Week 44 // 26 October to 1 November

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

Riccardo

Oct 25, 2026

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week highlights:

🤖 AI Tour Workshop by Shakers, Tuesday
🚀 Construyendo sin Filtros #16 by Startup Grind, Tuesday
🔥 Hack the System by Arcasiles, Tuesday
🤝 In AI We Trust: Data Poisoning, Misinformation, and Secure Agents, Tuesday
🚀 Guiripreneurs October Edition, Wednesday
🤖 IA Aplicada para Negocios: la Realidad detrás del Hype, Thursday

Monday, 26

📑 Contratación Pública para Empresas: Tus Oportunidades con la Administración/ 16:00-20:00: training session on public procurement, covering how to find tenders, meet participation requirements and prepare offers, plus a practical bidding simulation.

Tuesday, 27

🚗 Madrid Autonomous Mobility Summit 2026 (MAMS)/ 10:00-13:00: two day summit on autonomous mobility with keynotes and panels on regulation, European pilots, passenger transport and logistics, plus a showcase of autonomous vehicles.
🎯 Cómo Lanzar un Experimento de Mercado en una Semana/ 10:00-14:00: training session on designing and launching a market experiment in just one week, aimed at entrepreneurs.
💰 Networking & Finanzas: Conecta, Comparte y Crece/ 12:00-14:00: networking session for entrepreneurs and companies built around the upcoming VeriFactu invoicing changes, with a practical briefing on deadlines and software readiness.
👥 Networking Madrid/ 13:00-15:00: structured networking session by Connecting People for business owners and freelancers focused on building trust-based relationships that turn into business opportunities and referrals.
🤖 AI Tour Workshop by Shakers: Cómo Construimos un Repositorio de Insights con Tres Agentes de IA/ 17:30-19:30: hands-on workshop with the Head of Product at Shakers showing how a product team built a three-agent AI system that turns interviews and feedback into searchable insights, with a live demo and a pair exercise designing your own agent.
🚀 Construyendo sin Filtros #16: Levantar Ronda, Construir Agentes y Crecer con IA/ 18:00-21:00: another appointment with Startup Grind for a conversation with two AI startup cofounders on turning AI agents into a business, covering finding first clients, raising investment and scaling a company.
🤔 WorkDOOR | Decidir bajo Presión: ¿Cómo Elegir cuando No Tienes Todas las Respuestas?/ 18:30-20:00: workshop for startup founders to practice clearer decision-making under pressure and incomplete information, using cases and exercises to separate facts from interpretations and emotions.
🤝 In AI We Trust: Data Poisoning, Misinformation, and Secure Agents/ 18:30-20:00: talk by an AI security researcher on how data poisoning can manipulate models, why language model answers can be convincing yet false and which permissions and controls to set for autonomous agents.
📈 Invertir con Criterio, Aunque Tengas Poco Tiempo - by eToro & Aticco/ 18:30-20:30: educational session organized by Aticco with special guests from eToro on investing with clarity when time is limited, covering goal setting, diversification, common decision mistakes and copy trading.
🔥 Hack the System by Arcasiles/ 18:30-21:30: cybersecurity afternoon with a live hack recreated from a TV series, a talk on attacking industrial control systems layer by layer and a session on DevSecOps myths, followed by networking.
💻 Madrid Web Dev | Cómo Configurar VS Code como un Profesional/ 19:00-20:30: talk on setting up Visual Studio Code in an efficient and reproducible way, covering shared extensions, project settings, development containers and tooling integration for PHP teams.
🏘️ Velada Inmobiliaria | Startups Emergentes vs. Expertos Inmobiliarios/ 19:00-21:00: real estate evening where two startups present an AI construction ERP and a BIM design assistant to industry experts, followed by a discussion on how AI is transforming traditional processes.
💪 Pivot-Quest: Fireside Chat with Co-Author Juliana N. Pereira/ 19:30-21:00: fireside chat on navigating a career change, based on a research-backed book with a four-stage framework drawn from conversations with more than 100 people in 25 countries.

