utca 48-66, Budapest, and positions AI Summit Budapest 2026 as Central Europe's leading AI conference. The company manages a broad portfolio of events spanning real estate, automotive, media, and culture, and operates a proprietary ticketing platform alongside membership clubs such as Economx Klub and Femina Klub.
Barcelona, Spain · Event Organisator Info-Tech Research Group is a global IT research and advisory firm that organises the Info-Tech LIVE conference series for CIOs and senior technology leaders. Its EMEA flagship in Barcelona delivers analyst-led keynotes, workshops and peer roundtables on enterprise technology strategy and AI adoption.
Lyon, France · Event Organisator Infopro Digital Trade Shows is a French professional events company that organizes over 35 industry trade shows annually across Europe, Asia, and the United States. They are the official organizer of SIDO Lyon, the leading B2B event for the convergence of IoT, artificial intelligence, robotics, and extended reality technologies, now in its 12th edition. Their broader portfolio spans sectors including construction, automotive, risk and insurance, and industrial transformation, serving major professional communities year-round.
Paris, France · Event Organisator Organises an annual conference in Paris for insurance professionals to explore innovation, emerging technologies, and future trends in the insurance sector. Running for over a decade, the event gathers hundreds of insurtech founders, underwriters, and digital transformation leaders to discuss AI, embedded insurance, and new distribution models.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Event Organisator The organisation behind Copenhagen Science City that connects universities, research institutions and industry across the Danish capital. It organises the Nordic Innovation Fair, a deep-tech and research-commercialisation matchmaking event linking startups, researchers and industry across the Nordics.
Espoo, Finland · Event Organisator InstituteQ is Finland's national quantum research and innovation hub, a consortium of seven leading institutions: Aalto University (coordinator), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the Universities of Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Tampere and Oulu, and CSC-IT Centre for Science. It operates three pillars — InnoQ (innovation and ecosystem development), ResQ (fundamental and applied research), and EduQ (education and talent) — and hosts the Finnish Quantum Flagship, an eight-year initiative jointly funded by member organisations and the Research Council of Finland. InstituteQ organises the annual Finnish Quantum Days conference and publishes it on its domain instituteq.fi.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organiser of International Green Week, one of the world's largest exhibitions for food, agriculture, and horticulture, held in Berlin since 1926. Attracting over 300,000 visitors and 1,400 exhibitors annually, it showcases innovations in sustainable farming, food technology, and green industries, serving as a launchpad for agri-food startups.
Geneva, Switzerland · Event Organisator The United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies, headquartered in Geneva. It organizes the AI for Good Global Summit, the UN's flagship event on applied artificial intelligence for the Sustainable Development Goals, convening governments, industry, startups, academia and UN agencies.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Event Organisator The European private equity and venture capital association, representing investors managing capital across the continent. Invest Europe organises the Venture Capital Forum, an annual gathering connecting limited partners and general partners through debate and curated networking on VC performance, allocations and exits.
Utrecht, Netherlands · Event Organisator Jaarbeurs is a leading event venue and organizer based in Utrecht, Netherlands, with a history spanning over a century. The organization hosts a diverse portfolio of events including trade fairs, conferences, exhibitions, and seminars across multiple industry sectors. Jaarbeurs is the official organizer of Cybersec Netherlands, one of the most prominent cybersecurity conferences in the Benelux region, connecting security professionals, government bodies, and technology vendors.
Oslo, Norway · Event Organisator javaBin is the Norwegian Java User Group (JUG), a non-profit, volunteer-driven community organization with approximately 3,000 members and branches across Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, and several other Norwegian cities. Founded over 25 years ago, it organizes JavaZone — one of the world's largest community-driven Java conferences — held annually every September in Norway, attracting around 3,500 participants and 200 speakers. Beyond JavaZone, javaBin runs regular meetups, student events, and educational programs throughout the year.
Klaipėda, Lithuania · Event Organisator Klaipėda Science and Technology Park (KMTP) is a Lithuanian innovation hub supporting startups, researchers and industry in the Baltic port city of Klaipėda. It organises Portathon, an international port-technology hackathon bringing together students, founders and maritime professionals to prototype solutions for the maritime and logistics sectors.
Zagreb, Croatia · Event Organisator KTC International is a business-conference organiser running enterprise IT and technology events across Central Europe, including the JumpIT Forum in Zagreb. JumpIT Forum focuses on converting IT projects into measurable business value across the IT, telecommunications, banking and finance sectors, with TED-style talks and expert panels.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Event Organisator Local CNCF community organisers of Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) Sofia, a CNCF-affiliated cloud-native conference held at the Sofia Event Center. The single-track event gathers Kubernetes maintainers, platform engineers and SREs for practitioner talks on platform engineering, observability, security, GitOps and FinOps.
Kyiv, Ukraine · Event Organisator Non-profit organiser of the Kyiv International Economic Forum (KIEF), one of the largest annual economic forums in Eastern Europe. Since 2015 it has gathered business leaders, policymakers and international delegations to debate Ukraine's economic strategy, investment climate and post-war reconstruction.
Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator The official La French Tech community in Warsaw, a movement bridging the French and Polish tech ecosystems. It brings startup founders, investors, policymakers, and community builders together through events such as French Tech Connect Warsaw, and helps innovative companies expand between France and Central Europe.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Event Organisator A non-profit community association behind Laravel Live Denmark, the Danish edition of the international Laravel and PHP developer conference circuit. It brings together hundreds of developers from around the world for learning, inspiration and networking around the Laravel framework and modern PHP.
Riga, Latvia · Event Organisator Latvia's national Artificial Intelligence Centre (Makslīga Intelekta Centrs) was established by law and officially opened on 2 April 2025 at the RTU Science and Innovation Centre in Riga. Founded jointly by the Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development, the Association of Latvian Universities, and the ICT Association LIKTA, it is structured as a state-supported private foundation with €370,000 in initial Ministry of Economics funding. The Centre serves as Latvia's primary collaborative platform for AI research, ethics, governance, Latvian language preservation in AI systems, and technology commercialisation, and is a principal organiser of the AI Connect 2026 conference.
Riga, Latvia · Event Organisator One of two European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) in Latvia, the Latvian Digital Innovation Hub supports companies through digital transformation via digital maturity assessments, personalised training programmes, and expert consultancy. Funded with €3.5 million (50% EU, 50% Latvia), it operates across six regional centres in Riga, Liepaja, Jelgava, Rezekne, Valmiera, and Ventspils, focusing on AI, 5G, and GovTech innovation. The hub is a co-organiser of the AI Connect 2026 conference at the RTU Science and Innovation Centre in Riga.
Lviv, UA · Event Organisator Lemberg Tech Business School (LemBS) is a Ukrainian educational and conference organization founded in 2009 in Lviv, dedicated to growing the IT industry through mini-MBA programs, specialized schools, and annual technology conferences. LemBS organizes events including AI Day, PM Day, and the IT Outsourcing Forum, and serves as the primary organizer of the Kyiv Miltech Conference, which connects Ukrainian military technology innovators with industry, the state, and investors.
Yerevan, Armenia · Event Organisator LOGOS EXPO Center is the oldest and largest exhibition organizer in Armenia, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Yerevan. The company organizes 10–12 international trade fairs, congresses, and forums annually, including the Comp EXPO IT and security trade fair and the flagship Armenia EXPO. Over its history the center has produced more than 250 events attracting around 1,000 local and international exhibiting companies, and it operates the multilingual expo.am platform covering dozens of specialized industry verticals.
London, United Kingdom · Event Organisator Organizer of London Tech Week, a city-wide program of tech and startup events each June. London Tech Week is an event organiser based in London, United Kingdom. Organising events in the Events, Startup Ecosystem space.
Thessaloniki, Greece · Event Organisator The Laboratory for Thin Films, Nanosystems and Nanometrology (LTFN) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki organises NANOTEXNOLOGY, an annual deep-tech research, networking and matchmaking event covering nanotechnologies, organic electronics and nanomedicine, including an international exhibition, summer schools and a startup-focused Business Forum.
Helsinki, Finland · Event Organisator Founded in Helsinki in 1995 by Kari Korkman, Luovi Productions is a cultural event production company specializing in curation, production, and communication for the design field. The company organizes Helsinki Design Week, the largest design and architecture festival in the Nordic region, held annually in late August and early September. Luovi Productions also produces the Fiskars Village Art and Design Biennale and PechaKucha events in Finland, and publishes Helsinki Design Weekly, a media outlet covering Finnish design culture.
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg · Event Organisator The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) is the national fintech platform connecting startups, financial institutions, investors and public bodies. It organises events such as Fintech Recruits, a flagship recruitment and networking fair connecting students, graduates and professionals with fintech and finance employers.
Yerevan, Armenia · Event Organisator Armenian business community and club that organises the 40|10 Business Forum and other large open-format gatherings for entrepreneurs in Yerevan. Its events span IT, marketing, management, finance and export across multiple parallel sectoral tracks aimed at founders and business professionals.
Istanbul, Turkey · Event Organisator Istanbul-based exhibition company (Marmara Fuarcılık) that organises Data Center Eurasia, an international exhibition and conference at the Istanbul Expo Center covering data centre infrastructure, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, energy efficiency, AI-powered data management and green energy for the Eurasian market.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator One of the world's leading trade-fair organizers, operating the Berlin ExpoCenter and running international events including InnoTrans, ITB Berlin, IFA and Fruit Logistica. It hosts hundreds of thousands of exhibitors and visitors annually across mobility, travel, technology and consumer sectors.
Lucerne, Switzerland · Event Organisator Lucerne-based exhibition and congress organizer running industrial and trade events across central Switzerland. It hosts Swiss Medtech Expo, the country's leading biennial medtech trade fair for development, manufacturing and supply, bringing together engineers, manufacturers, suppliers and medtech startups.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Event Organisator Organizer of Money20/20 Europe, a flagship fintech and payments conference in Amsterdam. Money20/20 is an event organiser based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Organising events in the Events, FinTech, Payments, Financial Services space.
