Feb 9-15 // AI Agents, TEDxUC3M, Public Speaking Improvisation, .NET Conf, and Business Speed Dating

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Qué Pasa en Madrid

Your weekly newsletter with Business & Tech events in Madrid.



Week 7 // 9 to 15 February

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?


Monday, 9

  • 🤖 Masterclass IA 2026: del Hype a la Ejecución/ 7 - 10pm: an overview of how organizations are moving from experimental AI pilots to measurable business impact, focusing on what works, what fails, and how to scale responsibly. Hosted at The Valley with an innovation lead from Microsoft.


Tuesday, 10

  • 💡 Impulsa tu Idea con Habilidades y Competencias de Éxito/ 10am - 2.30pm (1/4): a practical training program over 4 dates dedicated to women entrepreneurs on leadership, resilience, creativity, communication, and negotiation to turn an idea into a viable business.
  • 💻 Desarrollo de Agentes de Programación con IA Guiados por DSL/ 6.30 - 8.30pm: in-depth session on building reliable AI coding agents using a DSL-first approach, highlighting limitations of current LLM-driven development and demonstrating end-to-end code generation across backend, frontend, and DevOps.
  • 💰 Hacia un Internet más Libre/ 7 - 8pm: panel discussion on digital sovereignty, power concentration, and alternatives to the current internet model, moderated by the VP of strategy and corporate growth at IE University, with guests from companies like Keyrock Asset & Wealth Management, Instituto Hermes,Fundación Telefonica, McKenzie - followed by cocktail networking.
  • ⚡ Lightning Talks #41 @ Maria Pandora/ 7.10 - 9.10pm: fast-paced evening of relaxed short talks where multiple speakers share concise ideas across diverse topics, followed by open discussion.


Wednesday, 11

  • 🫵🏼 Autoconocimiento Personal para el Impacto Profesional/ 9 - 9.45am: short session on self-awareness as a foundation for professional impact, introducing a humanistic integrative approach and a practical tool for personal balance, led by the manager of SANNAS.
  • 📈 Market Update 2026 - Navegar en Entornos Turbulentos/ 9.30 - 11.30am: expert briefing on geopolitical risk, global economic reordering, and currency market dynamics to help companies adjust international strategy amid volatility - with the participation of the deputy managing director of the Cámara de Madrid and senior leaders from Banco Santander.
  • 🌱 El Valor Económico y Medioambiental de Transformar la Cadena de Valor/ 5 - 6.45pm: executive discussion hosted by the CEO of Earthworm Foundation on the economic and environmental returns of transforming supply chains, drawing on 25 years of practical work with global consumer companies such as Nestlé and Pepsico.
  • 🤝 Taller Mediación Empresarial/ 4.30 - 6pm: hands-on workshop on business mediation as a strategic tool to prevent and manage corporate conflicts, combining core principles with real-case analysis and communication techniques.
  • 🎯 Masterclass "Modelos de Negocio: Estilismo y Home Staging"/ 5 - 8pm: masterclass on building and positioning a business in styling and home staging, exploring strategies to differentiate, create value, and meet client needs.
  • ₿ Institutional Custody of Crypto Assets and Gold Tokenization/ 6.30 - 8pm: session on institutional crypto asset custody and gold tokenization, covering technological, security, and operational models for institutional clients, with the CEO of Prosegur Crypto.
  • 🔥 Business Speed Dating - Marketing Theme/ 6.30 - 8.30pm: structured session for marketing professionals and companies to present projects, discover potential clients or partners, and improve business visibility and collaborations within the marketing sector.
  • 📱 MadUX Show & Tell + Networking/ 6.45 - 9pm: collaborative session for User Experience (UX) designers to present projects, receive feedback, and improve design processes, organized by MadUX.
  • 🗣 Club de Oratoria - El Arte de Improvisar un Discurso/ 7 - 9pm: practical session for professionals to improve public speaking and improvisation skills, using theatrical exercises to build presence, clarity, and confidence in unplanned situations, hosted periodically at the Shed Coworking.
  • 🤖 Manual IA: Cómo Usarla Mañana en tu Trabajo/ 7 - 10pm: hands-on session on applying AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and NotebookLM to improve productivity, led by the Innovation Lead at Microsoft,


