Last week we delivered the Binary Festival 2018, a creative, digital and tech conference. We gathered together communities of people in those industries building and making something incredible in Liverpool, the city region and across the North of England.
The day kicked off with a Creative Kitchen Binary Breakfast hosted in Tusk, Hinterlands. Opportunity for attendees to build new connections and share a cuppa.
The morning keynotes were hosted by Herb Kim, Curator of many Tedx events and founder of Thinking Digital. The opening welcome was from Liverpool City Council by the Deputy Mayor, Ann O’Byrne.
Next up was Amanda Follit, tech innovator and leader of newly established TH_NK Live in Liverpool. Followed by Sarah Wiseman who brought much humour and insight into her knowledge of emoji. Sarah explained and entertained with how we use them in our communication.
Andy Kent, CEO of Angel Solutions, a software company with a creative core, brought enthusiasm, wisdom and a challenge. He asked us all to embrace our creativity by using the £1 coin sneakily hidden under the chairs. (You can follow Andy on twitter to see who was the most creative with their £1)
Following the coffee break, the creators and makers took centre stage. Dominic WIlcox wowed us all with stories of Little Inventors bringing children’s ideas and creativity to life. Emer Maguire, science presenter entertained us with #instabae music and insight.
“The trickiest entrepreneurial journey of all” was a panel session for 3 of Liverpool’s success stories in what is the hardest industry to succeed in the hospitality industry. Stories from Natalie Haywood of LEAF, Tomas Maunier from Fazenda and Peter Kinsella, founder of Lunya had us all enthralled and entertained alike!
Closing the keynotes, were the talented and highly entertaining Ukulele ensemble Ukebox!
Following the morning’s keynotes:
There was an onslaught of the senses at the fabulous at Baltic Market, Liverpool’s answer to Lisbon’s Time Out Market. After lunch all the delegates headed off across the city to gatherings hosted by a wide range of companies. Gatherings ranged from Tea Tasting at LEAF, to damsels and dragons storytelling using PowerPoint with Buffalo 7. There was a session on how to grow your YouTube channel, tours around Liverpool’s Studio School, a masterclass in wine tasting and the launch of the first ever We Are Mobile event hosted by Apposing.
The final two gatherings were hosted at Northern Lights, an OH Create session with Artist Emily Barlett and ‘An artificially intelligent world’ hosted by BIMA.
Hinterlands was a fantastically flexible host venue for us and we’d be more than happy to return. As long as we run the event in summer with hopefully a bit more warmth!
After the afternoon gatherings
We all reconvened together at FACT for the final keynote with AI enthusiast Lydia Nicholas.
We thrive when we are producing events in the creative, tech and digital space. It is where we find our flow and feel truly alive.
