Events

Innovation Showcase residents will be enabling Creative York and Creative Coast (Scarborough) to learn about what regional creativity is going on, whilst having fun in the process.

The two teams will use the Jam Jar Collective’s FriiSpray to draw out the clues, which will be streamed from venue to venue. FriiSpray is an open source, virtual-graffiti tool that allows you to draw with light using infra-red technology and brand new software - click here to see how it works. (more…)

Forward thinking innovative events and seminars are being developed across the region. Through the partners and resources of the NorthernNet innovation and collaboration programme, a calendar is being put together to communicate free and additionally funded events for the creative and digital sectors.

The events will connect the North West, Yorkshire and the North East, giving a detailed picture of who is doing what, where and how. Industry specialists will deliver their insight into what the industry can expect for the future. (more…)

The completion of MediaCityUK is predicted to bring £400 million of multi-platform commissioning to the North. Northern based companies are in the ideal position to benefit from this massive growth. Will your company be ready and able to innovate and collaborate to compete? (more…)

Web designers and developers are invited to attend an unusual two-track web conference with world renowned leaders in their fields.

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne will see both sides of the web world brought together by DIBI, to listen to the following confirmed speakers: Adii Pienaar of WooThemes, Andrew Wilkinson of Metalab, Tim Van Damme, Sarah Parmenter, Jina Bolton and Andy Clarke, who will focus on the design aspects.

Development speakers are confirmed as being Elliott Kember, formerly of Carsonified, David Singleton (Last.fm) and Peter-Paul Koch, Emma Persky from Gumtree, Michael Brunton-Spall of The Guardian Newspaper online and Gareth Rushgrove.

Join The Sage in Gateshead as nti Leeds guest that offers you a promo code to give you a 50% saving, reducing the cost to £99 ex VAT. The promo code is ‘DIBI ntileeds’ which you can register at http://www.amiando.com/dibi.html and is valid until the Friday 19th February.

Healthcare markets are being invited to hear about technologies and innovations available from the leading Digital Creative companies in the North East. NorthernNet, Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus, and RTC North, have collaboratively organised a free networking event on Monday 22nd March from 4.30pm onwards.  (more…)

Regional agencies across the north present a first-of-it’s kind, three-way, simultaneous event. Hear from some of the most inspirational women share their insightful and motivational accounts of their experience in the growing Creative and Digital Media industry. (more…)

We are super-pleased to announce the first of this year’s series of Leeds Girl Geek Dinners, starting on Thursday 11th February, hosted at Leeds’ hottest new waterfront hotel, the City Inn, on Granary Wharf in Holbeck Urban Village.

It will see the first in a series of collaborations between Girl Geek Dinners Scotland, Leeds Girl Geeks and supported by UKRC. Speakers for the evening will be Shanna Tellerman, Founder and CEO of Sim Ops Studios, and Kaye Elling, who has over 12 years of expertise in the games industry. The evening will be presented by Infinitus’ Nicole Mathison, nti’s Leia Bassett and Carbon Imagineering’s Imran Ali. (more…)

The hugely successful breakfast networking event is to be held by Leeds Chamber Networking Breakfast on Thursday 4th February at 7.30am - 9.30am. The morning attracts a wide range of business backgrounds and more than one hundred attendees each month.

Come and join in with table networking and conversations by registering your place on the Leeds Chamber website here. Cost for members is £14 + VAT, and non-members £28 + VAT.

On Wedesday 24th February 2010, two Bradford-based creative and media organisations will join forces to promote the opportunities offered by one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK.

Artworks and bmedia present a one-day event, targeted at anyone with an interest in working in the creative & digital industries. The Creative Careers Fair is aimed at the full spectrum of interest in the creative sector, from GCSE and ˜A™ level students through to further and higher education students, graduates, prospective job hunters and existing creative, media and digital businesses.

It will be held at the Atrium, University of Bradford, and if you would like to attend please contact Ged Walker ged@artworksbradford.org.uk.

