Week 18 // 27 April to 3 May

#72 Qué Pasa en Madrid - Your insider guide on Madrid's best Business & Tech events.

Apr 26, 2026

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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 with the Director of Cybersecurity at CLOUD2SEC and a 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.