Qué Pasa en Madrid

Your weekly newsletter with business events & meetups for professionals and entrepreneurs happening in Madrid.

Week 50 // 9th to 15th December

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 9th

• 🏗️ Arquitectura Empresarial y Transformación Digital/ 6 - 8pm: at the Public Library in El Retiro, this forum focuses on enterprise architecture and its connections with digital transformation, sustainability, AI integration, and creative approaches.

Tuesday, 10th

• 📊 Data for Good - Madrid Talks'24/ 6 - 9pm: discuss the transformative use of data for social impact and AI's role in urban well-being, gender equality, and societal challenges.
• 📈 Desafíos Prácticas Financieras para ONG/ 6.30 - 9pm: evening dedicated to financial challenges and best practices for NGOs, with the presentation of a study on financial management in the nonprofit sector.

Wednesday, 11th

• 🚀 TransverSa 2024 “Cambio Climático y Sostenibilidad”/ 9am - 2.30pm: at the Google for Startup Campus, this half-day event addresses climate change and sustainability challenges for entrepreneurs. It includes an inaugural session on geographic vulnerability and social resilience followed by parallel discussions on sustainable financing, green employment, and supply chain decarbonisation.
• 🌍 Global Industry Forum/ 9.30am - 6.30pm: for startups, entrepreneurs, investors, and students interested in exploring topics like corporate venturing, mobility, sustainability, Govtech, and search funds, with presentations from experts like Marc Vidal, Mago More, and Elena Peyró.
• 🤖 Encuentro de Cierre de Año IA & Empresa/ 5.30 - 7.30pm: discuss how AI is shaping the business landscape from a retrospective view of 2024's key moments, with real-world case studies and upcoming trends for next year.
• 💥 IA Generativa y su Impacto en la Transformación a Debate/ 6.30 - 7.30pm: roundtable discussion on the impact of GenAI in business transformation with alumni of IE University's Advanced Program in Digital Strategy and Business Transformation.
• ☠️ Face Anti-Spoofing and Deepfake Detection/ 6.30 - 8pm: explore digital identity verification challenges and multimodal video liveness for improving accuracy and scalability. The session will be led by the Manager of ML Engineering at Incode and will cover real-world applications of deepfake detection using advanced models integrating RGB and depth data.
• 🔥 Fuckup Nights Madrid/ 6.30 - 9.30pm: tired of hearing only of success stories? Get back to reality with a fresh point of view: hear personal stories of professional failures, business fuckups and product flops. Followed by networking with food and drinks in a relaxed setup.
• 🧑‍💻 De Java a Clojure Sin Morir en el Intento/ 7 - 8.30pm: if you are a Java developer and would like to explore the Clojure programming language, join this workshop to demystify Clojure and make it less intimidating.
• 🔜 Strategic Foresight: Cómo Preparar a tu Organización para el Futuro/ 7.30 - 9pm: free masterclass led by César Astudillo, founder and financial advisor, on how organizations can strategically anticipate and prepare for future challenges.
• 🎁 Cena de Navidad - Latinas in Tech Madrid/ 8.30pm - 0.30am: the professional Tech community of Latinas is back with another event, this time as a Christmas special. The aim is mainly to spend some fun time together, but it can always be a good occasion to connect with peers and professionals and open up new business collaborations.

Thursday, 12th

• 💹 1 Jornada Regulación Financiera/ 9am - 2.30pm: discover the financial regulation of Spain's FinTech industry, with discussions on the evolution of FinTech, its collaboration with traditional banking, and the current regulatory challenges.
• 🔥 La Sostenibilidad de la Gestión de Activos/ 9.30am - 12.30pm: join IBM executives at the Amazon Web Services office to hear about sustainable asset management while reducing environmental impact. Learn about the challenges in asset management and explore solutions to improve efficiency, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness in operations through cloud-based technologies.
• 🛰️ Infraestructuras de Comunicación y Navegación Lunar/ 6.00 - 7.30pm: a unique occasion to enter the Planetario Madrid and hear about the future of lunar communication and navigation infrastructure, in the context of the Artemis and the Moonlight programs by the European Space Agency (ESA).
• 🧑‍💻 PyData Madrid - Especial de Navidad/ 6.30 - 8.30pm: special Christmas edition of the Python immersion for coding enthusiasts, with two talks on customizing the PyData theme for Sphinx and on how Python can be used to cure genetic diseases.
• 🥃 Ecommerce After Work Drinks/ 7.30 - 9pm: working in e-commerce? Join a relaxed networking evening at a bar in the Malasaña/Palacio area, providing a casual environment for entrepreneurs like you to network over drinks.
• 🧑‍💻 Generando Código desde Contratos openAPI/ 7 - 9pm: learn how to generate code from OpenAPI contracts (formerly Swagger) with hexagonal architecture, CQRS, and automated tests. The session will provide practical examples to demonstrate these concepts in action.

Friday, 13th

• 👾 Gamergy/ 10am - 9pm (1/3): 3-days fair event at IFEMA dedicated to the gaming industry, offering opportunities for gamers, content creators, and companies to connect, with a wide range of activities and a special mobile game called Gamergy Worlds.
• 🚀 DemoDay LEINN/ Programa de Incubación y Aceleración/ 10.30am - 4pm: get inspired by presentations of the final projects of students in their 4th year of the official LEINN degree program (Entrepreneurship Leadership and Innovation). Students will show their entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial projects developed through incubation and acceleration programs, showcasing startup growth and collaboration with corporations.
• 🍺 Tech Network - Pitch your ideas over a beer/ 7 - 9pm: casual networking opportunity for entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts to meet potential co-founders, share ideas, and discuss their startup plans. You can interact through an app, take a personality test to find compatible partners, and then meet in person - or join the WhatsApp group.

Saturday, 14th

• ☢️ Hacking Radio, Radioafición y Radioescucha/ 9.30am - 3pm: free event for enthusiasts of radio hacking, amateur radio, and shortwave listening. There will be workshops and talks from experts touching on various aspects of radio hacking like emergency radio usage and communications techniques such as FT8 for weak signal communication. There will also be a raffle of shortwave radios, some designed for emergency use.
• 💪 Coworking de Altruismo Eficaz: Trabaja y Conecta/ 11am - 1pm: with the holiday spirit already pervading the city, it may be difficult to focus on work. Consider joining this weekly relaxed coworking session to find group focus and motivation, while creating new connections - for a Saturday of work that feels less like work.

Sunday, 15th

• 🎤 New Faces Open Mic/ 7 - 8.30pm: spend some fun time at this English stand-up comedy open mic, where anyone can perform following the "Show Up, Go Up" format - an occasion to get some inspiration (or practice!) to conquer your fear of public speaking.

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Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not an affiliate or responsible for the events included in the present email. Educative purpose only. Issue #11 (08.12.24).