THE CORE FESTIVAL

06.11.24 - 07.11.24

About the conference

VICTORIA BATHS, ManchesteR

Our core festival at Manchester Tech Festival is the place to be for all tech enthusiasts! 

Whether you’re a CEO or a tech newcomer, our core festival features two days of talks, panels, and fireside chats that cover the most urgent tech topics impacting our community. Our Tech Expo gives you the opportunity to meet and network with a variety of industry-leading tech businesses who will exhibit across the two days and our evening socials give you the chance to wind down at the end of the day and mingle with speakers and attendees from the day. 

Our core festival is ideal for anyone existing in and around the tech space, offering a rich array of content and networking opportunities that is designed to leave every techie with newfound knowledge and connections.

What to expect

Manchester Tech Festival caters to everyone, no mater what stage in your career you are at, there is something for everyone across the two days.

Content is split across three stages giving you the opportunity to craft your own unique agenda ensuring you get the most out of your visit! 

The content featured at our core festival is built around what is currently urgent, topical and developing in the tech space. This can range from more socially conscious discussions around how we can promote inclusivity in tech, to the more granular, techie topics like ‘How can we build accessibility into our code?’.

Our Tech Expo features over 15 different tech companies from Manchester looking to employ the next generation of techies or help you to  help you grow your business. Our Expo Hall features a number of breakout areas giving you the opportunity to break off for more in depth conversation. We also design our agenda to give you plenty of opportunity throughout the festival to browse the expo! 

Inclusivity is at the heart of Manchester Tech Festival and we work hard to ensure all of our spaces throughout the festival work for everyone. That’s why we have a number of calm zones and mental health spaces giving you the opportunity to retreat and reboot in a calm, quit space away from the hustle and bustle of the festival. 

What's On

Day One

Day Two

Purchase your pass

Tickets for our Core Festival are £16 per day and include admission to the festival at Victoria Baths and the evening social for that day. 

Please note that to keep costs down and ensure our festival is accessible to all, we do not include lunch at our core festival. 

AFTER PARTY

Our evening socials offer the perfect setting to forge new connections, exchange insights, and build valuable relationships within the tech community. With a vibrant atmosphere, delicious refreshments, and opportunities to engage with industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and like-minded enthusiasts, this evening social is the ideal platform to relax, unwind, and expand your professional network.

Our evening socials will take place at:

Footage & Abel Heywood, Manchester

I’ve never seen a conference with such a high level of visible diversity and inclusion, and I’ve never seem so many delegates that were positively BUZZING from all of the inspirational talks and stories. What a brilliant, brilliant day.

Thank you to all the organisers, I can’t wait for next year!
Paul O'Donnell
Attendee
So many ‘WIT’ events focus on how women need to lean in. They are all focused on how women need to change. My biggest takeaway from today is that we need to talk more about changing the system. Not about changing women in under-represented groups. Honestly the best conference I’ve been to for a long time.
Holly Donohue
Attendee
The unfiltered requirement did not miss. Each speaker brought their authentic selves to that stage and very moving stories. Thank you all for your honesty and openness. Thank you for the most inclusive agenda I’ve seen.

You understood that representation would matter, and rose to the challenge!
Natalie Navickas
Attendee

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