15 conferences. 7 countries. One team on the ground for you.
August 31 – November 12, 2026
Between September and November 2026, SparkNorth Ventures is on the ground at fifteen conferences across the Middle East, North America and Europe.
We can represent your company at any of them. We work out who is worth meeting, agree the list with you, set up the meetings, run the conversations on site, and follow up afterwards. Whether or not you come with us.
Write to info@sparknorthventures.com and tell us three things: what your company does, which events on this page look relevant, and what you would want to come back with.
We reply within two business days.
6 weeks out
Ticket, flights, stand, hotel, passes. EUR 8,000 to 15,000 before anyone has said a word to you.
4 weeks out
Attendee and exhibitor lists. Find the twenty people worth twenty minutes. Two to three days.
3 weeks out
Cold messages, then chase the silent ones. Build a schedule for a venue you have never seen.
The 3 days
Back to back, morning to evening. Alone you are either at your stand or in a meeting.
The week after
Where the value is. It lands the week you get home with two hundred unread emails. Mostly it never happens.
We take four of them off your desk. The first one gets a lot smaller when nobody has to fly out and build a stand.
We do four of the five jobs for you. The fifth, the bill, gets a lot smaller when nobody has to fly out and build a stand.
Distribution partners? First customers? Investors? Or a clear read on what your competitors are showing and how they price it? The objective changes everything that follows, so we settle it first. Competitive intelligence alone is a perfectly good reason to go.
We work through the attendee, exhibitor and speaker lists and hand you a shortlist of who is worth your time, with contact details and a reason for each name. You approve it. Nobody is approached without your yes.
We book the meetings in advance and run them on site for you. Full discovery conversations, not badge scanning, with live notes in every one.
Structured follow up on day 2, day 7 and day 21, plus a written summary of every conversation: who they were, what they need, and what we recommend next.
This is conference work, not marketing. No campaigns, no branding, no materials. We go to a specific event with a specific objective, and come back with specific conversations and a written record of them.
Energy, infrastructure and utility buyers from the Gulf, Africa and Asia, plus the broadest technology audience in the region. Two events in the same week, in two countries.
August 31 to September 3, 2026 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
RECC Malham
The Middle East's largest technology event, spanning AI, Cyber, Climate Tech, Smart Cities and Fintech. Strong state and sovereign fund presence makes it particularly relevant for companies seeking large early contracts.
201,000+ attendance · 1,800+ brands · 1,900+ investors · 600+ startups
September 1 to 3, 2026 · Dubai, UAE
Dubai World Trade Centre
The region's largest electrical infrastructure exhibition, bringing together utilities, EPC contractors, distributors and government buyers across power, renewables, grid infrastructure and energy storage.
35,000+ attendees · 1,900+ exhibitors · 150+ countries · 250+ speakers
Canadian and US investors, corporate buyers, the cybersecurity channel, the SME market, and the largest startup gathering on the continent. Seven events across Toronto, Mississauga and San Francisco.
September 18, 2026 · Toronto, Canada
BDC Offices, 81 Bay Street
An invitation-only gathering connecting ten selected startups with international angels, institutional funders and cross-border investors. SparkNorth Ventures is a partner of the organisers.
Invite only · 10 main stage pitches · Strict capacity limit
September 21, 2026 · Mississauga, Canada
Mississauga Convention Centre
A full-day summit focused on cross-border capital, with active investors, international trade commissioners and inbound delegations. SparkNorth Ventures is a partner of the organisers.
Full day · Investors breakfast · 1:1 investor meetings · Inbound delegations
September 22 to 24, 2026 · Toronto, Canada
Meridian Hall and St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
Canada's largest homegrown technology festival, with a dedicated startup lounge, investor one-to-one meetings and pitch opportunities. A strong snapshot of the Canadian technology ecosystem.
10,000+ attendees · 250+ speakers · Investor 1:1 programme
October 6 to 8, 2026 · Toronto, Canada
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Canada's leading security conference and part of the Black Hat portfolio. Its business hall brings together MSPs, resellers, distributors and enterprise CISOs looking for security solutions.
10,700+ attendees · 20th edition · Business hall Oct 7 to 8
October 13, 2026 · Toronto, Canada
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building
Canada's largest gathering of SME owners and operators, with a strong buyer audience across AI, cybersecurity and business technology. The Startup and Investor Lounge adds direct founder access.
7th edition · Startup and Investor Lounge · Owner and operator audience
October 13 to 15, 2026 · San Francisco, USA
Moscone West
The Valley's signature startup event, bringing founders, VCs, corporate innovation teams and tech media together. Particularly strong for fundraising, visibility and testing US market interest.
