Qué Pasa en Madrid

Your weekly newsletter with Business & Tech events for professionals and entrepreneurs in Madrid.

Week 14 // 31st March to 6th April

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 31st

• </> Streamlining Code Quality & CI: GitHub Merge Queue, Nx, and Sonar in Action/ 6.30 - 9pm: another appointment with the Google Developers Group (GDG), this time about improving code quality and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Merge Queue, Nx, and Sonar.

Tuesday, 1st

• 💡 Foro de Innovación UAM-empresa Madrid Norte/ 9.30am - 12.30pm: forum on innovation and knowledge transfer between academia and businesses, including discussions on successful collaborations, the role of knowledge-based companies, and strategies to improve business innovation through research partnerships.
• 📊 AWS | Más allá de los Datos: El Poder de Stratio y AWS con Bedrock/ 11 - 3pm: exploring at the Amazon Web Services office how Stratio and AWS leverage Bedrock to enhance business intelligence with GenAI. Learn about data accessibility, security, and governance while discovering real-world success stories of AI-driven decision-making.
• ☕ Coffee Break: Reinventando el Sector de los Servicios del Hogar con el CEO/ 12 - 2pm: the CEO of Wolly, a home technology and services company, will discuss innovation and digital transformation in the home services sector, including the challenges of scaling a startup.
• 👾 ¿Cómo se Crean los Videojuegos?/ 5 - 9pm (1/2): mini-course over 2 days organized by Digitaliza Madrid to learn about videogame design and creation, covering the entire process from the initial concept to launch.
• 💰 Design Unleashed: Beyond Buzzwords: Real Ways to Build a Customer-First Business/ 6 - 9.30pm: offering practical advice on effective customer-centric service design through talks from experienced designers from Mews, a hospitality management platform, and IKEA.
• 🚪 WorkDOOR | Cambiando el Mundo Profesional en Madrid/ 6.30 - 8.15pm: workshop on personal branding, professional purpose, and happiness in the professional career, showing how to better connect with others, your professional networks, and create a personal brand proposal.
• ₿ ¡Bitcoin para todos! #51/ 7 - 9pm: sharing methods and experience on Bitcoin as a result of many teaching iterations, dedicated to cyrpto enthusiasts or beginners.

Wednesday, 2nd

• ✈️ Smart Travel News Inspire/ 9am - 3pm: discussing the future of tourism with leading industry speakers. Topics will include digital twins for smart destinations, space tourism, AI in tourism, and more.
• 🤝 Liderazgo Afectivo/ 6.30 - 8.30pm: learn about leadership based on empathy, genuine relationships, and care for people to encourage dialogue and critical thinking on creating growth-oriented professional environments.
• 💻 Taller GoMAD | State of Go: Protobuf’s Opaque API, Iterator/ 7 - 8.50pm: programming workshop on the new Go 1.24 version, highlighting improvements in performance, security, and experience, including the new testing.B.Loop for benchmarks and performance optimizations.
• 🔥 HEDERA Hispana Hub | Encuentro de la Comunidad en Madrid/ 7.30 - 8pm: another event by Crypto Days, this time bringing together the Hedera community to explore its blockchain technology, real-world applications, and offering networking opportunities for developers, investors, and enthusiasts, especially discussing blockchain solutions and the future of decentralized technologies.
• 📚 #uncomfortablebooks Book Club: Invisible Women/ 8 - 9.30pm: the #uncomfortablebooks Book Club will read Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez, discussing the societal cost women face in a male-dominated world, exploring uncomfortable topics and promoting critical thinking about gender inequality.

