About
It started as a meetup above a pub.
Forty people, one projector and a lot of chairs borrowed from downstairs. Eight years later it is six hundred people, still in Manchester, still one room.
It is run by three volunteers and a small crew. Any profit goes into next year’s speaker fees and free tickets for students.
The venue
A converted mill, ten minutes from Piccadilly.
Step-free throughoutLifts to every floor, a quiet room, and captions on every talk.
Lunch for every dietTell us when you register; the kitchen is good at this.
Hotels nearbyA discounted block at two hotels, both walkable.
600 seats, one room
Get your badge before the early price goes.
Two days, eighteen talks, lunch both days and a party on the first night. Team tickets come with a sixth seat free.