10,000+ attendees · 250+ speakers · 300+ startups · 200+ sessions
October 26 to 27, 2026 · Toronto, Canada
Toronto, Ontario
A curated deal-making event connecting emerging technologies with buyers across finance, manufacturing, defence, healthcare and energy. Pre-matched meetings make it particularly useful for market entry.
1,000+ attendees · 100+ speakers · Pre-matched 1:1 meetings
The largest AI gathering in Central Europe in September, then four events in Barcelona over three days at the same venue, and the largest technology gathering in Europe in Lisbon the week after. Six events, two trips.
September 7 to 8, 2026 · Budapest, Hungary
Városliget: Magyar Zene Háza and Néprajzi Múzeum
Central Europe's largest AI conference, covering AI across cybersecurity, finance, healthcare, space and defence. The audience includes regional enterprise and public-sector decision makers.
3,500+ attendees · 300+ speakers · 10 stages · 12 tracks
November 3 to 5, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain
Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via
The world's leading urban innovation event, attended by representatives from more than 900 cities alongside utilities and infrastructure operators. Ideal for companies selling to cities and public utilities.
27,000+ attendees · 1,100+ exhibitors · 600 speakers · 900+ cities
November 3 to 5, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain
Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via
A global urban mobility event covering public transport, electrification, mobility data, logistics and MaaS. The audience includes transport authorities, municipal mobility leaders and transit operators.
5,000+ attendees · 200+ exhibitors · 240+ speakers
November 3 to 5, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain
Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via, Hall 2
A dedicated cybersecurity event focused on business risk, AI, digital trust and supply-chain resilience. A highly senior audience, with 30% C-level attendees and 77% decision makers.
6,000+ visitors · 100+ exhibitors · 150+ speakers · 30% C level
November 3 to 5, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain
Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via, Hall 3
A deep-tech event focused on commercialising innovation across medtech, climate tech, AI, semiconductors, space and photonics, with dedicated investor pitches and startup exhibition opportunities.
3 days · Investor pitch sessions · Startup exhibition
November 9 to 12, 2026 · Lisbon, Portugal
MEO Arena and FIL, Parque das Nações
Europe's largest technology conference, bringing together 70,000+ attendees, 2,000+ startups and 1,200+ investors. Its enormous scale makes targeted preparation especially important.
70,000+ attendees · 160+ countries · 2,000+ startups · 1,200+ investors
Not every event is right for every company. Find your row, then read across.
| Sector | LEAP | MEE | IIS | AGAZ | Elevate | SecTor | SME Summit | Disrupt | Tech Fest | AI Summit | SCEWC | TMWC | BCC | BDTS | Web Summit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV, charging and energy | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Cybersecurity and digital trust | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Smart city, proptech and urban systems | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Mobility and transportation | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Industrial and utility infrastructure | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Health tech | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Fintech | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Deep tech and AI | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Raising capital | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
A dot means the event has a real room for that sector, not that the word appears in the programme. If your sector is not listed, write to us anyway and we will tell you honestly whether any of these are worth your time.
Fifteen events across three months. Each red bar is one conference, positioned on the month it runs in. The Barcelona week carries four events at the same venue, so one trip covers all four.
Bar lengths show the days each event runs. Short events are drawn at a minimum width so the name stays readable, so the bars are not exactly to scale.
The difference between the levels is how much of the work leaves your desk. We quote per event, because a room of seventy thousand people and a room of a thousand are not the same job.
Quoted per event
WORK WE TAKE ON
The homework and the outreach
Right for you if you are going yourself and just need the homework done properly. Competitive intelligence on its own is a perfectly good reason to buy this level.
Quoted per event
WORK WE TAKE ON
All four, and the fifth one shrinks
Everything in Level 1, plus
Right for you if you cannot travel, or if you want two people working the floor instead of one. The follow up is where most companies lose the value of a conference, so it is deliberately the heaviest part of what we do.
Optional at either level. If you or your founder joins us on site, we build the schedule around you and make the introductions in person. We are glad when this happens. Nothing depends on it.
The research compounds. Take us to three or more events and the target lists overlap and the follow up runs as a single pipeline instead of three. We price a block of events as one engagement.
Write to info@sparknorthventures.com and tell us three things.
On the third one: distribution partners, first customers, investors, or a clear read on what your competitors are showing. If you are not sure, say so and we will work it out on the call.
We reply within two business days and set up a thirty minute call to work out whether this makes sense for you.
Founder & Director · Host
Serial tech founder with 25+ years scaling companies across Europe and North America. Based in Vancouver, connecting European innovation with the Canadian ecosystem.
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Venture Operations Manager · Host
Supports founders entering the North American market by coordinating startups, investors, and advisors across the SparkNorth Ventures ecosystem.
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