Riga, Latvia · Event Organisator MoonMoon is a Riga-based IT and artificial intelligence consulting company providing services in AI implementation, cloud consulting, and IT strategy for businesses, with a team of 10 to 49 professionals at hourly rates of $30–70. The company was founded by Uldis Karlovs-Karlovskis, who also leads the DevOps & AI Latvia community and is a prominent organiser in Latvia's technology ecosystem. MoonMoon serves as an organising partner of the AI Connect 2026 conference at the RTU Science and Innovation Centre in Riga.
Zagreb, Croatia · Event Organisator MS Community (Udruga Informatičkih Stručnjaka) is a Croatian IT professionals association that organises community-driven, volunteer-run technology conferences. It runs CollabDays Zagreb, a free one-day event focused on Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint and the Power Platform for developers, IT professionals and business users.
Athy, IE · Event Organisator The National Ploughing Association (NPA) is the organiser of Ireland's National Ploughing Championships, Europe's largest outdoor trade exhibition attracting over 240,000 visitors annually. Founded in 1931 and headquartered in Fallaghmore, Athy, Co. Kildare, the NPA co-hosts the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena as part of the Championships, providing the venue and event infrastructure at Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly each September.
Washington, US · Event Organisator The National Retail Federation (NRF) is the world's largest retail trade association, headquartered in Washington D.C. and representing retailers across more than 100 countries. NRF organizes the global Retail's Big Show event series, including its flagship New York show and the European edition in Paris. NRF 2026: Retail's Big Show Europe is co-organized with Comexposium and is the rebranded successor to Paris Retail Week, bringing together over 12,000 retail professionals from 60 countries.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Leading event series organiser focused on accelerating the decarbonization of data centres and other energy-intensive industries. Through conferences and expos held across European cities, Net Zero Events connects sustainability-focused startups with facility operators, energy providers, and policymakers working toward net-zero carbon targets.
Zagreb, Croatia · Event Organisator Netgen is a Croatian digital agency headquartered in Zagreb, specializing in web design, development, eCommerce, and AI-integrated digital experiences. The company has organized Web Summer Camp annually since 2012, making it one of the premier recurring web developer and digital industry conferences in Southeast Europe. Netgen holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications and maintains platform partnerships with Ibexa DXP, Storyblok, and Google. The agency operates from offices in Zagreb, Croatia, and Zürich, Switzerland, serving established brands across Europe.
Oslo, Norway · Event Organisator Oslo-based design and technology consultancy that created and hosts Y Oslo, a conference for people building valuable products and services for real people. The event covers design, UX, technology, content, product, and business development through talks, discussions, and workshops, and has run since 2019.
Tallinn, Estonia · Event Organisator NEVERHACK Estonia is a leading cybersecurity solutions provider headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, with over 15 years of experience serving Estonian and regional markets. The company offers Security Operations Center (SOC) services, offensive security assessments, incident response, and security consulting to private and public sector organizations. As the Estonian arm of the NEVERHACK Group, it organizes and hosts the Nordic Baltic Security Summit, the region's premier annual cybersecurity conference.
Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator Organizer of the New Label Poland Expo in Warsaw, a B2B trade event for private-label and FMCG innovation. The expo connects consumer goods startups and contract manufacturers with major retailers, offering product showcases, trend presentations, and matchmaking sessions focused on new food, beverage, and household product categories.
London, United Kingdom · Event Organisator UK-based exhibitions organiser behind International Cyber Expo and other security and emergency-services events at Olympia London. Nineteen Group builds large-scale trade shows that connect global suppliers, government officials and security leaders with technology buyers.
Stockholm, Sweden · Event Organisator Organizer of Nordic Tech Week, Stockholm's city-wide, open-access technology festival that connects hundreds of independently hosted panels, hackathons, and investor summits under one platform. The week gathers startups, scaleups, investors, and ecosystem actors across the Swedish capital, anchored by the open Tech Open gathering in Kungstradgarden.
Stockholm, Sweden · Event Organisator Nordic.js & Nordic.design is a Stockholm-based events company co-founded by Jonny Strömberg, Martina Elm, and Johannes Edelstam that organizes the Nordics' largest JavaScript conference, Nordic.js, which has run annually since 2014, as well as Nordic.design, a sister conference focused on digital design. The organization has attracted over 1,700 visitors from more than 30 countries across its events, with Nordic.js selling out for multiple consecutive years. The conferences are held each autumn in Stockholm and are known for their single-track format featuring both internationally renowned speakers and rising stars from the JavaScript and web development community.
Oslo, Norway · Event Organisator Norway Health Tech is Norway's largest and leading health technology cluster, bringing together more than 350 member organizations including companies, investors, healthcare providers, municipalities, and research institutions. Founded to drive growth in the health industry and accelerate innovation, the organization operates offices in Oslo, Bergen, and Stavanger. It organizes the annual Healthtech Festival series held across Norway and runs major public-private partnership initiatives such as Health2B at Oslo Science Park and the Nordic Health Connect project. The cluster also leads efforts in health technology for defence and emergency preparedness.
