Top 20 European Conferences for Tech startups in 2020
Tech conferences for startups are booming everywhere and especially in Europe! We provide you with a full list of the main conferences you should attend in 2020. From very broad events in “Innovation” such as VivaTech to very specific events specialized on B2B and SaaS such as B2B Rocks Paris, Europe is offering lots of opportunities for innovators.
Best B2B and SaaS Conferences in Europe
SaaStr Europa (June 17 -18, Paris)
Well known in the US, SaaStr landed in Paris for SaaStr Europa. The European edition is reaching 3000 attendees, with a full day of thought leadership sessions, networking, and mentorship. It’s a great place to meet people who want to grow from $0 to $100m ARR in the SaaS ecosystem.
More info: https://www.saastreuropa.com/
SaaS Growth (July 9, London)
It’s the only conference of it’s kind in Europe focused on Sales and Revenue Leaders. The event gathers 750 of Europe’s best leaders with the following titles: CRO, Sales VP, Sales Manager, Sales Development Manager, Sales Ops, Sales Enablement and Marketing — focused in the B2B SaaS industry.
More info: https://saasgrowth.co/
B2B ROCKS (September 8, Paris)
B2B Rocks is the best human-sized conference in Europe for B2B and SaaS startups. Guaranteed “100% no-bullshit”, the exclusive speakers and 30-minutes slots from European founders allow intense keynotes full of hands-on advice. Based in Paris, the event is purposefully limited to the top 800 founders encouraging the best networking opportunities and highly valuable discussions with B2B and SaaS founders.
More info: https://b2brocks.co/paris/
SaaStock (October 12–14, Dublin)
SaaStock is getting big with 4000 attendees expected for the 2020 edition. The conference brings 300 VC funds and 250 exhibitors. SaaStock Dublin is a great event gathering a large community of SaaS founders and executives from all around Europe focused on helping SaaS companies gain traction, grow, and scale.
More info: https://www.saastock.com/
SaaS Monster (November 2–5, Lisbonne)
A crossroads for the world’s most disruptive emerging technology companies, SaaS Monster features the industry leaders in cloud computing, big data, security, marketing, customer service, and enterprise technology. SaaS Monster is part of the very large and well known Web Summit.
More info: https://websummit.com/saas-monster
The Biggest Tech Conferences in Europe
VivaTechnology (June 11–13, Paris)
“VivaTech”, as the French often say, is “The world’s rendezvous for startups & leaders”. The summit gathers under one roof the brightest entrepreneurs, executives, investors, students and academics to collaborate, network, pitch, get inspired and showcase their innovations. It is the biggest gateway in Europe for innovation actors.
More info: https://vivatechnology.com/
The Next Web Conference (June 18–19, Amsterdam)
Often shorten by TNW, The Next Web conference is branding itself Europe’s leading tech festival. The event brings people together to shape the future of tech. Since 2006, TNW has been bringing together the world’s leading thinkers, investors, startups, and brands to do business, share ideas and co-invent the future.
More info: https://thenextweb.com/conference/
Web Summit (November 4–7, Lisbonne)
“The best technology conference on the planet”, Web Summit brings Fortune 500 companies, groundbreaking startups and world-class speakers to Lisbon. At a time of great uncertainty for many industries and indeed, the world itself, Web Summit gathers leaders from everywhere to ask a simple question: where to next?
More info: https://websummit.com/
Slush (TBD, Helsinki)
Slush has grown from a 300-person assembly to a community of true global magnitude. The mission of Slush remains the same: to create and help the next generation of groundbreaking entrepreneurs. It’s a gathering of 25,000 curious minds, including 4,000 startups and 2,000 investors at Helsinki
More info: https://www.slush.org/
Fast Growing conferences in Europe
EU-Startups Summit (May 28–29, Barcelona)
The EU-Startups Summit 2020 will gather over 1,500 founders, startup enthusiasts, corporates, angel investors, VCs, and media from across Europe. The two-day event is a great opportunity for networking, and a meeting point for aspiring entrepreneurs and investors who are aiming to build international tech companies.
More info: https://www.eu-startups.com/eu-startups-summit-2020/
Webit Festival Europe (June 17–20, Valencia)
In 2020 Webit gathers the world’s global leaders under the theme Preview the Future to fix and co-create the desirable future together. Future empowered by the UN’s SDGs and built on inclusion, resilience, responsible lifestyle and well-being for all!
More info: https://www.webit.org/festival/2019/index.php
Dublin Tech Summit (April 22–23, Dublin)
Dublin Tech Summit brings together global leaders in innovation, technology, and business to shape the future of global trends and technologies. By day participants will hear from leaders shaping the future of industries across our eight core pillars and by night, we’ll treat participants to the best of what Dublin’s lighter side has to offer.
More info: https://dublintechsummit.com/
Startup Grind Tech (May 12-13, Barcelona)
Startup Grind Tech is a place for meeting top investors, entrepreneurs, developers, and journalists from all around the world. The fourth edition of the Startup Grind Tech conference, focused on tech and startups: SaaS, product, hiring developers, architecture, freelancing, remote work, etc..
More info: https://startupgrind.cat/
NOAH conference (June 4–5, Berlin)
NOAH Conference describes itself as the platform to empower the European digital ecosystem by connecting its leaders. The conferences are organized every year in London, Berlin, and Tel Aviv, gathering Internet CEOs, executives, and investors. The Berlin edition is the main one gathering 5,000+ senior executives.
More info: https://www.noah-conference.com/
Pirate Summit (June 24–26, Cologne)
The craziest, early-stage startup event since 2011. The 10th-anniversary edition will be celebrated in 2020. The summit celebrates true entrepreneurship and startup culture. The summit is known for the curated, authentic and somewhat different approach to business events.
More info: https://piratesummit.com/
TOA Berlin (TBD, Berlin)
TOA is Europe’s Leading Technology Festival. Our mission is to help people futureproof their businesses and their lives. We believe that technology is transforming the way we work, live and relate: only if you understand technology can you take advantage of the opportunities it’s creating.
More info: https://toa.berlin/
IT Arena (September 25–27, Lviv)
IT Arena is a tech event with a global outlook and scale, which takes place in Lviv, Ukraine on the last weekend of September. Productive networking, business matchmaking and festival spirit are IT Arena trademarks. Three intensive conference days catalyze exponential growth and inspire new solutions and business ideas. IT Arena expands the limits, uniting global tech in Ukraine!
More info: https://itarena.ua/
Bits & Pretzels (September 27–29, Munich)
Bits & Pretzels is an application-only, three-day festival that connects 5,000 founders, investors, startup enthusiasts, and all other decision-makers of the startup ecosystem. The festival takes place in a unique setting around the Oktoberfest in Munich.
More info: https://www.bitsandpretzels.com/
South Summit (October 6–8, Madrid)
Political, social, technological, financial instability is all around and, while opportunity surrounds us, not everyone is able to seize it. South Summit is the leading innovation platform which connects the most disruptive startups with worldwide investors and corporations seeking to improve their global competitiveness through innovation.
More info: https://www.southsummit.co/
TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin (December — Berlin)
At Disrupt, everyone is a startupper — no matter if you’re a founder, investor, hacker or tech leader. So much more than just on-stage interviews, Disrupt is where you’ll find the renowned Startup Battlefield competition, a virtual Hackathon, hundreds of startups, etc.
More info: https://techcrunch.com/events/
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