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Get informed
Understand the national challenges shaping Gloucestershire's future and how publications such as the latest National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence Review show the landscape is changing.
Gloucestershire Tech Week
Bringing founders, innovators, disruptors, leaders & learners together to turn the county's tech strengths into solutions for society's biggest challenges.
WhenMonday 12th – Friday 16th October 2026
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The county's call to action
We are living through an era of radical uncertainty, a world of confrontation, competition and cooperation, in which technology is more crucial than ever. Gloucestershire Tech Week exists to convene the people who can navigate this era: innovators, businesses, investors, universities and government, working side by side around the technologies that will shape both the UK's security and prosperity. Our role is to turn the challenges the country faces into shared opportunities here in Gloucestershire.
The challenges
What the week explores
Seven themes drawn from the UK's National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence Review. Tap a card to see what it means in practice.
Five days. Seven national challenges. One regional response.
Programme
Each day of Gloucestershire Tech Week takes the national challenge areas and applies them locally: to our businesses, our universities, our founders, our public sector partners, our communities and our future workforce.
Day 01 · MonOct12
Heritage
Challenge 02Challenge 03Challenge 04Challenge 05
VENUE TBC
Day 02 · TueOct13
Resilience & Sovereignty
Challenge 01Challenge 02Challenge 06Challenge 07
HUB8 MX, CHELTENHAM
Day 03 · WedOct14
Curiosity
Challenge 03Challenge 04Challenge 05
VENUE TBC
Day 04 · ThuOct15
[Artificial] Intelligence
Challenge 02Challenge 03Challenge 04Challenge 07
Patch, The Forum, Gloucester
Day 05 · FriOct16
Opportunity
Challenge 01Challenge 03Challenge 05Challenge 06Challenge 07
GLOUCESTER
Get involved
Join the mission
Twelve ways to take part: From learning and connecting to building, investing and backing future talent.
Understand
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Come to an event
Attend sessions throughout GlosTechWeek and meet the people working across technology, cyber, AI, defence and digital innovation.
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Join the network
Connect with founders, employers, researchers, educators, investors, and public-sector partners across the regional ecosystem.
Activate
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Share a challenge
Bring a real problem or opportunity that technology, talent or collaboration could help solve.
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Collaborate
Work with partners across industry, academia, government and the wider community.
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Start a business
Explore how ideas, research or technical capability could become a new venture.
Scale
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Explore new markets
Find opportunities to apply your technology or expertise in defence, security, resilience and critical sectors.
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Strengthen resilience
Improve your organisation's ability to prepare for, withstand and recover from disruption.
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Invest
Support founders, ventures and technologies that could create future regional and national advantage.
Support
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Mentor
Share your experience with startups, students, emerging leaders or organisations developing new ideas.
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Build skills
Support placements, apprenticeships, student projects, training and future workforce development.
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Sponsor research or talent
Back the research, projects, scholarships and talent pathways that help turn potential into capability.