Wednesday, 28

💡 De una Idea a una Iniciativa: Cómo Dar Forma a tu Proyecto/ 09:00-13:00: practical training session on the main components of a business model, where you can build and test the coherence of a first model for their own idea.
🏁 Kick-off de los Programas de Aceleración Madrid Emprende/ 10:00-12:00: kick-off welcoming the companies selected for the six-month acceleration programs across the municipal business incubators, with networking and an overview of available resources.
🚀 Guiripreneurs October Edition/ 10:30-12:30: breakfast get-together for international entrepreneurs in Madrid to share experiences and work on their businesses rather than in them.
😵‍💫 Esto No Estaba en el Journey: Burnout, IA y el Reto de No Dejarnos la Salud Mental por el Camino/ 18:00-20:00: talk on stress, burnout and mental health in a fast-changing workplace shaped by AI, covering early warning signs and what individuals and teams can do about them.
✨ Vibe Coding & Friends: Social Gathering for Founders and Entrepreneurs/ 19:00-21:30: meetup for founders, builders and AI enthusiasts to share projects, MVPs, tools and practical tips on building with AI.
🙌 MDN’s 4th anniversary: Demo Night & Networking/ 19:00-22:00: community celebration for a Madrid Digital Network (MDN) with short demos of projects, products and startups, followed by networking.

Thursday, 29

☕ 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.
🏙️ ProptechThursday - Agentes Conversacionales/ 10:00-12:00: property tech meetup on how conversational AI agents are changing how real estate companies attract and manage clients, with real cases from industry and consulting leaders.
🌟 Workshop Innovación Tecnológica UPM/ 10:00-13:05: deep tech innovation workshop with a European investment fund talk, university projects in AI health, industrial optimisation and nanotechnology, and a dialogue with technology and aerospace companies, followed by B2B meetings and a networking cocktail.
🌐 AWS Generative AI for SAP/ 10:00-13:30: workshop at Amazon Web Services with live demos of generative AI tools for SAP, covering Clean Core code modernisation, natural language analytics on SAP business data and AI agents that resolve ERP exceptions with human oversight.
🏆 Machine Learning Contest GDG at UAM - Launch Day/ 13:00-18:00 (1/many): launch of a two-week ML competition where solo participants or teams of up to three tackle a real-world problem and present their solution to a jury of AI experts.
💵 Negocia Mejor y Cumple tu Objetivo de Ventas/ 16:15-19:00: session with three mentors on negotiation and sales, covering how to build a valued proposal, communicate it persuasively and turn negotiations into growth, with a simulated negotiation exercise.
🎤 Pitch Day en Madrid de FI Spain: Presenta tu Idea a Inversores y Mentores/ 17:30-19:30: pitch event by Founder Insitute (FI) where selected early-stage founders present their startups to a panel of experts for feedback, with a chance at an accelerator scholarship and networking.
🤖 IA Aplicada para Negocios: la Realidad detrás del Hype/ 18:00-20:00: talk with a live demo of an AI system that answers phone calls and books appointments in real time, plus a multiagent setup for building a website with a chatbot.
🚀 Demo Day: W4C Startup School V/ 18:00-20:30: demo day closing a startup school programme, with final pitches from 11 startups, an inspirational keynote, a diploma ceremony and networking.
🧠 Think&Drink/ 18:30-20:00: talk and debate with a cyber criminologist on cyberattacks and cybercrime in Europe, covering real cases such as Russian attacks on critical infrastructure and databases.
🔋 Planet-in-the-Loop #3: Fuentes de Energía para el Presente y el Futuro/ 18:30-21:00: panel discussion on where the electricity for AI data centres and transport will come from, covering grid capacity, price swings and energy sources from solar to fusion, followed by networking.
☸️ CodeMeet Madrid: Kubernetes Escape Room – Can You Debug Your Way Out with AI?/ 18:30-21:30: hands-on workshop on Kubernetes troubleshooting and AI-assisted incident response, with an intro talk on trusting AI in production and an interactive escape room of realistic incidents.
💸 Comprar una Empresa sin Pillarse los Dedos · Encuentro The Boom Club/ 19:00-22:00: interview with a Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) advisor on how company sales really work, what drives the value of a small business and where buyers usually go wrong.
🐚 The Shell #2: Rebirth of Curiosity/ 19:00-22:00: small group evening using art inspiration, symbolic objects and guided questions to reflect on personal curiosities.

Friday, 30

🌴 [Startup Oasis] Innovation Café/ 10:00-12:00: informal English-speaking breakfast meetup for startup founders and tech professionals with no stric agenda, built around open conversations and exchanging ideas.
🎯 Pon en Marcha tu Negocio Digital/ 10:00-14:00: training session on launching a digital business, with business models, sales channels, tools and costs, and a practical roadmap for your own project.
🛠️ Madrid AI Builders/ 17:00-18:30: relaxed meetup for founders, developers, creators and marketers working on AI projects and startups to exchange ideas and meet people in the Madrid AI scene.