business & innovation

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. 

To investigate this phenomenon, NESTA commissioned a major new piece of research - The New Inventors: How users are changing the rules of innovation.  Join them to hear about the findings and to discuss the implications for policy and practice.

Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Science and Innovation will make a key note address as Oracle, Innovaro and NESTA formally launch the Open Alchemy programme. It will be a fresh approach to developing new products with suppliers, opening up the process using the principles of corporate open innovation.

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.

E-consultancy and Manchester Digital will be hosting another innovative “Digital Shorts” event on 16th July 2008.  This time around we will be asking: Has rich media outlived its time and is banner advertising dead?

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.

This is the first in a series of social events Manchester Digital are planning where they'd like to bring together the digital community in a more informal, relaxed setting.  The first event is a barbeque at the fabulous Dukes 92 in Castlefield.