digitalThursday; Christmas meetup for tech, digital and creative

After an, admittedly long, break for summer and general busy times, we're going to finish the year with a Christmas special event, with new sponsors, Brandsmiths, in Manchester.
As always, the event will be focused very much on startups and, as such, we'll be asking founders, startups, entrepreneurs and digital disrupters to talk and share their stories.
This month, we'll be having a group discussion and panel to decide where we take digitalThursday in 2026, and we want to hear from you!
This is also the prefect event for agency and startup owners, designers, developers, marketers and project / product managers.
As with the last event, there will be a mix of:

• lightning talks (very lightning)
• 60 second standups
• a 'Founder's Circle' for AV presentations / pitches
• a quiet area for deeper chats
• networking and introductions

If you want a slot for a lightning talk, 60 second standup or an introduction, just DM me and I'll arrange that. We are also now offering you the ability to dial in via video to present to the group.
This is so we can start to connect the locations, London is now up and running, and we're in the process of finding a US group to partner up with!
More details about speakers soon, but we want very much to hear your voices!

There will be free pizza and drinks and an 'after party' close by for those that can make it.

Join the digitalThursday LinkedIn group to continue your conversations beyond our face to face networking.