19/03/2026
Ned Poulter will be attending & speaking at HiveMCR this May (21-22nd) 🐝
Ned will be on stage joining the wrap-up panel at the end of the day - a fitting place to take stock of everything discussed, joining Charlie, Lisa Paasche & Sophie Brannon asking the big question: is SEO alive & kicking in 2026?
What Charlie Whitworth Whitworth SEO is building with Hive is something really special. As a company who firmly has their roots in Manchester, we care deeply about the digital & innovation sectors in this city; and the North more broadly! This is EXACTLY the kind of event our industry should be getting behind.
The line-up is genuinely world-class:
🤖 Dawn Anderson on the architecture of AI search.
🫂 Areej AbuAli on community-led growth.
💻 Jono Alderson taking aim at bloated JavaScript (as well as bringing the hashtag ).
📜 Gianluca Fiorelli on The Architecture of Authority.
📉 Itamar Blauer making sense of SERP volatility.
💸 Gus Pelogia on navigating enterprise SEO.
🕵️ Ashley Liddell on entity ownership & discoverability.
👒 Steve Paine giving a rundown on The Most Visible Domains, Brands & URLs in Women's fashion industry
🦾 Alex Moss on technical priorities for agentic commerce. ..and that's before we even get to the panels!
We're really looking forward to seeing and catching up with so many familiar faces...
Worth giving a shoutout to the sponsors for backing such an event & making it possible: SISTRIX, Yoast, Women in Tech SEO, AlsoAsked, Manchester Metropolitan University.
If you haven't got a ticket yet. Use code FRIENDSDISCOUNT for 15% off at checkout, here: https://hive-mcr.co.uk/
