Beyond The Music is the co-operative global music and media conference and festival, returning to MediaCity, Salford for its 2026 edition — four days and nights where the music, film, broadcast, gaming and innovation worlds actually sit in one room and try to agree what they build together. What's on • Festival (6–9 Oct) — ... Read more
UK Screen Alliance is launching a new conference this autumn, and it's refreshingly honest about what it is: INsight '26 is about the business of VFX and post-production, not the tech demos. On Wednesday 8 October at the Courthouse Hotel in Soho, the inaugural edition brings together studio leads, operations managers and strategists for a ... Read more
WDC (Web Dev Conf) is the UK's longest-running web conference, returning on 9 October 2026 at the Watershed in Bristol. A single-day event designed for developers, designers and web professionals, it features five deep-dive talks plus rapid-fire lightning sessions. With a reputation for curated content and a genuinely creative audience, WDC is one of those ... Read more
FDUK 2026 is the UK's leading celebration of fulldome and immersive media, returning to CULTVR Lab in Cardiff on 9–10 October 2026. The festival brings together artists, technologists, planetarium professionals and immersive storytellers working with 360° projection, spatial audio and dome-based experiences. It's a genuinely niche but growing corner of the immersive ecosystem — and ... Read more
SwiftLeeds returns to Leeds Playhouse on 12–14 October for its sixth year. The non-profit, volunteer-run conference brings together iOS and Swift developers from across the UK and beyond for talks, drop-in mentoring sessions, and an Evening Talkshow hosted by Hidde van der Ploeg, Sean Allen, and others. Tickets from £180. A solid option for North-based ... Read more
The UK's longest-running professional games conference returns 14–16 October 2026 at Middlesbrough Town Hall. New Horizons brings together developers, publishers, investors and service providers for three days of talks, networking and an indie showcase. This year Ken Kutaragi — "Father of the PlayStation" — keynotes, alongside confirmed speakers from Rebellion, FuturLab and more. There is ... Read more
A full day of live demos on how virtual production and AI actually get used — and the human skill behind them. Two tracks, the Demo Jam, and the Student Showcase. When: Wednesday 14 October 2026 Where: Rich Mix, 35–47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Who for: Filmmakers, VFX artists, game devs, real-time technologists ... Read more
Game Republic New Horizons is the UK's flagship games industry conference, returning to Middlesbrough for its second edition on 14–16 October 2026. Hosted at Riverside Stadium, the programme spans three days: the main conference day (15 Oct) with curated panels, fireside chats and a funding forum, plus fringe events, an expo floor and networking across ... Read more
Here's something a bit different: a free, one-day AI hackathon at the Renold Building on Friday 16 October that puts Greater Manchester's ten boroughs at the centre of the build. The format is genuinely interesting. Each of the ten boroughs — Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan — gets its ... Read more
techUK is running a free afternoon session, Investors for Creative Technology: Understanding the Landscape and Reverse Pitches, on Friday 16 October 2026, 3–5pm at techUK's London office (10 St Bride Street, EC4A 4AD), organised in partnership with BRAID. The focus is CreaTech investment — where creative skills meet emerging tech to build new digital products, ... Read more
A new two-day summit at Olympia London (20–21 October 2026) bringing together Adobe, Ericsson, Capgemini and other global players to talk AI strategy, tooling and implementation. Expect keynotes, roundtables and an expo floor. Tickets are on sale now with early-bird pricing still live.
The fifth edition of Converge is heading north this year, taking over The Glasshouse in Gateshead on Thursday 22 October. zeroheight's annual design systems conference is built for people doing the actual work — from those just starting out to teams scaling systems across large organisations. It's a full day of big ideas, real stories ... Read more