<![CDATA[Qué Pasa en Madrid]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qdeB!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F98b0955b-612d-45be-9627-8ee91da52dd6_850x850.pngQué Pasa en Madridhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.comSubstackSat, 17 Oct 2026 01:38:55 GMT<![CDATA[Week 42 // 12 to 18 October]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-42-12-to-18-octoberhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-42-12-to-18-octoberSun, 11 Oct 2026 16:03:11 GMTHola, Madrileños! Get ready for a fire week 🔥🔥 :

Monday, 12

  • 🇪🇸

Tuesday, 13

  • 🌐 Ventas Internacionales: Cómo Elegir tu Primer Mercado Exterior/ 10:00-14:00: training session combining theory and a practical workshop on the phases of internationalisation, risk assessment and building an initial market entry strategy with input from foreign trade specialists.

  • 💭 Nuevo Martes de Design Thinking y Reto Real sobre el que Trabajar/ 18:30-20:30: workshop on the ideation and prototyping phases of design thinking for a real challenge set by a social organisation that adapts environments for neurodivergent people.

  • ✴️ Claude Community x Shakers | HR Tech · Madrid/ 19:00-20:00: community meetup at Shakers on how people teams use Claude Code and AI agents in real HR tech work, from automating repetitive tasks to building internal tools without a technical team.

  • 🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #41 - “Alone”/ 19:00-21:00: open mic storytelling event where you can share personal stories about houses and housemates, with each story lasting between 2 and 6 minutes.

  • 🏃 Run Your Business Madrid/ 19:00-22:00: running meetup in collaboration with Startup Grind for founders, operators and investors that combines an easy 5 to 6 km run with drinks and conversation in a small curated group.

Wednesday, 14

  • 🦾 PATIO Converge: Logistics & Robotics/ 10:00-12:00: scouting event with startup demo pitches and 1:1 meetings between startups and corporations around robotics, automation and AI for logistics and supply chain, with a new date still to be confirmed.

  • 🔥 Beyond X - Agentic Commerce/ 18:30-22:00: another edition of Beyond X, this time with industry leaders from OpenAI, Shopify, Revolut and HappyRobot, who will discuss how AI agents are transforming commerce by discovering, comparing and purchasing products on behalf of consumers.

  • 🤗 Liderazgo Consciente y Rendimiento Directivo - Monthly Circle/ 19:00-21:00: monthly discussion circle for leaders, executives and entrepreneurs that explores a new leadership dimension each month through a short opening and small group conversations on sustaining energy and clarity under pressure.

  • ✏️ El Problema Tras el Problema, el Rol del Diseñador Estratégico/ 19:00-21:00: workshop on applying strategic design to real-world challenges by identifying the underlying questions, reframing problems and turning broad challenges into concrete proposals, led by coordinators of La Nave Nodriza.

  • 🧑‍💻 Vibe Coding & Friends: Social Gathering for Founders and Entrepreneurs/ 19:00-21:30: relaxed meetup where founders and builders share AI projects, tools and workflows, get feedback on their ideas and meet others launching products with AI.

Thursday, 15

Friday, 16

  • 💪 Dev Challenge/ 16:00-21:30: team competition where developers rotate through stations on AI, UX and UI, automation and cybersecurity, solving timed technical challenges with expert mentors.

  • 💬 Madrid AI Builders: Networking/ 17:00-19:00: relaxed meetup for founders, developers, creators and marketers working on AI projects and startups to exchange ideas and build connections in the Madrid AI scene.

  • 🛵 T· Madrid xDevs + Glovo Tech/ 17:00-20:00: developer-to-developer meetup at the Glovo headquarters with talks on tech, programming and AI from engineers at leading companies, plus a hackathon with cash prizes.

  • 🔄 Lluna Talk Madrid: La IA y Cómo Está Cambiando Nuestra Forma de Trabajar y Relacionarnos/ 18:00-20:00: talk and conversation for entrepreneurs and professionals on how AI is transforming work and personal branding, and on how to keep your own voice and judgement.

Saturday, 17

  • 📚

Sunday, 18

  • 😴

Upcoming weeks

Monday, 19 October

Tuesday, 20 October

Wednesday, 21 October

Thursday, 22 October

Friday, 23 October

Tuesday, 27 October

Wednesday, 28 October

Thursday, 29 October

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #90 (11.10.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 41 // 5 to 11 October]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-41-5-to-11-octoberhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-41-5-to-11-octoberSun, 04 Oct 2026 16:02:17 GMTHola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week highlights:

Monday, 5.

Tuesday, 6

  • 🤖 AI Builders Experience: from Kiro to Production | AWS-Datadog-Darede/ 9:00-14:00: learn how to take AI applications from development to production using Kiro and Amazon Bedrock, with a focus on spec-driven development and agentic workflows, and covering LLM observability with Datadog. Hosted at the Amazon Web Services offices.

  • 💰 La Caja Manda: Cómo Evitar Problemas de Liquidez que Hunden Empresas/ 12:00-14:00: networking session led by the head of finance at flowww on anticipating treasury needs, avoiding common financial planning mistakes and finding commercial alliances within the entrepreneurial community.

  • 🤖 Let Your Imagination Flow!/ 18:30-20:00: talk by the Madrid ML Meetup community introducing flow matching and rectified flows, two methods for image generation that turn simple random distributions into complex data, with a demo on a simple image dataset given by the AI lab lead at Lynx Tech.

  • 📣 The Product People: One Night Only/ 18:30-21:30: meetup for product marketers, product managers, growth people, and founders from Madrid's tech scene, guided by Hattie the PMM, for good conversations over drinks.

  • 🤝 Innova Table Talk | Liderar Empresas Híbridas en la Era de la IA/ 19:00-20:30: talk on how companies can lead hybrid teams where people and AI collaborate ethically and strategically, with a strategic consultant on the business impact of AI and a former LinkedIn executive on leadership and talent.

  • ⚡ Consultas en Milisegundos sobre tu Data Lake (sin Copiar los Datos)/ 19:00-21:00: tech talk on querying Parquet and Iceberg data lakes in milliseconds with Apache Pinot by leaving data in place and storing only indexes alongside, reaching over 500 queries per second on 12 billion rows.

  • 🪵 Lenny’s Newsletter Meetup (with PostHog)/ 19:00-22:00: casual meetup with the Lenny’s Newsletter community for people in product, growth, entrepreneurship and tech to discuss product management and growth, sponsored by PostHog.

  • 🎤 Parlanchinglish - Public Speaking in English/ 19:30-20:45: meetup to practice public speaking in English in a safe space with quality feedback and a relaxed atmosphere.

Wednesday, 7

  • 📈 Marketing, Rewired: Google × Adsmurai/ 10:00-13:30: morning conference by Google and Adsmurai on how conversational search, YouTube, AI and automation are reconfiguring marketing, with brand case studies and a shift from measuring conversions to demonstrating growth.

  • 🧪 5 AI, One Marketing Question: Who Should You Trust?/ 18:30-19:30: practical session putting ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok through the same marketing question to compare where they agree and contradict, then adding Google Trends, DataReportal, Apify and social media data to improve the analysis.

  • 🚀 From Counter.Inc() to a Billion Series/ 19:00-21:00: tech talk following a single metric counter from instrumenting a Go service to how Prometheus scrapes and stores data and how to build a horizontally scalable distributed metrics database handling billions of series.

  • 🗣️ Public Speaking: Defiende tu Propuesta ante Dirección/ 19:00-21:00: practical workshop on building a proposal that management can approve, defending it under pressure in front of a committee and rebuilding it with a reduced budget.

  • ⚙️ IAMeetup: IA, FinOps y Transformación Real/ 19:00-21:30: meetup with FinOps Weekly, Sirviendo Codigo and SpainClouds on applying GenAI to FinOps cloud cost analysis and savings detection and on preparing organizations for AI through augmented operations, with a cloud architect from B2 Impact, and a business transformation leader from Naturgy.

Thursday, 8

  • 🏦 Presentación IX Informe FinTech Women Network/ 09:30-13:30: presentation of the ninth FinTech Women Network report by AEFI, with an opening talk by a financial regulation partner at Baker McKenzie, discussion groups on female talent, power and AI, and networking.

  • ⏱️ Evento: Speed Networking – Encuentro Empresarial/ 10:30-14:00: speed networking morning with rapid rounds to present companies and projects to business owners, executives and entrepreneurs, with the head of institutional relations at Madrid Network and the president of Club de Empresarios de Madrid.

  • 🌍 FormaDOOR | Lo que Nadie te Cuenta sobre Internacionalizar una Startup/ 18:30-20:00: talk by the CEO of Pakku on what changes when a startup enters a new market, drawing on experiences in Mozambique, Peru and Spain and covering local users, value proposition adaptation, local relationships and mistakes to avoid.

  • 👨🏻‍💻 Google Dev Group: Seguridad en IA, Juegos de Rol y Soft Skills/ 18:30-21:30: meetup with GDG to explore how role-playing can develop soft skills like trust, resource management, and teamwork in software development, followed by a practical look at emerging AI security risks.

  • 🎭 ABCs of Acting & Improv/ 19:00-21:00: acting classes meant to help improve your public speaking skills and to connect with expats without the small talk.

  • 👔 Encuentro con Samuel Gil/ 19:00-21:30: talk with the CEO and general partner of JME Ventures, a venture capital fund with more than 70 investments, on technology, AI, entrepreneurship, talent, innovation and new business models.

Friday, 9

  • 🌴 [Startup Oasis] Innovation Café/ 09:00-11:00: informal breakfast meetup with no strict agenda where founders and startup people hold open conversations, test ideas and form new alliances over coffee.

  • 🤖 La IA desde un folio en blanco/ 13:30-16:00: discussion on how AI is changing customer expectations, decision-making and the foundations of traditional value propositions, and challenging companies to rethink what to offer instead of simply adding AI.

  • 🔓 Apertura de Curso HACKadémico/ 14:00-18:00: cybersecurity kickoff with a roundtable on cybersecurity talent with BBVA, an introduction to Hack The Box and a hands-on hacking session open to all levels.

  • 🌱 The AI Fellowship Madrid | Segunda Edición/ 18:00-20:30: community meetup on artificial intelligence with guest conversations about real projects and open questions, space for attendees to take part and networking among technical profiles, entrepreneurs and researchers.

Saturday, 10

  • 💻 Hackathon Club Hispanidad Futura/ 10:00-18:30: hackathon where 20 participants in five teams will build a technology solution that could be piloted in 90 days between at least two Ibero-American countries, with mentors, business model work and a final pitch.

  • 📵 Turn Down the Noise | GenZ Edition/ 16:15-18:45: The Offline Club and UNICEF’s Global Youth Mental Health Coalition are bringing Gen Z together for a screen-free experience focused on mental wellbeing, with guided mini-workshops, quiet activities such as journaling and reading, and facilitated conversations.

  • 🌎 Tech Talks: Global People/ 19:00-22:00: series of talks by Madrid Tech Brunch by a chief product officer, a serial founder and venture operator and a branding and marketing consultant on building careers and businesses across several countries, followed by conversations among relocated professionals.

Sunday, 11

  • 😴

Upcoming events

Tuesday, 13 October

Wednesday, 14 October

Thursday, 15 October

Friday, 16 October

Monday, 19 October

Tuesday, 20 October

Wednesday, 21 October

Thursday, 22 October

Friday, 23 October

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #89 (04.10.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 40 // 28 September to 4 October]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-40-28-september-to-4-octoberhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-40-28-september-to-4-octoberSun, 27 Sep 2026 16:01:44 GMTHola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week highlights:

Monday, 28

  • ✅ Cómo Validar una Idea antes de Invertir/ 18:00-20:00: workshop organized by Pakku, a platform and community for Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs, with practical approaches to analyze an idea and test it with potential users before investing resources, commented by Micaela Villalobos (founder and coordinator of Startup Grind Madrid).

  • 🤖 RIA, IA Act: Cómo Afectará la Nueva Ley Europea a tu Empresa/ 18:30-20:00: workshop on the EU AI Act explaining how the regulation affects companies that use or develop AI systems, including responsibilities, risks, compliance requirements and relationship with GDPR.

  • 🔥 n8n Meetup Madrid/ 18:30-21:30: meetup for the n8n community to share real automations, technical decisions, and learnings, with presentations on a real use case and a technical demo.

Tuesday, 29

  • 💶 Retos para el Capital Privado ante la SFDR 2.0 y la Sostenibilidad/ 09:30-12:00: seminar on how private equity firms can anticipate Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation 2.0 (SFDR) and turn its requirements into an advantage, commented by speakers from SpainCap, Aiblu, Azentúa, and Across Legal.

  • 🤝 Crecer sin Romperse: Acuerdos, Financiación y Relaciones Clave para Emprendedores/ 10:00-14:00: workshop on identifying business and financial risks, offering tools to build solid agreements, manage expectations, and prevent conflicts with partners, collaborators, and investors to avoid common growth pitfalls.

  • 🚀 Move Your Business Forward: Work Your Body / Work Your Mind/ 10:30-12:30: Guiripreneurs is back with a new event for entrepreneurs and founders, starting the new season with a beginner-friendly workout, led by a fitness trainer with a background in psychology and nutrition, that combines exercise with a business-thinking session to help look at companies from a new angle.

  • 🏛️ Clio Elevate/ 15:00-22:00: legaltech conference with four panel discussions on how AI is transforming the way law firms work, involving vLex, Clio, Global Legaltech Hub and the Madrid Bar Association.

  • 🔒 Datos Personales, Privacidad e IA/ 18:00-20:00: session on AI, personal data and privacy covering the Digital Omnibus (UE policy proposal), governance and responsibility for AI agents, compliance challenges and practical applications for organisations.

  • ✨ The Future Skills Roadshow/ 18:00-20:30: masterclass with Pack and Shakers and panel discussion for HR managers and CHROs on skill mapping, covering how to build an effective skills infrastructure and understand why most approaches fail.

  • 🏷️ Cómo la Generación Z y Alpha se Relacionan con las Marcas/ 18:30-20:00: talk on a study about how Gen Z and Alpha relate to brands and providing actionable strategies for adapting to this new consumer reality, with speakers from McDonald's, EAE Business School, and Soda Studios.

  • 🔥 Construyendo sin Filtros #15: Nadie Construye Solo/ 18:30-21:00: another excellent meetup by Startup Grind Madrid where two founders from NutriSync Collective and Startup Embassy will share lessons from building startups and founder communities in Madrid and Silicon Valley.

  • 🪙 Innova Table Talk | Tokenización: Nuevas Vías de Financiación para Startups/ 19:00-20:30: talk on how tokenization is transforming financing for startups, with perspectives from venture capital and a real-world case study on tokenizing guarantees for microcredits.

