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Find Your Ninja // Find Your Next Exciting Project!

Want to be apart of an exciting tech team? Or simply curious about projects in and around Silicon Roundabout. Join us at Skills Matter on June 25th for Find Your Ninja.

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Date: 25 June 2012
Location: Skills Matter, UK

ICT KTN Online Business Essential Clinics #7: Fundraising and Investment Strategies

ICT KTN Online Business Essential Clinics #7: Fundraising and Investment Strategies presented by Tom Allason, CEO and founder of Shutl.

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Date: 21 June 2012
Location: Young Foundation, UK

Future of Web Apps London 2012

Future of Web Apps (FOWA) is a first-class conference for web and mobile developers and entrepreneurs, bringing together visionaries to discuss the technologies and platforms you should use to build the next generation of successful apps. This year, FOWA joins forces with Future of Mobile (FOM) giving you 2 conferences for the price of one!

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Date: 15 October 2012
Location: The Brewery, UK

Future of Mobile London 2012

Future of Mobile (FOM) proudly presents 3-days of cutting edge mobile learning and inspiration. Join us for two action-packed conference days, followed by a day of in-depth workshops. This year, FOM joins forces with Future Of Web Apps – giving you 2 conferences for the price of one!

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Date: 15 October 2012
Location: The Brewery, UK

GameHorizon Conference

Entertainment, Games and Technology.

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Date: 26 June 2012
Location: The Sage Gateshead, UK

Space for SMWLDN HQ - Can you Help?

Lego Builders

The return of Social Media Week London (SMWLDN) 24-28 Sept will see a number of changes to the way SMWLDN works including the creation of several content-specific hubs and the launch of the SMWLDN work experience programme.

We're on the hunt for some space for the SMWLDN HQ in the run-up to September's event to house the team including the work experience folks and our fantastic volunteers that between them mean we can keep the majority of SMWLDN events free for everyone to attend. Can you help?

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UKUPA Careers Event 2012

UKUPA UX Careers Event 2012 - This event provides a forum where employers and practitioners can meet, network and learn. Kindly hosted and sponsored by Thomson Reuters.

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Date: 21 June 2012
Location: Thomson Reuters, UK

Social Media Week London Launches Work Experience Opportunities

SMWLDN '12

The importance of work experience was underlined at Chinwag's recent Careers Day (see our round-up blog for some top CV tips). There's plenty of competition for the choicest work experience or intern positions, because they provide such a powerful point of differentiation for candidates, not to mention heaps of useful job-hunting contacts.

So, with London's biggest collaborative event, Social Media Week returning to London in September (24-28), what better time to offer a lucky few the chance to get their teeth stuck into one of the largest digital events to hit London? Find out more about what's involved and how to apply below.

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ICT KTN Online Business Essential Clinics #6: Effective Software Development Management

ICT KTN Online Business Essential Clinics #6: Effective Software Development Management with George Berkowski, Head of Product at Haliocab.com.

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Date: 14 June 2012
Location: Young Foundation, UK

An Evening with Kevin Allen: The Proven Way to Win Business & Create a Following

Leading business growth professional Kevin Allen shares the secrets to successful business pitches.

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Date: 31 May 2012
Location: Innovation Warehouse, Farringdon, UK

Swedish Beers - the Jubilee Edition, London

Swedish Beers Jubilee Edition - the friendliest mobile networking event in town. Have a passing interest in mobile tech, enjoy chewing the fat with friends old & new & are happy to give the powerpoint & sales pitches a miss? Then join us on 30 May sponsored by our friends at Millennial Media, Inspiring Interns, Swiftkey & TVGuide.co.uk. Skål.

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Date: 30 May 2012
Location: Nordic Bar, UK

Concept to Customer: Connecting Partners and Catalysing Investment - Cambridge

A networking event curated by Dr Uday Phadke (CIKTN’s Investment Theme Champion) bringing together Creative & Digital Technology SMEs, Large Media and Corporates from Creative Industries with investors and funders.

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Date: 7 June 2012
Location: Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK

Concept to Customer: Connecting Partners and Catalysing Investment - Cambridge

A networking event curated by Dr Uday Phadke (CIKTN’s Investment Theme Champion) bringing together Creative & Digital Technology SMEs, Large Media and Corporates from Creative Industries with investors and funders.

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Date: 7 June 2012
Location: Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK

Chinwag's Careers Day @ Digital Shoreditch: Hints, Tips, Feedback & Advice

Get Hired

We held our first Careers Day as part of Digital Shoreditch on Wednesday 23rd May, supported by Vitamin T, and are extremely proud to say it was a brilliant success.

We've had some wonderful feedback from companies recruiting, mentors and job hunters alike and we're so glad that everyone found the day useful and productive.

Our CV Surgeries were particularly popular, with lines waiting outside the Little Top! If you missed out on a CV Surgery or couldn't make the day, the fantastic mentors have very kindly shared some of their advice below.

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Shaping the Connected Digital Economy Catapult to Support Digital SMEs

The Technology Strategy Board and the Connected Digital Economy Special Interest Group are holding a workshop in Sheffield on Friday, 1st June 2012 to explore ways in which the Connected Digital Economy Catapult can be shaped to engage and help innovative SMEs.

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Date: 1 June 2012
Location: Electric Works, UK