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In The Brain of Gavin Bell: Is Everything Social?

The web is a very social place these days, but can every human action become a social object? Lots of activities are private or competitive, these are often the interesting ones too. In this session, Gavin Bell will take a brief look at how privacy and competition change social activity.

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Date: 8 May 2012
Location: Skills Matter, UK

Traffic LIVE at the Apple Store

Join the Traffic LIVE team at the Apple Store this May showcasing Traffic LIVE V5.0 with a number of great new features including our iPhone and iPad app. When: Wednesday 16th May, 2012, 5.00PM – 6.00PM GMT Where: Apple Store, 235 Regent Street, London, W1B 2EL, UK

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Date: 16 May 2012
Location: Apple Store Regent St, UK

The Guardian's Activate London Summit 2012

The Guardian’s award-winning Activate Summit returns to London on 27 June for a unique day of ideas, inspiration and insight into the way technology is shaping and driving our global future.

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Date: 27 June 2012
Location: Kings Place, UK

Destination Local - London - 02 May 2012

Information and Networking event around £1M funding available for Hyperlocal media projects from Technology Strategy Board in collaboration with NESTA

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Date: 2 May 2012
Location: Thistle Marble Arch, UK

New Speakers & Programme Announced for Psychology of Online Influence - One Week left to get Tickets

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We're delighted to announce the latest additions to Chinwag Insight: Psychology of Online Insight Conference! Joining the lineup is: 

Craig Sullivan, Group eBusiness Manager, BelronCraig Sullivan 
Group eBusiness Manager at Belron (aka AutoGlass)
'Psychology: changing behaviour, increase conversions, cut costs'.
Craig is going to explain his love of studying customers and testing new products, services and page designs on 28M+ website visitors. Using  psychological principles, he'll explain how you can change consumer behaviour, increase conversion rates and lower running costs. 

Martin Talks, President, Digital, DraftfcbMartin Talks
President of Digital at Draftfcb
Martin will be talking about 'Why Emotion Drives Your Bottom Line'.

Stuart Battersby, ChatterboxMatt Purver, Chatterbox

Stuart Battersby and Matt Purver
Co-Founders of Chatterbox
Stuart and Matt will discuss  'Using conversational analysis to understand influence and interaction'.

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2012 Progressive F# Tutorials NYC

Join us for this 2-day, 2-track F# event, packed with hands-on tutorials covering the latest developments in the fast moving world of F# Programming. Whether new to F# or seasoned veteran, be ready for an action packed two day adventure.

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Date: 5 June 2012
Location: New World Stages, US

Ravensbourne2012 - a Degree Show promising to be like no other, 13th - 14th June

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The wonderful guys (and girls) at Ravensbourne have helped us during two Social Media Week London's, Feb 2011 and this February just past.

On the 13th & 14th June, Ravensbourne2012 will be opening its doors to industry and the public, to showcase London’s brightest new graduates. The two day festival, organised and designed by the student body, is a chance to see a collaborative showcase of graduate work, alongside other outstanding live events and installations. A graduate show like no other. And the invite is extended for you to attend.

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DSL12 - Data Science Hackathon

On the 28th April for the first ever 24-hour global data science hackathon will take place bringing Data Scientists around the world together to try and improve improve the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index.

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Date: 28 April 2012
Location: Online, anywhere!, UK

CITIZEN 2012

Next generation citizen engagement. A conference focusing on government service provision in the digital age.

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Date: 28 June 2012
Location: Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, UK

Progressive Java Tutorials 2012

Progressive Java Tutorials at Skills Matter, London, May 3-4, 2-day conference with intense, 4-hour long afternoon hands-on sessions!

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Date: 3 May 2012
Location: Skills Matter, UK

Progressive NOSQL Tutorials 2012

Skills Matter is excited to present the Progressive NOSQL Tutorials 2012 London. This 3-day annual event will take place from the 9th-11th May and will feature 4-hour long afternoon hands-on sessions!

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Date: 9 May 2012
Location: Skills Matter, UK

The Hoxton Mix Mixer #7 at Digital Shoreditch - "The Bombe (Turing-Welchman)"

We're excited to announce that the next Mixer event is going to be taking place as part of the Digital Shoreditch festival. We're curating the "Next Tech" day that is running during the day, and then having the Mixer event (with booze!) in the evening.

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Date: 29 May 2012
Location: Hackney House, UK

Compers killed the Competition

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Budding brands and those with gazillions of fans alike have one thing in common - a hunger to give things away.

When you're looking at a report suggesting that the start-up cost of client acquisition through AdWords or traditional marketing is nearly always higher than the initial purchase price of your product, it's extremely tempting to brainstorm your way down to the lowest form of marketing...the give-away. Let me argue that we must not and should not go there.

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Big Data Week London - Community Meetup Featuring Bit.ly Chief Scientist & Co-Founder Apache Hadoop

Do you want to meet other passionate people about Big Data in a beautiful London location and take part in a debate with some of the brightest minds on the planet? Featured Hilary Mason, Bit.ly Chief Scientist, Doug Cutting, Apache Hadoop Co-founder with drinks & nibbles from Oracle.

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Date: 24 April 2012
Location: Lancaster London Hotel, UK