Top 10 Upcoming Tech Events in 2025
The year 2025 has already delivered a whirlwind of tech breakthroughs. We’ve seen AI step into our homes and offices like never before, with CES 2025 unveiling smarter assistants, foldable laptops, and even healthmonitoring toilets. At MWC, 5G Advanced and satellitepowered smartphones hinted at a hyperconnected future. And Computex put PC innovation front and centre, with Copilot+ AI PCs and new silicon battles heating up between Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm.
But the story isn’t over. In fact, some of the most exciting chapters are still to come.
The second half of the year packs a punch with powerful product launches, immersive tech showcases, and game-changing conversations in AI, cybersecurity, and sustainability. Whether you’re tracking Apple’s next leap, planning a visit to Berlin’s IFA, or catching up on AI breakthroughs in London and Las Vegas, this guide rounds up the 10 must-watch upcoming tech events from August to December 2025.
1. Black Hat USA 2025
Black Hat USA blends deep technical talks with realworld defence. Experts will cover AIpowered attacks, supplychain vulnerabilities, and new ways to counter ransomware. Trainings run for four days, followed by two days of briefings and a business hall. If you work in security, this is the battlefield briefing you can’t miss.
Place: Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, USA
Registration: Tiered passes via Black Hat website
2. SIGGRAPH 2025
SIGGRAPH is the premier conference for graphics, VR, AR, animation and interactive techniques. Professionals will explore realtime rendering, volumetric video, spatial audio, and more across sessions, labs, art galleries and research papers.
Place: Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada
Registration: Tickets via siggraph.org
3. Ai4 2025
Ai4 highlights enterprise AI in action. With over 600 speakers and thousands of attendees, it features deep dives into generative AI, LLM deployment and AIdriven automation—backed by vendor demos and business case studies.
Place: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, USA
Registration: Tiered passes via ai4.io (from ~$1,700)
4. Wikimania 2025
Wikimania brings together Wikimedia volunteers, contributors and advocates to celebrate open knowledge. With sessions on language access, digital inclusion and community tools, the event fosters collaboration across the globe.
5. Apple September event
Apple’s headlines fall keynote is expected in early September. Rumours include the iPhone 17 lineup, with a possible “Air” variant, Apple Watch Series 11, Watch Ultra 3, AirPods Pro 3, and possibly new iPads or MacBooks, all powered by A19 chips.
Place: Apple Park, Cupertino & streamed globally
Registration: Inviteonly; livestream via apple.com
6. IFA 2025
IFA Berlin is the flagship global show for consumer electronics and connected lifestyle tech. Highlights include foldable displays, AIdriven kitchenware, ehealth gadgets, and the Creator Hub, a zone for content creators exploring AV tech and spatial computing.
7. CogX Festival 2025
CogX in London explores how AI is reshaping business, society, ethics and government. Expect panel discussions, handson workshops, and healthy debate around trustworthy AI, digital health, and future work.
8. Grace Hopper Celebration 2025
GHC in Chicago celebrates women and nonbinary technologists. With workshops, keynote panels, resume clinics, and career fairs from top recruiters, it’s a powerful event for community and mentorship, hosting over 25,000 attendees.
9. Web Summit 2025
Web Summit is Europe’s largest tech conference, spanning AI, fintech, sustainability, and health tech across dozens of tracks. It attracts startups, VCs, policy makers and media to Lisbon for keynotes, pitch stages, roundtables and more.
Place: Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
Registration: General admission via websummit.com
10. Black Hat MEA 2025
Expanding globally, Black Hat MEA addresses regional cybersecurity needs in Riyadh. The event includes trainings, briefings, and labs, with thousands of professionals discussing national cyber strategies, cloud security, and AIbased threats.
Place: Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Centre, Saudi Arabia
Registration: Via blackhatmea.com
Distilled
2025 has already shown us where tech is headed: smarter devices, immersive experiences, and pressing ethical questions around AI. But it’s the second half of the year that brings these themes into focus. From Apple’s sleek hardware and IFA’s consumer innovations to Black Hat’s security intelligence and CogX’s policy discourse these upcoming tech-events offer a front row seat to tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
Secure your tickets, clear your calendar, and prepare to be inspired.
