Tech and Business Networking | Elevating Your Potential - Leeds

⌖ Leeds · Maughans SOYO

Hosted by Damien M.

A candid evening of founder networking, live interviews and startup conversation takes place at Maughans SOYO in Leeds on 13 October 2026. Honest conversations and useful connections Rebel Meetups by Rebellious Co brings together people who are building, running or growing something of their own. Rather than relying on formal pitches or surface-level networking, the event focuses on open discussion about the realities of startups, careers and business growth. Hosted by Damien M. alongside two other hosts, the evening runs from 6:00pm to 9:00pm BST on Tuesday 13 October 2026 at Maughans SOYO, Madison East, Soyo Square, Leeds LS2 7ER. The format combines live interviews, reception drinks and time to meet other ambitious people from across the Leeds business and creative community. Attendees can also access the Meetup event chat to connect with others before the evening begins. This month’s guest Damien and co-host John Balding will interview Corey Robinson, founder of NewLig LTD. NewLig develops orthopaedic technologies designed to move reliably from initial concept through to clinical use. Corey’s work brings together design, manufacturing and surgical context early in the development process. The conversation offers an opportunity to hear how engineering discipline and clinical relevance shape the products NewLig builds, alongside broader discussion about the practical challenges of building a company, developing a career and achieving sustainable growth. Expect the evening to cover: - Real experiences from the startup and founder journey - The process of turning technical concepts into clinically relevant technologies - Building with design, manufacturing and end-use context in mind - Honest perspectives on careers, entrepreneurship and growth - Informal networking designed to lead to meaningful professional relationships Who should attend? This meetup is aimed at founders, creators, freelancers, consultants and entrepreneurs, as well as anyone currently building or growing a project, product or business in Leeds. It should also suit people who want to spend time around others taking similarly independent or unconventional paths. View the event and registration details

⌖ Leeds · NatWest Accelerator

Hosted by Fleek Marketing

A free, hands-on AI supplier discovery workshop in Leeds for founders and business owners who want to win more deals. Buyers increasingly ask tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity to recommend suppliers before visiting Google or contacting a business. If your company is missing from those AI-generated shortlists, you may never know that an opportunity existed. This practical session will help you discover what these tools currently say about your business, where their answers come from and what you can do to improve your visibility. Work on your own business This is a hands-on workshop rather than a conventional talk. During the 90-minute session, attendees will run their own businesses through AI tools live, record the results and compare them with the responses generated for competitors. You will then work through practical fixes designed to make your business easier for AI-powered search and recommendation tools to understand and surface. Led by Jonny Ross, Founder and Digital Strategy Lead at Fleek Marketing, the workshop connects AI discovery with the sales and marketing knowledge you already have. You will turn questions repeatedly asked during sales calls into useful content that can help prospective customers find and evaluate your company. You will leave with: - A written record of how AI tools present your business and its competitors - Five improvements you can make within a fortnight - Sales-call questions transformed into content ideas that support discovery - An AI research assistant, built during the workshop, to prepare for your next prospect meeting Who should attend? The session is designed for founders, owner-managers and anyone responsible for winning new business. No technical background is required. Bring a laptop or phone, as you will work directly on your own business throughout the event. This Catalyst Event is run with the Leeds NatWest Accelerator, whose series combines practical tools, expert insight and a supportive entrepreneurial community. It is relevant whether you are exploring the Accelerator, preparing to scale or simply curious about how AI is changing supplier selection.… Register for this event

Sponsors: NatWest Accelerator

⌖ Leeds · West Village - Bruntwood SciTech

Hosted by Bruntwood SciTech

Design and score a practical AI agent for your business in this two-hour, no-code workshop in Leeds on 3 November 2026. Rather than focusing on AI theory, this hands-on session helps you decide where AI could genuinely save time in your own working week. You’ll leave with a detailed agent specification, an assessment of its value, feasibility and risk, and a repeatable method for identifying future opportunities. What you’ll do - Discover what AI can and cannot currently do - Identify repetitive, rule-based and time-consuming work - Design an agent’s task, inputs, guardrails and measures of success - Score the idea using the same framework Zygens applies in client engagements The workshop is aimed at SME founders, operations and marketing professionals, and anyone ready to move from reading about AI to applying it. No coding or previous experience is required. Bring a laptop and a rough idea of how you spend your week. The session runs 2–4pm on Tuesday 3 November 2026 at West Village – Bruntwood SciTech, Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 1BA. AI Lab UK, the academy arm of Leeds-based agentic AI consultancy Zygens, is delivering it exclusively for Bruntwood SciTech customers and ecosystem members. The page also highlights founders Zandra Moore MBE and Charlie Bartle, whose backgrounds span enterprise AI, AI-native delivery and operational adoption. Get tickets

