Events

No one can duplicate who we are. The interface is ours.

What is the nature of Black intelligence in architecting AI and spatial futures? What is our current and future state within these spaces? What does it take to build the Black future in AI and XR?

The focus is commanding the construct. Owning our cultural IP. Repositioning the interface not as something to adapt to, but something to define.

Join Christopher Lafayette as he leads this keynote and fireside session hosted by BlackXRNetwork(BXRN), bringing strategic clarity, lived experience, and a grounded focus on authorship, agency, and the future of Black leadership in AI and XR.

Join us at CAMERA, Bath for a hands-on tech event for HE technicians—demos, networking & XR Network+ funding you can lead. Lunch included!

Digital Catapult is forming a network of tech SMEs across the UK working in areas such as data services, integration, intelligence, UX, immersive, cyber-physical asset management, or security/trustworthiness. This network will foster collaboration, helping members come to pursue larger commercial opportunities together. Attendees will discover more about the UK Digital Twin Centre, how they can engage with the team to explore the power of digital twin enabling technologies in driving innovation and business growth, and hear insights from the UK Digital Twin Centre industry partner, Thales UK, on the future of digital twins.

This Access Drop-In is for anyone who is interested in applying for Immersive Arts funding and wants to know more about how we support artists with access requirements. Whether that’s supporting you in making a great application, creating responsive opportunities for awardees to make the most of the funding and training on offer. Grants available from July will be: Explore £5,000, Experiment £20,000, and Expand £50,000. This is a drop in session, so feel free to join for as much or as little time as you like. We’ll begin as a group, with time later for breakout sessions if you’d like to have one-on-one conversations.

This Access Drop-In is for anyone who is interested in applying for Immersive Arts funding and wants to know more about how we support artists with access requirements. Whether that’s supporting you in making a great application, creating responsive opportunities for awardees to make the most of the funding and training on offer. Grants available from July will be: Explore £5,000; Experiment £20,000; Expand £50,000. This is a drop in session, so feel free to join for as much or as little time as you like. We’ll begin as a group, with time later for breakout sessions if you’d like to have one-on-one conversations.

The conference will take place from Wednesday 10th September to Friday 12th September. Wednesday will be dedicated to pre-conference workshops and other events, whereas Thursday and Friday will be full conference days with a variety of activities.

Taking place 25–26 November 2025, the BEYOND Immersive Futures Lab and Creative R&D Showcases offers the opportunity to present prototype projects and pioneering R&D to a curated audience of industry leaders, policymakers, funders, and researchers.

Benefits include:
Branded presence in the 2-day showcase at The Lowry
Dedicated profile on the BEYOND website
Marketing and communications support in the run-up to the event
Prices start from: £999 + VAT