9 - 13 NOVEMBER
2026 BRISTOL
Speaker Highlights
Andrew Scheps
Grammy-award winning mix engineer
Andrew Scheps started out as a musician, but found that what he enjoyed most was working behind the scenes. After touring with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, he found his home in the studio, working for producers such as Rob Cavallo, Don Was and Rick Rubin.
Caelum Rosenkranz
Team Lead • Google Cloud
Caelum Rosenkranz is a Startup Lead at Google and the Europe Lead for This Week in Fintech, the world’s largest fintech community.
Daniel Duma
Ex-Google software engineer
Ex-Google and ex-Alexa software engineer and applied researcher, multiple times founder/CTO of VC-backed startups, and a keynote speaker.
Gaynor Coley
Founding Director • The Eden Project
Gay Coley was one of the Founding Directors of The Eden Project in Cornwall - taking the helm as MD from 2001 to 2013.
Guy Singh-Watson
Founder • Riverford Organic Farmers
Guy Singh-Watson is an organic farmer, entrepreneur and self-professed veg nerd, passionate about reinventing the food system.
Inkie
Painter/Street Artist
Born in 1970 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Inkie, grew up in Bristol, where he became one of the greatest agents of the British street art scene since the mid-1980s.
Jayde Adams
Comedian & Actor
Jayde Adams is an award-winning British comedian, actor, writer, and opera singer from Bristol.
Kirstine Dale
Chief AI Officer • Met Office
Kirstine Dale is the Met Office's Chief AI Officer (CAIO) and Principal Fellow for Data Science. Kirstine played a leading role in shaping the future of Data Science in the Met Office.
Margaret Heffernan
Author
Dr Margaret Heffernan is an author, entrepreneur, former CEO and influential thinker on leadership, uncertainty and human agency.
Sangita Lal
Reporter • ITN
Sangita Lal reports on stories across the west of England for ITV News. She was previously a reporter for ITV's West Country covering stories across the South-West of England.
Satish Kumar
Activist & Speaker
Satish Kumar is an activist and internationally renowned speaker on ecological issues.
Tilly Lockey
Ambassador • Open Bionics
Tilly is a global ambassador for Open Bionics and advocates for compassionate tech and inclusive innovation.
WHAT IS IT?
The city-wide festival that brings together technology, creativity and culture as a single, interconnected ecosystem. It runs across Bristol’s venues, neighbourhoods and institutions, combining large-scale conversations with hands-on showcases, grassroots activity and cultural moments.
5
DAYS
4
TRACKS
PARTNERSHIP
Place your brand at the centre of Bristol’s tech and creative ecosystem, and help us provides a platform to increase visibility for Bristol as a place to build, experiment and collaborate.
PARTNERS & FRIENDS
REACH
4.6m
From the city, to the world. From a regional event to an international festival of technology, creativity and culture.
ATTENDEES
6300+
The festival takes place across the city, using a distributed model that reflects Bristol’s character and strengths. Rather than a single venue or format, it brings together activity across multiple spaces and communities, creating a programme that is accessible, varied and rooted in place.
SOCIAL VALUE
£883,000
