Posts Tagged ‘Digital 20/20’

We’re pleased to confirm that the  first ever Girl Geek Dinner York event will be taking place in the beautiful Grays Court Rooms in the city centre of York on 15th April. If you are working in or studying technology then you’re invited to what promises to be a fantastic evening with inspirational speakers and great networking opportunities. 

Speaker Mary Vincent is the Founder and CEO of Green Star Solution, a Global Business, Technology, and Innovation Firm. She also runs a Clean Tech and Green Business News blog. Mary is based near San Francisco and is coming to the UK to talk in a number of locations as part of the Inspiring Women project which is jointly run by Girl Geek Dinners Leeds and Girl Geek Dinners Scotland. 

Tickets cost £10 for food, wine and speakers.  Boy Geeks are very welcome to attend too - you just need to be invited by a Girl Geek

The evening begins at 6.30pm on Thursday 15th April, and tickets are available to book online here…

The Girl Geek Dinner York is co-hosted by IT & Digital York, Digital 2020 and Pilot Theatre’s Shift Happens: ALT Shift.

Green IT is gaining momentum, and already organisations are reporting a skills gap around areas such as the implementation of virtualisation and the building of a Green IT infrastructure. In response to the growing discussion facing Green IT, Old Broadcasting House hosted a Green IT mini conference on Monday 18th January. The day included guest speakers from Helen Harrop (Digital 20/20), Colin Coghill (formerly University of Leeds) and Leeds Met’s Innovation North Professor Colin Pattinson. The three main questions posed were, what does “green” really mean? Why be Green? How to be Green? Each was discussed in 15 minute presentations and a debate with the speaker panel. (more…)

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…)

What have I learned at Thinking Digital? There™s a lot here and its only lunchtime on the first day. We arrived yesterday afternoon to attend Thinking Digital University. I got the Techbus up from Old Broadcasting House, which was great fun. This was a seriously well-equipped bus “ wireless, coffee, kitchen with fridge and sink, TV and best of all great company. (more…)

You don’t need to be Alan Sugar to take on an apprentice

This event has been designed specifically for the region’s IT employers. Presented by Digital 20/20 in collaboration with e-skills UK and the West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network, it will focus on the needs of IT and Telecoms businesses and demonstrate the benefits to be gained by employing apprentices. (more…)

Check out this press release from Digital 20/20 about our fantastic Innovation Showcase Exhibition on 30th January:

Inventors, sound designers and web creators were just some of the talent that gathered at nti’s recent interactive exhibition to show why coworking is the way forward for the creative and digital industries.

The Innovation Showcase Exhibition gave its members an opportunity to show off their business ideas to potential employers and to show final year university students that working in a supportive environment, surrounded by likeminded creative people can help turn an idea into reality. (more…)