  • 🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #40 - "Houses & Housemates"/ 19:00-21:00: open mic storytelling event where you can share personal stories about houses and housemates, with each story lasting between two and six minutes.

Wednesday, 30

Thursday, 1

  • 📈 FormaDOOR | Cómo Validar si tu Startup Resuelve un Problema Real/ 18:30-20:00: workshop on how to validate a startup idea to ensure it solves a real market problem, covering how to identify key business model hypotheses, conduct customer interviews, and design validation experiments like a minimum viable product (mvp).

  • 🎭 ABCs of Acting & Improv/ 19:00-21:00: acting classes meant to help improve your public speaking skills and to connect with expats without the small talk.

  • ₿ Stellar Madrid Builders Evening x CryptoDays/ 19:00-22:00: build session by CryptoDays discussing projects preparation on Stellar or applying to HackMeridian 2026. Receive feedback on ideas and MVPs, get technical guidance, learn about travel grants, and connect with builders preparing to attend the hackathon in Lisbon.

  • 🍺 #AdminBirras - Octubre/ 19:00-22:00: meetup for technology professionals including sysadmins, developers, and dbas to connect and exchange knowledge informally over beers.

  • 📵 The Creative Pause #8 | Bring Your Craft/ 19:30-21:30: disconnect from the day-to-day business pressure, stimulating your creativity in this session where you can spend time on personal projects such as reading, drawing, writing, knitting, or crafts, including short guided exercises.

Friday, 2

  • 🚗 Self-Driving Cafe/ 09:00-11:30: meetup hosted by the PostHog team for founders and builders to ask questions about the product and learn about recent features and autonomous driving more in general.

  • 🏢 Bizz Summit 2026/ 09:00-18:30 (1/2): conference on Microsoft Business Solutions, covering Dynamics 365 and Power Platform with sessions for technical and business profiles, workshops, a hackathon, and a youth track.

  • 🌭 The Madrid Business Lunch/ 13:30-18:00: business lunch for professionals to enjoy tapas, drinks, and informal conversations with contacts from Madrid’s international business community.

  • 📦 Hack The Box Meetup: Nuestra Primera Máquina!/ 16:00-19:00: practical meetup on the fundamentals of cybersecurity, covering the tools needed to compromise machines and solve challenges, with a practical session on hacking a first system.

  • 👩 SheAI Madrid ft. Pitchless Show-and-Tell | Women Curious About AI/ 17:00-19:30: show-and-tell where five women from the Madrid AI community will share recent experiments covering tools, frameworks, automations, and personal projects, focusing on the learning process rather than finished products.

  • ✴️ Claude Community | 48-hour Hackathon/ 18:00-24:00 (1/2): hackathon by the Claude Community on building agent-to-agent infrastructure systems, where teams build a buyer/seller AI agent for a 1v1 negotiation tournament and compete based on the value it captures.

Saturday, 3

  • 🏢 Bizz Summit 2026/ 09:00-18:30 (2/2): conference on Microsoft Business Solutions, covering Dynamics 365 and Power Platform with sessions for technical and business profiles, workshops, a hackathon, and a youth track.

Sunday, 4

  • 😴

Upcoming events

Monday, 5

Tuesday, 6

Wednesday, 7

Thursday, 8

Friday, 9

Saturday, 10

Tuesday, 13

Wednesday, 14

Thursday, 15

Friday, 16

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #88 (27.09.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 39 // 21 to 27 September]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-39-21-to-27-septemberhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-39-21-to-27-septemberSun, 20 Sep 2026 16:03:00 GMTHola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Last week, some of you flagged “Madrid Tech Startup & VC – Rooftop Networking” as a scam. We manually check all events, but this one unfortunately fooled us too. The event was included by mistake; we have no connection with the organizer and have reported it to Eventbrite. Sorry to anyone affected!

Week highlights:

Monday, 21

  • ✍️ Co-writing Madrid #82/ 18:00-20:00: 90 minutes of focused writing in a group where you can continue your writing project, then optionally share your work with the other attendees.

Tuesday, 22

Wednesday, 23

Thursday, 24

  • 📣 Cómo Conseguir Clientes Hoy: Marketing Básico para Oficios/ 09:00-12:00: workshop on basic marketing for freelancers and tradespeople, covering tools and strategies for attracting clients and converting contacts into sales, with a focus on digital channels and word-of-mouth.

  • 💧 SUDSConnect: Soluciones Sostenibles para la Gestión y Reutilización del Agua de Lluvia/ 09:00-14:00: conference promoting knowledge exchange on sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) and rainwater management through a round table of guests and several industry experts.

  • 🔎 SEO Vibes Madrid 2026 | Conferencia SEO #CerveSEO/ 17:30-22:00: conference for the local SEO community with concise presentations on search engine optimization, including a session on the basics, followed by networking in a casual atmosphere.

  • 🗣️ Deja de Ser el Mejor Comercial de tu Empresa/ 18:00-20:00: conference for founders and directors on how to build a sales team that operates without their direct involvement, covering hiring, onboarding, and evaluating new team members within the first few months.

  • 📦 BLACKBOXAI - Construyendo un Adversario Autónomo/ 18:00-20:00: talk on building an autonomous offensive agent from an AI model that operates via a command line to independently reason, analyze vulnerabilities, and execute actions, showcasing the future of offensive cybersecurity.

  • ❤️ IA para el Impacto Social | Soluciones de IA para ONGs/ 18:00-20:30: workshop for NGOs and community initiatives on incorporating artificial intelligence to automate administrative tasks, optimize internal processes, and improve operational capacity through practical and accessible applications.

  • 🌎 Planet-in-the-Loop #2: Soluciones Humanas para Señales del Planeta/ 18:30-21:00: talk bringing together impact investors and climate tech founders to debate how technology and capital are building the next generation of solutions for extreme climate events, from early fire warnings to resilient infrastructures.

  • 🖥️ Desarrollo Local con DDEV en 2026/ 19:00-20:30: workshop on using DDEV to simplify local development, covering its fundamentals and advanced configurations for projects using Drupal and WordPress, including custom commands, version management, and integrating services like Redis or SOLR.

  • 🌇 Madrid Sunset Social/ 19:30-22:00: Junto, an early-stage tech startup, is launching in Madrid with a rooftop social for young professionals, bringing local and expat groups together through drinks, food, skyline views and low-pressure icebreakers.

  • ✨ IAMadrid. AI Reality Check Tech & Creative Networking/ 19:30-22:00: networking event for creative and tech professionals to discuss the real-world impact of AI on their day-to-day work and where it has fallen short.

  • 🧠 Guiri Mastermind/ 20:00-23:00: working session organized by Guiris de Mierda for founders, freelancers, creatives and professionals developing a business, side project or career move, with guided exercises focused on identifying what is blocking progress.

Friday, 25

  • 🌴 [Startup Oasis] Innovation Café/ 09:00-11:00: meetup for the English-speaking tech and business community, expanding from Andalucía to Madrid, focused on cultivating relationships, exchanging ideas, and sharing journeys in a relaxed setting with no formal agenda.

  • 🗣️ Foro Liderazgo Empresarial: Talento, Innovación y Diversidad/ 10:00-11:00: forum analyzing how leadership is evolving in organizations and the keys to facing new business challenges, focusing on talent management, innovation, and diversity as pillars for building more competitive and inclusive companies.

  • 💰 Your Money Roadmap/ 11:00-12:30: workshop helping internationals in Madrid organize their personal finances after moving countries, covering fragmented savings, pensions, investments and financial decision.

  • ☕ Coffee Break: Cómo Sacar el Máximo Partido a las Fuentes de Financiación/ 13:00-15:00: coffee break on making the most of funding sources, using the case study of a foodtech company to explore public financing like ENISA and international acceleration programs.

  • 🎨 MadUX Design Walk and Drinks/ 18:30-21:30: meetup by MadUX starting with a relaxed visit to the Complementarios exhibition, followed by drinks, food, and conversation at a nearby café.

Saturday, 26

  • 👩‍💻 SheAI Madrid: Create Your Portfolio with AI/ 11:00-13:00: co-working session to build a personal portfolio with AI tools, as part of a worldwide initiative where participants can present their finished work at a global online finale.

  • 🏗️ Madrid Builder HQ: Build with AI Powered by Stellar/ 16:00-18:00: workshop focused on turning ideas into projects on the Stellar platform, featuring ideation and team matchmaking sessions for Rust and AI builders preparing for the HackMeridian hackathon.

  • 📚 Parlanchín EdTech Meetup/ 17:00-19:00: meetup for an informal conversation about what works and doesn't at the intersection of technology and education, including the impact of AI on work and learning.

Sunday, 27

  • 😴

Upcoming Events

Monday, 28 September

Tuesday, 29 September

Wednesday, 30 September

Thursday, 1 October

Friday, 2 October

Monday, 5 October

Wednesday, 7 October

Friday, 9 October

Saturday, 10 October

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #87 (20.09.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 38 // 14 to 20 September]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-38-14-to-20-septemberhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-38-14-to-20-septemberSun, 13 Sep 2026 16:00:34 GMTMadrileños! We are back with another edition of your favourite (hopefully) business event newsletter, still trying to answer the never-ending question of…

¿Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Forward it to your startup friends ↗ and meet you soon at the upcoming events 💥

Week highlights:

Monday, 14

  • 🎮 DevMad! Talks/ 18:30-21:00: talks on getting started in video game creation and the fundamentals of Virtual Reality (VR) development, covering topics like major game engines, industry roles, and key locomotion and interaction techniques for VR experiences.

  • ✴️ IABootcamp en Claude: 3 Sesiones Presenciales para Dominar la IA/ 19:00-21:00 (1/3): bootcamp on mastering Claude, hosted by Paul McFarlane, CEO of Agents IAN, showing practical use cases from prompting and agent creation to automating reports and integrating workflows for business strategy. Tickets are more expensive than the average meetup.

Tuesday, 15

  • 🎯 Convierte tu Marca Personal en Ventaja Competitiva/ 10:00-14:00: workshop on transforming a personal brand into a competitive advantage by defining a value proposition, positioning, and brand identity to increase credibility with clients and partners.

  • 🚚 IAFoliume Forum | La Nueva Distribución/ 15:30-19:30: forum for leaders in the Spanish insurance distribution sector discussing current changes, future trends, and how to position themselves in the age of AI, hosted by Foliume.

  • 🦀 Tras la Máscara de Async Rust/ 18:00-20:30: tech talk on what happens under the hood of async/await in Rust, exploring how the language builds its asynchronous computation model using core features like the type and ownership systems to create executors and runtimes like Tokio.

  • 🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #39 - “SUMMER ☀️”/ 19:00-21:00: open-mic storytelling session where you can share personal stories lasting 2–6 minutes, with 7–10 speakers expected. You can either prepare a story to tell or attend as a listener.

  • 🌆 Madrid Tech Startup & VC – Rooftop Networking/ 19:00-22:00: rooftop gathering for tech startup founders, investors, and operators, focused on meeting potential collaborators and investors without formal pitches or a structured program.

Wednesday, 16

  • 💬 IACX Under Pressure/ 10:00-12:00: panel discussion on the European AI regulation’s impact on chatbots and conversational assistants, covering legal obligations, operational implementation, and consumer expectations in the Spanish market.

  • ✴️ Claude Community Madrid Launch Meetup/ 18:30-22:00: meetup for the official launch of the Claude Community in Madrid, where ambassadors will be introduced, the community’s purpose explained, and future events previewed.

  • 🎯 Culture in Motion - Uber & Adsmurai/ 18:30-22:30: afterparty for marketing professionals during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid to connect with people from other brands and teams over drinks on a rooftop, hosted by Uber and Adsmurai.

  • 🤓 Tech Meets Humor | una Mirada Divertida Sobre el Futuro que ya Estamos Viviendo/ 19:00-20:30: talk with a humorous perspective on the impact of AI and technology on the job market, generational differences, and which human skills will remain valuable in an automated future, hosted by a senior business consultant and professor of communication at New York University.

  • 🛰️ Productlab Conf EU Satellite/ 19:00-21:00: meetup for product practitioners, acting as a local satellite event for the Productlab Conference (in Berlin), to discuss strategy, leadership, and building with themes.

  • 🎨 Arte y Democracia | Creatividad, Memoria y Espacio Cívico/ 19:30-21:00: panel discussion on how art and culture can preserve memory, open spaces for participation, and defend freedom of expression in the face of exile, censorship, and the erosion of democratic spaces.

Thursday, 17

  • 🌐 IPv6 y Cloud en acción para liderar tu transformación/ 9:30-15:30: hands-on workshop hosted by AWS and the IPv6 Council España about migrating hybrid cloud environments from IPv4 to dual-stack IPv4/IPv6, covering addressing, subnets, routing, internet access, and traffic inspection in AWS.

  • 🏢 ProptechThursday - Innovación e IA: Más Allá del Property/ 10:00-12:00: meetup on how digital innovation and AI are transforming building rehabilitation, facility management, and the property industry beyond simple transactions, commented by IT and industry leaders.

  • 🤝 Públicos Estratégicos para Emprendedores: Cómo Identificar y Activar tus Aliados Clave/ 10:00-14:00: workshop on how entrepreneurs can identify, prioritize, and strategically communicate with key stakeholders, covering how to tailor messages, tone, and channels.

  • 👗 Fashion Market: Oportunidades y Retos/ 10:30-14:30: workshop for entrepreneurs offering a strategic view of the fashion sector, discussing market transformations, retail evolution, and new consumer habits to help define a value proposition and integrate physical and digital channels.

  • 🚀 Evento Bienvenida Start 2026 (ft Pitchess & Nomulabs)/ 18:00-21:00: workshop to kick off the academic year by building a functional prototype in teams, which requires no programming skills or a pre-existing idea, and also serves as an introduction to the Start UC3M organization, which already hosted Tech and Startup events in the past.

  • ⚛️ Guía Práctica para Inversores en Tecnologías Cuánticas/ 18:00-20:00: conference analyzing investment opportunities and key business strategies in quantum technologies as the sector moves from scientific research to commercial reality.

  • 💡 Innobar: Talento Joven y Emprendimiento/ 18:30-20:30: meetup for young talents to explore professional opportunities within startups and innovative companies, discussing the most in-demand skills and the needs of entrepreneurial projects.

  • 🤖 #CodeMeet Madrid: ¿Quién Controla a los Agentes?/ 18:30-21:30: meetup with three talks on the engineering behind agentic AI systems, covering topics like efficiency in token usage, infrastructure for building multi-agent control platforms, and security and governance for autonomous agents.

  • 🏙️ De la Idea al Activo: Arquitectura del Lujo y Transformación Urbana/ 19:00-21:00: panel discussion with experts from architecture, real estate development, and law on the challenges and opportunities defining the future of Madrid’s urban sector.

