This Week — June 3–6, 2026
Europe's largest AI & startup forum (15th edition, theme "AI Convergence"). 600+ speakers, 30 unicorns, 2,100+ investors ($580B+ under management), 7,500+ startups from 134 countries.[19] Unique Defence & AI track with NATO's DIANA accelerator. Four ticket tiers: Ecosystem €299 → Investor €1,399.[9]
Free one-day event with 90+ sessions on AI, agentic systems, serverless, cloud migration, and AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Keynote 10:00–11:30 (Tanuja Randery, VP/MD EMEA). Includes AWS Village, Training & Certification zone, developer community zone, and networking reception 17:30–18:30.[7]
Spain's largest Microsoft 365 & Modern Work conference, heir to SharePoint Saturday Madrid (10+ year history). Full day on Teams, Viva, Power Platform, Copilot, SharePoint, Exchange, Security, and Microsoft Graph. Organized by Microsoft MVPs.[6]
Madrid's flagship independent developer conference: 70 talks, 1,000+ attendees, backed by 40+ Spanish tech communities. Covers all of tech — web, mobile, cloud, data. One ticket covers both days (meals included). Diversity tickets available. Metro: L1 Sierra de Guadalupe; Cercanías C2/C7.[3]
Upcoming — Rest of 2026
Three flagship events merged into one: dotNET, Singularity Tech Day (AI), and GSAS (Global Software Architecture Summit). Theme: "Turning Innovation into Business Value." Ticket includes all sessions, lunch, coffee, recordings, and free parking.[5]
10th edition — Spain's premier API & AI conference in Spanish. Four concurrent tracks: API governance/design/security, MCP (Model Context Protocol), and agentic architectures. Two tracks also livestreamed. Platinum sponsor: Axway.[13]
Spain's largest enterprise tech event (6th edition). Nine co-located shows: Cloud & AI, Cyber Security World, Big Data & AI, Data Centre, eCommerce, HR Tech, Learning Tech, Retail Media, and Marketing Technology. 400+ speakers; 32% C-level/CEO audience.[11][12]
Spain's leading EdTech trade fair at IFEMA, covering educational technology, digital learning platforms, and classroom innovation. Primarily targets educators, institutions, and ed-tech vendors.
Two-day certification masterclass for engineers moving into technical leadership. Covers leadership development, high-performing teams, development processes, and effective hiring. Led by Eduard Sizov (former CTO). 09:00–17:30 both days. 10% group discount for 2+.[14]
Two-day certification masterclass for experienced Java developers focused on clean architecture principles. Companion event to The Principal Dev masterclass the week prior.[15]
Already Happened in 2026 — Annual Reference
Senior cybersecurity leaders conference. 2026 theme: "Resilience Redefined: Securing the Human-AI Era." Speakers from SentinelOne, Vectra, Rapid7, Jscrambler, and Integrity360. Annual event, watch for 2027 date.[20]
International developer conference spanning AI, quantum, DevOps, backend, frontend, and platform engineering. 2026 speakers: creators of CSS (Håkon Wium Lie), JSON (Douglas Crockford), AngularJS (Miško Hevery), MySQL (Michael "Monty" Widenius), and Vercel/Next.js CEO Guillermo Rauch.[2]
Full-day executive summit for CDOs, data leaders, and AI innovation heads. Topics: EU AI Act compliance, scaling AI from pilot to enterprise, data sovereignty and governance. Annual event at the Mandarin Ritz.[21]
Recurring Community Meetups
| Group | Focus | Format |
|---|---|---|
| DevMad![16] | General software development (English-language) | Monthly talks, all levels |
| Madrid AI Developers Group[17] | AI/ML — talks, code labs, hackathons | Monthly, hands-on |
| Madrid Tech Brunch[18] | Entrepreneurship, AI, remote work, networking | Sundays, casual brunch |
Full listing maintained at dev.events/EU/ES/Madrid.[1]