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Wave by Vento 2026 (Italian Tech Week) - Turin, 7-9 October

Wave by Vento 2026, formerly Italian Tech Week, runs 7-9 October at OGR Torino with founders, investors and speakers including Dario Amodei and Jony Ive.

Starts

2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00

Ends

2026-10-09T00:00:00+00:00

Organizer

Vento

Location

OGR Torino, Turin, Italy

Wave by Vento is the rebranded continuation of Italian Tech Week, the annual technology conference held in Turin and organised by Vento, the venture-building arm connected to the Elkann family's Exor group. The 2026 edition runs 7-9 October at OGR Torino, a converted 19th-century railway workshop next to Porta Susa station. Organisers position the gathering for founders, investors and technology leaders, citing more than 10,000 attendees, over 200 speakers, and thousands of scheduled one-to-one meetings across the three days. The programme combines keynote speeches, masterclasses, startup pitch sessions and side events across the city. Announced speakers for the 2026 line-up include Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei, designer Jony Ive, and Exor chairman John Elkann. Content spans artificial intelligence, venture capital, deep tech and the wider European startup ecosystem, with a recurring focus on how Italian and continental founders scale companies internationally. The name change from Italian Tech Week to Wave reflects the event's positioning as a pan-European fixture rather than a purely national one, while keeping Turin as its home. For an Italian audience, the conference remains one of the country's largest tech gatherings and a primary meeting point for domestic startups, corporates and international funds.