  • 💻 What’s New in Micronaut 5/ 19:00-20:30: tech talk covering the key new features in Micronaut Framework 5 for modern JVM applications, and capabilities like geospatial support and AI integrations with LangChain4j.

  • 💰 The Final Pitch: baby vc Madrid Meetup/ 19:30-21:30: meetup for baby vc bootcamp applicants to connect with the local venture capital ecosystem, ask questions to organizers and alumni, and meet like-minded peers before applications close.

Friday, 18

  • 🤖 Madrid AI Builders/ 17:00-19:00: meetup for founders, developers, creators, and marketers working on or interested in AI to exchange ideas and build connections in the local scene.

  • 🚀 3 Founders, 3 Problemas - No Lazy People/ 19:00-21:30: meetup where three founders from UseTutti.io, wetechfood, and nothiring share the projects they are building, their key learnings, and a real problem they are currently facing, followed by an open conversation with the audience.

Saturday, 19

  • ☕️ Cafe Compute: Madrid/ 10:30-18:00: community meetup for Madrid’s AI community to spend the day working, collaborating, and experimenting, with talks and demos on Cerebras, OpenAI, and Mastra.

  • 🔥 Stellar Madrid Builders Brunch x CryptoDays | Meet, Build & Connect/ 12:00-15:00: CryptoDays is back with a new events series, in this case introducing developers, founders and builders to the Stellar and Soroban ecosystem while helping find potential teammates for HackMeridian en Lisbon.

  • 🍷 Women, Work & Wine - Rooftop | By PNM/ 18:00-22:00: networking event for professional women, entrepreneurs, and freelancers to connect in a relaxed atmosphere, discuss work, projects, challenges, and personal growth.

Sunday, 20

  • 😴

Upcoming Events

Monday, 21 September

Tuesday, 22 September

Wednesday, 23 September

Thursday, 24 September

Friday, 25 September

Saturday, 26 September

Monday, 28 September

Tuesday, 29 September

Wednesday, 30 September

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #86 (13.09.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 31 // 27 July to 2 August]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-31-27-july-to-2-augusthttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-31-27-july-to-2-augustSun, 26 Jul 2026 16:01:23 GMTQué pasa this week in Madrid?

Madrileños! As always, during the summer period, the business events are very few. I’m going to take a break in August, so this will be the last edition until September. See you back on the 6.09!

Monday, 27

  • 😴

Tuesday, 28

Wednesday, 29

  • 😴

Thursday, 30

  • ☕ Climate Coffee/ 8.30-10.30: monthly coffee meet-up for anyone working in or interested in the impact and climate spaces.

  • 🍺 Step4ward Madrid: Girls, Tech and Beers/ 18.30-21.30: meetup for women in tech to connect in a relaxed atmosphere, build a community, and find allies to attend future industry events with.

Friday, 31

  • 🚀 Tech Talent & Founders Networking/ 17:30-20:30: networking event designed to connect startup founders, engineers, researchers, designers, and AI specialists to exchange experiences and discover new collaboration opportunities.

Saturday, 1

  • ☀️

Sunday, 2

  • 🏖️

Upcoming Events

Monday, 3 August

Tuesday, 4 August

Wednesday, 5 August

Thursday, 6 August

Friday, 7 August

Thursday, 27 August

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #85 (26.07.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 30 // 20 to 26 July]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-30-20-to-26-julyhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-30-20-to-26-julySun, 19 Jul 2026 16:02:56 GMTQué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week highlights:

Monday, 20

  • ✍️ Co-writing Madrid #78/ 18.00-20.00: co-writing meetup for writers and creatives, with 90 minutes of focused writing together followed by a short sharing round for people working on any writing project.

Tuesday, 21

  • 🍳 Kitchen Stories: Descubre Cómo Nació Awki/ 19:00-21:00: talk where the founders of the restaurant Awki share their origin story, followed by an evening of conversation and inspiration for other entrepreneurs.

Wednesday, 22

  • 🔬 International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Management/ 10.00-18.00 (1/2): academic conference for researchers, engineers, and students in science, technology, engineering, and management, offering a platform to present research, connect with global experts, and discuss innovation across STEM and management fields. It’s also quite expensive.

  • 👨🏻‍💻 Vibe Coding & Friends: Social Gathering for Founders and Entrepreneurs/ 19.00-21.30: meetup for founders, builders, and AI enthusiasts to share projects, MVPs, and experiments, exchange practical tips on AI tools and workflows, and get feedback on ideas in a collaborative, non-pitch setting.

  • 🤝 Tardeo de Networking/ 19:30-22:30: networking event for entrepreneurs and business owners designed to help break limiting beliefs and map out the next project through interactive dynamics and a deep talk on identity.

Thursday, 23

  • 🙌 Networking entre Empresas: Encuentro de Comunidad Emprendedora/ 12.00-14.00: networking meetup for companies and entrepreneurs to review the first half of 2026, share wins and challenges through speed networking pitches, spot patterns in a moderated group discussion, and then turn those insights into concrete collaborations and follow up commitments.

  • 🎭 Write & Act #2/ 19:00-21:00: creative meetup where pre-selected screenwriters and actors get together to test scripts through live presentations and acting sessions.

Friday, 24

  • 🎯 PR para Emprendedores: Aparecer en Medios sin Pagar/ 10.00-14.00: training workshop on Public Relations (PR) for entrepreneurs, teaching how to find newsworthy stories in a startup, craft clear pitches, build a targeted media and podcast contact list, and run a simple outreach plan to gain visibility without paying for ads.

  • 💰 Business Networking - Startups, Investors & Tech/ 18:30-22:00: networking event to connect startups, investors, and tech professionals in a relaxed atmosphere through interactive activities designed to spark conversations and business collaborations.

  • 🔀 Madrid Tech Mixer and Social (Tech / AI / Data / IT)/ 19:30-22:30: meetup for tech professionals working in AI, data, and IT to connect, share ideas, and discuss the latest industry trends.”

Saturday, 25

  • 👩 Networking Women PNM + Mini Taller/ 17.00-21.00: women’s networking meetup with a mini workshop on image, style, and presence, designed for professional-minded women who want to connect, learn one concrete idea from a personal stylist, and leave with new ways to show up more intentionally in work and life.

Sunday, 26

  • 😴

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, 29 July

Thursday, 30 July

Monday, 3 August

Tuesday, 4 August

Wednesday, 5 August

Friday, 7 August

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #84 (19.07.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 29 // 13 to 19 July]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-29-13-to-29-julyhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-29-13-to-29-julySun, 12 Jul 2026 16:00:10 GMTQué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week highlights:

Monday, 13

  • 🍻 BeerPITCH - Lanza, Lidera e Innova con IA/ 17.00-20.00: meetup on how AI is reshaping business and entrepreneurship, with a small BeerPITCH-style session to discuss skills, AI-first ways to build businesses, and tools to use.

  • 🏢 Networking Inmobiliario | RET Real Estate/ 19.30-23.00: real estate networking meetup for investors, owners, and professionals from the wider property ecosystem, built around quick introductions and a light networking dynamic, and plenty of time to network.

Tuesday, 14

Wednesday, 15

  • ✴️ Duplica la Capacidad de tu Equipo con Claude/ 18.00-20.00: workshop with the CEO of Agents IAN on using Claude to “double” team capacity, discussing practical applications of AI and a live hands-on session on workflows to speed up documents and data-based decisions.

  • 🧠 Entente | El Club de la Lucha...Verbal: Neurobiología de la Persuasión/ 19:00-21:00: session on advanced negotiation techniques for professionals to deactivate egos and close agreements through immersive dynamics and practical tools.

  • 🥐 Cultural Media Exchange/ 20:00-22:00: meetup by the Madrid Tech Brunch community, this time to discuss art, media, culture, and other creative fields, to connect creativity with technology in a relaxed evening setting.

Thursday, 16

  • 🎯 El Embudo que Necesita una Persona Emprendedora: la Captación Digital con MetaAds/ 10.00-13.00: training workshop on digital customer acquisition using Meta Ads for entrepreneurs and startup marketers, showing how to design simple and effective funnels that rely on strategy and data-based decisions instead of segmentation.

  • 🤸 Sobremesa(summer)/ 19:30-22:30: from AI to health, this workshop in the park hosted by Sobremesa(tech) is focused on learning through movement, attention, and coordination, with a guided session combining partner work, imagination, contemporary dance, and capoeira.

Friday, 17

  • ☕️ Innovation Café/ 09:00-11:00: meetup for the English-speaking tech and business community, offering an informal space for unfiltered conversations, idea exchange, and building connections over coffee.

Saturday, 18

  • 😴

Sunday, 19

  • 🥵

Upcoming Events

Monday, 20 July

Wednesday, 22 July

Thursday, 23 July

Friday, 24 July

Saturday, 25 July

Wednesday, 29 July

Thursday, 30 July

Monday, 3 August

Tuesday, 4 August

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #83 (12.07.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 28 // 6 to 12 July]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-28-6-to-12-julyhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-28-6-to-12-julySun, 05 Jul 2026 16:01:31 GMTQué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week highlights:

Monday, 6

  • 😴

Tuesday, 7

  • 🍹 Business Networking | PNM July/ 19.15-23.00: networking meetup for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and professionals to connect with peers and have meaningful conversations, with a structured but informal evening.

  • 🏠 Sunset Stories - “Home”/ 19:30-21:00: meetup to share first-person stories, questions, and discussions in an open-air circle.

  • 📴 Out-of-Office | Where Madrid’s Founders Collide/ 19.30-24.00: networking meetup for founders, creators, and tech investors, built around smart pre-matched introductions.

  • 🎤 Open Mic in Malasaña - Mic & Roll/ 20.00-23.00: open mic meetup where anyone can take up to three minutes on stage to sing, play, read, perform comedy or spoken word, or just try something new, in a relaxed bar atmosphere for both performers and listeners.

Wednesday, 8

  • 🤖 Industrial Intelligence Day: De la Producción a la IA/ 10.00-12.00: session at Amazon Web Services on how to turn factory data into real business value with AI, bringing together Rockwell Automation, AWS, and Structurit to discuss architectures that connect physical infrastructure with the cloud.

  • 🏁 Networking: el Grand Prix del Emprendimiento/ 12.00-14.00: networking meetup gamified as a “Grand Prix” for entrepreneurs, with team challenges and playful dynamics designed to help people present their projects and build new collaborations in a summer setting.

  • ✍️ Club Abierto de Escritura/ 17:30-19:00: club for writers to develop and share stories, worlds, or characters in a supportive environment, welcoming all levels of experience.

  • 🧠 Sabiduría Artificial/ 17.30-21.00: talk on AI ethics for people in business, tech, education, leadership, and institutions, focused on how to design AI with “artificial wisdom” that aligns efficiency with universal values like truth, justice, freedom, and care for life.

  • 💰 Value Challenge 2026 | Gran Final & Investor Networking/ 18:30-22:30: investment event where five analysts present and debate live theses on ASML in front of a jury of asset management professionals, followed by awards and investor networking with catering for people curious about how high-stakes investment decisions are made.

  • ✨ Vibecoding & Friends: Social Gathering for Founders and Entrepreneurs/ 19.00-21.30: meetup for founders, builders, creators, and AI enthusiasts to openly share what they’re building and discover new AI workflows, in a collaborative space that prioritizes learning and real projects over formal talks or pitches.

Thursday, 9

  • 🛍️ Del Producto a la Tienda Online: Herramientas de Ecommerce con IA/ 15:00-19:00: workshop on how to create an online store using digital tools and AI, covering topics like product definition, value proposition, and communicating with potential clients.

  • 🌓 Otra Mirada al Eclipse Total de 2026/ 18.00-19.30: conference on the 2026 total solar eclipse offering a different perspective on its path through Portugal, Iceland, Greenland, and France, hosted at Madrid’s Planetarium for an audience interested in astronomy and upcoming celestial events.

  • 🔥 CPS Mad: Las Power Skills para Entornos CPS/ 18:00-20:00: meetup on Complex Problem Solving (CPS), discussing the power skills needed to thrive in complex environments. An expert from La Evolucionista, a company specializing in business transformation and organizational development, will guide the session.

  • ⚫️ OpenCircle | Business Networking - Rooftop Drinks/ 19:00-22:00: periodic meetup to connect with like-minded founders, freelancers, and professionals for high-value conversations in a relaxed rooftop setting.

Friday, 10

  • 🤖 Madrid AI Builders: Friday Networking/ 17:00-19:00: meetup for professionals working in AI projects, startups, and creative tools, aimed at exchanging ideas and exchanging ideas within the AI scene.

  • 🎨 Sip & Paint – Drinks, Art & Meet/ 17:30-20:00: workshop with a relaxed space to paint and socialise with a drink, guided step-by-step by a teacher, and no experience is needed.

  • 🤝 Business Networking - Startups, Investors & Tech/ 18:30-22:00: networking event to connect with startups, investors, and tech professionals and explore new collaborations.

  • 🔀 Tech Mixer and Social/ 19:30-22:30: afterwork drinks and networking with tech and IT professionals, connecting with others in the industry to find job opportunities, expand your network, share ideas, and stay updated on the latest trends.

Saturday, 11

  • 📚 Marcapáginas - Eat, Meet & Read/ 10.00-12.00: reading meetup for book lovers who want to share a quiet morning over coffee and brunch, with time to chat about what everyone is reading, and a full hour of silent reading together in the park.

  • 🤔 Walk & Talk About Life’s Big Questions/ 11:00-13:30: walk encouraging curious individuals to bring a thoughtful topic for deep conversations, to explore life’s big questions and create new connections.

Sunday, 12

  • 🌟 Creative Marathon #12/ 10.45-14.00: creative session where people dedicate a three-hour “marathon” to work on their own projects, from writing and drawing to crafting and more, with brunch included and a shared moment at the end to show what everyone has been working on.

Upcoming Events

Monday, 13 July

Tuesday, 14 July

Wednesday, 15 July

Thursday, 16 July

Monday, 20 July

Wednesday, 22 July

Thursday, 23 July

Friday, 24 July

Saturday, 25 July

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #82 (5.07.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 27 // 29 June to 5 July]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-27-29-june-to-5-julyhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-27-29-june-to-5-julySun, 28 Jun 2026 16:02:50 GMTHola, Madrileños! Some businesses explain themselves, while others are simply understood. The difference? It’s how they communicate their value.

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Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week highlights:

Monday, 29

  • 🤔 Decisiones que Crean Destinos/ 20.00-21.30: networking meetup for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and professionals looking to diversify their income or reinvent themselves, with a mini-conference on digital distribution and building new revenue streams.