Stavanger, Norway · Event Organisator The ONS Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Stavanger, Norway, that has organized the biennial ONS global energy forum since 1974, originally focused on offshore North Sea oil and gas. It has evolved into a convener of global discussions on geopolitics, energy security, and the energy transition, attracting over 70,000 visitors from approximately 100 countries every two years across 9 conference venues and 8 exhibition halls. The Foundation partners with institutions including the Munich Security Conference, CERAWeek, and Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, and operates under the patronage of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway.
London, United Kingdom · Event Organisator Organiser of Open Banking Expo, the UK and Europe dedicated Open Banking, Open Finance and Smart Data event, alongside a global community, awards and content programme. The show convenes banks, fintechs, regulators and investors shaping data-driven financial services.
Belval, Luxembourg · Event Organisator Organiser of the Open Source Conference Luxembourg, a gathering of international Open Source Program Offices and related organisations. The conference exchanges experience on implementing and securing open-source software across the public sector, AI and large language models, cybersecurity, academia and humanitarian use.
Brussels, Belgium · Event Organisator Advocacy organisation promoting open source, open standards, and open markets in Europe, particularly concerning public policy and digital infrastructure. Organises the EU Open Source Policy Summit.
Oslo, Norway · Event Organisator Norwegian organizer of the Oslo Business Forum, founded by Christoffer Omberg and Marius Roed Wang to empower leaders to change the world. The annual conference brings roughly 3,000 leaders, a majority of them C-level, to Lillestrom for keynotes from globally recognized authors, executives, and thinkers on leadership and innovation.
Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia · Event Organisator Palsit d.o.o. is a Slovenian company specializing in cybersecurity knowledge events and professional communities, based in Šempeter pri Gorici near Nova Gorica. The company organizes over nine annual conferences, most notably INFOSEK — Slovenia's largest information security conference — alongside ZEIDES, BIZTOPIX, CIO SUMMIT, and AiSEK. Palsit also operates professional clubs for IT professionals, ethical hackers, AI practitioners, and GDPR officers, collectively reaching over 2,130 participants per year with more than 320 speakers and 140 sponsors.
Paris, France · Event Organisator Organizer of Paris Blockchain Week, one of Europe's premier Web3 conferences held annually in Paris since 2019. The multi-day event draws over 9,000 attendees including crypto founders, DeFi builders, and institutional investors, featuring hackathons, startup pitch competitions, and side events across the city's blockchain ecosystem.
Barcelona, Spain · Event Organisator Organizer of Phocuswright Europe and associated startup pitch formats in travel technology. Phocuswright has been a leading travel industry research and events brand for over 25 years, and its European conference gathers hundreds of traveltech founders, OTAs, and hospitality investors for data-driven insights and startup innovation showcases.
Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator Organiser of the 'Pitch Me, Baby, One More Time' series of free founder pitching nights. Originally from Warsaw, the recurring events run across Poland, CEE, Germany, Singapore and Portugal, with up to eight startups pitching for five minutes to an audience of mentors, investors, VC funds and business angels for instant feedback. Strategic Partner: PKO Bank Polski (Let's Fintech).
Madrid, Spain · Event Organisator Plataforma enerTIC.org is a Spanish association promoting energy efficiency and digitalisation across industry, utilities and the public sector. It organises the Smart Energy Congress, a leading forum on energy transition, smart technology and decarbonisation that brings together utilities, cleantech companies and AI and IoT vendors.
Yerevan, Armenia · Event Organisator Regional arm of the global Plug and Play innovation platform and accelerator, which runs pre-accelerator cohorts and demo-day expos in Yerevan in partnership with Armenia's Ministry of High-Tech Industry. It connects early-stage Armenian startups with corporates, investors and the wider international Plug and Play network.
Antwerp, Belgium · Event Organisator One of Europe’s largest ports and a hub for maritime logistics, energy and industrial innovation. It organises events including Port of the Future Week and the Breakbulk Summit, convening port authorities, technology providers and the autonomous-systems community to shape the future of port operations and breakbulk logistics.
Porto, Portugal · Event Organisator Product Circle organises small, application-only, operator-led sessions for product managers and product leaders across European cities. Each intimate gathering focuses on product strategy, discovery, AI-era decision-making and growth for startup and scaleup operators.
Paris, France · Event Organisator Organiser of PRODURABLE, the largest European gathering of actors and solutions for the sustainable economy, held at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. Produced by Groupe AEF under the patronage of the French Ministry of Ecological Transition, it convenes thousands of decision-makers, speakers and partners.
Vienna, Austria · Event Organisator ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4 is Austria's leading commercial broadcaster and digital entertainment group, operating channels including PULS 4, PULS 24, and ATV. The company founded the 4GAMECHANGERS Festival in 2016 as its flagship social responsibility initiative, bringing together entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and innovators at Vienna's Marx Halle. ORF joined as co-organizer in 2022. In 2026, ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4 organized the 4GAMECHANGERS AI-Day focused on practical AI adoption in media production.
