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Milan

Where design, fashion and industry meet AI and marketing.

Milan runs Italy's advertising, media and fashion business, and increasingly its technology one. We cover where those meet: retail and commerce technology, the agency market, and the companies scaling out of Lombardy.

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TrueLayer raises $27M from Italy's CDP to grow its Milan team

The London Pay by Bank company, founded by two Italians, has about a quarter of its staff in Italy and calls Milan a core engineering hub. The state-backed CDP Venture Capital led the round.

10 October 20262 min
ai

Italy's data centres could draw €36.9bn by 2036, says IDA study

10 October 20262 min
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marketing

Kia, Samsung, IKEA and Fiat descend on Milan Design Week 2026

26 August 20264 min
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startups

The state of innovation with LEGO Serious Play

25 August 20263 min
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opinion

Your company records what happened. Almost nothing records why.

24 September 2026
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How Genuine Trust With Your Audience Leads to More Sales Than Optimized Funnels

21 September 2026
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opinion

The AI layer is the easy part. Fixing your data mess is something else

19 September 2026
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Valencia Digital Summit 2026

A global tech event in Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast.

VDS brings together startups, corporates, investors and technology leaders from around the world for two days of talks, networking and business in Valencia.

  • City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
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Open by Joivy

Flexible workspace, meeting rooms and event venues, with a bistro attached, across three Italian cities.

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Conferences in Milan

All 6 in Milan

Industry events happening in Milan, from our European directory. We do not organise these.

  1. SMAU Milano

    Milan, Italy

    Startups & VC

  2. Forum Retail

    Milan, Italy

    E-commerce & retail

  3. Cloud Day

    Milan, Italy

    Tech & development

  4. Netcomm Focus – Digital Health & Pharma

    Milan, Italy

    E-commerce & retail

  5. .NET Conference Italia

    Milan, Italy

    Tech & development