Tuesday, 30

  • 🎯 From AI Feature to Market Position: Workshop para Fundadores/ 9.00-12.00: workshop at Madrid Innovation Lab for AI startup founders on how to move from building features to building a strong market position, covering topics like ideal customer profiling, differentiation, and value proposition.

  • 🚀 DemoDay - Sartups en Etapas de Incubación/ 16.00-20.00: demo day where 15 startups from the Madrid Chamber of Commerce incubation program pitch their progress to investors and ecosystem players, innovating in different industries like AI, education, sustainability, and mobility.

  • 📈 Stock Options y Retribución Flexible para Startups: Cómo Atraer y Comprometer Talento/ 18.30-20.00: workshop for startup founders on how to design and implement stock option plans and flexible compensation, while respecting legal requirements and understanding tax implications.

  • ⚡ Lightning Talks #50/ 19.10-21.00: five speakers giving five-minute presentations on diverse topics, followed by questions, drinks, and social time in a format designed to share unexpected ideas and hear other people’s stories.

Wednesday, 1

Thursday, 2

Friday, 3

  • .🌴 [Startup Oasis] Innovation Café/ 9.00-11.00: morning coffee replicating in Madrid the format already established in Andalucia, dedicated to the tech and business community to have conversations, share startup journeys, test ideas, and build connections over coffee and breakfast.

  • 💪 Coworking Jam/ 11.00-14.00: coworking time for builders, founders, and product people to share startup ideas, side projects, and technical challenges, get honest feedback from other people building things, and move projects forward together.

  • 🌱 Cleantech Meetup/ 17.00-20.00: networking meetup for people working in cleantech startups and large companies, designed to help sustainability and business profiles connect in an informal setting over snacks and drinks.

  • 🤝 Business Networking - Startups, Investors & Tech/ 18.30-22.00: business networking event for startups, investors, and tech professionals, with welcome drinks, warm-up conversations, interactive networking, and space to explore collaborations and investment opportunities in a relaxed international setting.

  • 🍔 Big Ballers: Dinner with Entrepreneur/ 19.00-22.00: small-group dinner for entrepreneurs to meet strangers, share experiences, and build new connections over a casual meal, with the group size kept intentionally intimate and the focus on real human networking.

Saturday, 4

  • 🥵

Sunday, 5

  • 🥐 Madrid Tech Brunch: Summer Edition/ 12.00-14.00: tech brunch meetup for developers, founders, designers, and other tech curious people, with coffee, small group discussions, and rotating topics to help meet new people and talk about trends, AI, tools, and productivity.

Upcoming Events

Monday, 6 July

Tuesday, 7 July

Wednesday, 8 July

Thursday, 9 July

Friday, 10 July

Saturday, 11 July

Sunday, 12 July

Tuesday, 14 July

Wednesday, 15 July

Thursday, 16 July

Saturday, 25 July

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #81 (28.06.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 26 // 22 to 28 June]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-26-22-to-28-junehttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-26-22-to-28-juneSun, 21 Jun 2026 16:01:13 GMTWant to be part of the next editions? Submit your event here.

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Highlights:

Monday, 22

  • 👀

Tuesday, 23

  • 💰 Financiación y Fondos: Oportunidades Disponibles para Transformar tu Empresa/ 9.00-10.30: morning session at Cámara de Madrid covering the full landscape of public funding and European structural funds available to Madrid businesses beyond Next Generation EU.

  • ☸️ Building and Scaling Inference Workloads on Amazon EKS/ 9.30-16.00: hands-on workshop by AWS on building and scaling inference workloads on Amazon EKS, focused on production-ready GenAI deployments with NVIDIA GPUs, vLLM, Ray, Prometheus, and Grafana, and aimed at DevOps, MLOps, AI developers, solution architects, and product owners.

  • 🚀 Startup ProcureTech & Innovation Connect/ 10.00-14.00: networking event for procurement, technology, and startup professionals aimed at accelerating innovation and new B2B opportunities. The agenda includes cluster and foundation introductions plus presentations from winning startups in the GInPS2026 pitch competition.

  • ✅ Emprender con Apoyo: una Guía Inicial para Empezar/ 11.00-14.00: workshop offering a realistic first approach to entrepreneurship, with guidance on identifying personal talents, assessing an auto employment idea, understanding basic next steps, and learning about municipal support, subsidies, and mentoring resources.

  • 🎯 Agentic Commerce: IA para Hacer Crecer Vuestro Negocio Hoy/ 18.00-20.30: event for eCommerce, marketing, innovation, and technology professionals on how to grow with Shopify and AI, covering agentic commerce, the new buyer journey, automation, data control, and a real examples.

  • 🤔 Martes de Design Thinking - Nuevo Reto Real Sobre el que Trabajar/ 18.30-20.30: meetup on design thinking where you can work on a real social challenge, using ideation and prototyping to develop innovative team solutions and reconnect with the community.

  • 🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #37 - “Family”/ 19.00-21.00: periodic storytelling event where you can share or just listen to true first-person stories, this time about “family”, in a relaxed evening format.

  • 💥 Impacto Real de la Actual Evolución Geopolítica/ 19.00-21.00: panel discussion by IE University on current geopolitical tensions, with known experts on diplomacy, international relations, energy, wealth, and foreign policy exploring.

  • 🏃 Run Your Business | Run, Yoga & Meditation/ 19.00-21.30: another appointment with Startup Grind Madrid and partners in this event format that combines an easy run, yoga and post-session business networking.

Wednesday, 24

  • 🚨 Empresas y Autónomos en Crisis: Cómo Sobrevivir Frente al Riesgo de Perder tu Negocio y Patrimonio/ 9.30-11.00: panel discussion on how businesses and freelancers can survive financial crisis without losing the company or personal assets, with experts in insolvency, law, and commercial courts discussing liquidity, debt, creditor pressure, and practical tools to protect the business.

  • 📊 Cultura Data-Driven la Era de la IA/ 9.30-12.30: breakfast briefing on building a stronger data governance foundation and a more data-driven culture before scaling AI, with practical guidance on moving from scattered dashboards to a solid analytics ecosystem.

  • 🔥 FredCon’26 by Google Cloud/ 9.30-19.00: conference for the technical community focused on leadership and managing technical teams, with sessions on salary balance plans and people management, designed to help engineers and HR understand each other better and centered on learning and sharing rather than business leads.

  • 📩 Correos que Impactan: Lenguaje Claro y Comunicación Multilingüe/ 17.30-18.30: conference on clear language and multilingual communication to write more effective emails, reduce errors, and save time.

  • 🧾 Innobar: Compra Pública Innovadora y GovTech/ 18.00-20.30: networking event about public procurement innovation and GovTech for startups, SMEs, and innovative companies interested in collaborating with public organizations.

  • 🌐 Beyond X - Logistics/ 18.15-23.00: new event by The Cube at MIOTI Business School discussing how AI is reshaping logistics, bringing together founders and companies with elite athletes from TSR Group as special guests.

  • 🆆 Wordpress Madrid - Desarrollo con IA: Detrás del Prompt Mágico/ 18.30-20.30: workshop by Wordpress on AI-assisted development that explains what is really behind prompt-based tools, including context handling, attention windows, skills, customization, and work organization, designed for both technical and nontechnical profiles.

  • 🇳 Notion Madrid Community Meetup/ 18.30-21.00: meetup organized by the Notion Community for teams that need a scalable, intuitive, and flexible system to keep pace with growth, with community ambassadors sharing the latest features, AI updates, and what is coming next.

  • 🗣️ Public Speaking Club – TinTalks | Networking & Rooftop/ 19.30-21.30: combining communication dynamics and real networking on a rooftop, with practical tools to speak more confidently in a relaxed, social setting.

  • 🍺 People, Planet, Pint - Sustainability Meetup/ 19.00-21.00: meetup on sustainability, meant to network and share ideas over a drink, learn what is happening locally, and connect with others interested in taking action for a more sustainable future.

  • 🤝 Cómo Liderar un Estudio en Tiempos de IA/ 19.00-21.00: workshop on how to lead a design studio in the age of AI, with lessons on services, clients, sales, teams, and how to keep business, creativity, and personal life in balance as the sector changes.

  • ✨ Vibecoding & Friends/ 19.00-21.30: social gathering for founders, builders, creators, and AI enthusiasts to share projects, tools, and real-world experiments, with simple networking activities and conversation starters.

Thursday, 25

  • ☕️ Climate Coffee/ 8.30-10.30: monthly coffee meetup for people working in or curious about climate and impact for informal conversations on the topics.

  • 🚀 AI+eCommerce Buildathon con Lovable/ 10.00-13.30: buildathon where multidisciplinary teams of founders, builders, marketers, designers, students, and AI enthusiasts work with Lovable and other no-code tools to identify an eCommerce problem, build a functional AI-powered MVP, and pitch it to judges, with mentoring, networking, coffee, and prizes for the winning team.

  • 📈 Alianzas Estratégicas para un Crecimiento Sostenible/ 12.00-14.00: networking event for entrepreneurs in growth and acceleration stages to identify strategic alliances, share operational management practices, and connect with other projects in the Madrid Emprende network.

  • 🔥 AI + eCommerce Summit by Clairo/ 15.30-21.00: meetup following the AI Buildathon, discussing real applications of AI in digital commerce, with talks on AI-driven SEO, customer service automation, social media monetization, and agentic AI for sales and marketing.

  • 💪 Afterparty Build 2026/ 18.00-20.00: afterparty for Microsoft Build 2026 at NTT DATA Spain, discussing practical updates on data, analytics, and AI announced at the main event, plus community experiences and networking.

  • ֎ #Codemeet: Agentic Thinking for Humans/ 18.30-21.30: meetup on agentic thinking for humans at Celonis with a talk about how AI is changing professional value and which human skills will stay important, with topics like systems thinking, adaptability, critical thinking, communication, and continuous learning.

  • 🏦 Fintech Meetup - Afterwork/ 18.30-21.30: afterwork for FinTech founders, operators, investors, and tech professionals to meet informally over a drink, with no agenda or panel but a focus on honest conversations about building and scaling financial products in Spain and Europe.

  • 𝐕 The Valley - Discovery Day/ 19.00-21.00: open house at The Valley with two masterclasses on AI, technology, and business innovation, including talks by Coca Cola WPP’s EU Creative Tech Director and Mapfre’s CDO, plus a tour of The Place and a cocktail with teachers and experts.

Friday, 26

  • 😋 The Madrid Business Lunch/ 13.30-17.00: business lunch networking event with a 3-hour open bar, BBQ tapas from the grill, and a DJ set aimed at professionals looking to connect in a relaxed summer atmosphere.

  • 📚 BLC Spain: Open Day/ 16.00-18.00: open day at Business and Language College Spain (BLC), a bilingual business school in Madrid, where prospective students can tour the campus, explore undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and get answers on admissions, visas, and fees directly from the team.

  • 💪 Madrid AI Builders/ 17.00-19.00: relaxed Friday meetup for founders, developers, creators, and marketers building or experimenting with AI, just to meet and exchange ideas.

  • 💎 El Nuevo Lujo Digital: Pedir Menos y Saber Más/ 18.30-20.30: expert roundtable for fintech, lending, insurance, and risk professionals to discuss how AI, Open Banking, and Open Finance are reshaping onboarding and verification processes.

  • 💭 ¿Es la IA una Inteligencia o una Nueva Forma de Vida?/ 18.30-21.00: philosophy event exploring whether AI can think, feel, or be considered a form of life, using group dynamics, speaker presentations, rebuttals, and an open fishbowl debate to actively join the conversation.

  • 🤝 Business Networking - Startups, Investors & Tech/ 18.30-22.00: international networking event connecting startups, angel investors, and tech professionals through welcome drinks, warm-up conversations, interactive games, and open networking.

Saturday, 27

  • ⬛ BlackBoxAI: El Nacimiento del Adversario Autónomo/ 10.30-15.00: cybersecurity meetup where offensive security specialist Kneda (co-organizer of HackMadrid and DefCon 2019 finalist) presents a live demo of an autonomous AI agent capable of reasoning and executing offensive security tasks from a command line.

  • 🎸 Festival Villanos del Flamenco - Concierto de Tomatito/ 19.30-23.00: cultural-oriented event with Tomatito, a guitarist and flamenco legend. Would you like to see more cultural events? Take a look at treintamástreinta, a community focused on promoting plans and experiences with cultural institutions and local groups, which recommended to us this event.

Sunday, 28

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, 30 June

Wednesday, 1 July

Thursday, 2 July

Friday, 3 July

Monday, 6 July

Tuesday, 7 July

Wednesday, 8 July

Saturday, 11 July

Tuesday, 14 July

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #80 (21.06.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 25 // 15 to 21 June]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-25-15-to-21-junehttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-25-15-to-21-juneSun, 14 Jun 2026 16:02:15 GMTWant to be part of the next editions? Submit your event here.

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 15

  • 💳 Convierte tu TPV en una Máquina de Datos/ 10.00-12.00: workshop dedicated to restaurant owners and operations directors to unify data from POS machines and build useful dashboards for data analytics, including a live demonstration.

  • 🤖 Robot Experience: Feria de Robótica & IA/ 17.00-20.00: meetup with Beerstorming and AI Network hosting companies and talent to see live robot demos and solutions, and connect with developers working in the field.

Tuesday, 16

Wednesday, 17

  • 💥 Presentación del Índice de Ecosistemas de Emprendimiento de Impacto/ 9.00-12.00: presentation of the Impact Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Index, a tool developed by Impact Hub Madrid and Donostia, analyzing all 50 Spanish provinces across ecological, social, and economic health dimensions to identify territorial strengths and imbalances.

  • 👥 Humanos y Agentes de IA: el Nuevo Organigrama/ 9.45-12.00: morning event by MIOTI Tech & Business School on how humans and AI agents collaborate in the new organizational chart, with the CEO presenting how agentic AI is redefining how teams work, followed by networking and idea exchange among HR and tech leaders.

  • 💻 Digitaliza tu Empresa/ 10.00-13.30: hands-on workshop for entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs, and freelancers covering AI, electronic invoicing, and cybersecurity to optimize processes and adapt businesses to digital challenges.

  • 🍔 5º Startup Day de Madrid Food Innovation Hub/ 10.00-14.00: foodtech showcase at Madrid Food Innovation Hub presenting startups from incubation and acceleration programs, with product tastings, live demos, sensory experiences, and networking with the Madrid foodtech and agri-food ecosystem.

  • 🚀 Product Manager to Founder Journey/ 19.00-21.00: meetup where two founders share their honest PM-to-founder journey beyond the scene, covering what pushed them to take the leap, which product skills transfer, biggest struggles, and practical advice for anyone considering the founder path.

