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Hong Kong FinTech Week and StartmeupHK merge into one event this year, running November 2 to 6. The main conference is at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on November 2 and 3, with events across Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area for the rest of the week. InvestHK expects more than 45,000 attendees from over 120 economies, with more than 1,000 speakers and 800 … [Read more...] about Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK 2026, November 2–6, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

The tenth Future Investment Initiative, FII10, runs October 26 to 29 in Riyadh under the patronage of King Salman. The theme is The Power of Legacy, fitting for the conference's tenth year. FII has become Wall Street's annual trip to the Gulf. Announced speakers include Jamie Dimon, Larry Fink, Stephen Schwarzman, David Solomon, Ray Dalio, Ruth Porat and Dina Powell McCormick. … [Read more...] about Future Investment Initiative 2026, October 26–29, Riyadh

Money20/20 USA fills The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas from October 18 to 21. More than 11,000 people and 380 sponsors are expected, and about a third of attendees hold C-suite roles. It's the biggest fintech and payments event in the world. Money20/20 is a meeting machine. Banks, card networks, payments companies, fintechs, merchants and investors come to sign partnerships, and … [Read more...] about Money20/20 USA 2026, October 18–21, The Venetian Expo, Las Vegas

The Sohn San Francisco Investment Conference takes place on October 13, its 17th year. Format is simple: well-known investors stand up one after another and pitch their single best idea. Sohn events are charity first. Proceeds go to pediatric cancer research and treatment, which is why top managers who rarely speak in public agree to share a live position on stage. The San … [Read more...] about Sohn San Francisco Investment Conference 2026, October 13, San Francisco

The eighth Bloomberg New Economy Forum runs October 13 to 15 in New Delhi. It's the first time the forum has come to India, and the timing marks Bloomberg's 30 years in the country. This is a small, invitation-only event: about 500 leaders from government, finance and business. The 2026 theme is A World in Play: Defining the New Levers of Power. In practice that means … [Read more...] about Bloomberg New Economy Forum 2026, October 13–15, New Delhi

The Milken Institute Asia Summit runs October 7 to 9 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore. Under a new agreement with the Singapore Tourism Board, it will stay in the city through 2028. More than 1,500 CEOs, investors and policymakers attend, across about 80 plenaries, panels and roundtables. The 2026 theme is Leading with Intelligence, and the final day is given over to AI: … [Read more...] about Milken Institute Asia Summit 2026, October 7–9, Four Seasons Hotel, Singapore

NeurIPS 2026 does something new. For the first time the top machine learning research conference runs at three sites: Sydney from December 6 to 12, Atlanta from December 8 to 13, and Paris from December 9 to 13. Workshops close out each site's week. NeurIPS has grown so big that one venue, and one set of visas, no longer works for everyone. Splitting it across three continents … [Read more...] about NeurIPS 2026, December 6–13, Sydney, Atlanta and Paris

Black Hat MEA comes back to the Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Center in Malham from December 1 to 3. More than 40,000 attendees and over 330 speakers are expected, which makes it the largest cybersecurity event in the Middle East. The program mixes technical briefings, live hacking and capture-the-flag competitions with a big expo floor of security vendors. The CTF side … [Read more...] about Black Hat MEA 2026, December 1–3, Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Center, Riyadh

AWS re:Invent runs November 30 to December 4 in Las Vegas, spread across venues on the Strip. Recent editions have drawn about 60,000 people, and it remains the cloud industry's biggest week. AWS uses re:Invent to launch the products it will sell for the next year. Expect new custom chips, AI infrastructure for training and inference, agent frameworks, database and storage … [Read more...] about AWS re:Invent 2026, November 30–December 4, Las Vegas

Slush takes over Messukeskus in Helsinki on November 18 and 19, with founder workshops on November 17. It's run by a non-profit, staffed largely by student volunteers, and in a dark Finnish November it has become the most important founder and investor event in Europe. Slush's pitch is density. It claims the highest investor-to-founder ratio of any startup event, and it … [Read more...] about Slush 2026, November 18–19, Messukeskus, Helsinki