Cybernetics Conversation 2026 - Registration is CLOSED.
John Beckford has taken on the task of attempting to mastermind the event again this year.As always the aim of The Cybernetics Conversation is to build each session around a question, proposition or challenge. The session ‘leader’, having stimulated the session with their ideas, guides elicitation of the insights, knowledge and experience of the others in the room. As usual we hope to see the development of cybernetic and systems ideas across multiple sectors - public, private, charity and social enterprises, politics and the sciences and humanities.
Opening Speaker is Dan Davies and The Unaccountability Machine
See the schedule to see details. Sessions are on these themes:
1. Stafford Beer and relevance to 2026
2. Information Processing
3. Badlands and Space Governance
4. Quantum Life Sciences
5. Ethics and AI
We invite you to bring your ideas to the sessions and contribute the conversation.
The event will run from 11.00 on Wednesday 1 July to 12.00 Friday 3rd July at Loughborough University Business School. The ticket prices include lunches and refreshments but don't include accommodation. In previous years most people have booked their accommodation at the Premier Inn on Southfield road but there are many other hotels available in Loughborough, including the Travelodge on Bridge Street and three hotels on the university campus.
Links are below:
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/home.html
https://www.travelodge.co.uk/
University hotels | Accommodation | Loughborough University
Interactive Map https://maps.lboro.ac.uk/
Parking https://www.lboro.ac.uk/services/fm/services/traffic-parking/visitors/
