Event Type : Industry Event

During the Commonwealth Games, please join the Department for Business & Trade, in partnership with the City of London Corporation, for an evening reception on Thursday 30^th July, 1730 in Glasgow to celebrate the strength, ambition and growing collaboration of the Professional and Business Services sectors in Scotland and India.

Kindly hosted by Scottish Renewables, this reception will bring together industry leaders, policymakers and partners to explore how Scottish, UK and Indian expertise can support innovation, investment and international growth across major events, infrastructure, energy, technology, digital, sustainability and professional services.

For any questions, please contact the DBT Scotland team at: DBTScotland@businessandtrade.gov.uk.

AIMday is a free, hybrid event hosted at Bayes Centre, Edinburgh. Please register your questions by Friday 10 July 2026.

We welcome up to three questions from each participating company or organisation. When registering your question, please ensure that you can facilitate access to the necessary data or details to develop a solution to your challenge. Due to limited spaces we may ask you to merge related questions into one session.

Please note that workshops are in general open for other participating organisations to observe where relevant, but closed workshops can be requested if required.

Your question(s) and (organisation) name will be published on this website.

To ensure your AIMday workshop(s) are successful, we recommend that at least two company representatives are available to join the discussion of each your questions on 10 September 2026. The company representatives should be well versed in the topic of the question(s) submitted and be prepared to provide further context and background.

We are happy to help you come up with or phrase appropriate question(s), so please do get in touch with organisers at EPSRCIAA@ei.ed.ac.uk.

Please register your questions by Friday 10 July 2026. Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. Please indicate if you will participate in-person or online.

Running since 2014, the Inform Prize gives Computer Science students a platform to present their software development projects to industry, compete for prizes, and connect with professionals looking for the next generation of talent. This year, we aim to expand the number of competing teams to be the biggest in the competition’s 12-year history.

Whether you are looking to recruit interns or graduates, stay connected with the university talent pipeline, or simply want to support students in your city, the Inform Prize events are worth your afternoon. Everyone is welcome, regardless of background or sector.

Scotland’s largest annual cyber security summit will host a sister event in Glasgow, Scot-Secure West, for the 4th year running. The event brings together senior InfoSec personnel, IT leaders, academics, security researchers and law enforcement, providing a unique forum for knowledge exchange, discussion and high-level networking.

The programme is focused on improving awareness and best practices through shared learning: highlighting emerging threats, new research and changing adversarial tactics, and examining practical ways to improve resilience, detection and response.

This event is geared towards InfoSec & IT personnel and C-suite leaders. Previous events have gone to a waiting list weeks in advance so we recommend registering early to avoid disappointment.

Running since 2014, the Inform Prize gives Computer Science students a platform to present their software development projects to industry, compete for prizes, and connect with professionals looking for the next generation of talent. This year, we aim to expand the number of competing teams to be the biggest in the competition’s 12-year history.

Whether you are looking to recruit interns or graduates, stay connected with the university talent pipeline, or simply want to support students in your city, the Inform Prize events are worth your afternoon. Everyone is welcome, regardless of background or sector.

The Fintech Summit is Scotland’s largest annual gathering of financial technology leaders, and has established itself as the must-attend event for stakeholders in the sector.

The conference will explore technological innovation across the industry, from developments in leading FS institutions, to the disruptive innovators within the challenger and start-up community that are reshaping the Financial Services market. The programme will consider the key shifts in regulation, investment, and technology, and discuss how they will impact the future evolution of the sector.

The Summit is the official flagship event of the Scotland Fintech Festival, and is free to attend for delegates working for Financial Services and FinTech companies.