TL;DR Cáceres has two confirmed events in fall 2026: Potencial Digital (Sep 24–25, free, institutional congress) and Extremadura Digital Day (Oct 3, €25–40, community multi-track). For a visitor, EDD is the richer peer-community experience; Potencial Digital is the bigger headline congress with startup pitches and Hack The Box. Outside those, the scene runs on annual hackathons and AEXTIC thematic sessions. [1] [3]
Confirmed Events — Fall 2026
Potencial Digital 2026
Sep 24–25 · Palacio de Congresos de Cáceres · Free
The 3rd Extremaduran Congress on Digital Transformation, AI, Cybersecurity and Robotics [1]. Organized by FEVAL, CDTIC Extremadura, CEMD and Extremadura Avante; headline sponsors include Telefónica, EY, Oracle, IBM, Google Cloud, Accenture and SAP.
Four tracks: Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Robotics. Side programme: startup pitch competition (seed/growth stage, cash prizes + sponsor services), Hack The Box ethical hacking challenges, kids’ robotics workshops (“Misión Tecno-Reto 360” — drone and LEGO robot building). Invited region for 2026: Andalucía.
Scale: the inaugural edition (Sep 2024) drew 6,000+ visitors including 1,262 students and 1,123 tech workers, with 61 speakers and 50+ sponsors; 14% of attending job-seekers were hired on the spot [2].
Extremadura Digital Day 2026 (EDD26)
Oct 3 · Complejo Cultural San Francisco, Cáceres · €25–40
Extremadura Digital Day is Extremadura’s largest community-run tech event [3]. Multi-track programme curated via open CFP: software dev & architecture, IoT & hardware, UX & accessibility, AI & data science, business transformation. Talks are 15–30 min in Spanish or English; speakers get dinner, meals, and travel/accommodation covered.
EDD25 (Sep 27 2025, same venue) drew 400+ attendees — 80% professionals, 20% students [4]. CFP for EDD26 closed May 16; speaker notifications expected June 2026.
Tickets: Early Bird €30 (active now), General €40. Student and visitor discount codes released Sep 1 [3].
Recurring / Periodic Events
Mobbeel Innovation Challenge
Annual · Oct · Garaje 2.0, Cáceres · Free
No-code hackathon by Mobbeel in partnership with FUNDECYT-PCTEX and EDIH [5]. 2nd edition (Oct 23 2025): 100+ participants, two challenge tracks — Multimodal Biometry and GenAI/LLMs — prizes up to €500 per team. No 3rd edition date announced; annual cadence expected.
JITEL — Jornadas de Ingeniería Telemática
Academic · rotating host (Cáceres hosted Nov 2025)
Spain’s academic telematics engineering conference, run by SCITEL. XVII edition (Nov 12–14 2025) was hosted by Universidad de Extremadura in Cáceres: 79 accepted papers across AI-for-networks, comms security, next-gen networks, multimedia, and educational tech [6]. Host rotates between Spanish universities; no 2026 Cáceres edition announced.
ExtreTech (AEXTIC)
Rolling thematic sessions · province-wide
AEXTIC (Extremadura ICT Business Association) runs short ExtreTech sessions targeting SMEs and public administrations across Cáceres province — topics cycle through cybersecurity, AI, digital invoicing and sector verticals (tourism, culture) [7]. Funded by the Cáceres Provincial Council. No fixed calendar; check their events page per cycle.
Open Data Cáceres Hackathon
Periodic · Escuela Politécnica de Cáceres
At least four editions (2015–2018) challenged teams to build web/mobile apps on the city’s open-data portal [8]. No edition confirmed since 2018.
Ecosystem & Venues
| Organization | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| FUNDECYT-PCTEX [9] | Science & Tech Park, incubator network | UEX campus, Cáceres |
| COMPUTAEX / CénitS [10] | Regional HPC centre; AI, HPC, quantum training | Cáceres |
| EDIH Tech4Efficiency [11] | EU Digital Innovation Hub (€2M EC-funded) | Covers all Extremadura |
| GDG Cáceres [12] | Google Developer Group (399 members) | ⚠ Dormant since 2019 |
| Garaje 2.0 | Coworking & events space | Hosts Mobbeel hackathon |
| Palacio de Congresos | Main congress venue | Hosts Potencial Digital |
| Complejo Cultural San Francisco | Community event venue | Hosts EDD |
UEX Polytechnic School in Cáceres approved new degrees in Computer Engineering and Telecommunication Technologies starting 2026/27 [13], strengthening the local talent pipeline for the longer term.