Media Cymru Innovation Conference and Showcase 2026

Organized by Cardiff University’s Centre for the Creative Economy, the Media Cymru Conference and Showcase will spotlight research and innovation in the media and creative industries, with a focus on making them greener, fairer, globally connected, and economically sustainable. Participants can look forward to an engaging and interdisciplinary program featuring invited speakers from across academia, industry, and policy, including national and international experts in the media and creative industries. A full list of keynote and featured contributors will be announced in due course.

We invite all researchers and professionals to submit work that explores approaches to, and analyses of, media and creative industries innovation in ways that can inform future practice and policy.