
What we’re about
Software Lancaster is a community of tech professionals and enthusiasts who regularly meet to casually chat about software engineering and pretty much anything else.
We're excited to announce Software Lancaster Talks, our new community-driven initiative inspired by the former PyData Lancaster meetups. The rebrand aims to broaden the focus to include topics such as:
💻 Software Engineering
🔐 Cybersecurity
🤖 Data Science & AI
🌐 Emerging Technologies
🌱 The Broader Tech Ecosystem
Every two months, we’ll host a casual yet high-quality, curated tech talk plus free pizza and drinks! 🍕🥤 Join us to chat, learn, connect, and help shape Lancaster’s growing tech community.
Software Lancaster Talks are proudly sponsored by:
ExaDev
If Give
Lancaster University Data Science Institute
Security Lancaster
Fraser House Hub
Code of Conduct:
Software Lancaster Talks are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. Be kind to others. We do not tolerate harassment of meeting participants in any form. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience that includes people from many different backgrounds. Harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate.
Upcoming events
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Software Lancaster Talks: Speaker Alex Jung (Unikraft)
Fraser House Hub, White Cross Industrial Estate, South Rd, LA1 4XQ, Lancaster, GBJoin us for our first talk of our new Software Lancaster Talks series on Monday, 17th November 2025 at 6pm.
Unikraft is a cloud‑infrastructure startup building a millisecond‑native platform that leverages lightweight unikernel technology to dramatically boost scalability and efficiency.
Unikraft's co-founder Alex Jung is joining us all the way from San Francisco. He and his team recently closed a $6 million seed round with Heavybit, Vercel Ventures, Mango Capital, Firestreak, Fly VC, First Momentum Ventures, and strategic angel investors.
Join us at Software Lancaster Talks to hear Alex share his startup journey and insights on building next‑generation cloud platforms, AI-ready infrastructure, and the future of scalable software.
📅 Date & Time: 17th November 2025
📍 Location: Fraser House Hub, White Cross Industrial Estate, South Rd, Lancaster LA1 4XQ
🍕 Perks: Free pizza and drinks!8 attendees
Past events
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