  • ✈️ Viajar, Crear y Monetizar: Construir una Vida Alrededor de tu Contenido/ 19.30-23.00: afterwork with a 30-minute talk by a travel creator on building a personal brand and monetizing content around travel and authentic local experiences without losing authenticity.

Thursday, 18

  • 🏠 Transformar para Habitar/ 9.30-11.30: morning roundtable bringing together real estate developers, clients, and operators to discuss building rehabilitation and the shift toward new residential models like flex living and student housing.

  • 📶 Telecomunicaciones, IA y Ciberseguridad/ 17.30-19.45: congress with roundtables and a keynote on telecommunications, AI, and cybersecurity, with speakers including senior figures from INCIBE, CNMC, the Spanish Data Protection Agency, the VP of IBM Consulting Spain and the Director of Enterprise Solutions at Microsoft Spain.

  • 💻 MFR-Refugees Code Demo Day 2026/ 18.00-21.00: Demo Day celebrating final projects from refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants who trained in Front-End Web Development and Data Analytics this year, with student presentations, Q&A, and networking with tech companies.

  • 🤝 Madrid Business Leaders/ 18.00-21.00: networking event for startup founders, entrepreneurs, tech professionals, creatives, and investors, with light structure, thought-provoking prompts, and optional breakout groups.

  • ⚙️ AI-in-the-Middle MLOps/ 18.30-20.00: meetup at International Lab presenting an MLOps layer with MLflow, covering how LLMs and human experts work together to manage the ML lifecycle end-to-end, including experiment tracking, model registry, workflow orchestration, guardrails, and accelerated migration from Amazon SageMaker to Databricks.

  • 🔄 Menos Tareas, Más Progreso: Automatiza Procesos y Ventas con IA/ 18.30-20.00: workshop at Puerta Innovación on automating processes and sales with AI, with real examples, practical tools, and demos connecting WhatsApp, email, CRM, forms, and other platforms.

  • 🪙 Token Massacre: Aplastando el Contexto de los LLMs con Node.js y TypeScript/ 19.00-20.00: meetup where a full-stack developer will speak about compressing LLM context to reduce token costs and prevent conversations from running out, explaining how his npm package Squeezr built with Node.js and TypeScript acts as an intermediary between AI coding tools and LLM APIs.

  • ⚫ ️OpenCircle | Business Networking Rooftop Drinks/ 19.00-22.00: recurring business networking meetup by OpenCircle for founders, freelancers, and professionals to have real connections and high-value conversations in a stylish and relaxed setting.

Friday, 19

  • 🤝 Liderazgo Consciente y Rendimiento Directivo/ 17.30-19.30: monthly circle for CEOs, entrepreneurs, and executives looking to go beyond success, combining open conversations, mini-presentations, and high-level networking.

Saturday, 20

  • 🤖 AgentsDay NTT Data - Desarrolla y Utiliza Agentes/ 9.30-1.30: meetup with NTT DATA for developers, architects, and tech leads who want to move from using AI to code faster to actually building software with agents, using frameworks like Microsoft Agent Framework, Azure AI Foundry, GitHub Copilot and .NET.

  • 💼 Feria de Empleo Ciberseguridad + Bug Summit/ 9.45-21.00: full-day event at La Nave combining a cybersecurity job fair with a live hacking competition and a bug bounty summit with talks by community practitioners on vulnerability hunting and the current state of offensive security in 2026.

Sunday, 21

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, 23 June

Wednesday, 24 June

Thursday, 25 June

Friday, 26 June

Saturday, 27 June

Tuesday, 30 June

Wednesday, 1 July

Thursday, 2 July

Monday, 6 July

Tuesday, 7 July

Wednesday, 8 July

Saturday, 11 July

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #79 (14.06.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 24 // 8 to 14 June]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-24-8-to-14-junehttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-24-8-to-14-juneSun, 07 Jun 2026 16:01:20 GMTWant to be part of the next editions? Submit your event here.

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 8

  • ✍️ Co-writing Madrid #72/ 18.00-20.00: focused 90 minutes of writing to work on your project, followed by a short session where you can optionally share what you wrote.

  • 📱 UXPA España/ 18.30-20.30: event for UX professionals with advice for emerging designers followed by an open panel discussion with experienced design professionals sharing their experiences.

Tuesday, 9

  • 🔄 De Leads a Clientes: Automatiza y Escala tu Proceso Comercial con IA/ 12.00-14.00: seminar by SIDN and HubSpot on automating and scaling sales processes with AI, showing live demos of AI applied to sales and marketing, and real cases examples, followed by networking.

  • 🔝 Menos IA y Más Decisiones: Guía de Supervivencia de Datos para Startup/ 18.30-20.00: workshop for startup founders on building a lightweight Snowflake data stack to make data-driven decisions without a data department.

  • 🚀 GTM Strategy for Early-Stage Startups/ 18.30-20.00: meetup on GTM strategy for early-stage startups, especially for founders with ideas or early products who need help identifying their target audience.

  • 💻 DevMad! Talks/ 18.30-21.00: developers meetup about designing Mixed Reality experiences with a live demo of the MR game Garden Haven and lessons learnt while developing it.

  • 👩 Step4ward Madrid: Girls, Tech and Beers/ 18.30-21.30: event for women in tech to meet, build community, and form a group of “allies” to attend tech events together so no one has to go alone, with purposeful networking and board games for icebreaking.

  • 🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #36 - “Never Again!”/ 19.00-21.00: open mic storytelling where you can share 2-6 minute first-person stories, or just enjoy listening to others, this time on the theme of “Never Again”.

  • 🎯 KPIs vs Humane Leadership/ 19.30-22.30: networking dinner discussing human leadership and exploring how to build high-performance cultures without losing humanity with conscious leadership.

Wednesday, 10

  • ☕ AI in Action | Desayunos Ejecutivos/ 9.00-12.00: executive breakfast with Microsoft exploring real AI business cases with experts and other leaders, moving AI from strategy to implementation.

  • 🇳 Piensa Fuera de la Caja con Notion/ 17.00-18.30: practical workshop at Santander Work Café showing how Notion brings together everything needed to think, organize, and execute daily work in one place.

  • 🔮 Aprender el Futuro | MADTalk/ 17.00-18.30: talk on how AI is transforming education, how it’s already impacting classrooms, changing how students learn and teachers teach, and helping schools make decisions.

  • 🛵 Building Claude Code while Waiting for Your Glovo/ 18.00-20.30: DevOps meetup with a talk on developing a minimalist Claude Code version from scratch using Node.js and TypeScript, just using core agent primitives.

  • 🎯 Martech Shift/ 18.30-20.00: marketing event at Madrid Innovation Lab on the new paradigm for marketing professionals in the AI agent era, showing how generative AI, autonomous agents, and sophisticated stacks are redefining how brands connect and personalize customer touchpoints.

  • 💥 Design the Future: Strategic Foresight para Innovar con Impacto/ 18.30-20.00: workshop for entrepreneurs on strategic foresight to innovate with impact, teaching how to anticipate market shifts and design direction using strategic foresight tools for new opportunities.

  • ⚡ Vibecoding & Friends/ 19.00-21.30: social gathering for no-code entrepreneurs, founders, professionals and creative builders to share drinks, tips, and tools going from zero to MVP-ready, in a relaxed environment.

  • 🗣 Club de Oratoria - Fresquitalks | Networking & Azotea/ 19.30-21.30: public speaking club rooftop event with drinks, ice-breaking dynamics, practical communication resources, and networking to practice speaking skills in a relaxed outdoor setting.

Thursday, 11

  • 💰 Certificación ENISA e Incentivos Fiscales: Cómo Preparar tu startup para la Inversión/ 18.00-19.30: workshop for investment preparation, covering corporate tax, investor deductions, stock options, and structuring your business for investment.

  • 🔥 CryptoDays by La Familia - Web3 Meetup/ 18.00-20.00: crypto meetup closing the first CryptoDays x La Familia season, where local teams and developers discuss lessons on building on Solana today, sharing practical knowledge from Web3 entry to fundraising and growth.

  • 🚀 De Idea a Decisión en 3 minutos. Cómo Construir el Pitch de tu Startup/ 18.30-20.00: workshop on building a startup pitch that generates decisions in 3 minutes, sharing a pitch framework with 6 dimensions and 3 problem layers (functional, emotional, symbolic).

  • ❓ Open Space: ¿Qué Narices está Pasando en el Mercado Laboral Tech?/ 18.30-20.30: discussion in an open space format on what’s happening in the tech labor market, debating whether AI is changing what’s actually required vs what’s said to be required.

  • 📵 Offline Reading Party/ 19.00-21.30: reading session to disconnect and slow down with no phones or notifications and connecting with other book lovers.

  • 📩 Lenny’s Newsletter Meetup/ 19.00-22.00: casual meetup by Lenny’s Newsletter for people building products or working in tech to have in-depth conversations, sponsored by Clerk, an authentication platform).

  • ⚫️ OpenCircle | Business Networking/ 19.00-22.00: weekly rooftop networking for founders, freelancers, and professionals who want real connections over awkward pitches, replacing quantity with high-value conversations to find co-founders, consultants, or customers, bilingual English/Spanish, stylish and relaxed vibe, free entry, secret venue revealed via WhatsApp RSVP.

  • ⚡ The Energy Dinner/ 20.00-23.00: dinner for a restricted, small group of entrepreneurs looking for deep conversations, accessed by selection.

Friday, 12

  • 😎 Build with AI | Summer Edition/ 15.30-20.30: workshop by Google Developers Group on autonomous agents and multi-agent systems, moving beyond basic prompting to build AI teams that execute and reason ethically.

  • 💪 Madrid AI Builders/ 17.00-19.00: relaxed networking meetup for people in Madrid building with AI, aimed at connecting tech people, exchanging ideas, and building genuine connections in the Madrid AI scene.

  • 📈 Emprender Lejos de Casa: Comunidad, Proceso y Crecimiento/ 17.30-20.00: meetup for entrepreneurial women building life, projects or networks in the city, with a panel of founders, conversation on entrepreneurship, Q&A, and afterwork networking.

Saturday, 13

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Sunday, 14

  • ✨ Creative Marathon #11/ 10.45-14.00: creative meetup for a focused 3-hour working slot on any creative project, including brunch and ending with a sharing session.

Upcoming Events

Monday, 15 June

Tuesday, 16 June

Wednesday, 17 June

Thursday, 18 June

Saturday, 20 June

Tuesday, 23 June

Wednesday, 24 June

Thursday, 25 June

Friday, 26 June

Saturday, 27 June

Tuesday, 30 June

Wednesday, 1 July

Thursday, 2 July

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #78 (7.06.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 23 // 1 to 7 June]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-23-1-to-7-junehttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-23-1-to-7-juneSun, 31 May 2026 16:03:02 GMTWant to be part of the next editions? Submit your event here.

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 1

Tuesday, 2

  • 📈 Innoday DeepTech - De la Ciencia al Mercado: Cómo Construir y Escalar Startups DeepTech/ 10.00-14.30: Innoday focused on deeptech, connecting researchers, universities, startups, investors, and corporates to discuss transforming scientific research into scalable startups.

  • 🛡️ Jornada Técnica sobre Ciberseguridad para el Ecosistema Emprendedor/ 11.00-14.00: technical session for entrepreneurs on applying ISO 27001 principles for cybersecurity, covering technical and organizational requirements, data governance compared to Spain’s ENS, competitive advantages of certification, and practical tools for startups and SMEs.

  • 🚀 4YFN & Friends: Madrid Meetup/ 17.30-20.00: meetup connecting Madrid’s startup ecosystem to the global 4YFN platform, with a General Partner from Notion Capital, the Managing Director of Wayra Spain, the co-CEO and co-founder of TaxDown, a Partner from Kibo Ventures, and representatives from Santander Spain telling startup stories on scaling corporate partnerships.

  • 💻 Cursor Madrid Hackathon #3/ 18.00-22.30: hackathon by Cursor where builders form teams of around four people (or get matched if coming solo) to design and build a functional project in a few hours using Cursor.

  • ⚡ High-Performance Data Meets Modern AI/ 18.20-20.20: meetup focused on kdb+ and q programming language, with a senior data scientist from BBVA presenting a neural network implemented natively in q/KDB Insights for estimating execution probability in financial markets, and other talks.

  • 📊 GrafanaCON Recap Madrid/ 18.30-21.00: recap event hosted by Grafana & Friends Madrid summarizing key announcements from GrafanaCON 2026‘s keynote, plus a talk by Grafana Labs’ Product Designer and Staff Solutions Engineer on how k6 v2.0 lowers barriers for proactive testing with AI-assisted code generation.

  • 🤖 Building an MCP Server in Go: Connecting AI Models to the Real World/ 19.00-21.00: technical talk on building a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in Go using the official SDK to connect AI models to databases, APIs, files, and services.

  • 🏃 Run Your Business -South Summit Edition/ 19.00-21.30: founders’ run organized with Startup Grind Madrid, consisting of an easy conversational-paced run followed by talks from founders and relaxed after drinks.

Wednesday, 3

  • 🔥 South Summit/ 9.00-24.00 (1/3): one of the biggest Tech conferences in Spain, with 20,000+ attendees from 134 countries, including 7,500+ startups and 2,100+ investors managing over $580B in funds, focused on AI convergence and innovation across industries, with keynotes and sessions.

  • 🎯 IA Aplicada al Mundo Real: ML en Salud y Desarrollo con Agentes y Spec-kit/ 18.00-21.30: talks on two real-world AI case studies: a data scientist presenting ML for predicting multidrug-resistant bacteria in ICU patients, and a data engineer explaining spec-driven development and spec-kit for building agent-based systems from a streaming fraud detection pipeline.

  • </> #CodeMeet Madrid: Software Engineering 2.0: The Rules Have Changed/ 18.15-21.15: meetup by Codemotion on how AI is fundamentally reshaping software engineering workflows and collaboration between engineering, product, and business teams, with talks on the new engineering skillset and live demos.

  • 🔥 Madrid Cybersecurity Social #02/ 18.30-21.30: second appointment with the community of cybersecurity professionals (inspired by the successful Berlin community), this time including a lightning talk on the threats introduced by the Agentic AI stack, layer by layer.

  • 🤖 AI Builders&Backers: South Summit Kickoff at ElevenLabs House/ 19.00-21.30: kickoff event for South Summit, bringing together AI founders, builders, and the VC ecosystem for cold beer, snacks, and networking with ElevenLabs and partners.

Thursday, 4

  • 🔥 AWS Summit Madrid/ 10.00-18.30: annual conference at IFEMA by Amazon Web Services with over 90 sessions covering agentic AI, serverless computing, cloud migration, and digital transformation, and partners’ exhibitions.

  • 📐 Architecture Summit/ 18.00-21.00: conference by IE School of Architecture and Design featuring talks and panels with experts in the field of architecture and construction.

