Magento 2026: Rise of the Machines

It's back! The first Magento Minds of Manchester in 2026. It's the year of AI, of Agentic, of code herding. What does that mean? The lovely lads n lasses at Segmentify are sponsoring this one. They came over for the Pixel Kicks Shopify event and were not shy.

We have some speakers sorted: First of all we have the Manchester Legend that is Andy Nicol. Founder of Sputnik Digital. OGs on the Manchester Digital Scene. One of the best run development agencies of the last couple of decades. They pride themselves on precision digital engineering. So this is certainly going to be one for the PMs and Devs. His session is:

Andy Nicol: Sputnik Digital: "A Reflection on AI in 2025"

Our most excellent sponsors are Segmentify. They will be doing a session called:

"How AI Unlocks the True Power of Connected Commerce"

And yes, we have a speaker from The Mighty PushON Commerce Group (ahem). Our huge brained Dev Ops lead, Phil Page will be giving up some hard core knowledge:

From Spec to Sandbox: AI-Driven Magento Development

Examines how loosely defined requirements can be transformed into functional Magento code more quickly, more safely, and with less repetitive effort by pairing developers with AI tools. The talk demonstrates how an idea or ticket description can be converted into a running Magento sandbox by integrating AI as a practical, everyday component of the development workflow.

As usual, we will be in the cellar on Northern Monk Refectory in Manchesters hipster Northern Quarter. There will be beer. There will be food. It will go late. The finest minds in Magento will be there, they always are.

Do you want to speak? Message me. Something Magento or adjacent. AI of course. Absolutely no sales pitches.