When you’re leading technology or scaling a high-growth company, the challenges you face get highly specific. In a fast-moving tech landscape, navigating leadership hurdles, architectural decisions, and product strategy requires more than generic advice. The most valuable insights rarely come from panel discussions or public presentations — they come from honest, unfiltered conversations with peers who are in the trenches with you.
That is the exact philosophy behind the Closed Door Dinners series by CodeBase. Following successful editions in Dublin, London, and Edinburgh, the format continues to create a unique space for genuine camaraderie, raw exchange, and intense debate. What's harder to access, particularly for senior technical leaders, is a high-trust room entirely stripped of pitches, public performance, and generic networking. That’s the gap this dinner series is designed to close.
What is Closed Door Dinners?
Closed Door Dinners is an intimate, private dinner series designed specifically for senior technical and company leaders. Held at the W Hotel in Edinburgh on Thursday, 3rd September 2026, this edition is co-hosted alongside Dell Technologies and features Elliott Young, CTO EMEA at Dell Technologies, as the key attendee.
The entire evening is intentionally curated to ensure leaders can connect in a relaxed, pitch-free setting. There are no panels, presentation decks, or corporate stages. Instead, the focus is placed entirely on what leaders are actively building, shipping, and solving right now.
Why this matters for Techscaler members
For leaders scaling high-growth businesses, finding a trusted peer circle can be a challenge. While this series is primarily invite-only, Techscaler has secured an exclusive allocation of 5 places for our wider membership through an open application process.
This is an opportunity to join a room of leaders navigating similar scaling challenges, exchange real-world strategies with a global technology leader from Dell Technologies, and build lasting, high-trust connections within the ecosystem.
What the evening offers
Participants will join an intimate room structured to support:
- High-Trust Peer Connection: Engage in candid, private discussions with peer leaders across established growth and scaling companies.
- Direct Insights: Discuss navigating complex technical and leadership challenges directly with Elliot Young.
- Problem-Solving Focus: Bring active engineering, architectural, or organizational problems to the table for collective, unfiltered feedback.
- No-Pitch Environment: Relax in a curated setting built strictly for authentic exchange over public performance.
Who can apply
This open application route is exclusively for Techscaler members. To ensure the room is highly curated and impactful for all attendees, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- You are a current Techscaler member at the time of application.
- You hold a senior technical or leadership role in an established business, such as a CEO, CTO, Technical Founder, Head of Development, or Senior Engineering/Product Leader.
Key dates
- Applications open: Tuesday, 7 July 2026
- Applications close: Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 5pm
- Outcome sent: Friday, 17 July 2026
- Event date: Thursday, 3 September 2026
Interested in joining us? Submit the form below to register your interest. If you’re a Techscaler member, you’ll receive the direct link to the Closed Door Dinners application form. If you’re not yet a Techscaler member, you’ll be guided to apply for membership first.
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