Milton Keynes will host Milton Keynes Tech Week 2025 beginning Monday 22 September, a weeklong programme organised by Milton Keynes City Council that spotlights Artificial Intelligence, robotics and emerging technologies. The event builds on last year’s Artificial Intelligence Festival and is billed as a major celebration of innovation, aimed at entrepreneurs, students, industry leaders and global firms. Tech Week opens at Bletchley Park, the historic home of codebreaking and the site of the UK’s first Global Artificial Intelligence Summit, before a series of events roll out across the city.
Highlights include a Red Bull Racing showcase of the technology behind F1 innovation and the RB17 hypercar, debates on technology and national security featuring experts from industry and government, and the official launch of New Meta, a chain of high-tech gaming hubs. The programme also features the MK Business Leaders Tech Summit, delivered with partners including Bletchley Park and NatWest, a Smart City Robotics Competition at centre:MK where European university teams will test robots in real-world challenges, sessions on the future of motorsport and Artificial Intelligence in daily life, and a Dragons’ Den-style pitch event for emerging firms.
Organisers say Milton Keynes has one of the UK’s fastest-growing economies, valued at more than £13.3 billion annually, with over 2,400 tech businesses generating £3.4 billion in GVA and one in three jobs in the city now linked to tech. Leading names involved in Tech Week include Red Bull Racing and Technologies, Santander UK, His Majesty’s Government Communications Centre and The Open University. Headline partners are The Open University, Santander and Cranfield University, while supporting partners include British Business Bank, HAYS, Smart City Consultancy, Bletchley Park, HMGCC and Aiimi. Cllr Shanika Mahendran, cabinet member for planning and placemaking, said Milton Keynes is where the future is being designed and created and invited the public to see what is being developed in the city during Tech Week.
