business & innovation

Tenshi Two Day Bootcamp powered by Unreal Engine

Intense sessions and mentoring to prepare new studios for success in the modern games industry. Aiming at: o Early stage, or even pre-launch o Looking to explore new markets or new business models o Developing commercial knowhow and business development skills We recommend 2 attendees per company but welcome individual CEOs

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Date: 12 March 2013
Location: Grant Thornton, UK

JUMP Webinar: Getting Social to Drive In-Store Sales

JUMP Webinar: Getting Social to Drive In-Store Sales

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Date: 21 February 2013
Location: Online, UK

Social Media for Customer Service - Training Workshop

Do the lines between marketing and customer service need blur together for an effective social customer service strategy? In this one day workshop we are exploring the consumer led rise in use of social media for customer service. You'll learn about the latest trends and how to build an effective plan in order to implement an effective strategy.

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Date: 12 March 2013
Location: Hallam Conference Centre, DE

Crowd Funding - A Seminar for Entrepreneurs and Businesses Seeking Funding

Crowd funding is increasingly gaining popularity in the UK. This free seminar, hosted by Jeffreys Henry LLP, Manches LLP and Seedrs, aims to introduce the concept of crowd funding, tackle some of the legal issues and discuss how to incentivise investors.

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Date: 26 February 2013
Location: Jeffreys Henry LLP, UK

Lightening Lean Startup: How to take your idea from lightbulb to launch

Keen to start your own business but don't know where to begin? We'll teach you how to be up and running all in one morning.

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Date: 15 February 2013
Location: My Hotel, UK

On The Edge Digital London

The London conference will take place, 30th April, at the Britannia International Hotel. We guarantee you will walk away with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement an effective Digital Marketing Strategy. Topics include; mobile, content marketing, SEO, PPC, Facebook, email marketing, and Google+

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Date: 30 April 2013
Location: Britannia International Hotel, UK

Youth Marketing Strategy 2013

Facebook, Econsultancy and Jägermeister UK reveal strategies to succeed in the Youth Market.

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Date: 16 April 2013
Location: LSO St Luke's, UK

Fast Track to F# with Tomas Petricek & Phil Trelford

Tomas Petricek’s and Phil Trelford’s two-day Functional Programming in .NET course explains concepts that you need to write modern applications for .NET using F#, C# with LINQ as well as current and upcoming .NET technologies that arise from functional programming ideas.

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Date: 13 March 2013
Location: Skills Matter, UK

SMW REWIND: Why You Don’t Need a Social Media Strategy [VIDEO]

Chris Heffer on "Why You Don't Need a Social Media Strategy"

Ever wondered why social media never returns as much benefit as you would like? Want to figure out how to get more people to buy in to social? In this session, hosted at Facebook, Chris Heffer from SAP takes a look at social from a different perspective and gives some ideas how to make social more successful in your business.

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Informal Networking for Digital Industry

Connect- Network with industry leaders

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Date: 13 February 2013
Location: Vapiano Bankside, UK

Advanced Scala - Two-day workshop

This two day course is aimed at developers with at least 3 months production experience with Scala. The course will teach you the advanced features of Scala to enable you to unleash the full power of this scalable language. You will also learn how to apply these to create well designed libraries or DSLs using proven practices.

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Date: 15 May 2013
Location: Skills Matter, UK

Internet Leaders Dinner: Living in a Mobile, Ever-Connected World with Shop Direct

Since Jonathan joined Shop Direct Group, online sales have grown to 75% of the company’s revenue. In the last year alone, traffic to the Group’s mobile sites has increased by 250% and 20% of all online transactions are now completed via mobile devices.

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Date: 6 March 2013
Location: Elysee Restaurant, UK

All Street UnConference

The event aims to provide an alternative to the traditional one-way conferences through a more collaborative social framework where attendees can be the speakers.

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Date: 23 February 2013
Location: Innovation Warehouse, UK

SES London 2013

Search Engine Watch and ClickZ are delighted to host the 14th annual SES London—Europe's leading digital marketing event. Covering the latest trends and challenges facing the online marketing industry, SES London provides guidance from leading experts on Search, Social Media, Display, Mobile, Email and more.

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Date: 18 February 2013
Location: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, UK

Droidcon London 2013

This conference is a must for anyone who wants to keep ahead of the curve on Android innovations, find out about the latest advances and tech, hear from top thinkers, and socialise with fellow developers. We’re bringing the future to you: don’t miss out!

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Date: 24 October 2013
Location: Business Design Centre, UK