Leeds Digital’s Mini-Fest concluded last week, celebrating a city where tech innovation is creating high-value career pathways and cementing the region’s status as a premier global hub. 

As the digital economy in the city expands 125% faster than the national average, hundreds of delegates gathered to see how Leeds is proactively solving society’s biggest challenges. 

From deploying AI to promote online safety and prevent consumer harm to pioneering preventative health measures and robust cybersecurity defences, the ‘small but mighty’ three-day event served as a powerful showcase of technology being used as a force for good.

Serving as the official curtain raiser to the main Leeds Digital Festival in September, the Mini-Fest (21st–23rd April) highlighted the vital work being done to bridge the gap between education and employment.