Conferences in Edinburgh

Check out happening conferences events all around Edinburgh, SC

United for YES- 8th May 2026

Fri, 08 May at 12:30 pm Scottish Parliament Edinbugh

DataFest 2026

 Wed, 27 May at 01:30 pm Assembly Rooms GBP 144

An Evening with George Monbiot : Edinburgh

 Sat, 02 May at 07:00 pm The Pleasance GBP 10 to 44

Professor Brian Cox: Emergence World Tour

 Thu, 08 Oct at 07:30 pm Edinburgh Playhouse

WACL Festival of Talent 2026 - Edinburgh

 Wed, 13 May at 09:00 am The Hoxton GBP 234

UX Scotland 2026

 Wed, 10 Jun at 08:30 am John McIntyre Conference Centre, The University of Edinburgh GBP 299

The National Apprenticeship & Education Event - SCOTLAND CENTRAL BELT

 Thu, 10 Sep at 09:30 am Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium Free

Frontiers in Research on Neurodegenerative Disorders

 Thu, 10 Sep at 08:30 am Informatics Forum, The University of Edinburgh Free

Scottish Cardiac Arrest Symposium - SCAS26

 Thu, 21 May at 09:00 am John McIntyre Conference Centre, The University of Edinburgh Free

The Maccabees

 Mon, 06 Jul at 07:00 pm Edinburgh Corn Exchange

23rd EVECC Congress - Edinburgh, 4-6 June 2026

 Thu, 04 Jun at 08:00 am Edinburgh International Conference Centre

Storytelling in the age of AI | In-person

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Agnieszka Chylinska

 Fri, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm Edinburgh Corn Exchange

Film Screening: Ghost in the Machine (2026)

 Thu, 14 May at 03:00 pm Newhaven Lecture Theatre Free

The Digital Exchange: State of Search in 2026

 Thu, 30 Apr at 09:00 am The Place Hotel GBP 17

Turing Fest 2026

 Wed, 06 May at 09:00 am The Biscuit Factory GBP 596

The words to say I love you with Kai Spellmeier & Gayathiri Kamalakanthan

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 6

The AI business case: Real value or false promise? | Edinburgh

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Grassmarket Community Project & Coffee Saints Cafe GBP 7 to 25

CreativeTech Scotland Gathering

 Thu, 14 May at 09:00 am Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh Free

Human Rights and Migration Issues in Europe

 Sun, 10 May at 02:15 pm French Institute of Scotland GBP 0 to 20

OARC 46

 Sat, 16 May at 10:00 am Edinburgh USD 13 to 535

Le Tour Du Hack 2026

 Sat, 16 May at 09:00 am Boroughmuir High School GBP 14 to 17

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics Annual CDT Conference 2026

 Tue, 05 May at 09:00 am Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University Free

The C4 model, Structurizr vNext, and AI

 Wed, 20 May at 06:30 pm Computershare Ltd Free

Tech Leaders Forum - Leading in the age of AI

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Level 1, The Stamp Office

Anatomy: Burke to Bioethics

 Wed, 20 May at 06:00 pm Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh GBP 3

RSE Gifford Seminar: The Conversions of Christianity | In person

 Tue, 12 May at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Thinking like Hutton: Shaping the next 300 years | In person

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life : Evening with Samar Yazbek

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 5

Apex SME Masters Expos: Tec & Mar in Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)

 Thu, 13 Aug at 09:00 am Gleneagles Townhouse USD 378 to 754

Amussu - Film Screening, Discussion & Performance

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:00 pm North Edinburgh Arts, 12C MacMillan Square Free

RISE 2026: Rooted & Radiant

 Sat, 30 May at 10:00 am My Edinburgh - The Bakery GBP 45 to 70

The Early Detection of Cancer Conference 2026

 Tue, 06 Oct at 12:00 am Edinburgh International Conference Centre GBP 310 to 1,550