Thursday, 12

  • 📊 Estrategias Data-driven: Gestiona la Información de tu Empresa de Manera Segura/ 10.30am - 2.30pm: training session for entrepreneurs on building data-driven strategies, focusing on identifying risks, protecting client and business data, and applying practical cybersecurity tools.
  • 🔴 TEDxUC3M: Autenticidad. La Era del Espectáculo/ 11am - 2pm: TEDx event at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) with 6 professionals sharing experiences: a digital transformation and AI expert, a telomere biology scientist, a science communicator, an archaeologist, a finance communicator, and a communication and soft skills educator.
  • 💻 .Net Conf Madrid 2025/ 4 - 8pm: event celebrating the launch of .NET 10, the diffused open-source platform by Microsoft for developers, covering web development, Azure, AI, and modern tools for developers of all levels.
  • 💰 Crea tu Máquina de Ventas con IA/ 6 - 8pm: practical session on using AI to systematize sales processes, led by the founder of Pipeline Agent, demonstrating frameworks and tools to automate lead generation, follow-up, and closing.
  • 💅🏻 Tábatha Galentine’s Party/ 6 - 10pm: networking event dedicated to ambitious women, celebrating friendship and self-confidence, with different planned activities like luxury cocktails, desserts, games, and networking for women entrepreneurs.
  • ⚙️ Eustaquia: A Smiling Plant Powered by Erlang on Embedded Hardware/ 7 - 9.30pm: event showcasing Eustaquia, a plant-powered project which visually responds to watering levels, explaining the technical setup, software architecture, and interactive behavior, followed by an informal gathering with pizza and drinks provided by Cabify.
  • 💌 Find Your People in Tech & Digital/ 7.45 - 10pm: curated café gathering for tech, digital, and creative professionals to connect in a relaxed setting before Valentine’s Day, with no speakers or formal presentations, but focused instead on meaningful conversations and genuine human connection.


Friday, 13

  • 🤖 Introducción a ADK: Despliega tu Red de Agentes de IA en el Cloud/ 2 - 4pm: introductory session by Google Developer Groups (GDG) on how to deploy autonomous AI agents using the Agent Development Kit, covering LLM vs autonomous agent concepts, code structuring, and tool integration to build interactive AI agents.
  • 🤗 Liderazgo Consciente y Rendimiento Directivo - Monthly Circle/ 5.30 - 7.30pm: another session by Beyond Human on conscious leadership and executive performance, exploring applied neuroscience, biohacking, and practices to optimize body, mind, and purpose for high performance.
  • ✨ Madrid Tech Mixer and Social/ 7.30 - 10pm: a relaxed after-work environment for tech enthusiasts to network, share knowledge, and explore career opportunities in fields like AI, web development, and data science, hosted regularly.


Saturday, 14

  • 🧩 Offline Walk, Bites & Games/ 10.30am - 1.30pm: Saturday is not only for work! Join this guided silent group walk from Las Letras neighborhood to Mercado de la Cebada (La Latina), followed by Italian food, laughter, and card games in the market’s casual atmosphere, designed to slow down, observe Madrid, and create authentic connections with like-minded people.
  • 🟢 Otro Puto Mercadillo - 69º Edición/ 4 - 9pm: local market presents over 40 stands including fanzines, upcycled fashion, second-hand clothing, jewelry, and prints, with a bar and raffles - to practice your negotiation skills.


Sunday, 15

  • 🥐 Madrid Tech Brunch/ 12 - 2pm: recurring informal meetup for Tech professionals and enthusiasts to discuss topics in small groups, like industry trends, career growth, tools, AI, and productivity.



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Good Books I'm Reading 📚

  • Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You. As a reader of almost only non-fiction books, I must admit that reading a fictional story has a good collateral effect: you remember it much better. That’s what this little book does: it delivers business concepts through a fictional tale (but based on real facts) with a very pleasant and smooth read. The central topic is how to make a business sellable, but all the points apply even if you’re not planning to sell. It’s more about having standardized, repeatable (thus scalable) structure an processes. I enjoyed it a lot, very recommended!


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Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #61 (8.02.26)

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