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Tech calendar: the events not to miss from mid-November to late December 2026

Farid Arab 6 min read
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From Cotonou to Sydney, twelve tech events with dates confirmed by their organisers, from mid-November to late December 2026, and why to go.

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From Cotonou to Sydney, twelve tech events with dates confirmed by their organisers, from mid-November to late December 2026, and why to go.

Between mid-November and late December 2026, the tech calendar gets busier: twelve events in 24h00’s calendar, from Cotonou to Sydney by way of Algiers, Helsinki and Dubai, have dates confirmed on their official website. We have listed them in chronological order, with what each one offers and who it is aimed at. Some ticket offices, such as Slush’s, are already sold out: it is best to decide quickly.

Mid-November: African cybersecurity, cloud and start-ups

  • Cyber Africa Forum, Cotonou (Benin), 16 and 17 November. The sixth edition, announced by the organisers on their website, takes digital trust as its theme and expects more than 1,500 participants: public officials, executives, investors and experts. It is aimed at those who follow information systems security and artificial intelligence on the continent.
  • Africa Tech Festival, Cape Town (South Africa), 17 to 19 November. The festival is held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre and targets telecom operators, investors, start-ups and public decision-makers.
  • Microsoft Ignite, San Francisco (United States), 17 to 20 November. Microsoft’s annual conference takes over the Moscone Center. The official website offers a free digital pass giving access to the keynotes and a large share of the technical sessions: an option with no plane ticket for IT teams.
  • Algeria 2.0, Algiers (Algeria), 17 to 21 November. The event sets up at the Sidi Abdellah Cyberparc. According to its website, the conferences and the village are free, some workshops require prior registration and a hackathon called MAKERS² completes the programme.
  • Slush, Helsinki (Finland), 18 and 19 November. The organisers announce more than 12,000 participants, 76% of them start-ups or investors. The downside: all the passes listed on the website are sold out; what remains are the more than 600 side events announced around the show.

Late November and early December: making, cloud and computer graphics

  • MAKE AFRICA, Dakar (Senegal), 23 to 28 November. The gathering of African makers takes place at the Green Energy Training Center, on the Sodida site. The theme is sustainable and inclusive technological sovereignty, and the organisers expect more than 3,000 makers and entrepreneurs.
  • AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas (United States), 30 November to 4 December. Amazon Web Services’ flagship event costs $2,499 in person, according to the official page, but the keynotes and more than fifty sessions are streamed live for free.
  • SIGGRAPH Asia, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), 1 to 4 December. For its first visit to Malaysia, the nineteenth Asian edition of the ACM conference takes place at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), with an exhibition from 2 to 4 December. It will appeal to those working in computer graphics, animation, video games and visual generative AI.

December: African deeptech, AI research and Dubai

  • African Startup Conference, Algiers (Algeria), 5 to 7 December. The fifth edition is held at the Abdelatif Rahal International Conference Centre, on the theme of deeptech. The official website announces more than 150 investors, more than 200 exhibitors and more than 40 ministerial delegations; registration is via the official app.
  • NeurIPS, Sydney (Australia), 6 to 12 December, with satellites in Paris and Atlanta. The leading machine learning research conference splits in two: the official website plans a Paris component from 9 to 13 December. A rare opportunity to attend presentations of papers accepted at NeurIPS in France.
  • GITEX Global, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), 7 to 11 December. The show runs in two stages: a summit on 7 December at the Dubai World Trade Centre, followed by an exhibition from 8 to 11 December at the Dubai Exhibition Centre in Expo City. The website allows registration as a visitor, delegate, exhibitor or media.
  • Expand North Star, Dubai, 8 to 10 December. The start-up and investment component is also held at Expo City. Its Supernova competition offers $115,000 in cash prizes, with no equity taken, according to the event’s website.

How to choose and prepare your trip

The right event depends first on what you are looking for. To raise funds or meet investors, Slush, the African Startup Conference and Expand North Star are the most targeted. To train on specific products, Microsoft Ignite and AWS re:Invent offer a large share of their content online, which reduces the cost of travel. For keeping up with science, NeurIPS and SIGGRAPH Asia remain the benchmarks in their fields.

Two precautions apply to all of them: check the dates and access conditions on the official website on the day itself, as they may change, and plan visas ahead for destinations outside the Schengen area. We have only included events whose dates appear on the organiser’s website; other events in the calendar were left out for lack of official confirmation as of 12 November 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Can some of these events be followed remotely?

Yes. Microsoft Ignite offers a free digital pass and AWS re:Invent streams its keynotes and around fifty sessions live, free of charge. For the others, check each organiser’s website.

Which African events should you note before the end of the year?

The Cyber Africa Forum in Cotonou, the Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town, Algeria 2.0 and the African Startup Conference in Algiers, as well as MAKE AFRICA in Dakar.

Is there a major AI event in France before the end of December?

The Paris satellite of NeurIPS, from 9 to 13 December, hosts presentations of papers from the conference. Access requires registration on the dedicated website.

These events appear, along with several dozen others, in 24h00’s tech events calendar, updated as organisers make their announcements. Journalists, bloggers and content creators who wish to cover an event with our newsroom can consult 24h00’s press accreditation page.

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