  • 🍹 Hope Dose x IE x Climate Cocktails/ 19.00-22.00: climate tech happy hour co-hosted by Hope Dose, IE University, and South Summit, bringing together climate tech startups and investors for drinks in an informal format.

  • ❌ AI Nights: Errores, Aprendizajes y Risas con el Hype/ 19.30-22.30: afterwork where two speakers share real AI failures and lessons learned in honest 20-minute talks covering broken automations, failed projects, and misleading hype, followed by open networking in a relaxed atmosphere.

  • 🤖 Playground #2 | Let Claude Handle it/ 19.30-22.30: meetup by Guiris de Mierda with a Claude AI masterclass by a Y Combinator founder and former startup CEO who raised $4M and now creates AI content for 300k+ followers, plus a live communication and presence training session and structured networking.

Friday, 5

  • ✨ Madrid Tech Mixer and Social/ 19.30-22.30: weekly afterwork meetup open to tech, AI, data, and IT professionals for casual drinks and connections in a relaxed setting.

Saturday, 6

  • 🟢 Otro Puto Mercadillo 72º/ 16.00-21.00: local flea market with over 40 stands offering upcycling fashion, secondhand clothing, jewelry, prints, and fanzines, plus bar and raffles.

Sunday, 7

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Upcoming Events

Monday, 8 June

Tuesday, 9 June

Wednesday, 10 June

Thursday, 11 June

Friday, 12 June

Monday, 15 June

Monday, 16 June

Tuesday, 16 June

Wednesday, 17 June

Thursday, 18 June

Saturday, 20 June

Tuesday, 23 June

Wednesday, 24 June

Thursday, 25 June

Friday, 26 June

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #77 (31.05.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 22 // 25 to 31 May]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-22-25-to-31-mayhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-22-25-to-31-maySun, 24 May 2026 16:02:47 GMTWant to be part of the next editions? Submit your event here.

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 25

Tuesday, 26

Wednesday, 27

  • 🏘️ AI4RE Summit 26/ 9.30-18.30: conference focused exclusively on AI applications in Real Estate, bringing together industry leaders to explore how AI can optimize processes, cut costs, and open new business opportunities.

  • 📊 Workshop Tableau Next/ 10.30-12.30: workshop on the new Tableau Next analytics platform, with a practical case to build an interactive dashboard and turn data into actionable business insights in two hours.

  • 💰 Claves para Optimizar tu Patrimonio en un Mundo Cambiante/ 17.00-18.00: talk led by the Director Comercial Retail of Santander Asset Management on how to optimize personal wealth in a volatile environment by shifting from product‑centric to solution‑oriented investing.

  • 🔥 Adyen and BBVA: How AI is Transforming Financial Services/ 18.00-21.00: talks from a BBVA data scientist and GenAI lead on scaling text generation for technical writing, and from an Adyen machine learning engineer on building a foundational model for payments, followed by networking over drinks.

  • 📊 Análisis Forense de Datos Utilizando Spark, Zingg y Graphframes/ 18.15-20.15: session focused on data forensics with Apache Spark, with a talk by a data engineer on using Spark, Zingg, and GraphFrames to detect and map suspicious duplicate profiles and improve data‑quality workflows.

  • 🆆 WordPress Más Allá del Theme: Headless, IA y Creative Development/ 18.30-20.30: meetup by WordPress where a creative developer and CEO of Onetouch España presents a modern workflow using WordPress as a headless CMS together with Claude, Figma, and Astro to align design, development, and content for web projects.

  • 🚀 Construyendo Sin Filtros #13 - Emprender, Crecer y Reinventarse con Propósito/ 18.30-21.00: event by Startup Grind Madrid with a candid conversation between two founders on how to build, scale, and reinvent ventures with purpose, sharing real lessons on growth, leadership, and staying aligned with core values in the entrepreneurial journey.

  • 🗣️ Public Speaking Club – The Perfect Setting for Every Occasion/ 19.00-21.00: workshop led by a public speaking instructor on adapting speech structure to different contexts through guided exercises to promote clearer communication for professionals.

  • 🍷 Women, Work & Wine | by PNM/ 19.15-22.30: networking evening by Professionals & Entrepreneurs Network (PNM) for women professionals, founders, freelancers, and students, creating an informal, female‑focused space to talk about work and projects.

Thursday, 28

  • ☕️ Climate Coffee/ 8.30-10.30: monthly coffee meetup for people working in or curious about climate and impact for informal conversations on the topics.

  • ֎ Crea Contenido para Redes Sociales Fácilmente con IA/ 10.30-14.30: training for entrepreneurs to use AI tools for faster social‑media content creation, analyzing online presence and aligning messaging with a clear communication and positioning strategy.

  • 🚀 Kick Off - Aceleración de Startups/ 17.00-19.00: kick‑off event at Cámara de Comercio for the 3rd edition of the national Impulsa Startup – DESPEGA accelerator program, where ten startups begin a sales‑focused acceleration journey with consultants covering tech & product, growth & strategy, finance and fundraising, legal & operations, and marketing & growth.

  • 🧠 Comunica con Cerebro/ 17.00-20.00: workshop on how the brain shapes communication, understanding why messages are often misinterpreted and how to adjust language and non‑verbal cues to convey ideas more clearly and effectively.

  • 💬 PATIO Social Club/ 17.30-19.30: monthly networking event at PATIO Campus where startups, corporates, and ecosystem players connect in a relaxed, no‑pitch environment over drinks and casual conversation to build relationships.

  • 🤖 IE Tech Summit/ 18.15-21.00: event by IE University with guests like the Head of Airbus Space Systems Spain speaking about space innovation, followed by a talk on supercomputing and AI “gigafactories” in Europe and a panel on the future of space, plus a closing discussion on art and technology with a vice president from Artnet.

  • 👀 Official Canvas 26 Watch Party/ 18.30-21.00: watch‑party following the global Canvas 26 keynote and then reflect on complexity and decision‑making at work, including a hands‑on session using Miro AI Flows for collaboration and visual thinking.

  • ⚡ ¿Cómo Adoptar IA en tu Empresa de Forma Eficiente?/ 18.30-21.00: talk on how companies can adopt AI beyond experimentation by redesigning processes, data, and culture, including a live demo and practical examples from projects with organizations like Harvard University and Unisys.

  • 🌐 Estrategia de Posicionamiento Digital para Emprendedores: Cómo Expandir tu Negocio a Nuevos Mercados/ 19.00-20.30: workshop led by a business strategist focused on helping entrepreneurs build a clear digital positioning with personal branding, and use AI to expand into new markets and turn visibility into business opportunities.

Friday, 29

  • 🤖 Madrid AI Builders/ 17.00-19.00: meetup for founders, developers, marketers and creators active in AI projects to exchange ideas and build connections within the local AI scene.

  • 🔥 CryptoDays by La Familia - Madrid Web3 Meetup/ 18.00-20.30: another appointment with La Familia and CryptoDays for an evening of Web3 and crypto ecosystem updates, local project presentations, and community networking.

  • 🇪🇸 Primer Encuentro para Migrantes Hispanas en Madrid/ 19.00-23.30: meetup for Hispanic migrant women in Madrid by Altea Comunidad, with a panel on empowerment and leadership including a former Country Manager, a VP of Technology at Globant and co-leader of Latinas in Tech Spain, and an executive with 20+ years across 30 countries.

Saturday, 30

  • 🚀 IA Start Day/ 10.00-18.00: full-day workshop by Racks University where you can learn to build a functional AI agent using Gemini, with no prior experience, going from idea to a working MVP.

  • 📚 1-Hour Reading Rave/ 12.45-14.00: meetup by The Offline Club to get together at Retiro park and read for one hour with phones completely off, with time afterward to network and connect.

Sunday, 31

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Upcoming Events

Monday, 1 June

Tuesday, 2 June

Tuesday, 3 June

Thursday, 4 June

Saturday, 6 June

Tuesday, 9 June

Wednesday, 10 June

Thursday, 11 June

Friday, 12 June

Monday, 15 June

Tuesday, 16 June

Wednesday, 17 June

Thursday, 18 June

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #76 (24.05.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 21 // 18 to 24 May]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-21-18-to-24-mayhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-21-18-to-24-maySun, 17 May 2026 16:00:59 GMTWant to be part of the next editions? Submit your event here.

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 18

  • 🎯 De SEO a GEO/ 18.00-20.30: digging into GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and how AI assistants like ChatGPT or Perplexity decide which brands to mention, with insights from the CEO of Omnia, an ex-Klarna leader whose startup focuses on AI search visibility.

Tuesday, 19

  • ⚙️ SAP Sapphire Madrid/ 9.00-17.00 (1/3): event by SAP, the world’s largest vendor of enterprise software, with leaders, partners, and customers for updates and demos of agent-based workflows, AI-first vision, keynotes, and much more.

  • 📊 Data Talent Innovation Summit IV/ 9.30-13.00: summit by MIOTI Tech & Business School discussing how agentic AI systems are being designed, orchestrated, and taken to production, with a panel of guests including the co‑founder & CEO of MIOTI, the CEO of MINEO, the Global Sales Director of Red Hat, the Head of AI of Verisure, and the R&D Director of FacePhi.

  • 🤝 DinaNetworking/ 10.00-15.00: helping community leaders connect with other communities to form strategic partnerships, gain visibility, and grow their influence and business through guided exercises and interactive sessions.

  • 🏁 El Número 81/ 18.00-20.30: imagine a market with 80 almost identical products, and you are the 81 in the list. This workshop will help B2C startups improve their positioning by examining why the current messaging sounds like every other competitor, then running live peer-to-peer drills to rewrite the pitch so it clearly differentiates their product without hiding behind generic category labels.

Wednesday, 20

  • 💰 Expande tus Canales de Venta: Impulsa tu Crecimiento con Amazon/ 10.00-14.00: workshop for e-commerce to decide whether Amazon should become a real sales channel, breaking down Seller Central, FBA vs. FBM, Amazon SEO, Ads, and the cost-risk tradeoffs behind marketplace growth.

  • 🏠 SIMA 2026 - Living Conference Expo/ 10.00-14.00 (1/4): international “living” and real estate fair at IFEMA with exhibitors around new residential projects, affordable housing, tech innovation, and similar.

  • ⚡ Ecosistema Tech: Acelerando el Negocio con IA/ 10.00-15.30: full‑morning gathering for finance and HR leaders around tools like Pleo, Embat, PayFit, Alan, Uber for Business, Personio, and Dost to show how AI is moving from automation into core strategic decisions, with keynotes and panels led by senior leaders from Microsoft and category‑leading SaaS firms.

  • 🔥 BuildJam - AI Founders by Startup Grind Madrid/ 17.30-21.00: Startup Grind event hosted at Glovo‘s offices dedicated to taking anyone with an idea (or without) through a structured sprint to build a real working prototype in under three hours using AI tools like Lovable, with mentors, frameworks, team formation, and a feedback round.

  • ❌ Fuckup Nights Madrid | May 2026 (VOL. XXI)/ 18.30-21.30: another edition of Fuckup Nights with a new set of stories about professional failures, where speakers share how their business crashes, broken deals, or failed products turned into unexpected lessons and growth.

  • 💰 Más Ventas, Menos Horas/ 18.00-20.00: practical session on how to drive more sales and reduce working hours by embedding AI agents into the commercial cycle, covering how to generate leads consistently, automate responses and follow‑ups, design more efficient sales flows, and pick real‑world tools.

  • 🎯 What “Agile” got Right About People — and What it Missed/ 19.00-20.30: session with a senior product manager focused on discussing where the Agile methodology works and where the human side is still routinely overlooked in practice, sharing real‑world experience and a practical lens on how to improve team dynamics.

  • 👨🏻‍💻 Arquitecturas de IA en Rust: Live Coding/ 19.00-21.00: appointment with NSCoder Nigh Madrid for a hands‑on session to build an AI agent from scratch in Rust using open‑source tools, focusing on clarifying the difference between a chatbot and a true agent and demystifying core AI concepts to design and implement your own AI‑driven systems.

  • 📦 World Product Day/ 19.00-21.00: on the occasion of the World Product Day, the community of ProductTank Madrid organizes an evening with speed‑networking, icebreakers, and informal hang‑out time over formal talks, especially for product managers, designers, engineers, and founders to meet and exchange ideas.

  • 💫 The Creative Pause | Color Hunt & Creative Walk/ 19.30-21.30: creative photography walk in Malasaña with a guided “color hunt” exploring palettes, lettering, textures, and hidden visual details, before ending with some relaxed networking.

Thursday, 21

  • 📈 El Negocio: Motor de Creación de Riqueza, Crecimiento y Diversificación/ 9.30-12.00: exploring how family-owned businesses can preserve entrepreneurial drive across generations by refreshing business models and diversifying into new ventures. Executives from KPMG’s corporate finance and family business teams will share practical approaches to designing global growth and risk strategies.

  • 🔒 Protegiendo tu Patrimonio, Acompañando tu Tranquilidad/ 16.30-18.30: practical cybersecurity session with representatives of security from Banco Santander, about protecting personal assets and preventing fraud, outlining how the bank, the National Police, and the public prosecutor’s office work together to fight these crimes.

  • 🧠 Guía para Mentes Ambiciosas: El Círculo del Autosabotaje/ 17.30-18.30: session at Santander Work Café to unpack the self-sabotage loop that holds back talented professionals, like social comparison, impostor syndrome, and analysis paralysis.

  • 💥 IA Disruptiva: Retos y Ventaja Competitiva en la Empresa/ 18.00-21.00: discussing where disruptive AI is genuinely changing business performance versus staying stuck in slideware, with five short and concrete talks on real cases.

  • 🚀 De Cero a Claude Avanzado: Cómo Sacarle el Máximo Partido en tu Proyecto/ 18.00-21.00: paid workshop to go from a basic use of Claude to advanced setups focused on real work, covering things like projects, skills, and best‑practice prompting to turn the model into a practical engine for your own workflows and products.

  • 💻 WTM | Workshop de Diseño/ 18.30-22.00: Women Techmakers Madrid (WTM) hands-on Penpot workshop for designers, walking through setting up a project from scratch, analyzing an existing template, and exploring core design features plus an early preview of Penpot’s new MCP server.

  • 💪 Crea tu Primera Aplicación con IA Generativa 5 minutos/ 18.45-22.00: workshop on how to build and deploy their first generative AI app in minutes using Genkit, Google’s open-source framework for wiring LLMs into Node.js projects without locking into a single cloud, led by a member of the Genkit team.

  • 🔥 Dirigiendo una Orquesta de IAs desde Terminal/ 19.00-20.00: Node.js meetup for developers diving into Karajan Code, a vanilla JS multi‑agent CLI that orchestrates tools like Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI across a 16‑role pipeline, unpacking its architecture, SKILL system, and 23 MCP tools after more than 80 releases and 3,000 tests.

