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Last updated: September 29, 2025
Oktober
The missing layer: Building a payments powerhouse | 01, Online | |
Norrsken Impact/Week 2025 | 01 - 02 in Barcelona | |
How to Web Conference 2025 | 01 - 02 in Bucharest | |
Italian Tech Week | 01 - 03 in Turin | |
AI+X Summit | 02 in Zurich | Program - Melanie will be on the panel as well |
Transform & Beyond by EXPO REAL | 06 - 08 in Munich | |
The Future of Retail Summit | 07 in London | |
FinTech LIVE: London | 07 - 08 in London | |
DPW (Digital Procurement World) | 07 - 09 in Amsterdam | |
Sifted Summit | 08 - 09 in London | |
Founder Forum Europe | 08 - 09 in Berlin | |
World Summit AI | 08 - 09 in Amsterdam | |
ARRtist Summit | 00 in Berlin | |
Startup Fair Vilnius | 09 in Vilnius | |
SaaStock Europe | 14 - 15 in Dublin | |
eMove360° Europe | 14 - 15 in Munich | |
Personalmesse München | 15 - 16 in Munich | |
Launch by ETH Entrepreneurship | 17 in Zurich | |
Oslo Innovation Week | 20 - 24 in Oslo | |
VDS (Valencia Digital Summit) | 22 - 23 in Valencia | |
CultTech Summit | 22 - 23 in Vienna | |
Heilbronn Slush’D | 23 in Heilbronn | |
Sigma Squared Summit | 24 - 25 in Valencia | |
Deep Tech Summit CEE | 27 - 29 in Warsaw | |
Stage Two | 28 - 30 in Berlin | |
CES Unveiled Europe | 28 in Amsterdam | |
AI & The Future of Work Summit | 29 in London |
November
STARTUPLAND | 05 in Cologne | |
Invest Austria Conference | 05 in Vienna | |
dotAI | 06 in Paris | |
Turing x SYSTM Growth Summit | 06 in London | |
Portugal Tech Week | 07 - 16 all over Portugal | |
Web Summit | 10 - 13 in Lisbon | |
Handelsblatt Summit Künstliche Intelligenz | 12 - 13 in Munich | |
This is Marketing | 12 - 13 in Frankfurt | |
Digital Economy Award | 13 in Zurich | |
Swiss AI Summit | 17 in Zurich | |
SEMICON Europa | 18 - 21 in Munich | |
Slush 2025 | 19 - 20 in Helsinki | |
Retail Tech Day 2025 | 19 in Vienna | |
Handelsblatt Insurance Summit 2025 | 25 in Düsseldorf | |
Open-i | 27 in Zurich | Program - Melanie will also speak on a panel |
Impact Festival | 26 - 27 in Frankfurt | |
Sports Tech Nation | 30/11 - 02/12 in Munich |
Dezember
Q1 - 2026 plan coming soon
How to maximize your event impact
Maximize ROI by aligning tradeshows with key initiatives like product launches, leveraging speaking slots, and targeting VIPs. Take inspiration from Datadog’s event playbook: assign ownership, track booth performance, and turn conferences into growth engines.
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