More than 100 software engineers and developers from across central and local government came together at Tapyard at Hoults Yard in Byker for GovDev North 2026, the northern edition of the Cross-Government Software Engineering Community’s conference.
Designed to bring the government technology community together to learn, share experiences and make new connections, the programme combined keynote and invited talks with interactive lean coffee discussions and plenty of opportunities for conversation and networking.
Topics throughout the day ranged from AI-enabled software engineering and technical debt to platform engineering, engineering capability and the challenges of delivering technology across government.
BeaconHouse Events worked alongside Opencast and the organising team to support the planning and delivery of the event, providing event consultancy alongside venue and catering management, risk assessment and full on-the-day event delivery.
