PASSES & TRACKS
Four tracks run across the festival. Early Bird Summit passes are on sale now. Expect keynotes, panels and fireside chats covering everything from AI and robotics to creative tech, health and sustainability.
Registration for Community, Showcase and Live Track sessions will open later in the year.
Full Week Summit Pass
9–13 November 2026 · Bristol
£180 inc VAT
Five days of technology, creativity and culture across Bristol's venues and neighbourhoods. Full access to summit sessions, community events, showcases and networking across the entire festival.
- Summit festival lanyard and Summit pass
- Full access to all Summit track events
- Priority access to Community track events*
- Priority access to the Immersive showcase
- Priority access to happy hour drinks at techSPARK house
- 10% discount at selected food vendors
Monday Summit Pass
9 November 2026 · Bristol
£45 inc VAT
Lead: Monday sets the national tone, with sessions on leadership, influence and power across business, culture and policy.
- Full access to all Monday Summit track events
- Festival Lanyard
- Priority access to Monday's Community track events*
- Priority access to the Monday's showcase
- Priority access to Monday's Happy Hour Drinks
- 10% discount at selected food vendors
Tuesday Summit Pass
10 November 2026 · Bristol
£45 inc VAT
AI: Tuesday puts AI's most relevant conversations centre stage, from creative tech and ethical AI to genomics and health.
- Full access to all Tuesday Summit track events
- Festival Lanyard
- Priority access to Tuesday's Community track events*
- Priority access to the Tuesday's showcase
- Priority access to Tuesday's Happy Hour Drinks
- 10% discount at selected food vendors
Wednesday Summit Pass
11 November 2026 · Bristol
£45 inc VAT
Clean: Wednesday champions founders, engineers, and designers from deep tech to net-zero technology.
- Full access to all Wednesday Summit track events
- Festival Lanyard
- Priority access to Wednesday's Community track events*
- Priority access to the Wednesday's showcase
- Priority access to Wednesday's Happy Hour Drinks
- 10% discount at selected food vendors
Thursday Summit Pass
12 November 2026 · Bristol
£45 inc VAT
Scale: Thursday is for investors and scaleups, with funding, exits and resilience drawing founders, VCs and ecosystem leaders.
- Full access to all Thursday Summit track events
- Festival Lanyard
- Priority access to Thursday's Community track events*
- Priority access to the Thursday's showcase
- Priority access to Thursday's Happy Hour Drinks
- 10% discount at selected food vendors
Friday Summit Pass
13 November 2026 · Bristol
£45 inc VAT
Create: Friday celebrates the collision of creativity and technology, in true South West style.
- Full access to all Friday Summit track events
- Festival Lanyard
- Priority access to Friday's Community track events*
- Priority access to the Friday's showcase
- Priority access to Friday's Happy Hour Drinks
- 10% discount at selected food vendors
*Please note a small number of community, live and showcase events carry their own ticket price and are booked independently of your pass.
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.
9 - 13 NOVEMBER
2026 BRISTOL
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