Week 22 // 25 to 31 May

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

May 24, 2026

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Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 25

🧲 De Presencia Digital a Sistema de Captación: Cómo Convertir tu Marketing en una Fuente Constante de Clientes/ 16.30-18.30: meetup at Work Café Santander with a digital marketing strategist explaining why most online marketing efforts fail to generate consistent clients and how to build a structured acquisition system.
💰 Orienta ya tu Estrategia de Ventas/ 17.00-19.00: meetup where four sales experts from the Madrid Emprende network will cover topics like CRM automation, customer journey mapping, client service as a growth driver, and funnel marketing to help entrepreneurs improve the sales strategy.

Tuesday, 26

🔒 De la Exposición al Control: Cómo Abordar los Principales Riesgos/ 16.00-17.00: workshop covering the main current security risks for SMEs and how to implement practical protection measures, as part of the CapacitaPYME forum organized by Madrid Network.
🤝 Origin Story: Transformar tu Historia en una Narrativa que Conecta/ 16.00-17.00: workshop led by a TEDx Speaker on using personal and corporate storytelling as a strategic communication tool for leadership, sales, and personal branding.
🗣 From Lab to Market III: Pitch Day/ 17.30-20.00: pitch day closing Nucleate Spain’s Genesis: From Lab to Market program, where four interdisciplinary teams in HealthTech, FoodTech, and Biomaterials present seed-stage ventures after 12 weeks of venture building.
🤖 Mindstone Madrid May AI Meetup/ 18.00-21.00: meetup with three talks covering building with LLMs, practical AI productivity, and the future impact of AI on work and society, followed by pizza and drinks.
𖥂 Trajectory Planning and Constraint Guarantees with Neural Networks/ 18.30-20.00: session with an MIT PhD and former NASA JPL presents recent advances in autonomous trajectory planning, drone navigation, perception-aware motion planning, and constrained deep learning with neural networks.
💥 Startups con Impacto: Cómo Emprender en Economía Social y Escalar tu Proyecto/ 18.30-20.30: workshop led by the project and communications manager of Madrid’s Social Economy and Cooperatives Federation (FECOMA), on how startups can scale using social economy models like cooperatives and labor societies.
🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #35 - “Before Sunrise”/ 19.00-21.00: open mic evening where you can share short personal stories of 2 to 6 minutes each, open to both speakers and listeners with no experience required.

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.