  • 📊 Data Streaming Meetup/ 19.00-22.00: meetup by MasOrange and Apache Kafka Madrid community focused on securing Kafka-based systems, with one talk from a Confluent staff developer advocate on end‑to‑end security for data in motion and another from a MasOrange senior engineer on hard‑won lessons securing multi-tenant Kafka clusters with a custom authorization model.

Friday, 22

  • 🔀 Madrid Tech Mixer and Social/ 19.30-22.30: a relaxed after-work environment for tech enthusiasts to network, share knowledge, and explore career opportunities in fields like AI, web development, and data science, hosted regularly.

Saturday, 23

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Sunday, 24

  • 🥐 Madrid Tech Brunch/ 12.00-14.00: another Sunday appointment with Madrid Tech Brunch, designed for developers, programmers, hackers, product people, remote workers, and tech-curious to join structured small-group discussions around selected topics like industry trends, career growth, tools, AI, and productivity, all in a relaxed environment.

Upcoming Events

Monday, 25 May

Tuesday, 26 May

Wednesday, 27 May

Thursday, 28 May

Friday, 29 May

Saturday, 30 May

Monday, 1 June

Tuesday, 2 June

Thursday, 4 June

Saturday, 6 June

Wednesday, 10 June

Friday, 12 June

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #75 (17.05.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 20 // 11 to 17 May]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-20-11-to-17-mayhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-20-11-to-17-maySun, 10 May 2026 16:02:32 GMTWant to be part of the next editions? Submit your event here.

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 11

  • ✨ UXPA España Networking/ 18.00-20.00: bringing together researchers, designers, and people interested in user experience to help shape the local UX scene.

  • 🍹 Business Networking PNM | 4° Anniversary - Rooftop/ 19.00-23.00: monthly gathering for entrepreneurs, freelancers, autónomos, creators, and professionals focused on making introductions, exchanging ideas, and finding collaborators or clients.

Tuesday, 12

  • 🗣 Mentalidad y Lenguaje: Crea un Pitch con Impacto/ 10.30-14.30: workshop for founders to build a more memorable pitch by improving the link between message, verbal delivery, and nonverbal communication, led by a communication specialist.

  • 🚀 Demo Day Startup Inspire/ 16.00-19.00: Demo Day from INCIBE Emprende by Sherpa Tribe, closing the Startup Inspire incubation program where 20 early-stage projects with a strong technology and cybersecurity focus will present their solutions after two months of training, mentoring, and specialist support.

  • 🧾 Designing Policies for Better Business Environments/ 17.00-18.30: event at IE examining how regulation and public services shape healthier business environments, with speakers that include the Director of the Policy Indicators Group and a Senior Economist leading Women, Business and the Law.

  • 🤖 CAIOS: Corporate Artificial Intelligence Operative Systems/ 18.00-20.00: meetup by BeersStorming looking at how to explain AI in business terms like efficiency, ROI, scalability, risk, control, and execution, rather than staying at the level of tools and prompts, led by Rubén García, the creator of CAIOS.

  • 😎 Madrid ECCEDU Meetup/ 18.30-22.00: meetup by the European Centre for Career Education (ECCEDU), bringing together more than 70 founders, managers, and decision-makers for a carefully curated evening built around personalized agendas and small-group roundtables matched by background, experience, and current challenges.

  • 🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #34 - “Jerbs”/ 19.00-21.00: storytelling night where people can share true first-person stories in a simple open mic format, with room for both prepared speakers and people who just want to listen.

  • 🔥 DesahógaTECH: El rincón del desahogo tech/ 19.00-21.00: meetup by Google Developers Group turning common tech frustrations into an open group conversation on topics like toxic teams, endless meetings, hiring processes, and other real problems in the industry, designed as an interactive space to laugh about the messier parts of tech work.

  • 🏃 Run Your Business Madrid/ 19.00-21.30: join an easy group run followed by networking to spend time and connect with other founders and entrepreneurs. Organized by Volta Run Club, Driza, and Startup Grind Madrid.

Wednesday, 13

  • 🤖 Physical AI and the “Chip to Cloud” Revolution/ 9.30-13.30: session at AWS discussing how Physical AI is moving beyond screens into industrial operations, combining strategy, architecture, and real use cases built around sensors, actuators, edge systems, and cloud infrastructure, with speakers from GALEO, Beckhoff Automation, Multiverse Computing, Autis Ingenieros, and AWS partner teams.

  • ☕ Coffee Break con el CEO de Cyclo Energy/ 12.00-14.00: coffee break where the CEO of Cyclo Energy will share the story of how his deeptech startup operates in the circular economy for fuels such as SAF, methane, and hydrogen.

  • ⚛️ Mitos y Realidades de la Computación Cuántica/ 18.00-20.00: unpacking common myths in quantum computing and separating popular explanations from the underlying physics, with a session led by a physicist and engineer working through these questions with tools like Qiskit.

  • 🔥 Sameer Al-Sakran, CEO of Metabase, Live at Mad Builders/ 18.00-20.00: session with Metabase’s CEO Sameer Al-Sakran, about building durable product-led software companies, from starting as a side project and delaying monetization to selling into enterprises without losing product identity, especially relevant for founders and builders interested in open source, AI, and SaaS strategy.

  • 💻 The Future of Software Engineering/ 18.30-20.30: bringing together engineering leaders from Flywire, Orbio AI, Fever, and Desplega labs to discuss how software engineering is changing as companies become more AI-native.

  • 🗣 Public Speaking Club – If your story lacks purpose, you’ve already lost/ 19.00-21.00: public speaking session for professionals focused on storytelling that works in fast-moving environments, led by a university debate, communication, and public speaking professor, and aimed at people who want to improve how they present, persuade, and communicate at work.

  • ✨ Vibecoding & Friends: Social Gathering for Founders and Entrepreneurs/ 19.00-21.30: recurring meetup for founders, no-code entrepreneurs, and people building early products to meet and share ideas, tools, and practical tips on getting from zero to MVP in a relaxed social setting.

Thursday, 14

  • 🤝 From AI Feature to Market Position: Workshop para Fundadores/ 9.00-12.00: practical workshop for AI startup founders on building features to define a stronger market narrative, sharper ICP, and a value proposition that is easier to defend and communicate.

  • 🏡 Proptech Thursday/ 10.00-12.00: real estate and Property Tech innovation session from TheFringe/LABS, discussing new models in real estate agencies through conversations with two major servicers about how technology is shaping the future of their businesses.

  • 🚀 Cerrar para Avanzar: Lecciones de una CEO Tras el Final de su Startup/ 12.00-14.00: coffee break with the founder of The Good Goal discussing experiences with the less visible side of startup life, including validation, scaling, raising a first investment round, cofounder challenges, and the decision to shut a company down.

  • ⚛️ Hasta la Física y Más Allá. Próxima Parada: El Futuro/ 15.00-18.30: a series of short talks on cutting-edge physics and future career paths, combining research topics like the Higgs field, machine learning through statistical physics, and black holes.

  • 💰 Cómo Construir un Sistema de Ventas Escalable en tu Startup/ 18.30-20.00: session with the CEO of Sandler Madrid, a company providing sales and management training, about turning ad‑hoc selling in startups into a structured, scalable sales system, using Sandler methodology to move from “closing at any cost” to a predictable pipeline and higher conversion without discount-driven tactics.

  • 🗣️ Show & Tell: How does AI Influence Your Profession?/ 18.30-21.00: Session by Madrid Tech Brunch with two AI talks, one on building multi-agent workflows in Cursor from a Teramind lead web developer, and another on project management in the age of AI from an international program manager at the University of South Florida, followed by mini-workshops with tools like Cursor and Claude.

  • 📵 Offline Reading Party/ 19.00-21.30: phone-free afterwork space to enjoy your favourite business book and connect with other people in a relaxed vibe.

Friday, 15

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Saturday, 16

  • 🚶 Walk & Talk About Life’s Big Questions/ 10.00-12.30: weekly group walk built for deeper conversations, with each attendee bringing a question or topic to explore while walking together through Retiro.

  • 🥐 Geek Picnic/ 17.00-19.00: a Madrid Tech Brunch picnic to connect with other people in tech, creatives, entrepreneurs, and locals for an easy afternoon in Retiro. Show up, bring snacks or games if you want, and spend time with people who like tech but prefer a more casual social format.

Sunday, 17

  • 💡 Creative Marathon #10/ 10.45-14.00: three focused hours to work on any kind of creative project, from writing and drawing to craft or other personal ideas, with time to share what you made at the end, combining independent making with a small community setting and brunch.

Upcoming Events

Monday, 18 May

Tuesday, 19 May

Wednesday, 20 May

Thursday, 21 May

Monday, 25 May

Tuesday, 26 May

Wednesday, 27 May

Thursday, 28 May

Friday, 29 May

Monday, 1 June

Tuesday, 2 June

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #74 (10.05.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 19 // 4 to 10 May]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-19-4-to-10-mayhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-19-4-to-10-maySun, 03 May 2026 16:02:35 GMTWant to be part of the next editions? Submit your event here.

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 4

  • 🔗 Pharos Meetup by Stakely 16.00-20.00: meetup focused on how Real World Assets are being integrated into blockchain and how Pharos Network is building decentralized infrastructure around that shift, hosted with the co-founder of Stakely.

Tuesday, 5

  • ☕ Microsoft AI in Action | Desayunos Ejecutivos/ 9.00-12.00: executive breakfast by Microsoft for business leaders, about how companies are already applying AI to real business cases, with discussions focused on moving from strategy to implementation and measurable results.

  • 🏠 WIRES Mesa Redonda - La Era del Smart Asset/ 9.00-12.00: roundtable organized by Women in Real Estate Spain (WIRES) discussing how facility management is turning property operations into added asset value, with a focus on the idea of the “smart asset” in real estate, and speakers from Generali, GMP, CBRE, and Vivia.

  • 📦 Inventario y Control de Stock: Optimiza la Logística de tu Empresa/ 10.30-14.30: workshop for founders to improve inventory and stock control with strategies to reduce duplication, extra costs and demand-planning mistakes, led by a logistics consultant.

  • 🎯 Foro Experiencia de Marca: Customer Experience y Crecimiento Rentable/ 19.00-20.00: forum focused on how companies can use customer experience to win clients without cutting prices, and reduce the silent loss of customers through stronger value propositions and better brand interactions, with leaders from Gilmar, Uniteco, Moeve, and Merz Aesthetics.

  • 🪙 Bitcoin & Lightning #80: Back to Basics/ 19.00-22.00: crypto-enthusiasts meetup revisiting the basics of Bitcoin and Lightning, covering how transactions work, why self-custody matters, and how Lightning enables instant, low-cost payments for everyday use.

  • ⚡️ Lightning Talks #47 @ Maria Pandora/ 19.10-21.00: 5 to 6 short talks on completely different topics, each followed by audience questions, creating a fun and dynamic format built around unexpected ideas and discussion.

Wednesday, 6

Thursday, 7

  • 🔎 Patio Generative Engine Optimization Summit/ 14.00-20.00: deep dive into Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), the shift from competing for visibility in search to being recommended by AI systems, with sponsors from L’Oréal Groupe.

  • ☕ Café y Ciberseguridad: Protégete del Fraude en la Era de IA/ 17.00-19.00: session with Banco Santander cybersecurity specialists on how fraud and scams are evolving with AI, showing practical ways to spot cyber attacks.

  • 🔥 BuildJam - AI Founders by Startup Grind Madrid/ 17.30-21.00: Startup Grind Madrid is back with another event, this time as a practical build jam dedicated to turning an idea into a working prototype in a single afternoon using AI tools, with guidance from local founders and builders.

  • ☁️ Cloud Native Madrid @SUSE/ 18.30-20.30: meetup at SUSE with two technical talks on confidential computing with CNCF Confidential Containers and Kata, and on bringing virtual machines into cloud-native environments with KubeVirt and Harvester, aimed at developers and infrastructure professionals interested in Kubernetes, orchestration, security, and practical cloud-native architectures.

  • 🎛️ “Más Allá de los Píxeles” y “De Sensores a Secisiones”/ 18.30-20.30: meetup by Sirviendo Código on two practical AI topics: how models like CLIP align text and images through contrastive training, and how real-world AI systems go from sensor input to perception, interpretation, and decision-making.

  • 📱 Masterclass: Cómo Usar las Redes Sociales para Hacer Crecer tu Negocio/ 19.00-20.00: masterclass by Madrid Innova on turning social media profiles into real customer acquisition channels by defining a target audience, choosing the right platforms, and creating content that leads to sales rather than just engagement.

  • 💬 Deep Chats: Timing - What Are You Waiting For?/ 19.00-22.00: meetup centered on the theme of “timing”, using guided conversation and reflection to explore questions about acting, waiting, missed opportunities, and where people feel ahead or behind in life.

  • 📵 The Creative Pause | Create, Unplug & Connect #6/ 19.30-21.30: spark your creativity during an offline evening of hands-on making, shared prompts, and relaxed conversation, with a guided screen-free session built around mini collaborative activities.

Friday, 8

  • ⚙️ Integrar con Éxito la IA en la Cultura Empresarial/ 10.30-13.30: session on how companies can move from experimenting with AI to embedding it in everyday work through relevant use cases, workflow integration, team capability changes, and clear ethical criteria.

  • 🤖 Implementing AI in Business - Practical Take-Aways/ 16.00-18.00: practical AI session showing how professionals can apply AI in day-to-day business work without needing a technical background, covering topics like marketing analytics and reporting, and with sessions such as GPTs for sales.

  • ❓ Benefit Pub Quiz / 20.00-22.30: pub quiz organized by Madrid For Refugees, mixing team trivia challenges with fundraising for local support programs.

Saturday, 9

  • 🎯 Marketing Digital | 4º Sherpa Day/ 9.15-20.30: full-day marketing and AI event built around practical talks and implementation-focused sessions, with speakers from LinkedIn, Webpositer, FunnelSchool, TUMADRE Marketing, and Sherpa Campus.

  • 🚶 Walk & Talk About Life’s Big Questions/ 10.00-12.30: weekly walk for people who want deeper conversations around personal questions, ideas, and obsessions instead of small talk. Bring one thoughtful topic and spend the walk moving between conversations designed around reflection and genuine connection.

  • 🟢 Otro Puto Mercadillo 71º/ 16.00-21.00: another edition of this local market bringing together more than 40 independent stands with fanzines, upcycled fashion, second-hand clothing, jewelry, and prints, aimed at people interested in discovering independent creative projects.

