CODEWORKS Connect is the trade association for digital businesses in North East England. They run networking events for the new media industry called think and a drink.Think and a drink is the monthly get together for the North East's digital industries. Each month the event has a Think - Presentations on topical issues affecting the sector; and a Drink - A get together in a local bar to discuss the issues and meet other people from the sector over a pint and some nibbles.
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Creative match is the complete online resource for creative companies and their clients, providing a directory of services, the latest jobs, search, industry news, and much more
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BIMA Dinners: 30 places available at the Dinners and therefore very exclusive. The event takes place in an excellent restaurant in central London. Guest speakers are chosen for their expertise, experience and dedication to the ever evolving media industries.********************************
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| What: | Monthly Cocktails, Networking and Schmoozing |
| When: | Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 - SNOW DATE Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 5:30PM - 9:00PM Appetizers, drink specials and pre-Valentines Day goodies. |
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The Future is Female - Conference
Date: Thursday 8 March 2007
Time: 8.30am - 5.30pm
Venue: University of Sussex, Falmer
Register here
- Speakers from the BBC, Adobe, the Guardian and BT
- Up to 200 digital media professionals attending
- Over 30 speakers in 15 sessions, two tracks
- Games, film, TV, interactive and business experts
- Employers, careers advisors and mentors
- Showcases, inspiration and success stories
- Debate, controversy, future predictions
- Networking breakfast and lunch
- Drinks reception and evening event
Who is the Conference for?
This is an inclusive event for male and female business owners, employees, new entrants, students, freelance professionals, evangelists and enthusiasts from: games, interactive, design, mobile, film, TV, radio, animation, technology, learning, public relations, recruitment and policy formation.
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Let’s Get Together - Anglesey: networking creative technology practitioners
8th March 2007
If you work with technology and creativity in Anglesey, Conwy or Gwynedd and would like to expand your network, find out what other people are doing or seek out potential collaborators or business associates then come along to Let’s Get Together at Menai Bridge Community Centre on 8th March.
The event will comprise with an hour of quick fire presentations (5 minutes each) followed by an hour and a half speed networking, led by the Local Supplier Development Project.
There are 12 five minute slots available for artists, designers, film makers and programmers or anyone who works with technology creatively, so if you’d like the opportunity to present your work, please ensure you book early - see below for booking details. Presentations are on a first-come-first-served basis and priority will be given to practitioners from within the project area.
Practitioners in other fields such as visual art, performance, musicians who would like to meet creative technology practitioners are also welcome to attend. Agencies and organisations are also welcome, although presentations are limited to practitioners.
The event aims to bring together people working in creative technology in the project area, to develop collaborative working and the growth of the sector. ... more
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We Can Work It Out
Wednesday 31st January 2007
The third seminar in the Northern Bloc seminar series continued the investigation into ‘collaborative knowledge development’ to focus on the process of collaboration itself.
Speakers include: Jennie Savage, artist; Vicky Isley, Boredom Research; Brendan Walker, Aerial and Abigail Tweed, Arts and Business Cymru. ... more
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Free Media Discussion - 29 March 2007 (2 - 5pm)
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Free Media Open Day - 24 March 2007 (2 - 8pm)
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New Media Networking Event 30 Jan 2007 (2 - 6pm)Do you work creatively with web, wireless, interactive, electronic, computer or other new media technologies?
Do you live or work in Hackney?
Be inspired by your neighbours in the borough!
You are invited to:
- Introduce yourself and your work to the group to form an overview of creative media activity in Hackney (only a few presentation slots left!)
- Bring printed materials and laptops (WIFI provided) to show-and-tell between sessions
- Enjoy drinks and light refreshments, with time to network with other creative attendees
This event will launch a New Media Cluster in Hackney, with a facilitated discussion inviting participants to have a stake in the development of the cluster and its seed funding.
RSVP is essential. Contact \n heather@spacestudios.org.uk or 0208 525 4339 for more info and to register.
This event is produced by SPACE Media Arts in partnership with Hackney Council.
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The National Union of Journalists would like to invite all London's new media workers to join us for a drink or two and a chat on Thursday, 22 June, at 7pm.
The union's New Media sector has been going from strength to strength over the past two years and it's time to celebrate. So, come along to the Yorkshire Grey pub on the corner of Theobald's and Gray's Inn Roads in Holborn and meet others from the sector as well as some of your union representatives.
Expect interesting conversation with others working in the industry about the union's work and some of the issues facing the industry, all with a new media slant.
And, as this event will be taking place during the union's Recruitment Week, bring your friends and colleagues. This is not just for NUJ members, anyone interested can come along, have a drink on us and take a recruitment form with them (no pressure, we'd just like people to consider joining the union).
The union's New Media sector has been going from strength to strength over the past two years and it's time to celebrate. So, come along to the Yorkshire Grey pub on the corner of Theobald's and Gray's Inn Roads in Holborn and meet others from the sector as well as some of your union representatives.
Expect interesting conversation with others working in the industry about the union's work and some of the issues facing the industry, all with a new media slant.
And, as this event will be taking place during the union's Recruitment Week, bring your friends and colleagues. This is not just for NUJ members, anyone interested can come along, have a drink on us and take a recruitment form with them (no pressure, we'd just like people to consider joining the union).
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'Gold rush fever': Are you ready for the next boom?
The start-ups are ready and the money is there...
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Beermat Ecademy http://beermat.ecademy.com
Networking and resources (including a blog) for SMEs and entrepreneurs. Incorporating Beyond Bricks
. Bric www.bric.org.uk
Bristol cluster focusing on broadband content.
