Week 20 // 11 to 17 May

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

May 10, 2026

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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.