events

events

Celebrating the best in the North-West

The Golden Globes, The Oscars, The Razzies, and on, and on...New Year, new awards season. And the call for entries for Big Chip 2009 awards, for digital businesses in the North West, is now open.

Time to fill out those application forms, whittle down the list of thank you's to the barest minimum.

"Wait, sorry, this is so unexpected. Gather. Oh, I can't carry on...too emotional...this is what Manchester Digital, the organisers have to say.."

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First Tuesday: Mapping Technology Goes Mass Market

At this seminar we will focus exclusively on addressing enabling technologies and applications that earns the owners revenue and help organizations and consumers find their way today and in the future!

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Date: 3 February 2009
Location: Soho Hotel, UK

New Frontiers in Social Media

New Frontiers in Social Media is an event that will explore how social media will influence our lives in the future.

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Date: 12 February 2009
Location: Jurys Inn, UK

Social Networking World Forum (Asia), 2009

Asia boasts the fastest growing social networking and social media market on the planet. There are also more mobile internet users, with the Asia Pacific region, than anywhere else in the world. It is no surprise that Six Degrees is moving the series to Signapore to learn from the leading social networking publishers, developers, brands and organisations who are currently operating in this exciting region.

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Date: 22 September 2009
Location: Grand Hyatt Singapore, SG

Social Networking World Forum (North America), 2009

Social Networking is now a mainstream and established communication platform. The last few years have seen social media propel itself as a platform to market services, deploy PR campaigns, for individuals to promote themselves and the best place to job hunt! Social networks themselves are becoming content aggregators and creators as they climb up the ladder to become the most visited sites on the planet.

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Date: 26 October 2009
Location: Santa Clara Convention Centre, US

UKTI Networking at Cebit 2009

Hosted by UK Trade & Investment and co-hosted by bitkom and Intellect, the UK/European partnering event will being together UK and European companies to meet suitable customers, partners, and collaborators through pre-arranged meetings via an online “match-making” facility.

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Date: 5 March 2009
Location: Room 3A CC building, DE

Chinwag Live: Freeconomics

Join us as we ask - Is there a future to Free, and where? Are there new opportunities to monetise in the land of Free or in fact does Free no longer make sense?

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Date: 30 March 2009
Location: Slug & Lettuce (downstairs), UK

Chinwag Live: Advertising Woes?

Shrinking markets and shrinking budgets - just how big will be the blow for online advertising? Join us on 10th February as we discuss the challenges and implications now facing the online advertising industry. Come quiz our panel on where limited ad budgets should now be directed, and how can agencies and brands adapt and survive in 2009.

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Date: 10 February 2009
Location: The Slug & Lettuce (Downstairs), UK

Gambit on Licensing (Brand/Formats)

Gaming gambling (even soft gaming or skill gaming) is essentially FMCG business, like selling Cereals, chocholate bars or insurance/banking/derivative products (for higher stake games like spreadbetting etc.).

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Date: 12 February 2009
Location: Cass Business School, UK

Manchester Digital Shorts

Two years ago Ian Jindal called "downturn" in Manchester while reviewing the e-commerce prospects for 2007. This time, Ian will cover some developments that are more upbeat and which will gain traction a little sooner than two years

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Date: 4 February 2009
Location: The Printworks, UK

JAOO Conference Brisbane - 2009

JAOO is designed for the professional developer with the technical depth and enterprise focus of interest to technical team leads, architects, and project managers. No other event in Australia provides this unique combination of industry leading expert presentations, learning and networking opportunities.

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Date: 5 May 2009
Location: Hilton Brisbane, AU

webank

Is the democratic and social nature of the internet changing the way we understand finance?

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Date: 21 January 2009
Location: NESTA, UK

TEDGlobal 2009: The Substance Of Things Not Seen

Four years after the first gathering, TEDGlobal returns to Oxford for a now-annual event. Join us next summer for four days of inspired thinking that goes beyond the obvious, delivering vital insight into the hidden forces shaping our future.

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Date: 21 July 2009
Location: Various locations, UK

JAOO Conference Sydney - 2009

JAOO is designed for the professional developer with the technical depth and enterprise focus of interest to technical team leads, architects, and project managers. No other event in Australia provides this unique combination of industry leading expert presentations, learning and networking opportunities.

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Date: 5 May 2009
Location: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, AU

next09

For the first time the next conference 2009 is taking place on two days at Kampnagel in Hamburg: on May 5 & 6, 2009. With 30 hours programme, 100 international speakers and 1500 participants from the advertising, technology, internet and media industry. The next09 is going to be shaped by leading brands, well-established companies and start-ups. This year's edition saw more than 1300 participants.

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Date: 5 May 2009
Location: Kampnagel, DE