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Can you or someone you know show how technology is already enabling people around them to connect with each other in new ways and do good things? Twenty five worthy projects have been shortlisted in the Catalyst Awards and the winners will be announced on July 24th at a London Ceremony. 

Monthly get together organised by tinker.it of people interested in hardware hacking, interaction design, Arduino, electronics... Have a pint, meet some geeks and bring something to show off! Pictures of related workshops and past events here: http://flickr.com/groups/h3london

  This mashup* Event will focus on the status of Enterprise 2.0 thinking, where thought leaders are up to and we are sure will stray into the opportunity of effecting and delivering corporate social responsibility and “green” IT.

The Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008, the world’s most important festival that seeks to expand the creative culture of games and interactive entertainment, is now open for registration. This year the Festival has some amazing events and plays host to some of the games industry’s biggest players, including the likes of Sony, Nintendo and Codemasters.

Following the recently acclaimed ‘Meet The Millennials’ report, MusicTank has invited its author and Nettwerk Music Group’s Co-Founder & CEO Terry McBride to the UK to take part in a very special music business initiative.

Monetise Web 2.0 & Social Networks 2008 is where leading media, web and games developers, consumer entertainment, broadcasters and agencies come to discover how to build and monetise social networks, gadgets and widgets.

In the latest of the Precedent seminar series practical tips and examples of ways to enhance your website's ability to communicate your message, including the Web 2.0 era will all be discussed.

In true geek style and an excuse to get a bit social comes AfternoonTeaCamp. It’s on the weekend (this Sunday), in the afternoon at The Werks. The idea is that everyone brings something to share and that we can all enjoy each others company.

For those who attended last years Geek Dinner with Brady Forrest, we have some good news: the O’Reilly crew is back in town and offering to hold a little part of their own! The conference co-chairs will be: Brady Forrest, O’Reilly Radar Jen Pahlka, TechWeb (formerly CMP) Janetti Chon, Community + Content Manager