Cambridge Hi-tech Association of Small Enterprises (CHASE) www.chase.org.uk
Networking group for entrepreneurs, start-ups and small firms, in the hi-tech industry in and around Cambridge.
Chinwag www.chinwag.com
Email news lists on Internet and wireless marketing, eCommerce, design, usability, Flash and Shockwave.
Codeworks Connect www.codeworksconnect.net
Newcastle-based North East of England digital media cluster hosting regular high-level events.
Connect Yorkshire www.connectyorkshire.org
Supporting technology firms in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.
Creative Match www.creativematch.co.uk
Web-source for jobs, contacts and partnerships.
Digital Media-U www.dm-u.co.uk
Professional development member service aimed at assisting individuals and businesses in the North West's digital media sector.
Digital Peninsula Network www.digitalpeninsula.com
Member organisation providing support for Cornwall's rapidly growing community of media and ICT professionals and digital creatives.
e-consultancy www.e-consultancy.com/publications/econsultancy_directory/
Online network of UK e-business consultants.
e-mint www.emint.org
Network for online community professionals. ecademy www.theecademy.com
Internet business networking group.
Focus West www.focuswest.co.uk
Online and offline network for the creative media industries of West London.
Freelance Forum www.freelanceforum.co.uk
A platform for technology and creative freelancers to network, discuss issues and get advice.
Freelancers.net www.freelancers.net
Free service for freelancers and contractors specialising in the Internet and multimedia industries.
Game Republic www.gamerepublic.co.uk
A network supporting, encouraging and promoting video games development in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
Geek Dinner www.geekdinner.co.uk
A monthly meetup (usually with guest speaker/s) of geeks, techies, designers, marketers, bloggers and anyone else interested in technology around the UK.
Gurteen Knowledge Network www.gurteen.com
Knowledge management, learning, creativity, innovation &personal development.
InteractiveKnowHow www.interactiveknowhow.co.uk/
Helping creative businesses work effectively - and profitably - with digital media through events, training and consultancy.
Just-B Productions
Supporting creative R&D for the interactive content industries with conferences, collaborations and events.
KnowledgeDock www.knowledgedock.co.uk
Network of like minded individuals and organisations to establish and share best practice in the commercial application of new and emerging technologies.
London Girl Geek Dinners www.londongirlgeekdinners.co.uk
Regular, informal networking dinners (with speakers) for the girls of the digital world and those with an interest in technology; men welcome by invite only.
Manchester Digital www.manchesterdigital.com
Promoting Manchester's digital business sector.
MusicTank www.musictank.co.uk
The UK's music business network - a collaborative community that overrides traditional industry partitions in all genres and regulary adressess digital issues.
Networks @ Wales www.networksatwales.com
Cardiff-based digital media networking association.
Research Centre for Television and Interactivity www.researchcentre.co.uk
Glasgow-based UK body developing business and talent in the television and iTV creative industries.
Second Wednesday www.secondwednesday.com
Nottingham-based digital media networking group for the East Midlands.
ScotlandIS www.scotlandis.com
Scotland's representative trade association, with over 500 members within the internet, software and interactive media industries.
Interactive Tayside www.interactivetayside.com
Interactive Tayside is a partnership between public, private and academic sectors to collectively develop and promote Tayside's digital media industry.
Soflow www.soflow.com
Soflow is a progressive community of smart and informed business people.
Stac www.thestac.org.uk
The Scottish Technology and Collaboration (Stac) initiative aims to create new channels to global markets for (innovative) Scottish companies through collaborative working.
Venus Rising www.venusrising.org.uk/
A forum launched in 2005 to explore, through a series of panels, whether we can shift the cultural image and language of technology towards the feminine.
Web Wednesdays www.webwednesdays.com/
A networking event created specifically for internet entrepreneurs on the first Wednesday of every month.
Business Resources
Business Link for London www.bl4london.com
Independent support for small and medium-sized businesses in London.
Business Link UK www.businesslink.org
National business advice service for the UK.
CIDA www.cida.co.uk
Specialist support agency that champions the development of creative and cultural industries in East London.
The Creative Industries Development Service (CIDS) www.cids.co.uk
A non-profit company working in and around Manchester to help people who work in or are looking to set-up businesses in art, music, design, fashion, film, photography, games, performing arts, digital media, poetry or anything else creative.
Creative London www.creativelondon.org.uk/
The strategic agency for London's creative industries.
Dream Ireland www.dream-ireland.com
Belfast-based research and development company that promotes the growth of the creative industries in Ireland North and South.
DigitalINC www.digitalinc.org.uk
Liverpool-based UK business incubator focused on the digital content industries sector.
Digital World Centre ww.digitalworldcentre.co.uk
The Digital World Centre, which will be based at Salford Quays (Manchester), aims to encourage the use of new technologies in the business world.
Inland Revenue www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Information on tax and national insurance matters.
KnowledgeDock
Support and communication network designed to facilitate conversion of ideas and research into working business applications.
London Innovation www.london-innovation.org.uk
The London Development Agency's resource encouraging innovation in business.
OJEC http://ted.publications.eu.int/official/
Tenders Electronic Daily - information about public sector tenders in the UK and other EU member States.
Small Business Service www.sbs.gov.uk
Government agency dedicating to helping small businesses thrive.
UK Online For Business / DTI Practical Business Advice Toolkit www.dti.gov.uk/bestpractice/
A toolkit of practical business advice, containing best practice guides, case studies, factsheets and a range of online, self-assessment tools.
Web Design for Business www.webdesignforbusiness.org.uk
Help for small companies developing or commissioning a web presence.
Women In Technology http://www.womenin.co.uk
Information, advice and careers portal for women in the UK digital and IT industries.
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