business & innovation

CES Government London 2010

CES Government is the premier US government technology conference, held each year in Las Vegas as part of International CES. For the first time, CES Government will also be hosting a parallel session in London, video-linked back to the main conference in Las Vegas.

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Date: 7 January 2009
Location: City Hall, UK

Jazz And The Beeb: A Love Supreme Or Kind Of Blue?

This event sees the launch and discussion of two key papers to be published on the day of this event, each of which will be issued free of charge to all event attendees.

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Date: 19 January 2010
Location: central london tbc, UK

Northern StartUp Christmas Special

Jon Bradford, the brains behind the Difference Engine, an improved version of Y-Combinator from Silicon Valley and Seedcamp from London will be launching his new initiative to the North West on the 16th.

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Date: 16 December 2009
Location: eOffice Manchester, UK

Building the Lean Web Development Team

A course for anybody who works in web development and wants to do it better using what works from both Agile and Lean methodologies.

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Date: 20 January 2010
Location: The Hatton, UK

Glasshouse Mince Pies & Mulled Wine

Yes... it's that time of year again. A time to reflect on and acknowledge both the accomplishments and the undoubted challenges of 2009 and, perhaps, start to think about what 2010 might have in store.

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Date: 16 December 2009
Location: 9 Audley House, UK

Gambit on Future of Gaming

Gambit on "Future of Gaming", explore where the future of converged gaming category will be coming from, Social, Viral, Quiz? on internet, TV or mobile? will we have an answer? join us to find out.

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Date: 13 January 2009
Location: Cass Business School, UK

Difference Engine Boosts North East With £20,000 For Ten Start-ups

Angel of the North Flickr PhotoThe Difference Engine, a program to increase the growth of start-ups in Europe has been launched in the North East this week and will provide start-up capital of around £20,000, mentor support and a working environment that will allow ten teams of digital entrepeneurs to get their business up and running. 

We got in touch with The Difference Engine's Managing Director, Jon Bradford for the deets.

CHINWAG:  Can entrepreneurs can apply from anywhere in the UK?

Teams can come from elsewhere in the UK and beyond (subject to working visas). They will be required to relocate to the region for the duration of the programme.

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Make A Crunchie Nomination, It's Almost Friday

The Crunchies Awards The Crunchies are to technology what the Oscars are to Hollywood and January 2010 will be the third incarnation of the start-up and technology sector's annual awards ceremony hosted by TechCrunch, GigaOm and VentureBeat.

Last year's winners included Google Reader (best service), Cooliris (best design), Shop Savvy (best application) and Facebook (best overall start up).

TechCrunch Europe's grand fromage, Mike Butcher, offers the following advice,

"...it will be of interest to European startups that they have a good chance if they nominate themselves in Best International StartUp

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SXSWi BizSpark Accelerator deadline - Friday, 4th Dec

SXSWi moleskin notebook sketchSXSW Interactive festival is the digital conference to attend. Yes, it helps that it's based in sunny Austin, Texas and that the BBQ food is *awesome*, but it's also packed full to bursting with top notch panels from the brightest minds in tech

There are hundreds of networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas the community has to offer - all happening over 5 days!

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Chinwag's Practical Guide to Internships: Creating a Program

woman at desk flickr photoThere are a lot of challenges for any company taking on an intern.

From where to advertise the vacancy to the costs involved in hosting and training can all be a drain on company resources.

It's been challenging at Chinwag, so I bent the ear of Dominic Potter, co-founder of Internocracy, a company that helps employers set up and run their internship programmes.

Here's a brief run-down of his top-tips to consider before taking on an intern:

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Strategic Social Media

Strategic Social Media is the follow on conference to the highly successful Don’t Panic Guide To Social Media and features an all-new line up of expert speakers. The conference is aimed at senior communicators and will examine best practice in integrating social media into your communications strategy.

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Date: 2 December 2009
Location: The Bridgewater Hall, UK

IAB UK: Mobile Debate - Are Apps More Important Than Mobile Sites?

Our debate will bring together a panel of mobile experts to debate the proposition mobile apps are more important than mobile sites, you get to vote who is right.

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Date: 2 December 2009
Location: IAB UK, UK

IAB UK: Online Lead Generation Seminar

The IAB is hosting their first Online Lead Generation Seminar. This event (presented by the Lead Generation Taskforce) will take you through the full life cycle of a campaign and give best practise tips and guidelines along the way.

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Date: 1 December 2009
Location: IAB UK, UK

How To Sell Your Multi-Platform Content Globally. Uncover The Cash You Never Knew You Had!

Are you surviving? But want to thrive? You know how to create content but do you know how to sell it effectively? This workshop from Media sauce, Own -it and Skillset will look at how you can exploit your IP rights globally and across multiple platforms from traditional broadcast to mobile devices.

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Date: 17 February 2010
Location: Manchester Digital Development Agency, UK

Digital Lounge Christmas Anti Social Bash

Our December event will be run in collaboration with the Digital Marketing Group on the 8th of December at Jet Lag. This is an exclusive event only open to members of Digital Lounge or Digital Marketing Group.

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Date: 8 December 2009
Location: JetLag, UK