Week 43 // 19 to 25 October

Oct 18, 2026

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week highlights:

🧩 De la Idea al Modelo de Negocio: Diseña y Valida tu Proyecto/ 09:30-13:30: workshop that turns an early business idea into a structured model using Business Model Canvas and Lean Canvas, showing how to validate key hypotheses.
💘 Networking | Love Is Blind del Emprendimiento: ¿Tu Proyecto Enamora?/ 12:00-14:00: networking event inspired by a dating reality show where entrepreneurs pitch their project to the group and take home a written analysis of its strengths and areas to improve.
🎯 The Meaning Advantage | From AI-Native Startup to Market Differentiation/ 16:00-18:30: workshop on market positioning for AI startups already on the market, working step by step through audience, alternatives, differentiation and meaning, reserved to founders and investors only.
🏢 Networking Inmobiliario | Real Estate RET/ 19:30-23:00: networking evening for the real estate community, open to investors, owners and related professionals, with a round of quick introductions and a light icebreaker activity.

🤝 Dinanetworking/ 10:00-15:00: networking event for community leaders, with a short talk and a hands on group activity to build alliances with other communities and gain visibility.
🎅 La Campaña Más Importante del Año: Cómo Preparar tu Negocio para Navidad/ 12:00-14:00: networking session for entrepreneurs on preparing a business for the Christmas sales peak, covering topics like demand forecasting, resource planning, sales strategy and team coordination.
🧬 Italian and Spanish Innovation Ecosystems | Shaping the Future of Life Sciences in Europe/ 17:30-19:30: panel and startup pitching session hosted by Italian Tech Alliance comparing the Italian and Spanish life sciences ecosystems, with investors and founders on stage, followed by a networking cocktail.
🛠️ Los Eventos ya no se Organizan Igual - by Culpass/ 18:00-20:00: presentation by Culpass at Madrid Innovation Lab showing the new supplier dashboard for events, with a roundtable on how technology is changing corporate event organisation, followed by catering and networking.
🎃 Innova Table Talk | Historias de Terror del Emprendimiento/ 19:00-20:30: talk sharing real entrepreneurship horror stories, mistakes and lessons learned, with guests from Ayuntamiento de Madrid, the founders of Calitem, Superiority HR, and PlanFactura.

☕ Weekly Coworking at a Chamberí Café | TMS x Impulso Madrid/ 09:00-21:00: coworking day at a Chamberí Café for freelancers, founders and remote workers, with a lunchtime networking window and a group chat on weekly goals.
📊 Jornada Economía del Dato 2026: La Economía del Dato en la Era de los Agentes/ 10:00-14:30: conference on data sovereignty, European AI regulation, cybersecurity and digital identity, exploring how autonomous AI agents are changing business processes in sectors such as finance and industry.
🎤 Elevator Pitch for Fundraising/ 18:00-20:00: talk by ESCP Business School on public speaking and delivering convincing pitches, led by a senior communications consultant and pitch coach for the French version of Shark Tank.
💧 Beyond Autocomplete: Building Elixir Apps with Tidewave and AI Agents/ 19:00-21:00: talk with practical demos on building an Elixir side project with AI as a development partner, showing how Tidewave works alongside LLMs and coding agents, followed by networking and pizza.
🗣️ Dinámica + Networking | Negociar Cuando los Dos Necesitáis un Sí/ 19:00-21:00: public speaking session combining an icebreaker, a practical client-supplier negotiation case and a closing round of drinks and conversation.
☁️ Women of SaaS Madrid – Hub Opening Event/ 19:00-21:30: launch event of a Madrid hub for women working in SaaS, with introductions, topic tables to shape future events, and drinks and networking.

🥐 AWS Innovation Breakfast by Tidora/ 09:30-12:00: breakfast with three short talks from AWS and partners on practical AI use cases, the move from chatbots to AI operating systems and overlooked AWS funding opportunities, followed by open networking.
📣 Crear una Campaña de Comunicación y Mkt para Vender tu Idea/ 11:00-14:00: workshop on defining a message, target audience and value proposition to design a communication and marketing campaign, finishing with an outline ready to implement.
📈 IE Marketing Summit 2026/ 18:00-21:00: marketing conference by IE University with keynotes from executives at Havaianas, Fever, CUPRA and ATP Tour, plus a roundtable on agentic marketing with leaders from Disney, Google and McKinsey.
🧸 Building Product for Toddlers/ 19:00-21:00: talk by two product leaders from kids' startups (Minitales and Kokoro Kids) on doing discovery with users who cannot explain themselves, balancing the needs of child and parent, and measuring engagement without chasing screen time.

🖥️ NetCoreConf 2026 Madrid/ 09:00-18:00: conference with talks and workshops on Microsoft technologies, covering .NetCore, Azure, Kubernetes, AI and Big Data, with space for networking.
📈 Rankia Markets Experience (VIII)/ 10:00-18:00: full day conference for investors with talks and stands on stock markets, trading and funds, plus a networking area.
⚙️ De la Demo a la Producción: IA en Casa del Cliente | FDE Club/ 18:30-20:30: meetup for the local Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) and AI practitioners on taking AI from prototype to production at client sites, with two real case talks and networking.
🔥 XFutures Summit 2026 - Shaping the Future/ 8:00-17:45 (1/2): two day summit on exponential technologies such as AI, autonomous systems, fintech, medtech and robotics, with talks and panels from global leaders on the first day and masterclasses on the second.