🚀 May 20, 2026 - The Weekly Drop
VivaTech anchors Paris, Bloomberg heads to Houston, and Reuters loads the 2026 calendar. 26 new conferences just landed.
This week’s drop brings 26 new conferences to the calendar. Three stand out.
VivaTech 2026 lands in Paris on June 17 — Europe’s largest tech showcase returns to Porte de Versailles, with Bernard Arnault (Chairman & CEO, LVMH), Shantanu Narayen (Chair & CEO, Adobe), and Yann LeCun (Chief AI Scientist, Meta) headlining a program built around AI, luxury-meets-tech, and the next wave of consumer innovation. Bloomberg Energy Security Executive Briefing 2026 heads to Houston on June 12, gathering Michael K. Wirth (Chairman & CEO, Chevron) and Dan Pickering (Founder & CIO, Pickering Energy Partners) for an executive-level read on geopolitics, capital flows, and the energy transition. And Money20/20 USA 2026 returns to Las Vegas on October 18 as the year’s defining fintech and payments gathering, with Bill Demchak (Chairman & CEO, PNC) and Guy Wuollet (GP, a16z crypto) among the confirmed names.
Twenty-six new conferences. Here are the standouts:
Finance
FT Live: Accelerating Institutional Adoption of Tokenized Assets 2026 — New York, Jun 9. FT Live’s deep dive on how tokenization is reshaping institutional finance and digital asset infrastructure. With Mike Novogratz (Founder & CEO, Galaxy), Taylor Lindman (Chief Counsel, SEC Crypto Task Force), and Ambre Soubiran (CEO, Kaiko).
Reuters: The Future of Insurance 2026 — Chicago, Jun 25. Insurtech innovation, digital transformation, and emerging risk strategies. With Bill Pappas (Head of Global Technology & Operations, MetLife) and Lucy Pilko (CEO Americas, Allianz Commercial).
Reuters Investment USA 2026 — Boston, Oct 1. Expert read on US markets, investment strategy, and the macro outlook — with Vlad Barbalat (President & CIO, Liberty Mutual Group).
Energy & Sustainability
Reuters: Sustainability Data & Reporting Europe 2026 — London, Jun 2. ESG strategy, compliance, and the next generation of reporting frameworks. With Lara Wolters (MEP, European Parliament), Chiara Del Prete (Chair, EFRAG SR TEG), and Archana Jagannathan (CSO, PepsiCo).
FT Live: Climate & Impact Summit 2026 — London, Jun 17. FT Live’s flagship convening on net-zero strategies, ESG investment, and corporate climate action. With Mariana Mazzucato (Professor, UCL), Catherine McKenna (CEO, Climate Nature Solutions), and Greg Jackson (CEO, Octopus Energy).
Reuters: Data Driven Oil & Gas 2026 — Houston, Jun 25. AI and analytics transforming upstream operations. With Brian Jones (CDIO, Hess Corporation), Patrick Bangert (VP & Chief of AI, Oxy), and Rebecca Hofmann (President & CEO, Blockchain for Energy).
AI & Tech
SF Tech Week 2026 — San Francisco, Oct 5. Silicon Valley’s signature week of summits, dinners, and demos. With Arvind Krishna (Chairman & CEO, IBM), Brian Halligan (Co-founder, HubSpot), and Cristóbal Valenzuela (Co-CEO, Runway).
Reuters Momentum AI Austin 2026 — Austin, Sep 24. AI innovation, investment, and responsible development — Reuters’ Texas convening on where AI heads next.
Generative AI Summit Boston 2026 — Boston, Oct 29. Generative AI advances and applied enterprise use cases. With Shubham Upadhyay (Head of Generative AI, Amazon), Smitha Shyam (Sr. Director of Engineering, Waymo), and Subhankar Ghosh (Sr. Applied Research Scientist, NVIDIA).
Developer & Engineering
WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America 2026 — San Jose, Sep 23. North America’s premier developer congress. With Kelsey Hightower (formerly Google Cloud), Olivier Pomel (Co-founder & CEO, Datadog), and Prashanth Chandrasekar (CEO, Stack Overflow).
LeadDev New York 2026 — New York, Sep 15. Software engineering leadership, team strategy, and the practical craft of running modern dev orgs.
Web3 & Blockchain
European Blockchain Convention 2026 — Barcelona, Sep 16. Europe’s leading blockchain, crypto, and Web3 summit. With Stani Kulechov (Founder & CEO, Aave Labs), Tom Zschach (CTO, Swift), and Robby Yung (CEO Investments, Animoca Brands).
Korea Blockchain Week 2026 — Seoul, Sep 30. Asia’s premier blockchain and crypto event. With Arthur Hayes (CIO, Maelstrom), Tom Lee (Chairman, BitMine), and Patrick Witt (Executive Director, The White House).
Asia
Reuters NEXT Asia 2026 — Singapore, Jul 9. Reuters’ flagship Asia convening on innovation, capital, and geopolitics. With Richard Teng (Co-CEO, Binance), Rohit Sipahimalani (CIO, Temasek), and Jane Sun (CEO, Trip.com Group).
Growth & Business
Masters of Scale Summit 2026 — San Francisco, Oct 20. Scaling strategies and entrepreneurial playbooks. With Reid Hoffman (Co-founder LinkedIn, Partner Inflection AI), Bill Gates (Co-founder, Gates Foundation), and Satya Nadella (CEO, Microsoft).
Lenny & Friends Summit 2026 — San Francisco, Sep 10. Product and growth experts gather for actionable insights from Lenny Rachitsky’s community of operators.
Cybersecurity
Infosec World 2026 — Orlando, Oct 11. Cybersecurity’s global summit. With Theresa Payton (Former White House CIO), Jennifer Swann (CISO, Bloomberg Industry Group), and Mark Clancy (CSO, T-Mobile).
See all 26 new conferences and RSVP info at eventbrowse.com/new-events-conferences/new-conferences-may-20-2026
Twenty-six new conferences. From Paris’s biggest tech showcase to Houston’s executive energy briefing to Vegas’s fintech anchor.
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