business & innovation

TechnologyWorld  brings together UK- based and non-UK based companies from across the globe to do business effectively via our focused 'speed-meeting' approach.

This event is essential for all creative sector business owners who are keen to look beyond the recession and plan for a sustainable but profitable future.  Attendees will gain new ideas on how to get their business in shape and fit enough to withstand the current climate.  Start now to prepare for economic recovery and to aid survival in these testing times.

Online and the finance industry have a strong history together with finance being one of the early adopters of online and consistently holding one of the top positions for online adspend. Traditionally finance has used online for its accountability and direct response capabilities but the internet also provides many opportunities to build customer loyalty and create customer retention.

Essential Mediatech 2008 will form an authoritative voice on the state of play in the mediatech sector, bringing together some of the most influential movers in the industry and assembling the most exciting companies, with the aim of answering the most pertinent questions facing the sector.

Glasshouse in partnership with Channel 4's recently launched 4ip fund announce a prestigious panel of Saul Klein (Index Ventures/The Accelerator Group), Zenna Atkins (Columnist - The Guardian), Tom Loosemore (Head of 4iP) & Martin Stiksel (Last.fm), who address the challenge of how best to harness innovation and entrepreneurship to deliver public service in the digital age.

Make the most of your client relationships in an economic crisis for greater revenue opportunities, by learning how to better manage your key accounts.

Behavioural Targeting - the saviour of internet publishing or the death of privacy? Our panel debates the benefits, drawbacks, options and threats created by this new path for advertisers.

AOP’s forum on copyright and intellectual property on 20 November brings together legal experts to examine rights ownership behind online publishers’ businesses and its importance to their long-term success.

Bootlaw is a free boot camp for emerging technology, internet and digital businesses and the professionals working in them who want to learn more about the legal issues they face. Its brought to you by Barry Vitou and Danvers Baillieu the friendly lawyers at Winston & Strawn in London.

In such a fast-paced, ever-evolving world, online is subject to extensive debate - changing behaviour, trends, bandwagons and the constant emergence of new advertising formats have been both a help and a hindrance to its development. One thing’s for sure, the web has come from nowhere in 10 years to challenge TV as the biggest marketing medium in the UK.

North of England’s premier event series for Digital companies and their friends to meet once a month.This event will take you through the motions of venture capital investment into digital startups from first meeting to cash in the bank and beyond.