⌖ Berlin · Circuit

Hosted by Circuit Event Calendar

A women-only AI coworking day in Berlin for founders, engineers, researchers, product specialists and operators actively shipping AI products. Taking place on Tuesday 13 October 2026 from 09:30 to 17:30 (GMT+2) at Circuit, this 18th edition combines focused project work with a technical deep-dive and curated networking. Bring your laptop and monitor cable, work on something you intend to ship, and expect a high-signal environment with no sales pitches. The format - 09:30: Doors open and coworking begins - 12:30: Group lunch break and curated networking - 13:15: Technical talk with Hira Siddiqui, co-founder of Plurality Network - Afternoon: Further deep work, with the published agenda noting a wrap at 18:00 You don’t own your AI memory (yet) Hira Siddiqui draws on more than a decade of work across decentralised identity, web3 and AI to examine how tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini each retain separate versions of a user’s context. The session will cover: - Where AI context lives today and who controls it - What portable, user-owned AI memory looks like in practice - How to design AI products without locking in users’ data The event is particularly relevant to women working with sensitive data or anyone cautious about placing private context into an AI chat window. It takes place on Circuit’s third floor at Möckernstraße 120. Host approval is required. Applications are curated, so be prepared to explain what you are building. Request to join.

⌖ Dublin · The Convention Centre Dublin

Hosted by The Analytics Institute

Analytics + AI Summit 2026 brings data and AI professionals to Dublin on 13 October for keynotes, practical use cases, technical labs and sector discussions. Hosted by The Analytics Institute at The Convention Centre Dublin, this full-day conference is designed to connect the people shaping how analytics and artificial intelligence are used across organisations. The summit marks 11 years of community, innovation and impact, expanding across three floors of the venue for its most ambitious edition yet. What to expect The programme combines strategic thinking with practical, real-world learning. Across multiple stages and formats, attendees can expect: - Main-stage keynotes from global thought leaders, presented in a space with capacity for more than 2,000 people - An AI UseCase Stage focused on practical applications and lessons from real implementations - Sector-led discussions created for executives and organisational decision-makers - Deep-dive AI Labs aimed at technical professionals who want more detailed, specialist content With 30+ speakers and hundreds of organisations represented, the summit offers a broad view of the current data landscape and the rapid growth of AI across sectors. Its multi-track format should help attendees choose between high-level leadership perspectives, applied examples and deeper technical exploration throughout the day. Who should attend? This event is relevant to analytics and AI professionals, technical practitioners, business leaders, executives and decision-makers. It should particularly suit people responsible for data strategy, AI adoption or implementation who want to compare approaches, learn from industry experts and understand how other sectors are responding to AI’s accelerating impact. The in-person setting also creates opportunities to meet peers from a large cross-section of organisations and build connections across the wider data and AI community. Further programme information is available on the official summit website. Event details… Register for this event

⌖ Birmingham · Innovation Depot Inc

Hosted by Birmingham AI

Explore practical AI tools and marketing use cases with local industry leaders at this free Birmingham, Alabama lunchtime breakout on 13 October 2026. Hosted by Birmingham AI, this 90-minute event is designed for CMOs, marketing managers, content leads, growth teams and agency owners looking to understand how artificial intelligence is changing marketing. What to expect - Welcome and networking with Birmingham’s AI community - Lunch, which is included with admission - A speaker talk and practical demonstration focused on AI tools and marketing use cases The breakout runs from 11:30am to 1pm (GMT-05:00) on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. It takes place in Innovation Depot’s Event Space at 1500 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama; once inside, continue past the atrium and find the space on the right. No speaker details or specific demo topics have been published yet. The event is sponsored by Keysys, Linq and C Spire. General admission is free, but places are limited. Reserve your free ticket

Sponsors: Keysys · Linq +1