business & innovation

BarCamp Manchester 2

BarCamp Manchester is a 2-day unconference taking place on the weekend Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2009 at Contact, Manchester

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Date: 7 November 2009
Location: Contact Theatre, UK

TEDx London

TEDx London is oriented at developing a community of like minded highly informed and engaged innovators, designers, thinkers, technologists and environmentally and socially concerned individuals in the heart of London.

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Date: 4 November 2009
Location: The Hub Kings Cross, UK

BIMA Awards 2009 Party - Shortlist Announced

Koko, Camden by cormac70The BIMA Awards 2009 have rolled around again, with the presentations taking place on 19th Nov.

The awards celebrate the innovative work of UK digital companies and this year has seen a record number of agencies applying.

The Shortlist has just been announced showcasing some of the UK's brightest digital talent and, the good news, there are still a few precious tickets left.

Categories range from display and interactive advertising, online games, mobile to social media and word of mouth marketing. Those companies lucky enough to be shortlisted are some of the best the UK digital sector has to offer and with the BBC iPlayer in the best website section, T-Mobile's "Life is for Living" in the viral seeding category and the MINI Convertible launch up for an e-mail marketing award they are some of the most memorable campaigns from the last year too.

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Business Plan Workshop London

The half day workshop costs only £99.99 including VAT, and attendees also receive a complimentary copy of Business Plan Pro 11.0 – the leading business planning software product from Palo Alto Software. To find out more about these workshops visit http://www.paloalto.co.uk/special_offers/business_plan_workshop.cfm

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Date: 12 November 2009
Location: British Library, UK

Improving Folio Presentation

This session is designed for emerging creative graduates. Introduced and facilitated by Creative Careers, it includes live demonstrations to illustrate pitfalls and good practice when showing portfolios of creative work.

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Date: 27 November 2009
Location: University Arts London, Lecture Theatre, UK

What Now? Surviving and Thriving in a Rapidly Changing Industry

'What Now? (Surviving and thriving in a rapidly changing industry)' A unique evening with a panel talk followed by an open mic discussion and networking. Speakers include: Ben McOwen Wilson (Director of Online, ITV), Claire McArdle (4ip Digital Commissioner, Channel 4) ,Paul Banham (Digital Creative Director, J.W.T.)

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Date: 24 November 2009
Location: The Tabernacle, UK

Dell Social Media B2B Huddle

If you want some insight into who’s doing what in business-to-business engagement with social media in the UK, the Dell B2B Social Media Huddle on December 7 is an event that you’ll not want to miss.

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Date: 7 December 2009
Location: Dell House, UK

Simply Zesty Winter Camp - The Future of Communication

Simply Zesty Winter Camp - the future of communication http://www.simplyzesty.com/sz-news/simply-zesty-winter-camp/

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Date: 2 December 2009
Location: Camden Court Hotel, IE

Digital Mission NYC '09: Companies Announced

Digital Mission British flag Flickr photoIt's Digital Mission time in the Big Apple and we're delighted to formally announce the 21 companies who'll be joining this year's Digital Mission to NYC.

Thank you to everyone who applied, we really appreciate your time and effort. Don't be downhearted, the applications for the Digital Mission to South by South West interactive open next week.

Congratulations to the companies selected for the Digital Mission to New York: BandCentral, Bizk.it, Box UK, Can Studios Limited, Cognitive Match, coull, Digital Clarity, ipadio, Ixaris Systems, KMP Digidata, LAMP Digital, learn2lingo, Martingale, Mobilized, Open, ShareMyPlaylists.com, Stylescape, SubHub, The Filter, Type 3 and Wolfstar.

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The IP Pyramid - Copyright in Complex Creative Environments (Module 1 and 2)

A two part module event discussing IP rights such as copyright, when the work is a collaboration from different creatives.

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Date: 11 November 2009
Location: Waterside Arts Centre, UK

Onrec Expo 2009

This fall, Onrec and Kennedy Information will join forces to host a single event dedicated to discovering the full-spectrum of recruiting, from cutting-edge technologies to the latest strategic advice.

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Date: 3 November 2009
Location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, US

MiniBar

MiniBar - London Your Monthly Face To Face You think about creating the next Last.fm, flickr, or Web 2.0 start up? You think London lacks opportunities to meet up and discuss those ideas? Then come to MiniBar.

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Date: 30 October 2009
Location: Corbet Place, Truman Brewery, UK

SEE 2009

We’re holding an ideas Exchange on each day of SEE 2009. Community members get together to talk, promote their ideas and drive development together through conversation.

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Date: 27 October 2009
Location: Earls Court, UK

Government 2010

Government 2010 is about improved government communications and more rapid delivery of services to citizens via the web, and web-enabled channels

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Date: 21 October 2009
Location: Anywhere (broadband internet connection needed), UK