business & innovation

We have some fantastic speakers lined up who will share their knowledge of ways to make your business a leaner, more profitable organisation. The day will begin with a keynote from Ed Vaizey, Conservative Shadow Arts Minister who will give us an overview of Conservative policy towards helping SME’s in our sector and other cultural industries. We will also hear from the Liberal Democrats Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, Don Foster, who will outline their policies for the games industry.

Video Games Live, the biggest live performance in video games, is back with its 2008 show. Following last year’s smash hit sell-out, the London Games Festival is delighted to announce that there will be two performances at the Royal Festival Hall on 24th October at 4pm and 8pm. The event will launch this year’s festival celebrating all the excitement and variety of the gaming industry.

Attracting over 900 delegates from over 40 countries, the conference provides a forum dedicated to learning, debate, professional development, technology reviews and assessments, expert discussion as well as case-study presentations and the sharing of research results and opinion.  View the 2008 programme and book your place today!

This Dialogue on Internet Governance intends to highlight in particular the specific European approach to the interplay between security, privacy, and openness: they will not be discussed as concepts that only conflict with each other and therefore need to be “balanced” but rather as principles that can be fostered simultaneously and even mutually reinforce each other. The main focus will be put on identifying – based on European experience – situations and solutions that reflect and respond to these issues and challenges.

How can newspapers survive falling circulation figures and spiralling ad revenues? Has new media led to their destruction or can it help to reinvent and rejuvenate the format? So what's going to happen? Can newspapers continue much as they are, or is it time to let go and begin a movement to purely digital formats?

CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment is the LARGEST wireless data event in the Internet, wireless and telecommunications industries. With a focus on wireless data applications, software development, network architecture and solutions, CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009 is where professionals across various industries see first-hand how wireless data technology is applied to a multitude of business solutions.

Measuring Success - why profit and cash are not enough, from E.Factor will cover early stage success how to pace performance measurement, non-financial indicators and the dangers of relying on profit and cash to measure success. will cover Measuring success - Why profit and cash are not enough - London, UK Speaker: Sir Andrew Likierman - Early stage success, how to pace performance measurement - Do you have options in how you measure success? Constraints are not objectives - The dangers of relying on profit and cash - Using non-financial indicators - Overcoming some of the measurement problems (and coping with the rest) Venue: London Business School, Regent's Park, London NW1 4SA, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7000 7000 Bio Sir Andrew Likierman Sir Andrew Likierman was the president of CIMA, and is currently a professor of management practice in accounting at London Business School. Sir Andrew MA (Oxford) FCMA FCCA works on all aspects of performance measurement and is a director of both the Bank of England and Barclays Bank plc. He is currently working for the UN on its corporate governance. Sir Andrew was previously at the Treasury which he joined in 1993 as Head of the Government Accountancy Service and Managing Director of the Financial Management, Reporting and Audit Directorate. He was knighted in 2001. Professor Sir Andrew Likierman assumed the position of Acting Dean at London Business School on 1 January 2007. Sir Andrew is Professor of Management Practice in Accounting, and his previous roles have included Managing Director, Government Financial Management Directorate and Head of the Government Accountancy Service, HM Treasury. Sir Andrew has recently been serving on the UN Governance Review Committee.

The SXSW Interactive Festival features five days of exciting panel content and amazing parties. Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrates the best minds and the brightest personalities of emerging technology.

ETech opens your eyes to the trends, tools and developments in emerging technology that demand our attention—demonstrating how technology can bring us closer to each other and to the world around us.