Thursday, 3rd

• 📈 La Prueba en la Era Digital: Reto y Oportunidad/ 9.45am - 12pm: seminar addressing the legal protection of digital evidence, its collection, custody, and legal validity in the digital environment. Experts in digital law, cybersecurity, and technology, will host panel discussions on the legal and technical challenges of managing digital evidence.
• 🤖 Workshop ARPIA: Gestión Unificada de la IA/ 4 - 8pm: workshop focuses on the ARPIA platform, offering a hands-on experience for managing all phases of AI projects in one unified environment, from data ingestion to AI-driven applications. Learn to efficiently process data, automate processes, and develop data apps without advanced programming knowledge.
• 🔐 Ciberseguridad Estratégica: Cómo las Grandes Organizaciones se Protegen/ 6 - 8pm: two masterclasses focusing on cybersecurity strategies for large organizations. The first session discusses the role of a CISO in corporate security, while the second explores advanced application security in the digital age using Akamai's.
• </> Software Crafters Madrid | Kubernetes y PAAP II (Versión Técnica)/ 6.30 - 8pm: hands-on workshop on the Kubernetes adoption challenges at the application and infrastructure levels, ideal for developers. The event will include practical cases, discussions on common pitfalls, and strategies for improvement.
• 👨🏻‍💻 La Revolución de Jetpack Compose/ 6.30 - 9pm: Google Developers Group this time discusses the transformative shift in Android development with the introduction of Jetpack Compose. The session will be led by Aris Guimera, a Mobile Tech Lead and content creator, along with other organizers involved in various tech communities.
• 📊 Madrid dbt Meetup/ 6.45 - 8.45pm: 6th edition by dbt Cloud, this time with talks on data workflows and the importance of data exploration for quality, transformation, and visualization. Presentations will include a case study on improving data quality with dbt Cloud and an exploration of building a UI for fast data analysis, followed by networking over drinks and pizza.
• 🗣 Improve Your Public Speaking Skills/ 7 - 9pm: improve your public speaking skills in English with practical techniques to overcome nervousness, structure speeches effectively, and engage with audiences. Sessions are held in small groups, ensuring personalized feedback and a supportive environment for skill development. Hosted regularly.
• 💔 Datos, Esos Pequeños Destructores de Corazonadas/ 7 - 9pm: yeah, data management can be tough sometimes. Hear how data can challenge and reshape initial assumptions in product development and how to make proper data-driven decisions, also through real-world examples.
• ✅ Navigating Compliance and GDPR with L’Oreal/ 7 - 9pm: covering European accessibility regulations, like WCAG 2.1 AA standards, penalties, and requirements, and how to navigate the GDPR jungle. It will include a discussion of L’Oréal's approach to meeting these standards across its numerous commerce sites as a real-world case study.
• 🥃 Ecommerce After Work Drinks/ 7.30 - 9.30pm: another episode of this relaxed evening to have a drink and meet with other professionals working in the e-commerce sector (but not limited to).

Friday, 4th

• 🚀 Copilot Days 2025/ 8am - 6pm: full immersion on Microsoft Copilot and GenAI, designed to help professionals enhance workflow efficiency and productivity. Join talks, networking, and interactive sessions covering AI trends, business applications, and technical innovations.
• 🔥 Youth Speak Forum 2025/ 9.30am - 6pm: inspiring young leaders to drive social change, with an emphasis on inclusion and reducing inequalities, through talks, panel discussions, and co-creation sessions. Connect also with companies and organizations committed to investing on youth leadership and social impact.
• 💬 Networking: Comunicación en la Imagen Corporativa-Personal/ 5.30 - 7.30pm: any Mexican friends in Madrid? Join one of the 4 annual sessions at Instituto Cultural de México en España, designed to find collaboration and strategic alliances. Topics such as corporate communication, cultural identity, and entrepreneurship will be discussed by expert panelists.
• 🔗 Retos y Oportunidades de las Finanzas Descentralizadas (DeFi) y las DAOs/ 6.30 - 8.30pm: conference on Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), their operations, benefits, challenges, and impact on the digital economy, for professionals, entrepreneurs, and investors interested in understanding legal and economic implications.

Saturday, 5th

• 🎯 Pro Marketing Day/ 10am - 10.30pm (1/2): full-day event at Teatro Goya about digital marketing, with 21 expert-led talks on topics such as SEO, UX, AI, and neuro-marketing, and practical strategies for businesses.
• 🟢 Otro Puto Mercadillo/ 4 - 9pm: another damn market (62nd edition), a local event with independent artists selling items like prints, upcycled clothing, jewelry, ceramics, accessories, street food, and more - a dynamic atmosphere where to practice your business negotiation skills in their purest form.
• 🍔 A Night Out with Entrepreneurs/ 7 - 10pm: join other entrepreneurs for a casual, spontaneous dinner outing, aiming to build a community and facilitate connections without relying on apps or complex strategies. Hosted weekly.

Sunday, 6th

• 🎯 Pro Marketing Day/ 11am - 10pm (2/2): second day of this event at Teatro Goya about digital marketing. This part will be more workshop-oriented, with live exercises from top marketing agencies a hands-on learning experience.

📚 Business Book of the Month: Entrepreneur Revolution: How to Develop your Entrepreneurial Mindset and Start a Business that Works by Daniel Priestley 📚

• What: a guide to shifting from the outdated industrial-age mindset to a more agile, entrepreneurial way of thinking, covering fundamental principles of building a business. You can also find some good interventions of Daniel Priestley in podcasts like "The Diary of a CEO" or "Deep Dive with Alí Abdaal" which I often listen to.
• It's for you if: you're an aspiring or early-stage entrepreneur looking for mindset and strategy guidance, and you are interested in understanding digital tools and global trends to build a business (or you just enjoy reading about it).
• Key takeaways: a lot of principles we follow for our work and professional life are a result of how we studied at school, but there are other ways of approaching problems. You don’t need a huge corporation to succeed; lean, agile businesses that solve specific problems can be very successful in the current interconnected society. You need different products for different stages of business growth and customer engagement.

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Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not an affiliate nor responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #25 (30.03.25)