SLVL B2B USH

 Sat, 02 May at 10:00 pm Edinburgh Corn Exchange

No Errors, No Alerts, No Clue: The Hidden Crisis in Agentic AI

 Wed, 06 May at 06:30 pm Computershare Ltd Free

CIO Scotland 2026

 Tue, 15 Sep at 08:00 am The Balmoral, a Rocco Forte hotel Free

SDinGov 2026

 Wed, 23 Sep at 08:30 am John McIntyre Conference Centre, The University of Edinburgh GBP 678

The Talent Gathering 2026

 Thu, 01 Oct at 08:30 am Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium GBP 215 to 1,674

ScotlandsFest: Choose Life Choose Leith – Trainspotting on Location

 Thu, 27 Aug at 10:30 am St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Antarctic Monkeys

 Fri, 03 Jul at 07:00 pm Edinburgh Corn Exchange

CIBSE Scotland - Building Standards Update Consultation - Briefing

 Wed, 13 May at 12:00 pm Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh City Centre Free

The Changing Scene in Astronomy

 Fri, 01 May at 07:30 pm Augustine United Church Free

Full Day Scots Law Private Client Conference - Edinburgh

 Thu, 30 Apr at 09:30 am Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh GBP 138

7th International Conference on Biofuels and Bioenergy

 Thu, 25 Jun at 09:00 am Edinburgh, Scotland

Open Circuit Edinburgh

 Thu, 07 May at 05:00 pm CodeBase Free

POV!

 Thu, 14 May at 05:30 pm Gallery Studio, Teviot Student Union Free

Global Flow Measurement Workshop 2026

 Tue, 29 Sep at 09:00 am Edinburgh International Conference Centre GBP 1,440 to 1,800

Thomas Green - Brainstorm

 Sun, 04 Oct at 08:00 pm Assembly Rooms

ScotlandsFest: Scotland's Political Crossroads

 Wed, 26 Aug at 01:30 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Wellbeing: Embedding trauma-informed people management practice

 Tue, 12 May at 08:30 am Hanover Scotland Conference Centre Free

Russia's Campaign Against Europe: Hybrid War, Disinformation, Influence

 Mon, 11 May at 04:00 pm French Institute of Scotland GBP 0 to 6

Europe Day Conference 2026: From Migration Narratives to Lived Realities

 Mon, 11 May at 10:00 am French Institute of Scotland Free

Tom Gilbey

 Fri, 11 Sep at 07:30 pm Assembly Rooms

Mind Enterprises

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm Liquid Room

Edinburgh IOSH Community - HSE Workplace Noise Inspection Plan

 Thu, 07 May at 01:00 pm Royal Scots Club Free

Scotland 2050

 Tue, 02 Jun at 09:30 am Assembly Rooms Free

Mike Soutar: Next Gen CEO

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 22

FUEL Edinburgh - The Business Finance & Funding Roadshow

 Thu, 30 Apr at 09:00 am Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium GBP 30 to 54

Future of ABIs Summit 2026

 Wed, 27 May at 01:30 pm Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Free

RIAS and IStructE CPD: Architect-Engineer Breakfast Seminar

 Tue, 05 May at 08:30 am The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland GBP 15 to 20

AI and criminal law: the future for the courts

 Wed, 29 Apr at 03:30 pm Edinburgh Law School Free

Business Networking Breakfast | ESG Reporting

 Thu, 28 May at 09:00 am The Edinburgh Remakery GBP 6 to 12

Open Research Practices for the Social and Human Disciplines

 Wed, 06 May at 09:00 am Dugald Stewart Building, The University of Edinburgh Free

Celebrating James Hutton’s lasting impact

 Wed, 03 Jun at 09:30 am The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

STANCE Conference 2026

 Thu, 01 Oct at 09:30 am COSLA Conference Centre GBP 109 to 131

OEUK North Sea CCS & Hydrogen Summit 2026

 Mon, 01 Jun at 05:00 pm Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh GBP 270 to 828

University of Edinburgh Global Law Conference

 Thu, 30 Apr at 09:00 am Old College, The University of Edinburgh Free

Active Travel, Active Hope - daytime event and 24 hour relay

 Sat, 09 May at 10:00 am St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Free

