Hello,
Here are a few Sussex Digital picks for the week ahead. Useful events, local people, and a reasonable chance of bumping into someone who understands your browser-tab situation.
Event picks
This week’s picks are heavily AI-flavoured, with a nice mix of community, learning, and practical business support.
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Automated vehicles: a technological solution to which problems – 12 May 2026, 5:30pm to 7:30pm | Crawley
Automated vehicles have been promised to revolutionise transport: bringing about significant improvements to road safety, improving access to and the accessibility of transport, addressing the growing issue of congestion. -
Brighton Blockchain Meetup – 13 May 2026, 7:00pm to 9:00pm | Brighton & Hove
We are connecting the blockchain community in Brighton and Hove! Come and join us as we dive into the wild world of crypto. This is a casual social event. -
Brighton Data Intelligence Network – 14 May 2026, 6:00pm to 8:00pm | Brighton & Hove
Welcome, Brighton Data Intelligence Network! Brighton Data Intelligence Network is a community-based networking event bringing people together to meet peers, share stories, and build meaningful relationships around data intelligence. Hosted by Datacove. -
Google Digital Garage: Bognor Regis and Littlehampton – 15 May 2026, 11:00am to 4:00pm | Bognor Regis
Improve your digital skills to help grow your business or advance your career with free in-person training from Google UK. Google is coming to Bognor Regis and Littlehampton! Join us in person for free.
🚀 There’s still time to Win £20k of support with AccelerateTech
Sussex Innovation has a new competition – AccelerateTech aimed at early-stage tech and deep tech ventures across Sussex.
The winner gets a package worth £20,000, including a year of free office space, expert mentoring, and a place on their new Tech Accelerator programme. Finalists also get access to the accelerator, so it’s not just a winner-takes-all deal.
They’re particularly looking for ambitious, scalable ideas built around emerging technologies like AI, robotics, quantum, and advanced materials.
If you’re working on something interesting and need the right support to move faster, this is well worth a look.
⏳ Applications close 22 May 2026
👉 Find out more and apply via Sussex Innovation
That’s it for this week!
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