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Digital City Festival is returning in 2021 as a truly digital event

Following huge success in 2020, Digital City Festival is returning in 2021 as a truly digital event to reflect the pressing needs of the digital sector right now, and provide support and inspiration.

Digital City Festival launched as a physical event in 2020, attracting digital professionals from across the UK and beyond to Manchester for a week of events, but in 2021 it will be hosted on the dedicated Digital City Network – providing even wider access to the high-profile celebration of digital.

It’s taking place across two weeks from April 12th – 23rd, involving thought leadership, an exhibition and solutions showcase, Q&As, roundtables, cultural events and more, all on the Network.

Registration for Digital City Festival, which is totally free, is open now and provides access to all of the events above. The central content will be broadcast from the state-of-the-art facilities at MediaCityUK – Europe’s first ‘connected neighbourhood’ – and produced by Badger & Combes, who recently produced the hugely impactful United We Stream GM, all underpinned by the infrastructure provided by dock10.

The content at the festival will feature the topics that really matter to modern businesses and individuals, including digital infrastructure, skills and talent, inclusion, culture, innovation and more – with tracks for Tech, Marketing, eCommerce, Media and Culture.

Each track will include a range of specialists sharing their expertise and insights to create an all-round digital experience that’s unmissable for a digital professional in 2021.

The Digital City Network will also host this year’s Digital City Awards on April 15th – celebrating top talent in the industry. The awards recognise the best individuals, teams, projects and platforms from the digital world, on a global stage. These will be broadcast on the network, an unmissable event for digital professionals.

The network will remain open after the two weeks is over, helping organisations connect, transform and grow together after the festival closes.

In the absence of in-person meetings and collaboration that organisations rely on, the Digital City Network will bring the global digital community together in one online ecosystem. It features matchmaking functionality and other networking features, enabling companies to engage professionals in new ways.

Digital City Festival’s Headline Partners are tech leader BJSS and international agency Dept, and its Lead Sponsors are iomart, MiQ and HOST. The full list of event partners is available online and includes companies like Hootsuite, EY, Zip and Deloitte as Market Leaders and Keynote Session Sponsors.

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