Explore what’s happening across Cambridge Tech Week 2026

From headline sessions and Deep Tech discussions to networking and partner-led events, the programme runs across the week in venues throughout Cambridge.

Use the calendar below to plan your time, click More Info for full details. New events are added as the programme develops.

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Monday 14 September
9am – 10am
Registration & Refreshments

Networking

10am – 10.35am
Welcome to Showcase Cambridge

Opening Session

10.35am – 11.15am
Cambridge, Oxford, Manchester: What Does Collaboration Deliver?

Panel Discussion

11.15am – 11.40am
Refreshment Break

Networking

11.40am – 12pm
The Economic Benefit of City Collaboration

Fireside Chat

12pm – 12.45pm
Beyond the Corridor: How Do Global Innovation Ecosystems Compare and Collaborate?

Panel Discussion

1pm – 1.25pm
Lunch & Networking

Networking

1.30pm – 5pm
Site Tours - to be announced

Showcase Cambridge

Tuesday 15 September
9am – 10am
Registration & Refreshments

Networking

10am – 10.10am
Welcome to the Visionary Tech Day

Opening Session

10am – 4.30pm
Innovation Alley

Exhibition

10.10am – 10.30am
When We Give AI the Keys to Our Infrastructure, Proof Is Everything

Keynote Session

10.30am – 11.15am
How Deep Tech Changes the World

Panel Discussion

11.15am – 11.45am
Refreshment Break

Networking

12pm – 12.50pm
Sovereign AI: Power, Security and the Race for Strategic Capability

Panel Discussion

12.50pm – 1pm
Keynote from Finnish Ambassador to the UK

Keynote Session

1pm – 2.15pm
Lunch

Networking

2.30pm – 3.15pm
Scaling Intelligence: Powering the AI Economy

Panel Discussion

3.15pm – 3.45pm
Refreshment Break

Networking

3.55pm – 4.45pm
Building the Next Deep-Tech Platforms (2026 – 2030)

Panel Discussion

6pm – 9.30pm
The Tech Leaders’ Dinner

Networking

Wednesday 16 September
9am – 9.45am
Registration & Refreshments

Networking

9.45am – 10.05am
Welcome to the Startup to Scaleup Day

Opening Session

10am – 4.30pm
Innovation Alley

Exhibition

10.05am – 10.55am
Building the Next Global Tech Champions

Panel Discussion

11.10am – 11.40am
Refreshment Break

Networking

11.50am – 12.30pm
Capital at Scale: Who Wins the Next Phase of Deep Tech Growth

Panel Discussion

12.30pm – 1.30pm
Pitch Competition

Pitch Competition

1.30pm – 2.30pm
Lunch

Networking

2.30pm – 2.45pm
Pitch Competition Results

Pitch Competition

2.45pm – 3.30pm
The (UK) Deep Tech Playbook (2026–2030)

Panel Discussion

3.30pm – 4pm
Refreshment Break

Networking

4pm – 5.15pm
Deploying Deep Tech: Turning Breakthroughs into Adoption

Panel Discussion

Thursday 17 September
9am – 9.45am
Registration & networking

Networking

9.45am – 10.25am
Welcome to the Tech Deep Dive: Quantum & AI

Opening Session

9.45am – 11.15am
Med Tech & Health Tech

Tech Deep Dives

10.25am – 11am
From Hype to Need: The Hard Problems Driving AI and Quantum Adoption

Panel Discussion

11am – 11.30am
Refreshment Break

Networking

11.15am – 11.45am
Refreshment Break

Networking

11.45am – 12.45pm
From Proof of Concept to Deployment

Showcase

11.45am – 1pm
Med Tech & Health Tech

Tech Deep Dives

12.45pm – 2pm
Lunch

Networking

1pm – 2pm
Lunch & Networking

Networking

2pm – 4.40pm
Med Tech & Health Tech

Tech Deep Dives

2.15pm – 3pm
Building AI × Quantum Responsibly: Trust, Ethics, Regulation and Readiness

Panel Discussion

3pm – 3.30pm
Refreshment Break

Networking

3.45pm – 4.20pm
Looking Ahead: AI, Quantum and the Road to 2030

Panel Discussion

4.55pm – 6pm
Dual Use Tech: Redrawing the Line Between Civilian and Defence Innovation

Big Tech Debate

6pm – 8.15pm
Gala Drinks

Networking

* draft agenda, subject to change