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BEYOND 2026: First Speakers announced!
BEYOND Conference reveals its very first speakers for 2026! Kim-Leigh Pontin is Interactive Experience Creative Lead at Merlin Entertainments, where she leads the creative development of immersive and interactive...
BEYOND 2026 Themes: Experience. Growth.
Built around two themes, BEYOND Conference convenes those shaping the creative industries to harness the sector's greatest opportunities and tackle its defining challenges: in experience, in growth and in what the...
BEYOND 2026: Super Early Bird Tickets end this month!
BEYOND's Super Early Bird Tickets - our cheapest full-event ticket, covering the conference and related events - finishes at the end of April! Take advantage of this lowest price ticket before the next tier kicks in on...
BEYOND 2025 Fringe: Ignite Your Creative Spark
Day 00 of BEYOND Conference kicks off with an unmissable series of fringe events on Monday 24 November 2025, transforming MediaCity into a hub of creative innovation, collaboration and discovery. From practical AI...
Emerging Innovators Takeover at BEYOND
The Emerging Innovators Takeover is a dedicated session at BEYOND 2025, designed to spotlight early-career talent. Step into the future of creativity with Next-Gen innovation, where the 2025 Emerging Innovators cohort...
Calling all Young Creatives!
Are you a student or an early career creative? Would you like to hear from those working at the cutting edge of creative research and innovation? BEYOND Conference is offering young people (aged 18-30) free access to...
CALL OUT: CreaTech Artist CoLab at MediaCity
Are you an early career or emerging creative connected to Salford and committed to learning about creative technology (CreaTech)? This special opportunity provides a week of mentored workshops, with one successful...
The Return of BEYOND: Leveraging Greater Manchester’s collaborative power for good
Gemma Blades, Create Growth Programme Manager at GM Business Growth Hub, talks to BEYOND about Greater Manchester's long history of creative talent, collaboration and innovation. GM Business Growth Hub are a Lead...
SPECTRUM case study, launched at BEYOND ’24, informing REF research
The SPECTRUM case study, first presented at BEYOND Conference in 2024, addressed structural inequalities in the UK’s immersive tech sector—particularly those affecting women, trans, and non-binary individuals. It took...
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