FLIRT /26 — Brighton gets a city-wide AI and emerging tech conference for people who actually make things
Mon 2nd November - Tue 3rd November
Brighton’s new city-wide conference FLIRT /26 lands on 2–3 November 2026 — nine stages and zones across 9+ venues, 73 sessions and 8+ hands-on workshops for the people building what’s next in AI, design, media and creativity.
The speaker line-up mixes practitioners with big-picture thinkers: Manon Dave (Head of Future World Design at the BBC), Asha Easton (Head of Immersive Tech Network at Innovate UK), musician Daniel Bedingfield, neuroscientist Anil Seth, and a healthy dose of founders, journalists and trouble-makers.
Two-day tickets are £65 — unusually accessible for a conference this size. If you work anywhere along the line between creative practice and emerging tech, this is a solid way to spend two days in Brighton.
