CIfA’s Innovation Festival

On- line : Monday 6th October – Friday 10th October 2025

Register now so you don’t miss out, a single registration gets access to the full week’s sessions including any recordings to view after the event has finished.

Please find our draft programme here https://archaeologists.net/sites/default/files/2025-09/Programme-text-22-Sep.docx

The historic environment is rich and diverse benefiting from a wide variety of specialisms. Collaborations spanning academic, community-led and developer-funded archaeological research provide fascinating insights to our collective past often with the help of new/adapted ‘innovative’ approaches.

The Innovation Festival will provide the opportunity to showcase and celebrate the research, development, and innovation in practice being undertaken across the historic environment sector. This week-long virtual festival will comprise a mix of short sessions each day including presentations, workshops, opportunities for open discussion, CPD and knowledge transfer.

Further information and booking can be found here:

https://www.archaeologists.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=632

One day bookings

This year for this first time we will offer attendees the option to register for only one day’s sessions during the festival. This will be based on a single day of the week, not two half-day sessions.

Student member rate

Registered CIfA student members will have an automatic 50% discount applied to their registration. If this discount is not showing, ensure you have logged into your student account.

Group booking

We have a discount available for group bookings, book 3 places, get 1 free. Email conference (at) archaeologists.net to access this offer.

Bursaries

There are bursaries available for individuals when the cost of registering to attend would otherwise be prohibitive. Please email conference (at) archaeologists.net for further information.