The fifth edition of the BeTCA Tech Meet 2026 is set to take place on September 19 at the Belgaum Foundry Cluster in Udyambag, spotlighting the city’s rapid emergence as a regional technology and innovation powerhouse.
Organised by the Belagavi Technology Companies Association (BeTCA), this year’s convention centres on the theme ‘Engineering the Future: AI. DeepTech. Security.’ The annual meet serves as a premier forum uniting local startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, software engineers, and industry veterans to foster collaboration and showcase homegrown technical talent.
A central highlight of the event will be the keynote address delivered by Deepak Shapeti, co-founder and CEO of Morphing Machines. Shapeti is slated to provide strategic insights into bridging the gap between deep-science breakthroughs and commercially viable, market-ready products.
The meet features a packed schedule of high-impact panel discussions tackling both emerging trends and critical sector bottlenecks:
- ‘Beyond the Firewall’: Cybersecurity and forensics specialists Saleem Landur, Hitesh Dharmdasani, and Swapneel Patnekar will dissect modern cyber threat vectors, zeroing in on detection frameworks, incident tracing, and threat mitigation.
- Concept to Commercial Product: Industry leaders Murali Srinivasa (LionCircuits), Deepak Shapeti (Morphing Machines), and Tulasidas Salunkhe (Electrosal) will delve into the complexities of scaling hardware and software innovations from laboratory prototypes to consumer-ready goods.
- ‘Building Belagavi: The Startup Story’: Highlighting the local entrepreneurial journey, this session brings together entrepreneur Swathi Gururaj Kulkarni, content creator Mehmood Athani, and Ian Nazareth (founder of The Foundry Podcast) to discuss the grassroots realities and advantages of building sustainable ventures and creative communities within Belagavi.
Through these targeted tracks, BeTCA Tech Meet 2026 aims to cement Belagavi’s status as a formidable tier-2 technology hub driving frontier innovations in artificial intelligence and deep tech.
