business & innovation

Creative publishing and marketing platform Blurb hosts a free day of marketing know-how for small businesses looking to jumpstart their creative enterprises.

OK, so we know it’s on a Monday...but we have a great excuse! On Monday the 1st of November we will be hosting the evening drinks for Tim Ash’s Conversion Conference which is making its UK debut next month.

A one-day workshop for covering the basic elements of production management including managing a team, scheduling, budgets and paperwork. Open to freelancers who have broadcast credits or two years’ professional experience working in TV and Digital Media production.

BIMA Awards 2010 Our largest awards party ever, we're expecting 1000 people at Heaven Nightclub. Tickets from £45 at www.bimaawards.com

UX London presenters represent the cream of user experience practitioners worldwide. By attending, you will gain the wisdom of years of experience from this amazing cast of engaging speakers and effective teachers. This year's speakers include Alan Cooper, Louis Rosenfeld, Matt Jones, Robert Fabricant, Josh Porter, Kate Rutter and many more

'Brave New World' seeks to reboot the debate that for too long has cast the music industry as a helpless victim to new technology, and instead encourage the business to look at new technologies as opportunities rather than threats and ensure the mistakes of the past are not repeated.

Join the Digital Mission and Reputation Online for an exclusive breakfast networking event for communications professionals at the British Consulate-General in New York.

Metadata Production Tools Competition: The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is investing up to £5m in collaborative R&D projects looking to create tools that make the production of content, such as film, music and computer games, more cost-effective, less risky and yield greater value through new advanced uses of metadata.

Metadata Production Tools Competition: The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is investing up to £5m in collaborative R&D projects looking to create tools that make the production of content, such as film, music and computer games, more cost-effective, less risky and yield greater value through new advanced uses of metadata.

Metadata Production Tools Competition: The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is investing up to £5m in collaborative R&D projects looking to create tools that make the production of content, such as film, music and computer games, more cost-effective, less risky and yield greater value through new advanced uses of metadata.

A half-day workshop to encourage TV and digital media producers and commercial managers to develop the new skills and business knowledge necessary to create and execute ad-funded productions. Open to freelancers who have broadcast credits or two years’ professional experience working in TV and Digital Media production.

Sheffield Doc/Fest - Involving Communities: Thinking Beyond Broadcast is a series of panels that look at innovative ways of involving communities in film and digital media. As a specially focused strand, there’s a collection of panels, keynote speeches, roundtable talks and networking opportunities.

The British Council's International Young Interactive and Screen Entrepreneur awards, the best young business start-ups from emerging markets. There will be a panel discussion about international cross-platform innovations, and a ceremony and reception to announce the award winners.

Local Social Summit 2010 - You will not want to miss this exploration of the Local Social intersection