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The year in tech & IT,
plotted on the map of 2026.

Six headline conferences. Three still ahead. One anchor pick. A year-round meetup scene that runs in the gaps.

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6 conferences
3 upcoming
~4 min read
Updated 2026-05-28
Year at a glance — 2026
Jan
Feb
Mar
Mar 23–27ERF 2026
Apr
Apr 28–29Energy Norway
May
May 4–6Nordic Edge
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Aug 24–27ONS 2026
Sep
Sep 10HealthTech
Oct
Oct 21–22Hello Stavanger
Nov
Dec
★ Anchor pick

For a software-flavoured trip, plan around Hello Stavanger — Wed–Thu, Oct 21–22 at Tou Scene.

It's Stavanger's only home-grown software conference, walkable to the city centre [1]. Pick ONS instead if you're into AI/digital in energy — by far the largest event of the year, with a real Digital Transformation track [2][3]. ERF, Energy Norway and Nordic Edge Expo all wrapped before late May.

Still ahead in 2026

3 conferences · Aug → Oct
Mon — Thu
24–27
August 2026
Upcoming · 88 days

ONS 2026 — "COURAGE"

The 4-day energy mega-event. Not a developer conference in the dev-conf sense — but the Digital Transformation track (Theme 4) covers AI-driven operational excellence and breaking data barriers between operators and suppliers.

ONS 2026
VenueStavanger Forum
Scale72k+ visitors · 1,100+ exhibitors
Speakers1,150+ from 102 countries
TrackTheme 4 — Digital Transformation
Energy AI in operations Subsurface ML Mega-event
⚠ Hotel warning: rooms are saturated during ONS by 72k visitors. Book months out or stay outside the city.

Sources: ons.no [2] · programme/technical-session [3]

Thursday
10
September 2026
Upcoming · half-day

HealthTech Festival — Stavanger

A single morning (9:30–13:30) at HelseCampus Stavanger / Innovasjonsparken. Relevant if your interest is robotics & automation in health, or the dual-use angle — preparedness, defence.

HealthTech Festival · Stavanger
VenueHelseCampus Stavanger
Format09:30 – 13:30 (half-day)
OrganizerNorway Health Tech
Pairs wellNormal Thu–Sun weekend
Health-system efficiency Robotics & automation Dual-use / defence

Source: norwayhealthtech.com [4]

Wed — Thu
21–22
October 2026
★ Anchor · the pick

Hello Stavanger 2026 — 3rd EDITION

The natural pick for an IT-conference visit. Launched October 2024 as the first software conference in Stavanger; now in its third edition. CFP scope spans Agile, Architecture, Coding, DevOps, AI/LLM, Security, Testing, UX.

Hello Stavanger 2026
VenueTou Scene — former brewery, Stavanger East
Walk to centre~10 minutes
CFPClosed May 3, 2026
Edition3rd (launched Oct 2024)
AI / LLM DevOps Security Architecture Testing UX

Sources: hellostavanger.no [1] · sessionize CFP [5] · 2024 venue page [14]

Already wrapped — annual, watch for 2027

3 conferences · Mar → May
Mon — Fri
23–27
March 2026
Past · ERF rotates cities

European Robotics Forum 2026

1,000+ delegates at Stavanger Forum, theme "Robotics for the blue economy and growth in space". Heavy on AI governance, field robotics, underwater tech. ERF rotates host cities — the next edition will be elsewhere in Europe.

Stavanger Forum
VenueStavanger Forum
Scale1,000+ participants
AudienceIndustry · academia · public sector
Robotics AI governance Underwater tech Space

Source: erf2026.eu [6]

Tue — Wed
28–29
April 2026
Past · annual

Energy Norway 2026

NCS2030's annual subsurface-energy + digitalisation conference. Hosted at the University of Stavanger (Tjodhallen, Kjølv Egeland's house). More academic than ONS — scientific presentations on subsurface energy systems, net-zero production, digitalisation, society.

NCS 2030
Energy Norway 2026
UiS · Tjodhallen
VenueUniversity of Stavanger
OrganizerNCS2030 / UiS
RegisterAcademic
Subsurface energy Net-zero production Digitalisation

Source: uis.no/energy-norway-2026 [7]

Mon — Wed
4–6
May 2026
Past · returns May 2027

Nordic Edge Expo 2026

Cross-sectoral smart-cities / regenerative-society expo at Fiskepiren. On the floor: a smart-city cluster, agritech cluster, and the EDIH Oceanopolis digital innovation hub. Theme: "how to shift our communities to be regenerative, resilient and inclusive."

Nordic Edge Expo 2026
VenueFiskepiren
FormatDay 0 + 2-day expo
CadenceAnnual · returns 2027
Smart cities Agritech Regenerative Digital innovation

Source: nordicedge.org [8]

Year-round — Stavanger meetup scene

~1,600 members · weekday evenings

Active tech communities you can hit on a weekday evening between the headline conferences. The Security Hangout cadence is the most predictable — regular meetups at The Irishman pub with presentations, workshops, CTFs [11].

Stavanger Software Developers
667 members · 65 events
Generalist dev community, broad topics — the largest group.
↗ meetup.com
Stavanger Security Hangout
330 members · monthly cadence
Infosec talks + CTFs. Most recent: CVE-2026-2904, 13 attendees.
↗ The Irishman, Høleberggata 9
javaBin Stavanger
330 members
Norwegian Java User Group chapter. Monthly meetups.
↗ meetup.com
Hello Stavanger meetup
279 members
Conference satellite events between editions.
↗ meetup.com
+ niche groups
Agile · Smart City (IoT) · AWS UG · Control-systems cyber
Niche / industry-specific. Cadence varies.
↗ meetup.com directory

Pair a conference with a weekend

All 3 sit mid-week (Mon–Thu or Wed–Thu)
Option A · the pick
Hello Stavanger long weekend
Tue Oct 20 → Sun Oct 25

Fly in Tue Oct 20, conference Wed–Thu, stay through the weekend. Best fit for a "tech + culture" trip — Tou Scene is in walking distance of restaurants & waterfront [14].

Option B
ONS bookend
Fri Aug 21 → Sun Aug 23 (before) · or Fri Aug 28 → Sun Aug 30 (after)

Stay on the shoulders of the event, attend Mon–Wed onward. Avoid arriving mid-event — rooms inside the city are saturated by 72k visitors.

Option C
HealthTech morning
Thu Sep 10 → Sun Sep 13

Book a normal Thu–Sun, attend the half-day Sep 10, dinner that evening, weekend in town. Lightest commitment.

⚠ Not Stavanger
EIC Summit (Jun 3–4)
Brussels — Tour & Taxis

Appears on the Stavanger Region partners' events calendar but actually takes place in Brussels. Regional partners syndicate the listing without flagging the venue [15].

Part of the expedition · A Stavanger weekend, anchored on RE-NAA ↗

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Michelin 2 & 3-star restaurants in Stavanger

Stavanger has exactly one restaurant at 2-stars-or-above: RE-NAA, the city's only 3-star. Zero 2-star options.
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