Sunday, 10

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Upcoming Events

Monday, 11 May

Tuesday, 12 May

Wednesday, 13 May

Thursday, 14 May

Saturday, 16 May

Tuesday, 19 May

Wednesday, 20 May

Thursday, 21 May

Monday, 25 May

Tuesday, 26 May

Wednesday, 27 May

Thursday, 28 May

Friday, 29 May

👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #73 (3.05.26)

]]><![CDATA[Week 18 // 27 April to 3 May]]>https://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-18-27-april-to-3-mayhttps://www.quepasaenmadrid.com/p/week-18-27-april-to-3-maySun, 26 Apr 2026 16:02:36 GMTWant to be part of the next editions? Submit your event here.

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 27

  • 🚀 MAKESH: Juventud, Educación y Emprendimiento/ 16.00-18.00: roundtable on youth and entrepreneurship with founders and operators from The Optimal Flow, Premios Entalpía, Prototípalo, Ebre Impact, and the Amazon Ads ecosystem to share what building a project actually looks like.

Tuesday, 28

  • 🔐 VII Cybersecurity & Data Innovation Summit/ 9.00-15.00: one-day summit for cybersecurity with many guest speakers covering topics like cybercrime-as-a-service, AI in production, identity security, regulation, human risk, and data governance.

  • 📈 Escenario Geopolítico y Estrategia de Inversión/ 9.30-11.00: business-focused talk on investing under global uncertainty, with a practical angle to make sharper strategic calls.

  • 🚀 Beta Dash: Buildathon No-Code (Talento Femenino)/ 17.30-20.00: practical no-code buildathon dedicated to women, to turn ideas into working digital prototypes using AI and no-code tools, with support from Nomu Labs coaches and input from a GTM advisor and a Lovable ambassador.

  • 💡 Martes de Design Thinking/ 18.30-20.30: hands-on design thinking workshop, with team activities to work on a real challenge using ideation and prototyping to build practical solutions.

  • 🎈 F*ck the Small Talk #3/ 18.30-21.00: guided social experience to have better conversations than the usual introductions, with small-group activities, games, and facilitated activities to help you connect more naturally in a relaxed setting and improve your networking skills.

  • 📊 Elasticsearch: Workflows, ES|QL y Búsqueda Híbrida/ 18.30-21.00: technical Elasticsearch meetup focused on native automation and modern search pipelines, with talks on AI-powered workflows inside the Elastic stack and on hybrid search using ES|QL, vector search, reranking, and multistage retrieval.

  • 🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #33 - “Life Changing Moments”/ 19.00-21.00: storytelling session where you can share short personal stories, this time centered on the theme of “Life Changing Moments”.

  • 🔥 Lenny’s Newsletter Meetup (with Clerk)/ 19.00-22.00: casual meetup for people in product, growth, startups, and tech, bringing people together from the excellent Lenny’s Newsletter community. Designed for relaxed but substantive conversation, with drinks sponsored by Clerk and local hosts bringing together Madrid builders in an informal setting.

Wednesday, 29

  • 📈 eToro: De Gestionar tu Cartera a que Otros la Copien/ 9.30-11.30: masterclass at Aticco for experienced financial investors promoting eToro’s Pro Investors program, with two of the platform’s most copied Spanish investors sharing how copy trading works, what the access requirements look like, and why transparency matters if you want others to follow your strategy.

  • 🤑 Taller Financiación Pública/ 16.30-19.00: practical workshop for startups, founders, and innovative SMEs to discover public funding options across regional, national, and European programs like CDTI, ENISA, and Horizon Europe, with one-to-one guidance.

  • 💥 Gestión de Proyectos: Fundamentos y el Impacto de la IA/ 17.30-18.30: session at Work Café Santander on project management in the age of AI, covering the fundamentals of the role while showing how AI is changing planning, scheduling, and decision-making through real examples and live demos.

  • 🤖 Líderes en Adopción de IA para el Desarrollo de Software en Grandes Corporaciones/ 17.00-19.30: discussion on how large companies are actually adopting AI in software development, with leaders from Santander, Prosegur Cash, and Diverger to talk about autonomous coding agents, governance, compliance, legacy systems, and what it takes to scale AI adoption beyond pilot projects.

  • ☁️ WordPress en la Nube: Descubriendo Docker/ 18.30-20.30: technical WordPress session focused on modern cloud deployment, introducing Docker through a hands-on setup with PHP, WordPress, and Nginx, laying the groundwork for a follow-up session on Kubernetes and production-style scaling.

  • 🔥 Startup Grind Madrid - Construyendo sin Filtros #12/ 18.30-21.30: another appointment with Startup Grind bringing the format of conversation “without filters”, where the Founder & CEOs of Omnia and Ciudadela will share their journey from corporate life to building a company.

  • 🙌 Vibecoding & Friends: Social Gathering for Founders and Entrepreneurs/ 19.00-21.30: casual meetup for founders, no-code builders, and people creating early-stage products, talking through how to move from idea to MVP in a social format.

  • 🤝 El Nuevo Rol del Emprendedor con la IA/ 19.00-22.00: dinner discussion for founders building with AI, using a small-table format to explore how entrepreneurship changes when AI can take on parts of execution, automation, and scale.

  • 🗣️ Improve Your Public Speaking Skills in Madrid/ 19.30-21.30: hands-on public speaking meetup at the local Irish Pub, combining practice with rhetorical frameworks to work on speech structure, storytelling, delivery, improvisation, and audience connection in a small-group setting with feedback.

Thursday, 30

  • ☕ Climate Coffee/ 8.30-10.30: monthly coffee meetup for people working in or curious about climate and impact for informal conversations on the topics.

  • 🕑 Recupera tu Tiempo para ti y tu Pyme/ 10.00-14.00: practical AI workshop for SME owners, showing how to cut repetitive work, speed up decisions, and apply AI to operations, marketing, sales, and customer service with examples to start immediately.

  • 🛡️ Wazuh MeetUp/ 17.00-20.00: cybersecurity meetup focused on compliance, hosted by José Luis Navarro, Director of Cybersecurity at CLOUD2SEC and Wazuh ambassador, explaining how the platform can support ENS and EU-NIS2 requirements through monitoring, technical controls, and better infrastructure visibility.

  • 🎬 Red Bull Movie Nights/ 19.00-20.30: last appointment of this free film series for people who enjoy adventure and action sports, projecting Red Bull documentaries centered on athletes and extreme performance.

  • 🚀 The CEO´s Diary with Immigram & Startups Institute/ 19.00-21.00: session with the CEO and co-founder of Immigram, a platform designed to support talented IT specialists and entrepreneurs in navigating global mobility, talking about building companies, from international expansion and fundraising to hiring, tough decisions, and founder life.

Friday, 1

  • 🍹 Afterwork Emprendedor - Bernabéu Market/ 19.00-21.00: casual meetup for founders and aspiring entrepreneurs, to have informal conversations, idea-sharing, and meet other people working on projects or thinking about starting one.

Saturday, 2

  • 🥳 Festival de Cultura y tecnología II/ 17.00-22.30: two-day culture and technology festival, with talks, performances, and stage pieces to examine how AI is reshaping public life through the lens of artists, researchers, and thinkers.

Sunday, 3

  • 🥐 Madrid Tech Brunch/ 14.00-16.00: relaxed tech meetup for developers, designers, hackers, product people, remote workers, and other tech-curious with structured activities for small-group discussions on topics like industry trends, tools, AI, productivity, and career growth, in a relaxed setting.

Upcoming Events

Monday, 4 May

Tuesday, 5 May

Wednesday, 6 May

Thursday, 7 May

Friday, 8 May

Saturday, 9 May

Monday, 11 May

Tuesday, 12 May

Wednesday, 13 May

Thursday, 14 May

Tuesday, 19 May

Wednesday, 20 May

Thursday, 21 May

Tuesday, 26 May

Thursday, 28 May

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Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #72 (26.04.26)

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Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week 17 // 20 to 26 April

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 20

Tuesday, 21

  • 💰 Venture Capital World Summit/ 12.00-17.00: investment conference for startups, part of the Venture Capital World Summit series, and positioned as a place to connect businesses with capital with investor networks.

  • 🌱 Innovators Making Waves: Nature-Inclusive Concepts for Floating Offshore Wind/ 15.00-17.00: climate-focused event on floating offshore wind, discussing how nature-inclusive design can be built into offshore infrastructure, with input from NGOs, academia, wind developers, and innovators presenting new concepts.

  • ⏱️ Speed Networking/ 18.00-20.00: speed networking session for professionals to expand their network and find opportunities.

  • 🔥 MAD Marketing Summit/ 19.00-22.00: marketing event with five expert talks and small-group workshops on AI video, podcast branding, content, persuasion, and personal brand monetization, with speakers including a former Head of Europe Buyers Business at Alibaba.com and experts in social media.

  • 🪙 CoinJoins y Privacidad en Bitcoin (#78)/ 19.00-22.00: Bitcoin meetup about its privacy, and exploring CoinJoin and other privacy tools designed to make transactions harder to trace in an increasingly monitored environment.

  • 🏠 RET | Networking Inmobiliario + Aperitivo | Abril/ 19.00-23.00: meetup for Madrid’s real estate ecosystem, bringing together investors, owners, and professionals in areas like construction, finance, legal, PropTech, design, and related, for productive discussions over aperitivo.

  • ⚡️ Lightning Talks #46 @ Maria Pandora/ 19.10-21.00: community event built around short 5-minute talks on diverse topics chosen by the speakers, followed by questions and a social hangout.

Wednesday, 22

  • 🤖 Agentic Commerce: Las Palancas de IA para Hacer Crecer Vuestro Negocio Hoy/ 9.00-12.00: practical session on how AI-driven shopping is impacting product discovery and sales, with speakers from Shopify covering conversational channels, catalog readiness, automation, and real-world commerce use cases.

  • 💻 DeepTech Talk/ 11.00-14.00: investor-focused meetup with speakers from Growth Capital, Mundi Ventures, Adara Ventures, CDTI Innovación, and ICEX to share data and market insights on deep tech investment in Spain.

  • 🍺 Beer with... Sophie Besancenot/ 17.00-18.30: leadership session for entrepreneurs with an executive coach specializing in leadership development to help founders strengthen decision-making and the leadership side of building a project.

  • ❤️‍🩹 Femtech Madrid Forum: Innovación, Salud y Capital/ 18.00-20.00: event focused on discussing the business and coordination challenges in women’s health with speakers from Organon, Microsoft, MSD, Clave Capital, Altum Sequencing, Barça Innovation Hub, and Give Zero, and presenting the Femtech Spain Market Map.

  • 🔥 Ship 10x: The AI-Native Dev Stack/ 18.00-20.30: session centered on live demos of the AI-native setups people are actually using to ship faster, covering terminal-based coding, mobile-first remote development, self-hosted assistants, agentic DevOps, and company workflows built around AI agents.

  • ⚙️ n8n - Automatización Eficaz para Empresas/ 18.30-20.30: hands-on session on business automation with speakers from the n8n ecosystem and VA360 Academy sharing practical ways companies are using automation in production and live demos of n8n implementations.

  • 🗣️ Club de Oratoria - Storytelling en Escena/ 19.00- 21.00: practical public speaking session using theatrical improvisation to improve storytelling, active listening, quick thinking, and the ability to build clear messages in real time, led by a communication expert.

Thursday, 23

  • 💻 Proptech Thursday/ 10.00-12.00: recurring proptech forum for the real estate sector, this time about the future of real estate servicers and how technology is reshaping their role, with interviews designed to connect corporate players and the wider proptech ecosystem.

  • ☕ MFR x Socialty Coffee: Churros, Chocolate & Community/ 10.30-12.30: breakfast by Madrid For Refugees (MFR) to reunite the nonprofit’s team, supporters, and newcomers for an informal conversation about refugee support in Madrid, alongside Socialty Coffee.

  • 🎤 The Pitch Battle: Quixote vs. Sancho | Communication Workshop para Emprendedores/ 13.00-17.00: practical communication workshop for entrepreneurs using a playful Quixote-versus-Sancho format to help improve your storytelling and persuasive communication in startup and investor contexts.

  • 💪 Por Qué Ser Founder Me Hizo Mejor Dev/ 19.00-20.00: session with the CTO and co-founder of Orbitant and Sherpa Platform sharing how founding companies changed the way he approaches Node.js, technical decisions, and technical development overall.

  • 📊 DVS Madrid (Abr 2026) - Memoria, Diseño y Accesibilidad/ 19.00-21.00: meetup by Data Visualization Society with speakers from Herstóricas, Civio, and El Mundo to discuss historical memory mapping, accessible dataviz, and three decades of infographic work in journalism.

  • 🎬 Red Bull Movie Nights/ 19.00-23.00: free film series for people who enjoy adventure and action sports, projecting Red Bull documentaries centered on athletes and extreme performance.

Friday, 24

  • 🤖 Enseñando a Pensar a Robots (2/2): Simulación y Competición/ 13.30-15.00: practical AI session on reinforcement learning by Google Developers Group, following the path from training agents in simulation to deploying them on a self-balancing robot to see how trial-and-error learning works in real hardware.

  • ✅ NatureBrain x Feishu Innovation Summit 2026/ 16.00- 20.00: international innovation event about AI, sustainability, environmental for companies to explore nature-based solutions, regenerative finance, and collaboration opportunities between Europe and China through the Feishu China Access platform.

  • 🦞 OpenClaw Madrid — IA Aplicada al Trabajo Diario: Agentes y Automatización/ 18.00-21.00: practical AI meetup by Crypto Days with live demos showing how people are using agents and automation tools in everyday work, from simple personal-assistant use cases to more advanced workflows for developers and builders.

  • 🎭 Sip & Act: The Threequel/ 20.00-22.00: social acting workshop with a community focus mixing low-pressure acting games and short film scene work in English or Spanish, led by an Emmy Award–winning filmmaker.

Saturday, 25

  • 🦄 Start Tech/ 9.30-22.30 (1/2): weekend ideathon built for engineering students and technical profiles, with the challenge of solving a real company problem through multidisciplinary teams that develop a functional MVP and pitch it to a jury of founders, investors, and tech professionals.

  • 🔒 SecLabs - Formación de Hacking Ético Android e iOS + Hackeando Startups/ 10.00-20.00: hands-on mobile security training, combining Android and iOS ethical hacking during a workshop with real apps testing.

Sunday, 26

  • >_ MADHACK — FinTech AI Hackathon/ 13.00-21.00: one-day fintech hackathon focused on AI agents, to build working demos such as robo-advisors, saving tools, or financial advisor agents using Alpaca FinTech SDK and Orca agent SDK.

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👇 Call to action for you 👇

By Riccardo De Gasperin

Creator of Qué Pasa en Madrid

LinkedIn

Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #71 (19.04.26)

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