Yerevan, Armenia · Event Organisator PyData Yerevan is the Yerevan chapter of the global PyData network, hosted at the American University of Armenia (AUA) Akian College of Science and Engineering. It organizes monthly meetups and is the primary organizing body for PyData PyCon Yerevan, an annual international Python and data science conference. The chapter fosters learning and collaboration among data scientists, machine learning practitioners, and Python developers across Armenia and the South Caucasus region.
Athens, Greece · Event Organisator PyGreece is the non-profit volunteer organisation behind the Greek Python community, which runs the annual PyCon Greece conference together with meetups and educational activities for developers, data scientists and students across Greece. It promotes open-source software, the Python programming language and knowledge sharing within the local tech community.
Athens, Greece · Event Organisator International B2B conference organiser that runs the NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum series, including the long-running Athens edition. Its senior-executive fintech events convene banks, payment service providers, fintech firms and regulators around payments innovation, open banking and regulatory technology.
Riga, Latvia · Event Organisator Founded in 1991 as a faculty of Riga Technical University (RTU) in cooperation with the State University of New York at Buffalo and the University of Ottawa, Riga Business School was the first institution in the Baltic States to offer MBA programmes in English. It holds international accreditation and ranks 4th in Eastern Europe for MBA by Eduniversal Rankings, with a 20-month Executive MBA programme priced at €33,000. Riga Business School co-founded AI Studio together with the Latvian IT Cluster and is an organising partner of the AI Connect 2026 conference.
Riga, Latvia · Event Organisator Riga Technical University (RTU) is the largest technical university in Latvia and a hub for engineering, IT and innovation research and education. Through its Science and Innovation Centre it co-organises public technology events such as AI Connect, connecting developers, businesses, students and the public around practical artificial intelligence.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of the Rise of AI conference, a curated annual summit in Berlin connecting AI founders, researchers, policymakers, and investors. Founded by Fabian Westerheide, the event has run since 2014 and brings together 1,000+ participants to discuss applied AI, ethics, and emerging business models in the European AI ecosystem.
Sophia Antipolis, France · Event Organisator Riviera JUG is a volunteer-run developer community organization based in Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera, dedicated to organizing the annual Riviera DEV multi-day developer conference. The group brings together developers and technologists from across France and Europe to share knowledge on Java/JVM technologies, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and modern software engineering practices. All seventeen-plus organizers are unpaid volunteers who collectively design and run a conference that consistently draws over a hundred confirmed speakers per edition.
London, United Kingdom · Event Organisator RX (Reed Exhibitions) is a global events business and subsidiary of RELX Group that organises over 400 events annually across 22 countries and 43 industry sectors. The company creates professional meeting places combining face-to-face events with digital data and tools to help customers understand their markets and conduct business. RX is the official organiser of Big Data & AI Paris, France's leading professional conference on data and artificial intelligence.
Paris, France · Event Organisator French arm of RX (Reed Exhibitions), a global events business that organises major trade shows in France including Pollutec, the leading environmental technology event in Lyon, and Big Data & AI Paris. RX France connects exhibitors, innovators and buyers across cleantech, data and industrial sectors.
Lisbon, Portugal · Event Organisator SBC (Sports Betting Community) is a global media and events company organising large-scale gaming, betting and igaming-technology conferences. Its SBC Summit in Lisbon is one of Europe's biggest industry gatherings, bringing together operators, suppliers, payments and technology companies for exhibitions, conference tracks and networking.
London, United Kingdom · Event Organisator SBC Events (Sports Betting Community) is a leading organiser of international conferences and exhibitions for the sports betting and gaming industries, founded by Rasmus Sojmark in 2009 and headquartered in London. The company runs flagship events including SBC Summit Barcelona, SBC Summit Malta, SBC Summit Tbilisi, and events across the Americas and Asia, bringing together senior executives from betting, gaming, affiliates, technology, and sports media. SBC also operates media channels and advisory services, making it one of the most prominent event and media companies in the global iGaming sector.
Tartu, Estonia · Event Organisator ScanBalt (ScanBalt MTÜ) is a network organization founded around 2001 and headquartered in Tartu, Estonia, whose mission is to develop the Baltic Sea Region as a single test site for healthcare products and services across life sciences, health data, and precision medicine. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2026, ScanBalt serves as co-organizer of the Estonian HealthTech Week and connects innovators, researchers, and policymakers across the Nordic and Baltic countries.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Event Organisator Skyrocket Marketers is a Cyprus-based digital marketing agency providing SEO, social media management, and web design solutions for entrepreneurs and corporations. Operating from offices in both Limassol and Nicosia, the agency emphasises practical, transparent digital strategy. The agency is the official organizer of the Cyprus AI Expo 2026, a three-day conference held at UCLan Cyprus University in Larnaca in July 2026.
Helsinki, Finland · Event Organisator One of the world's leading startup and tech events, connecting founders and investors. Slush is an event organiser based in Helsinki, Finland. Organising events in the Events, Startup Ecosystem space.
