Events

Come and get into it
with us in person.

All Brighton AI events are free. All of them welcome people at every level of AI knowledge. All of them are worth your time — or we don't run them.

Upcoming events

What's on

7
Jul
AI on Maternity Leave
Pilot workshop  ·  Plus X Innovation, Brighton  ·  11:00am–12:45pm
A beginner-friendly pilot session for women on maternity leave who want to get to grips with AI — set up a working AI assistant and leave with something you'll actually use. No coding background needed. Babies welcome.
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Past events

Where we've been.

Every Brighton AI meetup since we started in 2023, most recent first.

26
Jun 26
EVOLVE [26]: Shaping Tomorrow
Brighton Centre, Kings Road  ·  Brighton AI ran a stage
Silicon Brighton's flagship one-day conference on tech, business and education — exhibitions, keynotes, workshops and a hackathon.
3
Jun 26
Agentic AI in Practice
Plus X Innovation  ·  Hybrid  ·  104 attendees
Real stories on putting AI agents to work — productivity, client delivery and early lessons from people actually using them, not just talking about them.
6
May 26
Brighton AI: Community Show & Tell
Plus X Innovation  ·  Hybrid  ·  78 attendees
Members bring their own AI projects, prototypes and half-formed ideas to share and get feedback from the room.
11
Mar 26
Under the Hood: Supercomputing, Neuromorphic AI and Quantum Explained
Sussex Innovation Centre, Falmer  ·  Hybrid  ·  51 attendees
Three fast, jargon-free briefings on the deep tech moving from lab to real-world use — supercomputing, brain-inspired hardware and quantum sensing.
7
Jan 26
AI in Education: From Classroom to Career
Plus X Innovation  ·  68 attendees
Educators and industry leaders on how AI is reshaping learning, from primary classrooms to lifelong reskilling.
5
Nov 25
Meet the Professionals: How AI is Shaping the Professional Services Industry
Plus X Innovation  ·  89 attendees
Local professionals in law, consulting, finance and design on how AI is changing client work.
29
Oct 25
No Code + Brews — October
Ironworks Theatre  ·  93 attendees
Lightning demos of AI agents and automation, run with Create With_ and sponsored by make.com.
1
Oct 25
Unlocking Your Organisational Growth with No-Code and Low-Code AI Tools
Plus X Innovation  ·  68 attendees
Practical demos of no-code and low-code AI tools for automating workflows and growing a business without writing code.
3
Sep 25
Local AI Innovation in Action: Meet the Innovators
Plus X Innovation  ·  Hybrid  ·  109 attendees
Three local teams — 15gifts, Together Co and LHC Labs — on putting AI to work in sales, the charity sector and research.
10
Jul 25
No Code + Brews — July
15gifts, Dyke Road  ·  53 attendees
Community demos and hands-on time with AI agents and automation tools.
4
Jun 25
Eutopia or Dystopia
Plus X Innovation  ·  Hybrid  ·  100 attendees
A debate on AI, jobs and sustainability, led by Matthew Holman, Tech, Data & AI Partner at Cripps LLP.
8
May 25
An Evening with Peter Kyle
Hybrid, livestreamed  ·  162 attendees
Brighton AI hosted Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, on the UK's approach to AI. Sold out in person.
23
Apr 25
How No Code + AI Are Changing the Way We Prototype & Build MVPs
15gifts, Dyke Road  ·  44 attendees
Run with Product Tank Brighton — how no-code tools and generative AI are changing prototyping for product teams.
26
Mar 25
Brighton AI No Code + Brews: Hands-On Edition
Projects, The Lanes  ·  55 attendees
A hands-on evening trying out no-code AI tools together, aimed at complete beginners.
5
Mar 25
Brighton's Community AI Mural: A Creative Time Capsule for 2025
Plus X Innovation  ·  47 attendees
A collaborative AI-generated mural exploring what Brighton thinks about AI, led by creative technologist Jonathan Malyon.
5
Feb 25
AI and Consciousness
University of Brighton  ·  Hybrid  ·  519 attendees
Professor Anil Seth, Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science, on whether consciousness could be an emergent property of AI. Our best-attended event to date.
15
Jan 25
Brighton AI: No Code + Brews
Leonardo Hotel Brighton  ·  29 attendees
A small, informal session on building with no-code AI tools — Cursor, Chipp, Softr, Zapier, Make and Relevance AI.
14
Nov 24
GenAI Jam in a Jar!
Werks Central  ·  with AWS Brighton User Group
A hands-on AWS Generative AI challenge using Amazon Bedrock, S3 and Lambda.
6
Nov 24
AI in our Community: Navigating the Ethics of Tomorrow
University of Sussex, Falmer  ·  Hybrid  ·  211 attendees
Run with Sussex AI — an interactive session on the ethics of AI in our communities, with panellists from the University of Sussex, University of Brighton, the Department for Business and Trade, and Brighton and Hove City Council.
2
Oct 24
Brighton and Beyond
Plus X Innovation  ·  Hybrid  ·  90 attendees
Exploring how AI could positively reshape Brighton and Hove, with academic, business and innovation speakers.
4
Sep 24
Transforming Health with Emotional AI
Plus X Innovation  ·  92 attendees
Charles Nduka of Emteq Labs on using AI to understand emotion and behaviour in healthcare.
25
Jul 24
Safe and Responsible Implementation of AI Systems
Plus X Innovation  ·  Hybrid  ·  158 attendees
Daniel Hulme on the practical challenges of implementing AI systems responsibly.
26
Jun 24
Harnessing AI For Good
Projects, The Lanes  ·  99 attendees
Members teamed up to use AI to help solve real challenges for local charities.
14
May 24
May 2024 Meetup — Responsible AI & Microsoft
PLATF9RM Hove  ·  Hybrid  ·  130 attendees
Run with the Sussex Azure User Group — Microsoft's AI strategy and Responsible AI framework, and the UK regulatory landscape.
3
Apr 24
Integrating AI Into Your Business
16 West St, Brighton  ·  Hybrid  ·  161 attendees
A panel of local business leaders on integrating AI tools into day-to-day operations.
7
Feb 24
Brighton AI in 2024: Innovation, Knowledge & Community
Spaces, Trafalgar Place  ·  Hybrid  ·  172 attendees
An open discussion on AI trends and predictions for the year ahead, shaped by member questions and ideas.
1
Nov 23
Unveiling the Impacts and Challenges of AI in the Social Media Landscape
Projects, The Lanes
Azahara Corrales, Media Manager at Rocketmill, on AI's impact on social media.
4
Oct 23
AI: A Primer
PLATF9RM Hove
An introduction to the mass-market AI boom of 2023, as image generation and chatbots went mainstream.
6
Sep 23
Welcome to the Age of Augmentation
Projects, The Lanes
The first ever Brighton AI meetup — an introduction to the group and to a fast-moving AI landscape.
What we run

Something for
every kind of curious.

Panels & talks

Expert speakers from across the tech, policy, ethics, and creative worlds. Honest conversations, no sponsor pitches, proper Q&A.

Hands-on workshops

Actually try the tools. Understand what AI can and can't do by doing something with it. All levels welcome — including complete beginners.

No-code meetups

For people who want to get practical with AI without writing a line of code. ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, Notion AI — what works, what doesn't.

Roundtables

Smaller groups, more depth. We pick a sector or topic — healthcare, education, creative industries, agriculture — and get into the details with people who know it.

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