BEYOND Conference
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BEYOND Conference
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BEYOND is the annual conference for R&D and innovation in the creative industries. Join us at MediaCity, Salford for BEYOND 2024! Nov 25-27th. https://linktr.ee/beyondconference
Introducing more speakers, joining BEYOND 2025!

Find out more about the full BEYOND 2025 schedule and speakers, at: beyondconference.org/
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝘆𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥&𝗗 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟬𝟭, 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟱: 𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬

MyWorld launched in 2021 with £30M to transform the West of England’s creative tech sector. This session explores its impact.

Read more: t.ly/NZGD9
Get tickets: beyondconference.org/tickets
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟬𝟮: 𝟭𝟭:𝟰𝟱 – 𝟭𝟮:𝟰𝟱
𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀

How can creative industries connect and catalyse change in our coastal regions? Join an expert panel. Creative industries and cultural investment have the potential to create a step change for coastal communities.

t.ly/ueZ9s #BEYONDconf
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
BEYOND 2025 starts Monday! 💥

From the unmissable Fringe at MediaCity (tickets: t.ly/K0vcI), to a packed schedule that brings together YouTube, V&A, Channel 4, BFI, Boomtown, Google DeepMind...

Plus:
beyondconference.org/b25/innovators/
beyondconference.org/b25/showcase/

See you there!
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘀: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟬𝟭 𝟭𝟮:𝟮𝟱 – 𝟭𝟮:𝟰𝟱

Marta Foresti is the Founder of LAGO, a research and creative collective with a focus on migration, culture and the arts. She is a Visiting Professor of Practice at King’s College London.

Find out more: t.ly/ub-ev
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀: 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆

Artist Gary Zhexi Zhang and Owen Hopkin, Director of New Technologies and Innovation at Arts Council England, join Chao Tayiana Maina, African Digital Heritage, and Kati Price, V&A, for this session on Nov 25.

Read more: t.ly/YeLUu
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘!

Immerse yourself in the future at the BEYOND Showcase, open between Nov 25-26.Explore the Immersive Futures Lab and the Creative R&D Showcase, where visionary ideas, live R&D, and next-generation technologies come to life.

Tickets: lnkd.in/gNXzuDwK
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just one week to go! ⏰
BEYOND 2025 is just around the corner!
What are you looking forward to?
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November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟬𝟮 / 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝟮𝟲 𝗡𝗼𝘃
𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟱:𝟯𝟬
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲

How does innovation take shape in our cities, towns and regions—and how can innovation, in turn, shape the future of place?

Join this roundtable, presented by i-Place:

beyondconference.org/b25/schedule...
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
More highlights from the schedule:

John Rose-Adams, University of York, Eva Martino, University of Bath join 'Actor as Engine'.

Thomas Keane, Meaning Machine, Jane Olis, SONA, Richard England, REK and James Simpson, Copper Candle join: 'Show. Tell. CreateTech'.

beyondconference.org/
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We're pleased to welcome Alex Rowse of Marshmallow Laser Feast to BEYOND for 'Disappearing Acts: The Art of the Temporary' on Day 01.

Alex is Exec Producer at Marshmallow Laser Feast, an experiential artist collective who blur the lines between art, immersive experiences, XR and film.

#BEYONDconf
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Key sessions on Day 02 at BEYOND!

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗬: 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦, 𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗪𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗: 𝗔𝗜, 𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗠 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝘂𝗯.

𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗠𝗬𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗, 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗥&𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘 presented by MyWorld
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM