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Ethical Consumer Conference

Our conference connects people, ethical businesses, and campaign groups to explore our collective power and the change we can ignite in our communities.

We ask the big questions facing society and discuss possible solutions and answers that prioritise people and planet over profit.

2026 Ethical Consumer conference

This year has seen huge leaps in the development of AI and technology, with governments investing millions of pounds in to big tech companies under the guise of making our lives easier and propel us into the future.

Meanwhile, most of us are feeling the threat to our privacy, our jobs and the strain this will put our environment under for land and water resources.

Following our research into Big Tech and AI for magazine issue 221, we are exploring this topic further with a range of experts, and you, the people who may or may not use Big Tech and AI, in our conference in 2026.
 

Theme for 2026

How can we navigate the AI era ethically?: Resisting big tech and challenging its corporate power.

We'll be asking how we can look after ourselves, come together to resist tech corporate power, and put people and planet at the top of the agenda.

Come and join us at our annual conference in London, where we’ll be taking an in-depth look at the ethical alternatives to Big Tech and AI. 

We’re excited to be joined by speakers from Rebel Tech Alliance, No Tech for Apartheid and Palestine Solidarity Campaign, with more to be announced shortly.

The programme will include sessions on:

  • Resisting Big Tech corporations with ethical tech options for consumers
  • Social media and wellbeing
  • Alternative ethical tech and AI for businesses and organisations
  • Ethical Consumer workshop on moving away from Google and big tech in your every day life
  • Resisting data centres for climate justice
  • Military use of AI and campaigning for Palestine

Check the separate conference programme website for the latest details.

The conference day includes:

  • Workshops and open discussions
  • Networking sessions
  • A chance to meet those at the forefront of ethical tech alternatives
  • Stalls from ethical organisations and Best Buy companies
  • Opportunities to meet like-minded people
  • PLUS: a fantastic vegan lunch

Tiered ticket options available via our Eventbrite page, including paid-forward solidarity tickets. 

2026 Conference Details

Date: Friday 23rd October, 10am – 5pm

Location: Rich Mix in Shoreditch, London, E1 6LA

Tickets: Eventbrite (tiered: £0, £30, £50)

Programme and more info: Conference website

If you can't attend but would like to support the conference and someone else attending, please consider donating towards a pay-it-forward ticket. You can do this on the Eventbrite page.

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Hans Stegeman from Triodos Bank (centre) and Sara Mahdi from Rethinking Economics (right) and Rob Harrison (left) from Ethical Consumer in a panel discussion. Reproduced with permission from Triodos Bank (copyright holders). Image from 2024 conference.

Sponsor and partners 2026

The conference would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsor and partners. 

Current partners: Suma and The Path Financial

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Conference attendees reflect on the day, previous conference. Copyright Ethical Consumer.

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