Penang Tech Events — 2026

Silicon Valley of the East · Conference Calendar

July is peak season. PDX2026 (Jul 15–16, ~10k delegates) and the EMAX/SMAX/PMAX semiconductor cluster (Jul 22–24) land at Setia SPICE within the same week. IEEE academic conferences run quarterly year-round. The grassroots developer scene is modest — a few stable Meetup groups, not a KL-scale circuit. ^[8]

AI / Digital Semiconductors / Electronics IEEE Academic Hackathon / Student Executive / C-Suite

2026 at a glance

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

⚡ peak

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

9 Events in 2026

10k PDX2026 delegates

170 PDX exhibitors

5 EMAX co-located shows

14 Cited sources

RM 17k V-Hack prize pool

⚡ July Peak — Semiconductor Week 14 – 24 July 2026 · Penang High density

IEEE

IPEE 2026

Jul 14–17

7 Research tracks

Penang Waterfront Conv. Centre

Power Engineering AI Energy

Flagship

PDX2026

Jul 15–16

10k Delegates

Setia SPICE Conv. Centre

AI Digital Transformation Smart Mfg

Free · Trade

EMAX / SMAX / PMAX

Jul 22–24

5 Co-located expos

Setia SPICE Conv. Centre

Semiconductors PCB Electronics Mfg

Upcoming — Jun / Sep 2026

AIM Asia CXO Forum

Jun 18, 2026

KOMTAR Level 52, George Town

Executive AI MYR 150–200

Half-day C-suite panel. Speakers from AMD, Micron, Inari, Dell. Guest of honour: Penang Deputy CM. ^[4]

TENSYMP 2026

Jun 29 – Jul 1, 2026

Penang (venue TBC)

IEEE Region 10 AI HRDF Claimable

Asia-Pacific flagship IEEE symposium. 6 tracks: AI, robotics, biomedical, nanotechnology, power, comms. Open registration. ^[5]

AIM Asia Week 2026

Sep 29–30, 2026

Iconic Marjorie Hotel, Bayan Lepas

Executive Quantum / AI SGD 788 VIP

3rd annual. Quantum computing, AI, robotics, green manufacturing. HRDC-approved for Malaysian firms. ^[11]

Past — Q1 / Q2 2026

IEEE EDTM 2026

Mar 1–4, 2026

Setia SPICE Conv. Centre

IEEE EDS Semiconductors Completed

First IEEE Electron Devices Society flagship in Penang. AMD, Micron, Hitachi as technical supporters. Indexed IEEE Xplore + Scopus. ^[1]

V-Hack USM 2026

Mar–Apr, 2026

Universiti Sains Malaysia

Hackathon Agentic AI RM 17k Prize

5th international student hackathon. Required stack: ML + Model Context Protocol (MCP) + Agentic AI. Theme: ASEAN Inclusivity. ^[3]

ISCAIE 2026

Apr 25–26, 2026

Parkroyal Penang

IEEE AI / IoT Completed

16th annual IEEE Symposium on Computer Applications & Industrial Electronics. Covers cybersecurity, IoT, industrial electronics. Indexed IEEE Xplore, Scopus, WOS. ^[2]

Community & Meetup Groups

🚀

Penang Startup Founder 101

1,160 members · free events · Founder Institute ^[12]

⚡

Penang WordPress Meetup

888 members · developers & designers ^[13]

☁️

AWS Student Builder · USM

603 members · student cloud/AWS ^[14]

Venue Quick Reference

Venue	Area	Capacity	Key 2026 Events
Setia SPICE Conv. Centre	Bayan Lepas	18,000	EDTM, PDX2026, EMAX/SMAX
Penang Waterfront Conv. Centre	Gelugor	mid-size	IPEE 2026
KOMTAR Tower (Level 52)	George Town	~300	AIM Asia CXO Forum
Iconic Marjorie Hotel	Bayan Lepas	ballroom	AIM Asia Week
Parkroyal Penang	Penang Hill area	conf. hotel	ISCAIE 2026
Universiti Sains Malaysia	Gelugor	campus	V-Hack; IPEE (host)

No fintech or Web3 events in Penang in 2026 — that scene concentrates in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia Blockchain Week). Data as of Jun 2026 · Read canonical