innovation

It is still a bit far away, but on the 10th of September we invite the team of Carsonified to London GeekDinner and tell us about their many endeavors, ranging from their conferences - including FOWA London which is to be held in October - and their products including their latest little pet project called Matt.

This is a joint OpenCoffee-SohoSolo meet-up in the National Software Centre in Mahon. We are starting this one early at 9am (running until 11). CorkBIC will give a short talk on the services they offer businesses in Cork including SohoSolo and Business Angels Partnership. Coffee and buns kindly sponsored by CorkBIC.

FOSSCON (Free and Open Source Software Conference) is a community-focused live event designed to build and strengthen relationships between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) developers and users.

Bringing together experts from across the UK in conversation with the general public. Topics include - next generation health care, e-Government, digital entrepeneurship, trust, secruity, e Society and the future of social networks.

To investigate this phenomenon, NESTA commissioned a major new piece of research - The New Inventors: How users are changing the rules of innovation.  Join them to hear about the findings and to discuss the implications for policy and practice.

Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Science and Innovation will make a key note address as Oracle, Innovaro and NESTA formally launch the Open Alchemy programme. It will be a fresh approach to developing new products with suppliers, opening up the process using the principles of corporate open innovation.

Finding people with complementary skills to put together a kick-ass team is tough, which is why we came up with the idea for this event.  Much like speed-dating, Seedcamp tech-dating gives you the chance to network with developers, designers and the biz-dev guys.

We are delighted to invite you t a rare opportunity to hear from Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web, who was recently voted the most important technology innovator of the last century. He'll be discussing new fields of web science which he is pioneering at MIT which seeks to understand the impact the web is having on our society and economy.

A meet-up for programmers, web developers and designers to discuss and showcase their "£5 apps" - lightweight software created by one or two people who take a simple idea and run with it.

If you are an innovator, a disruptor or a professional of the banking and finance industry, if you are excited by or just curious about all the innovations that new technologies bring to the banking and finance world, if you want to present a project, confront your ideas then you should consider joining us at BarCampBankLondon.

GameCity explores videogames in new ways, uncovering the most interesting parts of their culture and inviting you to join in. You'll find games to play, speakers to meet and learn from, music to dance to and plenty of surprises. We hope you'll discover something you'll love.

Back for the second year, Virtual Worlds Forum Europe 2008 is produced by the Virtual Economic Forum, Europe’s leading virtual worlds media company. Three days of congress, expo and workshops covering entertainment, enterprise, community, education, marketing, regulation, and finance… plus lots more.