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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...
BEYOND partners with Key Cities Innovation Network
We’re excited to announce the Key Cities Innovation Network (KCIN) as Event Partner for BEYOND 2025. This year, BEYOND teams up with i-PLACE—KCIN’s new policy-focused gathering for place-based innovation. Together,...
The Creator Consultation Report: 10k creators can’t be wrong
10,000 creators can’t be wrong! Time for the creative industries to take them seriously? In its new Creator Consultation Report, YouTube has called for greater recognition for the creator economy, worth over £2 billion...
2025 Themes: Creator Economy, CreaTech, Innovation Districts
BEYOND 2025 will explore the seismic shifts reshaping our creative landscape. In a world where creativity drives innovation, we’re exploring the intersection of imagination, technology, and place. From the rise of the...








