TechNExt festival is a celebration of the North East’s thriving technology sector.
Through a mixture of curated and community designed and led fringe events, TechNExt will serve as a showcase of the diversity, achievements and breadth of the tech sector in the North East. The festival aims to help drive the message that the North East is a region that is passionate about supporting, developing and growing its tech sector for the benefit of everyone.
Tickets are now available to purchase for three of our curated events: the Industry Dinner, Main Stage Conference and the Festival Party.
The festival is planned as a Good Festival with ‘for good’ being a core value running through everything. This will ensure a focus on quality, inclusivity, diversity, accessibility, and sustainability. As part of this ambition, we are offering a buddy system where attendees can select the option to be met by a friendly face from the TechNExt team or wider community on arrival. Your buddy would help you feel comfortable at the event perhaps by chatting over a coffee on arrival, introducing you to new faces, or help you understand more about the content of the event and what’s planned that day.
You can apply for a ‘buddy’ through the ticket purchase process.
Dynamo North East members are entitled to a 20% discount on all tickets. Please contact Al Al.Alzein@dynamonortheast.co.uk for more details.
Industry Dinner – Tuesday 18th June (6.30pm – 10.30pm)
The Fire Station, Sunderland
A chance to connect with peers, tech entrepreneurs and business leaders across the North East.
Please note: as part of our Good Festival Ambition and effort to minimise the carbon footprint of the event, this dinner will be meat free by default. Should you require the meat option, you will be asked to opt in on the order form (not available after the 11th June).
The Industry Dinner sponsors are:
Main Stage Conference – Thursday 20th June (8.45am – 4pm)
Crowne Plaza, Newcastle
The TechNExt Main Stage is a single stream of thought provoking conference talks from leaders in technology and related industries. The day is designed to include a range of speakers and disciplines centred around future proofing tech and tech innovation with purpose. Visit our website for more information.
Please note: as part of our Good Festival Ambition, all catering at this event will be vegetarian. All additional dietary requirements will also be catered for, please state your needs on the booking form.
Festival Party – Thursday 20th June (6pm – 11pm)
Revolución de Cuba, Newcastle
A chance to relax and celebrate our tech sector successes with peers and or those visiting for the festival week. An informal evening – ticket includes a light buffet and first drink.
Please note: as part of our Good Festival Ambition, all catering at this event will be vegetarian. All additional dietary requirements will also be catered for, please state your needs on the booking form.
The Festival Party sponsor is:
Good Festival Ambition and Sustainability
As part of our Good Festival Ambition, we are committed to minimising the impact of our events on the environment. We work closely with our clients, venues, suppliers and delegates to reduce the impact of our activity wherever possible. In year 1 the festival’s carbon from curated events was 35 tCO2e and we decided, as an ethical offset, to donate the equivalent carbon credit value to a North East environmental charity, Groundwork North East & Cumbria for their nature-based solutions programme. We plan to introduce more measures to reduce the impact this year, tracking the festival’s carbon footprint once again, leading us to further reduce our impact and become carbon neutral in future years.
You will be asked to complete some questions about your planned travel which will help us create the carbon footprint for the festival.
Refunds
Please note our ticket refund policy below:
Up to 12 weeks before the event starts – full refund
More than 8 weeks before the event starts, but less than 12 weeks – 50% refund
Less than 8 weeks before the event starts – no refund