Community Energy in Action: Saving Costs, Building Resilience

 Mon, 11 May at 06:00 pm Tribe Porty CIC Free

SI-FAN Fantastic Film Festival - Industry and Networking Day

 Fri, 01 May at 12:00 pm Screen Academy Scotland Free

International Conference on Medical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

 Tue, 19 May at 10:00 am Holiday Inn Express Edinburgh City Centre by IHG USD 467

How to Do Business In Scotland with Dr. Claudia M. Duffy

 Fri, 22 May at 05:30 pm Hotel Indigo Edinburgh - Princes Street by IHG GBP 6

Lindsay Paterson: Lessons From Scottish Schools

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 20

Microplastics and the Media: Science, Storytelling and Social Change

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Larch Lecture Theatre, The Nucleus Building, The University of Edinburgh Free

Narratives of the Future

 Fri, 01 May at 01:30 pm Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

Homes or Homecomings? Managing tourism tensions with European Partners

 Tue, 12 May at 05:45 pm Edinburgh City Chambers GBP 6

Bright Red Sparks

 Wed, 24 Jun at 05:30 pm Bright Red Triangle Canalside Office Free

Munro Lecture - 'Bangladesh and the (Im)Possibility of Climate Justice'

 Thu, 07 May at 05:15 pm Teviot Lecture Theatre - Doorway 5 Medical School (Old Medical School), The University of Edinburgh Free

Modern Medicine: HIV/AIDS

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:00 pm Physicians' Gallery GBP 3

Scottish Book Trade Conference 2026

 Tue, 12 May at 09:00 am Ps & Gs (St Paul's & St George's) Church Free

JCI Scotland National Conference 2026

 Fri, 02 Oct at 06:00 pm The Place Hotel GBP 22 to 158

The Future of UK – EU – US Relations

 Sat, 09 May at 10:00 am French Institute of Scotland GBP 0 to 20

Constituting A Nation: Scots and 1776

 Tue, 26 May at 04:00 pm Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

ScotlandsFest: A Scottish Football Odyssey

 Thu, 27 Aug at 01:30 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

CYPER Symposium 2026

 Fri, 15 May at 09:00 am Queen's Medical Research Institute Free

WorkWise 2026: Navigating the modern workplace

 Thu, 21 May at 08:30 am Anderson Strathern GBP 150

YCF Conference 2026: Valuations

 Thu, 17 Sep at 09:00 am Surgeons' Quarter GBP 60 to 330

Apex Master Expos Conferences in Edinburgh, Scotland

 Thu, 13 Aug at 09:00 am Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club USD 378 to 754

From Evidence to Action: Climate Change, Flooding and Mental Health

 Tue, 02 Jun at 09:30 am Edinburgh Free

Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2026 (in Person)

 Thu, 18 Jun at 09:30 am 50 George Square Free

Spotlight Talk: Earth Matters

 Fri, 08 May at 02:00 pm Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Free

Becoming Climate Resilient

 Thu, 25 Jun at 10:00 am Edinburgh Climate Change Institute GBP 220 to 275

The story of Dance Base

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:30 pm Portobello Baptist Church Hall Free

Edinburgh Earth Initiative: Multilateralism at a Crossroads

 Tue, 12 May at 02:00 pm Edinburgh Climate Change Institute Free

Quarries and Rock-cut Sites Through the Lens of Archaeology

 Thu, 14 May at 09:00 am Meadows Lecture Theatre - School of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA) - University of Edinburgh (UK) Free

Reconnecting Scotland to Europe through Erasmus+

 Mon, 11 May at 04:15 pm French Institute of Scotland GBP 0 to 6

The High North, Scotland and Europe's Arctic Frontier

 Sat, 09 May at 02:00 pm French Institute of Scotland GBP 0 to 20

RESONATING MOVING IMAGES: PERÚ AND SCOTLAND THROUGH MINING FILMS

 Thu, 14 May at 04:00 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre Free

2026 May EIDF town hall meeting - more details will follow soon IN -PERSON

 Tue, 05 May at 09:30 am The Bayes Theorem & Atrium Free

ScotlandsFest: Fortunes From Flesh – Scotland and Slavery

 Thu, 20 Aug at 01:30 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12