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August 9, 2022

Europe’s best tech conferences: ranked

Our extremely unbiased ranking is based on many late nights and many cups of bad coffee


Sifted senior reporter Mimi Billing speaks at Slush in Helsinki, Finland. Credit: Petri Anttila

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An image of people networking at the startup conference SaaStock, one of the tech conferences to attend in 2022
Credit: SaaStock
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An image of a female singer holding a megaphone aloft at the startup conference Latitude59, one of the tech conferences to attend in 2022
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An image of the stage at Money20/20, one of the top tech conferences to attend in 2022
Credit: Money 20/20
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An image of someone wearing a VR headset at Slush
This wouldn't be an article about tech conferences if there wasn't a photo of someone with a VR headset. Credit: Tanu Kallio
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