Welcome to This Week in Sussex Tech.
This week, we gave the SussexDigital homepage a refresh, adding more images and adding greater detail to the highlighted events. The homepage also highlights communities that have a number of upcoming events.
Behind the scenes we made a significant change to the way we find and list events. This has resulted in a big increase in the number of events we’re listing. We now have over 100 upcoming events, including recurring dates from The Farm Digital Freelancers Meetup, Work From Here Wednesday in Crawley, Brighton CTO, Brighton Blockchain and Brighton Data Intelligence Network.
Notable individual additions include EARL 2026, Vibe Coding Workshop for Non-Developers, Invitation to Meet STEM Talent 2026, AI: What It Means for Your Work, Your Business, and What Comes Next, and UXup spring: the curse of "MVP".
We’ve also added a couple of new communities.
Happening this week
There are loads of events happening across the county this week, here’s a taste…
AWS Brighton User Group Meetup #14: Real World AI Implementation on AWS
28 April, Freedom Works Brighton, Brighton & Hove.
A practical evening for anyone working with AWS or trying to understand how AI is being applied in real projects.Freedom Works: Barclays Eagle Labs Shared Lunch, Chichester
28 April, Freedom Works Chichester, Chichester.
A simple lunchtime option for making local business and startup connections in the heart of Chichester.Brighton CTO April Meetup
29 April, The Walrus Pub, Brighton & Hove.
A good fit for engineering leaders who want interesting peer conversations.Fragile by Default: Thinking About Digital Preservation in Research
29 April, Sussex Humanities Lab, Falmer.
Worth a look if you care about digital work lasting beyond the platform, tool or project cycle it was created in.Work From Here Wednesday
29 April, Crawley Innovation Centre, Crawley.
A low-pressure way to try a different work setting and meet people around Crawley Innovation Centre.UXup spring: the curse of "MVP"
30 April, The Pump House, Brighton & Hove.
A timely UX conversation for anyone who has watched a minimum viable product become a maximum source of confusion.WorthingDigital Social: April 30th
30 April, The Old Bike Store, Worthing.
A relaxed local social for people in and around Worthing who work in, around or near digital.
👀 Community spotlight
This week we’re having a look at UXup
UXup is one of the newest additions to SussexDigital. The group describes itself as a friendly, supportive community for UX folk of all levels, meeting monthly over a beer to share knowledge, learn new skills, network and build careers. Their next event is UXup spring: the curse of "MVP" on 30 April at The Pump House in Brighton.
It’s a nice addition to the directory, especially if you’re interested in the games side of the Sussex scene.
That’s it for this week!
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See you next week,
Mark
SussexDigital