CreativeTech Scotland Gathering 2026
14th May 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM BST
Join us on the 14th of May at CreativeTech Scotland Gathering 2026 for an exciting day of cutting edge creative tech talks and workshop.
Our aim is to bring people together from across the creative and cultural sector in every discipline to meet, connect, share know-how, be inspired by new innovations and be amazed by how we each use creative technology to deliver our services, products and audience experiences.
The Programme will be added shortly but to give you a flavour of the day, there will be a range of industry spotlights, hands-on workshop, and a showcase of creative tech demonstrations and lightning talks, with a closing reception in partnership with Venture Café 5pm to 8pm.
Speaker Biographies
Director of the University of the Arts London, Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (UAL, FTTI) with over £25m investment to date, Professor Harris was Director / PI of the Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology (BFTT, £6m) one of nine Creative R&D Partnerships funded by the AHRC Creative Industries Clusters Programme (£80m, CICP, 2018-24) – and is Co-I on an EPSRC Digital Economy Network+ (2022-27) establishing a UK wide Virtual Production Network led by the University of York, and led DREEm: Digital, Regeneration and Experience Economy modelling (www.dreem.org.uk), funded by AHRC.
Professor Harris will talk about the UAL XR Research Lab in Textiles and Dress, a specialist research facility, which aims to advance research in the digital rendition of textiles and dress for integration into screen and real-time environments spanning wide ranging performance, gaming, cultural heritage, and live experiences. This specialist research facility is part of the UAL Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (UAL FTTI). Creating capacity for innovative, transdisciplinary practice-led research in VP/XR textiles and dress, partners include the Victoria and Albert Museum, Royal Shakespeare Company, Numerion Software and SONY.
To find out more visit arts.ac.uk
Trevor Jones is a Scottish-based artist and creative technologist whose work examines how blockchain and artificial intelligence are reshaping authorship and creative agency. He holds a Master of Fine Art from Edinburgh College of Art.
He first gained international recognition for his pioneering augmented reality interventions in national institutions and later became an early leader in blockchain-based art, with landmark works such as Bitcoin Angel. His practice spans traditional painting, digitally native systems, and immersive, interactive installations.
Jones’ work explores faith, technology and the changing role of the artist as digital tools alter how art is made, owned and experienced. Through hybrid physical and digital participatory projects, he examines how authorship shifts when creative control is shared between artist, audience and machine.
To find out more visit trevorjonesart.com
