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Events offer more than just knowledge - they provide the perfect platform to grow, collaborate, and showcase your ideas. Here, you’ll meet potential clients, partners, and investors, and gain firsthand insights into the trends shaping the future of creative and immersive technologies.

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Apr

24

Conference

SXSW Roadshow - Birmingham

This event is your chance to dive into the latest trends and breakthroughs at the intersection of technology, entertainment, and entrepreneurship—while gaining the inspiration and connections to take your career to the next level.
10am - 4pm
MetFilm School, Little Ann Street, Deritend B5 5QF

Apr

24

Talk

Creative Production within Games with Emma Perkins

The Game Dev Group is a chilled, friendly place for anyone interested in game development to meet, learn and collaborate together. The speaker for this event is Emma Perkins. Emma is the Founder and CEO of Rhino Rock Studios - a dynamic indie games studio dedicated to pushing the boundaries of gaming and new technologies with a focus on own IP game development, production & co-development services as well as micro dev publishing. Find out how creative production can support both design and delivery within game development, plus understand the varying roles in production. One size does not fit all.
6.30-9.30pm
1 Mill Street, Leamington Spa

April

28

Networking

Let's Go Indie

Let's Go Indie will be bringing together a host of expert speakers from independent game studios, support agencies and game publishers. Over the evening we’ll discuss what it means to go indie, what the landscape looks like in 2025, what routes are available for indies and how best to pursue them. This event will help those considering going independent explore if this is the right path for them, and if so guide them towards support available both locally and nationally.
5.30pm - 10pm
1 Mill Street, Royal Leamington Spa, CV31 1ES

May

15

Conference

The CWX Expo

Join us as we showcase the innovation of Creative and Immersive Technology sector within the West Midlands region. Bringing together pioneering businesses, award-winning start-ups, investors, and key stakeholders to showcase ground-breaking projects, foster collaboration, and unlock new opportunities.
12.30pm - 5pm
Delia Derbyshire, Coventry

May

21

Conference

UK Mobility Expo 2025

We’re gathering the most influential players from across the mobility ecosystem — startups, investors, world-class OEMs and industry experts — to foster collaboration and drive innovation. You’ll get to hear from industry thought leaders on the latest market trends, gain insights from curated panel discussions with world-class OEMs and tier 1 suppliers, debate key lessons & learnings from pilots and proof-of-concept projects, and interact with the most promising startups disrupting the sector.
1pm - 7pm
182 Fazeley St, Birmingham B5 5SE, UK

June

2-7

Conference

SXSW London

London is the chosen host city for the first-ever European SXSW. An incredible convergence of industries, art forms and innovations is uniting in Shoreditch, from 2-7 June 2025. Catch exclusive previews of hotly-anticipated films, music videos and XR experiences, and discover the boldest new voices in cinema and screen.
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Shoreditch

CWX is Coventry & Warwickshire’s gateway to help accelerate your immersive and creative tech projects.

Coventry & Warwickshire is home to a thriving creative sector, specialising in video game development and wider creative and immersive technologies. With over 7,000 creative businesses and 80 game development studios, the region is buzzing with talent. From design and digital marketing to virtual reality, film, and TV, around 44,000 creative minds are shaping the future here.

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Bringing
Creativity
Together.


CWX brings all this creativity together. By joining forces across the region, we’re helping drive innovation, attract new investment, and open up exciting opportunities for businesses in the creative industries.

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Create more opportunities for businesses to collaborate and grow.

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Help creative companies innovate, partner up, and expand.

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Bring together key players from business, investment, and local communities to guide the project.

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Promote diversity and inclusion to ensure everyone has a seat at the table.

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Build a strong identity for the C&W creative cluster.

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Ensure long-term success with sustainable plans for the future.

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Promote diversity and inclusion to ensure everyone has a seat at the table.

5.

Build a strong identity for the C&W creative cluster.

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Ensure long-term success with sustainable plans for the future.