London — the destination for tech events

London for tech

London is a global hub for technology innovation and highly-skilled talent, with the fastest growing ITC sector in Europe.

Over 40,000 digital businesses in London

More tech developers than any other city outside of the US

Access to 500,000 IT professional technology graduates

£18bn ITC market

700% growth in technology companies

London attracts over 40% of all FDI projects in the ITC sector

19 of the top 25 European software and IT services suppliers have a base in London

Access to the fastest growing tech cluster in Europe, Tech City, with over 3,000 companies

And the future is bright…

Snap, the company behind Snapchat, has announced that it will be establishing its international non-US headquarters in London.

Google has opened a digital skills academy — the 40,000-square foot space in central London aims to educate and inspire everyone from schoolchildren to CEOs.

Other leading technology companies including Apple, Amazon, Facebook and IBM, have all made commitments to open new offices or expand their workforce in London.

Google has confirmed plans to build a new headquarters in London and create 3,000 jobs.

London is soon to appoint a Chief Digital Officer, who will work with local authorities and tech businesses on policies for the industry.

London remains Europe’s number one hub for technology investment, following Brexit, with £4.5bn invested in the capital’s tech sector, in the first half of 2017.

Events in London are thriving…

We welcome over 30 technology events each year, welcoming over 300,000 professionals in the sector.

In the last 6 months, we have hosted global brands including Adobe, Sage, Salesforce, Oracle, Strata+Hadoop and Google.

Here are some of their highlights:

The largest Google Cloud event in Europe, Google Cloud NEXT, took place in June, welcoming 2,000 delegates
63% of Adobe’s half year pipeline in EMEA attend Adobe Summit in May, with 5,000 attendees in total
98 million social media impressions were generated as a result of Sage’s 2-day conference in April
May saw the return of Salesforce’s World Tour London, their largest event outside of the US
Oracle grew their audience by 70% when they moved their Modern Business Experience event to Excel in February
Other technology focused events at Excel include BETT (the world’s largest education technology event), IP Expo, Cloud Expo, Data Centre World Security Expo, Smart IOT, TechXLR8, Wearable Tech and many more

London has just played host to Europe’s largest festival of technology, London Tech Week.

London Tech Week welcomed 55,000+ visitors to over 200 events. The event provided an unrivalled festival of live events, allowing participants to network, learn and create new business opportunities and partnerships.

The week kicked off with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announcing his plans to transform London into the world’s leading Smart City at the launch event. Part of these plans include the announcement of Better Futures, a £1.6 million clean technology incubator giving “100 small businesses the boost they need to be successful in London, and create a hub for low-carbon industries in our city” and the appointment of the city’s first Chief Digital Officer.

The Mayor also used the opportunity to officially launch Plexal, a new international technology innovation destination located at Here East that will host over 800 startups. Finally, the Global Disability Innovation Programme was also announced. This innovation acceleration programme run by Plexal and the Global Disability Innovation Hub will aim to bring together users, entrepreneurs and corporations to accelerate the development of innovative businesses and products for the disability market.

Find out more about hosting your next event in London…

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