On Wednesday 3rd February at 6pm to 9pm, Exposure Leeds will be meeting at Old Broadcasting House with a special photography focus led by John Dolan. A beginners guide to Photoshop will give you some useful hits and tips about what to do with your photos once they have been taken. John and Mark Skeet will review the work-flow process once a shoot has been completed.

After the main presentations there will be a question and answer session, an opportunity for the group to discuss the many aspects of image selection and processing.

A charge of £2 will be made on the door, and no pre-booking is required. Register your interest on Facebook here.

On Tuesday 9th February at 5.30pm, the Digital Media Centre will present John McLear, leading specialist in Information Communication Technologies (ICT) and currently part of the Etherpad Open Source Leadership Team. Come and listen to John present a critical approach to business ethics and ask the question, is Google fulfilling it’s mission statement ‘Don’t be Evil’? (more…)

On Tuesday 2nd February at 5.30pm-7pm, the second Leeds Social Media Surgery will take place at the Round Foundry Media Centre (LS11 5QP). This is for anyone interested in using blogs, text messages, Facebook, Twitter and other free websites to help an organisation or group that you belong to. (more…)

As part of the Enterprising Barnsley project, bmedia would like to invite you to their OpenCoffee event, on Wednesday 27th January at 10am-12pm in Barnsley.

The emphasis of OpenCoffee will focus on the internet, new media and digital industries. This regular, FREE event is an informal opportunity to meet with a range of technology entrepreneurs, designers, bloggers, developers, and investors. If you are interested in digital media and technology, come along and exchange your ideas that would otherwise never have flourished!

For any further information for attending, please visit the bmedia website here.

The GameHorizon Conference is Europe’s leading event for international games executives. A two-day conference featuring the most creative, entertaining and inspirational speakers from the games and entertainment industry. For the third year, GameHorizon Conference will return to The Sage, Gatehead on 29th-30th June 2010. (more…)

On Wednesday 3rd March, Screen Yorkshire is bringing the Vodafone AppStar Developer Day: North to Sheffield, giving you the opportunity to meet the experts, design and create your own apps with your contemporaries and more. You’ll also get the chance to win hardware, cash and other prizes. (more…)

On Thursday 25th February, Creative Networks presents the founder member of The Human League and Heaven 17. Martyn Ware is one of the leading figures in electronic music. As record producer and artist he has featured on recordings totalling over 50 million sales worldwide during a 27 year career to date, working with artists as diverse as Tina Turner, Terence Trent D’Arby, Chaka Khan, Erasure, and Marc Almond. (more…)

The Excellence in e-Learning Forum meeting will visit Leeds City College on Wednesday 10th February 2010 at 10am. The FE & Skills sector will be updated on regional and national developments in e-learning. (more…)

TechMesh will be holding an exclusive launch of a brand new network for IT, telecom organisations and professionals. On Wednesday 27th January 2010 at 6-9pm, The Loft will host an array of guest speakers that include Lee Strafford, Executive Chairman of theNetStart & former CEO for PlusNet and Conrad Poulson, Head of Startup Business Development for Orange.

The evening tickets have sold out but if you are an IT, telecoms organisation, or professional there is a waiting list just for you. To find out more, visit the website at www.techmesh.org. For any direct questions you may have contact Dawn on 0113 384 5641 or email dawn@techmesh.org.

If you’re working in the creative or digital industries, Old Broadcasting House will be opening it’s doors for you to come hang out, chat, demo or just network with others… usually around 25-30 people each month… sometimes more.

Tea, coffee and cakes are available from about 10am until 12pm. You are more than welcome to stay and chat as long as you like! This is a great opportunity to meet like-minded people within the creative, digital industries and network in a relaxed and friendly environment. Feel free to come along, Open Coffee is held on the first Tuesday of every month.

What does “Green” really mean? Why be Green? How to be Green? On Monday 18th January from 10am to 4pm, these three main issues will be addressed at the Green Computing ‘Mini-Conference’ that will be held at Old Broadcasting House. (more…)