Nine Worlds Geekfest,

About the event

Nine Worlds Geekfest was founded on the radical belief that geekdom should not be restricted by class, age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability or the ability to cite wookiepedia in arguments. 

2016 marks the fourth annual Geekfest in London, in a new, more central and accessible venue.

We expect to run around 300 individual programme items over 3 days. These will include workshops, talks, panels, roundtable discussions, social events and performances for a diverse audience.

Content areas include:

• Crafting & Creating
• Identity & Culture
• Living Words
• Fanworks
• Gaming
• Moving Pictures
• Entertainments
• Academia & Humanities
• Technology for People. 

Just one of the many highlights of our 2016 event will be Bifröst, the annual LGBTQAI cabaret and disco. 

Why should you sponsor?

Reach a diverse audience of more than 2,000 people of a geeky disposition (this basically means they're interested in anything and everything). Our attendees will include other event organisers, and experienced and new convention attendees of all ages.

Now in its fourth year, Nine Worlds is a geek convention that grew from a successful Kickstarter in 2013.

Each year has seen 20% attendee growth, and this year we moved to a new, larger site in Central London, with an exhibition hall that enables us to host an expo alongside the convention. We expect to welcome 2,000 convention attendees and 2,000 expo attendees from 12-14 August.

What makes Nine Worlds different?

• Maximal inclusivity - We actively solicit engagement and representation from traditionally marginalised groups, and seek to improve year-on-year.
• Diversity of interests - With dozens of content organisers, and hundreds of speakers and performers, we cover a vast swathe of human knowledge and culture.
• Smörgåsbord of content - We average more than 100 programme items per day, each lasting over an hour, giving up to 20 different choices at any one time.
• Intensity of engagement - Our attendees are generally on-site and active for 12 hours or more per day for 3 days.
• Depth of impact - Many attendees attest to Nine Worlds being a life changing experience and a highlight of their year.

Where else could you go to a cheese tasting; an intro to coding workshop;a Star Trek panel with all of the UK writers; an LGBTQAI+ cabaret; Knightmare Live; academic micro-talks; a blanket fort workshop; cosplay workshops; advice on securing a literary agent (from a leading literary agent); an all-night film show; and an illustrated talk on Afrofuturism?*

*This is 2015 content - see nineworlds.co.uk for 2016 content reveals! 

Kate Keen

Nine Worlds 2016 is run by one dedicated organiser, Daniel Johnston; a management team of around a dozen experienced convention organisers including Kate Keen and Matt Johnson; and hundreds of volunteers, speakers and performers. You can find some of the organisers of this year's event at: https://nineworlds.co.uk/2016/organisers. 

On a legal level, the event is run by Nine Worlds Ltd, a company registered in England, company no. 08222868, VAT no. 171 3043 43, with registered address 45 Maldon Road, Brighton BN1 5BD.

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