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How do we keep places creative when creativity is changing so fast?
Place and creativity have always been deeply entangled. But in a world being changed by new technologies, how do we keep places creative, when the nature of creativity is changing so much and so fast? By Chris...
BEYOND partners with Salford’s creative leaders to bring 2024 event to MediaCity
BEYOND, the UK’s leading conference for research and development within the creative industries, will showcase the strengths of our regional creative industries at MediaCity later this year. BEYOND Conference is...
CoSTAR launch marks significant investment in our Creative Industries
By Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) CoSTAR Launch at BEYOND The opportunity to launch CoSTAR at the annual BEYOND conference in 2023 was a real privilege. It is 25...
Peter & Paul: What we learnt at BEYOND 2023
Last week we were at BEYOND, a conference about research and innovation in the creative industries. Each year hosts talks, panels and workshops from creatives and academics at the forefront of what’s next – from AI to...
British Council presents: Meet the Delegates – Part 2
Ahead of the BEYOND conference 2023, we asked a few of the international delegates from Wider Europe to share their backgrounds and experiences and tell us what they hope to gain from attending the conference. ...
British Council presents: Meet the Delegates – Part 1
Ahead of the BEYOND conference 2023, we asked a few of the international delegates from Africa, Asia and South America to share their backgrounds and experiences and tell us what they hope to gain from attending the...
Interview: Dora Filipović, Sound Designer and Filmmaker
Award-winning sound designer Dora Filipović joined BEYOND in 2020 presenting her early PhD research, “Altered Perceptions”. She returns this year, showcasing her final creative output of the PhD research, a VR short...
Showcases: XR Stories announced
The Immersive Futures Lab showcases cutting edge prototype projects and creative R&D at BEYOND Conference.Here are two of this year's exciting new showcases, by the team at XR Stories, specialising in research and...
Partner Programming: First speakers announced
We are pleased to announce the first of our Partner Programming series, brought to you by Bristol+Bath Creative R+D. This panel discussion, 'We need to do things differently: Responsible creative R&D for the...