Antwerp, Belgium · Event Organisator The team behind Smashing Magazine and the SmashingConf conference series for designers and front-end engineers. SmashingConf events cover design systems, AI prototyping, product design and complex user interfaces through hands-on workshops and conference sessions across European cities including Antwerp.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Event Organisator SMH Global (Sports Media Holding) is a Tbilisi-based company operating at the intersection of sports, media, and iGaming across Eurasia, founded by Lasha Machavariani. The company is the exclusive integral partner of Setanta Sports across 15 countries and co-organises the SBC Summit Tbilisi alongside SBC Events. SMH Global also provides advisory, M&A, market entry, and regulatory services to operators and sports brands, and manages athletes and sports federations across Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Barcelona, Spain · Event Organisator Organizer of Spring I/O, a major European conference for the Java and Spring ecosystem. Spring I/O is an event organiser based in Barcelona, Spain. Organising events in the Events, Java, Developer Tools, Open Source space.
Tartu, Estonia · Event Organisator Organizer of sTARTUp Day, Estonia's largest business festival held annually in Tartu since 2016. The two-day event brings together over 5,000 founders, investors, executives, and visitors from 60+ countries, featuring pitch competitions, workshops, and networking that showcase Estonia's reputation as one of Europe's leading digital startup nations.
Stockholm, Sweden · Event Organisator Stockholm chapter of the global Startup Grind community, powered by Google for Startups. Hosting monthly fireside chats and networking events since the early 2010s, the chapter connects Stockholm's founder community through founder stories, investor panels, and community meetups in one of Europe's most active startup ecosystems.
Munich, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of founder-focused meetups and AI events including The Munich AI Conference. Startup Network Europe is an event organiser based in Munich, Germany. Organising events in the Events, Startup Ecosystem, Artificial Intelligence space.
Salamanca, Spain · Event Organisator Startup OLÉ is a Salamanca-based open-innovation accelerator and event organiser, backed by the University of Salamanca, that runs one of Spain's largest international entrepreneurship gatherings. It connects startups, scaleups, investors, corporates and public institutions through pitch competitions, thematic forums and matchmaking.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Event Organisator Organizer of recurring Amsterdam tech job fairs and startup networking events connecting pre-seed founders with local angel communities. Also operates as a media platform covering the Dutch and German startup ecosystem, offering editorial features, event calendars, and visibility for emerging startups seeking talent and early-stage funding.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Organisator Ireland's premier science and technology exhibition for secondary school students, running for over 60 years. The BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (now Stripe-sponsored) fosters innovation and scientific discovery, attracting thousands of student projects and serving as a pipeline for Ireland's next generation of tech entrepreneurs and researchers.
Montpellier, France · Event Organisator Sunny Tech is a French non-profit volunteer association (loi 1901) comprising developers, designers, and meetup members from the Montpellier tech community. The association organizes the Sunny Tech conference, widely recognized as the first major developer-focused tech conference held in Montpellier. Each edition gathers software engineers, cloud architects, and open-source practitioners from across France for two days of technical talks, workshops, and community networking.
London, United Kingdom · Event Organisator Organizer of the Sustainable Foods London conference and expo. Sustainable Foods London is an event organiser based in London, United Kingdom. Organising events in the Events, FoodTech, Climate Tech space.
Stockholm, Sweden · Event Organisator Swedish foodtech innovation company and organizer of the annual Big Meet Summit, an 'un-conference' gathering the world's leading foodtech companies, entrepreneurs, scientists, and investors to debate the future of the global food system. Sweden Foodtech runs accelerator and matchmaking activities and partners with EIT Food on cross-European innovation programmes.
Stockholm, Sweden · Event Organisator Organizer of digital health matchmaking events for Swedish innovation networks, bridging healthtech startups with hospitals, research institutions, and public sector buyers. Sweden Innovation X facilitates structured meetings and demo days, helping medtech and digital health founders validate solutions and secure pilot partnerships within Sweden's healthcare system.
Stockholm, Sweden · Event Organisator SwedenBIO is Sweden's national trade and interest organization for the life science industry, representing biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medtech companies. Through its commercial arm SwedenBIO Service AB, it owns and produces Nordic Life Science Days (NLSDays), the largest Nordic partnering event for the life sciences sector. The organization advocates for Swedish life science competitiveness, innovation policy, and industry development at national and international levels.
Zurich, Switzerland · Event Organisator Non-profit developer community based in Zurich that runs ZurichJS meetups and the annual ZurichJS Conf, Switzerland's premier JavaScript and TypeScript conference. It gathers hundreds of developers, engineering leads and dev-tool startups for talks, workshops and networking around modern web technologies.
Barcelona, Spain · Event Organisator Organizer of Talent Arena, a developer-focused conference and talent platform held during MWC week in Barcelona. The event connects thousands of software engineers, tech recruiters, and startup CTOs through live coding challenges, career fairs, and technical talks, helping startups attract top engineering talent in Southern Europe.
Tartu, Estonia · Event Organisator Tartu Biotehnoloogiapark (BioPark) is a business and science park located in Tartu, Estonia, providing physical infrastructure and business development services to companies and research institutions in biotechnology, medicine, and health technology. BioPark is the primary organizer of the Estonian HealthTech Week, an annual gathering of health innovators, researchers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs from the Baltic Sea region and beyond.
