Cambridge Tech Week 2026 to Bring Together Global Deep Tech Leaders
Muhammad Naeem:
Islamabad:
Cambridge Tech Week 2026 will return from September 14 to 18, bringing together some of the world’s leading voices in deep technology, artificial intelligence, venture capital, infrastructure, and public policy to discuss how emerging technologies can drive global change.
Held across five days in Cambridge, this year’s event will be centred on the theme “How Deep Tech Changes the World”, focusing on the transition of frontier technologies from research breakthroughs to large-scale deployment. Discussions will also examine the infrastructure, investment, and policy frameworks required to support innovation and global adoption.
The event will feature an impressive lineup of speakers, including Alice Delahunty, President of Electricity Transmission at National Grid; Suranga Chandratillake, General Partner at Balderton Capital; Lucy Yu, CEO of Centre for Net Zero; Tom Adeyoola, Executive Chair of Innovate UK; and Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein, President of City St George’s, University of London.
Other confirmed speakers include Karen Silverman, Founder and CEO of Cantellus Group, Lord Kulveer Ranger, Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for AI, Sasha McMurray of Deeptech Labs, Tom Wilson of Seedcamp, Finnish Ambassador Teemu Turunen, General Reasoning Co-founder Chengxi Taylor, Strategical Founder Shane Mason, and Kateryna Bezsudna of TEKEVER Ukraine.
Organisers say the event will leverage Cambridge’s internationally recognised innovation ecosystem, where scientific research, investment, entrepreneurship, and policymaking intersect. The programme will be divided into five themed days, covering Cambridge’s innovation landscape, global deep tech competition, startup scaling, specialised discussions on AI, quantum technologies, healthtech and medtech, and networking opportunities designed to strengthen collaboration across the sector.
Dr Mike Short, Chair of Cambridge Tech Week, said the focus has shifted from scientific discovery alone to ensuring transformative technologies can be deployed at scale to address major global challenges.
“Cambridge has long been a global centre of scientific discovery, but the challenge now is international deployment—how do we invest and scale transformative technologies responsibly, competitively and fast enough to meet major global challenges,” he said.
Katie Nelson, Head of Leasing UK & Ireland at Kadans Science Partner, a sponsor of the event, said Cambridge Tech Week provides a valuable platform for connecting entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and industry leaders working on the technologies that will shape the next decade.
She added that Cambridge continues to demonstrate its position as one of the world’s leading deep tech hubs, supported by developments such as Merlin Place, which offers office, laboratory and collaboration facilities for innovative companies.
Cambridge Tech Week has established itself as one of Europe’s leading technology festivals, attracting entrepreneurs, investors, academics, policymakers and business leaders from around the world to explore the future of innovation and deep technology.
