Week 45 // 2 to 8 November

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

Riccardo

Nov 01, 2026

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week highlights:

🧠 From Brain to Business: Neurotechnology, Tuesday
🤖 AI Builders and Databases Madrid, Tuesday
🤔 How AI Changed the Way We Make Decisions, Wednesday
🇪🇸 The Revenue Engine Hackathon, Thursday
💰 Lexroom Sales Event, Thursday
📊 Data Saturday Madrid 2026, Saturday
✴️ Claude Code Hackathon, Saturday

Monday, 2

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Tuesday, 3

🏦 De las Pantallas a las Conversaciones: Cómo la IA Está Rediseñando la Banca/ 09:00-11:00: business breakfast on how AI is changing digital banking with guests from Santander and Openbank, comparing AI-first fintechs with traditional banks and covering the AI tools used in UX and product design.
🏠 WIRES & VALUM Mesa Redonda "La Valoración como Herramienta de Decisión"/ 09:00-12:00: roundtable by the Women in Real Estate (WIRES) community discussing valuation as a decision-making tool.
📽️ Prepara la Presentación de tu Proyecto con IA/ 11:00-14:00: training session on using generative AI tools to structure project pitches, craft key messages, design slides and practice the oral delivery.
🧠 From Brain to Business: Neurotechnology, AI and the Future of Healthcare/ 17:00-20:30: conference hosting two panels with industry leaders from public foundations and healthcare companies on turning neuroscience research into products and on using AI and health data in hospitals.
🤖 AI Builders and Databases Madrid/ 18:30-21:30: meetup at the AWS office on real-time analytics at scale with ClickHouse (open-source column-oriented database management system) with tech talks from developer and product advocates on SQL enrichment pipelines and custom data apps.
🤝 Business Networking | PNM Noviembre/ 19:15-23:00: anothe appointment with Professionals Network Madrid (PNM) for a networking evening with entrepreneurs, freelancers and professionals from all sectors, with facilitated dynamics designed to help you meet many new contacts in one night.

Wednesday, 4

🌐 Estrategias de Internacionalización/ 10:00-14:00: training session on international expansion models, explaining how to assess export potential, choose target markets and design an initial internationalization roadmap through a practical comparison exercise.
🤖 Tech Show Madrid/ 10:30-19:00 (1/2): 2-day trade show at IFEMA on cloud, cybersecurity, AI, data and e-commerce, with expert talks, panel debates and an exhibition of technology providers aimed at executives and tech professionals.
📑 Contratación Pública para Empresas: Tus Oportunidades con la Administración/ 16:00-20:00: session on public procurement in Spain, covering how to find tenders, meet participation requirements and prepare offers, plus a practical bidding simulation.
🤔 Decision Intelligence - How AI Changed the Way We Make Decisions/ 18:00-22:00: evening of talks and networking on how AI supports better decisions, from business strategy and applied machine learning to deepfake detection, biometric security and AI safety.

Thursday, 5

🇪🇸 The Revenue Engine Hackathon: Madrid Edition/ 08:45-19:30: hackathon by Hubspot for Startups for early-stage startups to design and launch a go-to-market engine in one day, covering CRM setup, lead data enrichment, AI agents and outbound campaigns with expert support.
🗣️ Conversaciones que Impulsan Negocios: Comunicación Estratégica, Negociación y Gestión de Conflictos para Emprendedores/ 15:00-19:00: session on assertive communication, negotiation, conflict management and professional feedback, with business cases, simulations and a conversation plan for real challenges.
📈 ¿Cuánto Vale de Verdad un Cliente? Customer Lifetime Value para Startups/ 16:00-17:00: talk on measuring the Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) with the data a small startup already has, using it to decide acquisition and retention spending and to back valuation conversations with investors.
🤖 Meetup de IA en Modo Afterwork con InterSystems/ 18:00-21:00: meetup on using Claude Code and InterSystems IRIS for Health to design and develop healthcare interoperability productions, with practical examples and real use cases.
🍺 #AdminBirras/ 19:00-22:00: informal afterwork meetup for sysadmins, developers, DBAs, infosec and other systems professionals to get together and have a drink.
💰 Lexroom Sales Event/ 19:00-00:00: evening panel by Lexroom focused on discussing what it takes to become a sales machine today, discussing building trust with demanding clients, selling something new and handling rejection.

Friday, 6

👨‍💻 Dev Days by GitHub Community | Students/ 09:30-14:30: conference for students on AI-assisted software development, covering GitHub Copilot, agent-driven development, MCP, code generation and review, testing and automation.

Saturday, 7

📊 Data Saturday Madrid 2026/ 8:30-19:00: conference on data and AI with 35+ sessions across five tracks, covering Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, generative AI, Azure and Databricks, SQL and machine learning, delivered by Microsoft MVPs and engineers.
✴️ Claude Code Hackathon — Close the Books by Claude Community/ 09:00-21:00: full day hackathon by the local Claude Community where the challenge is to build an autonomous AI finance team that closes the books of a synthetic multi-entity company, scored on a live leaderboard for accounting accuracy, reconciliation, fraud detection, safe autonomy and auditability.
🚀 Start Camp 2026/ 09:00-20:00 (1/2): two day startup camp at UC3M where teams turn a business idea into a project with mentors, ending in a final pitch before a jury with prizes.