Prague, Czech Republic · Event Organisator TBM Group is an international conference and events organization company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, with a secondary office in Skopje, North Macedonia. The company specializes in organizing data-driven B2B conferences across industries including energy, IT, finance, and healthcare, with a portfolio of over 600 events and more than 40,000 attendees worldwide. TBM Group is the official organizer of the AI Tech Summit series, including the 2026 edition held in Belgrade at the Sava Center in September.
Stockholm, Sweden · Event Organisator Organizer of Nordic-focused founder masterclasses, pitch events, and advocacy programs. Tech Nordic Advocates champions Nordic startup ecosystems by connecting founders with mentors, investors, and policymakers across the region, helping early-stage companies from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway access capital and international market opportunities.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of Tech Open Air, Berlin's signature interdisciplinary tech festival bridging technology, art, music, and science since 2012. TOA attracts over 20,000 participants across its main stage and satellite events, offering a unique blend of startup content, creative programming, and networking that reflects Berlin's innovative culture.
Stockholm, Sweden · Event Organisator Organizer of Techarena, Scandinavia's largest tech and business event hosted annually in Stockholm since 2017. The conference draws over 8,000 attendees including Nordic founders, enterprise leaders, and international investors for keynotes, pitch competitions, and networking focused on AI, sustainability, and digital transformation.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Event Organisator Copenhagen-based organizer behind the annual TechBBQ summit, the largest startup and innovation event in Scandinavia. Founded in 2013, TechBBQ draws over 6,000 Nordic and European founders, investors, and ecosystem builders each September for two days of keynotes, pitch competitions, and community-driven networking in Copenhagen.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Event Organisator TechForge Media portfolio organiser behind the TechEx series of co-located enterprise technology shows, spanning AI and Big Data, Cyber Security and Cloud, IoT, Digital Transformation, Intelligent Automation and Edge Computing. TechEx Europe convenes thousands of CTOs, data and AI leaders and digital transformation executives at RAI Amsterdam.
Zurich, Switzerland · Event Organisator Swiss non-profit promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in technology, building communities for women and underrepresented groups in tech. It organizes the #wetechtogether Conference, Switzerland's leading conference for diversity in tech, drawing developers, designers, product leaders, students and allies.
Paris, France · Event Organisator Organizer of Techinnov, France's leading structured B2B matchmaking event for industrial innovation, held near Paris since 2011. The annual conference connects over 3,000 participants including startups, SMEs, and large corporates through pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings, fostering partnerships across advanced manufacturing, energy, and deeptech.
Kristiansand, Norway · Event Organisator Organizer of the Techpoint Conference in Kristiansand, positioned as Norway's leading arena for AI transformation. The two-day event gathers business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and tech enthusiasts across venues including Kilden Performing Arts Centre and Kunstsilo, with international and Nordic speakers exploring how AI and exponential technologies reshape business and innovation.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Event Organisator Organiser of the TECHSPO technology expo series, which brings developers, brands, marketers and technology providers together across internet, mobile, AdTech, MarTech and SaaS. TECHSPO Amsterdam is co-located with the DigiMarCon Europe digital marketing conference.
St. Julian's, Malta · Event Organisator TechTok Ltd (company number C111039) is a Malta-based, community-focused technology events company co-founded by Calvin Cassar and Charlene Cassar. The organisation curates content from technology thought leaders and provides a platform for emerging tech talent to share their knowledge with the wider community. TechTok organises the annual TechTok conference, spanning seven tracks including Data & AI, cybersecurity, cloud, Web3, architecture, and software development.
Vienna, Austria · Event Organisator Local organizing team behind TEDAI Vienna, the official TED conference dedicated to artificial intelligence, produced in collaboration with TED. It curates three days of TED Talks, panels and workshops at the Hofburg for executives, AI builders, researchers and decision-makers from dozens of countries.
Prague, Czech Republic · Event Organisator Nonprofit foundation supporting open-source projects worldwide and organiser of Open Source Summit Europe, its premier vendor-neutral open-source conference. The Europe edition convenes maintainers, developers, technologists, and community leaders, and in 2026 is hosted in Prague with co-located events.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Event Organisator Historical organizer profile for TNW Conference, which was one of Europe's most recognized tech festivals held annually in Amsterdam from 2006 to 2024. At its peak, TNW attracted 20,000+ attendees including founders, investors, and media. The event has been discontinued and is not scheduled to return.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Event Organisator Trifork organises the GOTO Conferences series, one of the longest-running software-engineering conference brands in the Nordics. GOTO Copenhagen convenes engineers and technology leaders around distributed systems, testing, resilience, security, sustainable computing and agentic AI software development.
Trondheim, Norway · Event Organisator Trondheim Tech Port is Norway's leading technology cluster organization, positioning Trondheim as the country's technology capital. The non-profit interest organization brings together over 100 member companies, universities, research institutions, and public bodies to drive innovation across four strategic sectors: ocean and maritime technology, healthcare, energy, and digitalization. It hosts major annual events including the Bridging the Gap conference and the Trondheim Tech Festival, and counts NTNU, SINTEF, Equinor, and several investment organizations among its members and partners.
