business & innovation

Jazz And The Beeb: A Love Supreme Or A Kind Of Blue?

Central to this think tank is the BBC's role in supporting and developing jazz and other niche genre. Should the BBC adopt both a policy and a strategy for the support of its national jazz scene? With current interest in jazz experiencing a current high, are its pleas for more support from the ‘the nations favourite’ justified?

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Date: 19 January 2010
Location: Cockpit Theatre, UK

The eMeet - Networking for eCommerce professionals

The eMeet is a free to attend networking event, aimed at connecting eCommerce and online professionals who can strengthen and build their network, share ideas and incubate new business projects.

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Date: 27 January 2010
Location: Hill & Knowlton, UK

Google Analytics (GA) Training

The training day is designed for people with little or no experience of Google Analytics but with an interest in web analytics. http://www.foviance.com/what-we-do/analytics-consultancy/web-analytics-training-courses/google-analytics-training/

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Date: 20 April 2010
Location: London (City), UK

UX Lx: User Experience Lisbon

3 days of User Experience Talks and Workshops taking place in Lisbon, Portugal next 12 to 14 May 2010.

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Date: 12 May 2010
Location: FIL Meeting Centre, PT

Etre Get Together 2010 with Lou Rosenfeld and Steve Krug

Fancy spending two days in the company of the leading lights in the field of user experience...er...and some folks from Etre too? Want to learn everything there is to know about site search analytics and usability testing from the blokes who wrote the books on these subjects? Then get yourself down to Etre Get Together 2010!

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Date: 1 March 2010
Location: The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), UK

Business Breakfast and Copyright Seminar for the Advertising Industries

Whether you're new or experienced within the advertising industry you need to protect your copyright.

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Date: 27 January 2010
Location: Millican Room, UK

Cyber Monday Overtakes Black Friday as Ecommerce Flourishes

Christmas shopping rushMove over Black Friday, Cyber Monday is where the action happens. Consumer spending is heading to the virtual high street as Christmas shoppers favour etailers over their bricks and mortar counterparts.

In the US, Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, has been traditionally known as the busiest shopping day of the year. Accounting folklore suggests it's the day each year when retailers make it out of the red.

Official comScore figures reported a spend of $595 billion in online spend on this day, an 11% increase on the same day last year.

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Online Recruitment Conference 2010: The Year Ahead

2009's conference was attended by over 300 delegates and ‘Online Recruitment 2010’ will be even bigger. It offers a fantastic opportunity to meet and network with senior decision makers from the UK's leading employers, job boards, ad agencies and recruitment consultancies.

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Date: 28 January 2010
Location: Royal Geographical Society, UK

SimplyFinance Site Launch Event

SimplyFinance is a leading consumer finance site. We are pleased to announce the launch of our money management tools, designed to help consumers approach their finances with confidence. We are holding a drinks event on 20th January 2010 from 7-8pm to introduce these resources. Chris Tapp, the Director of Credit Action will be the guest speaker.

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Date: 20 January 2010
Location: Internet Advertising Bureau, UK

Codeworks Connect: Dan Pink and a Drink

In collaboration with Thinking Digital we have been able to secure the world famous Dan Pink to talk at our next Think and a Drink in January.

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Date: 26 January 2010
Location: The Sage Gateshead, UK

Free Business Seminar: Submitting that Winning Bid

Wired City Reconnected is working in partnership with Manchester Digital Development Agency and Manchester Digital to organise and deliver a Free Business Development Programme for small and medium-sized, digital & creative media and ICT businesses in Manchester.

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Date: 3 February 2010
Location: Madlab, Northern Quarters, UK

Free Business Seminar: Submitting that Winning Bid

Wired City Reconnected is working in partnership with Manchester Digital Development Agency and Manchester Digital to organise and deliver a Free Business Development Programme for small and medium-sized, digital & creative media and ICT businesses in Manchester.

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Date: 27 January 2010
Location: Madlab, Northern Quarters, UK

Bootlaw and Politics

In January, Bootlaw will be starting the New Year with something different. Most opinion polls anticipate that 2010 will bring a change of government to the UK. We have secured the appearance of Ed Vaizey MP, Conservative shadow arts minister and spokesman on digital media issues.

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Date: 20 January 2010
Location: Winston & Strawn, UK

Free Blackpool Wired City Reconnected Event

Business owners & Freelancers working in creative, digital and ICT: digital media business, graphic designer, creative media designers, freelance software developers, multi media & film media, ICT businesses, E-Learning providers, Animators, Copywriters

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Date: 11 February 2010
Location: FYCreatives, UK

Digital Bootcamp for Indie TV Companies

Business workshop looking at how TV companies can survive and prosper in the digital age.

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Date: 23 January 2009
Location: BAFTA, UK