Istanbul, Turkey · Event Organisator The Türkiye Exporters Assembly (Türkiye İhracatçılar Meclisi, TİM) is the umbrella body of Turkish exporters. It organises the Istanbul Global E-Export Summit (IGEXX), a cross-border digital commerce and e-export event in Istanbul, in collaboration with the Electronic Commerce Operators Association and the Ministry of Trade.
Jyväskylä, Finland · Event Organisator The University of Jyväskylä is a Finnish multidisciplinary research university and the main institutional host of Finnish Quantum Days 2026. Its Department of Physics serves as the primary local organiser of the event, with the organizing committee chaired by Riku Tuovinen and the programme committee chaired by Professor Tero Heikkilä. The university's Faculty of Information Technology and Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics are also involved in the event's organisation.
Dublin, Ireland · Event Organisator Non-profit professional association for advanced computing systems that organises the SREcon conference series for site reliability engineers and production engineers. SREcon26 Europe/Middle East/Africa is held in Dublin, gathering engineers building and operating large-scale systems.
Munich, Germany · Event Organisator Global summit organizer focused on investor-founder matchmaking and early-stage capital access. The Venture Capital World Summit hosts annual events in major European cities, bringing together hundreds of VCs, angel investors, and growth-stage founders for structured pitch sessions and networking to accelerate cross-border deal-flow.
St. Gallen, CH · Event Organisator Venturelab is Switzerland's leading startup support organization, co-founded in 2004 by Jordi Montserrat and Beat Schillig as the National Entrepreneurial Training initiative. It designs and operates programs including Venture Leaders, Venture Kick, and the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award to bring Switzerland's best startup talents to the next level. As the organizer of the annual Top100 Swiss Investor Summit, Venturelab connects Switzerland's top 100 handpicked startups with Swiss and international investors collectively representing billions in venture capital.
Vilnius, Lithuania · Event Organisator Vilnius University is Lithuania's oldest and largest university, founded in 1579, with a strong research profile in computer science and artificial intelligence. The university serves as the local organizing institution for Declarative AI 2026, a joint academic conference combining RuleML+RR, DecisionCAMP, and the 22nd Reasoning Web Summer School, held in Vilnius on August 24–30, 2026. The local chair, Linas Petkevičius, coordinates the event logistics and local arrangements on behalf of the university.
Paris, France · Event Organisator Organizer of VivaTech, Paris's flagship innovation and startup conference connecting founders, corporates, and investors since 2016. One of Europe's largest tech events, VivaTech attracts over 150,000 attendees and 13,000 startups annually, featuring startup challenges, corporate open innovation programs, and high-profile keynotes.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Organizer of WeAreDevelopers World Congress, one of Europe's largest software engineering and developer conferences held annually in Berlin. Attracting over 15,000 developers, CTOs, and tech recruiters, the event features 500+ speakers, hands-on workshops, and a career expo connecting engineering talent with leading tech employers.
Lisbon, Portugal · Event Organisator Global conference organizer behind Web Summit, one of the world's largest annual tech gatherings held in Lisbon since 2016. Drawing over 70,000 attendees from 150+ countries, the event features the PITCH startup competition, investor matchmaking through Alpha and Beta programs, and has become a cornerstone of Lisbon's booming startup ecosystem.
Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator Organiser of Web3 Warsaw, positioned as Eastern Europe's largest blockchain and Web3 conference and the anchor of Warsaw Blockchain Week. The two-day event spans themed stages on tech, NFT, gaming, and AI, plus a hackathon, an awards night, and dozens of curated side events.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Event Organisator Sofia-based organiser of the 'Challenge Accepted' technology conference series, including DEV: Challenge Accepted and QA: Challenge Accepted, held at the John Atanasoff Forum in Sofia Tech Park. The multi-track events bring international and Bulgarian speakers together on software development, architecture, cloud, AI, DevOps and quality assurance.
Limassol, Cyprus · Event Organisator International games-industry media and events company behind the WN Conference series and the WN Hub networking platform. It runs B2B game-development conferences worldwide, including the Cyprus edition that connects studios, publishers, service providers and investors.
Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator Organiser of Wolves Summit, one of Central and Eastern Europe's largest startup-investor matchmaking conferences. It runs spring and autumn editions built around pre-scheduled one-on-one investor-founder meetings, pitch contests, and corporate dealflow, connecting hundreds of founders and active investors across Europe.
Davos, Switzerland · Event Organisator Organizer of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, one of the most influential global gatherings bringing together 2,500+ heads of state, CEOs, and thought leaders since 1971. WEF drives public-private cooperation on economic policy, technology governance, and sustainability, increasingly featuring innovation and startup-focused programming.
Berlin, Germany · Event Organisator Foundation under Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin that organizes the annual World Health Summit, one of the world's leading strategic forums for global health. Held in Berlin under the patronage of the German government, it convenes leaders from politics, science, the private sector and civil society.