Partnering for Innovation: GLASGOW

Partnering for Innovation: Glasgow

Is a collaborative partnership event, co-owned by the partners Scottish Enterprise, DCKTN and lead partner CITIN. It is part of the Partnering for Innovation Programme taking place across the UK in February and March 2009.

Event Overview

Partnering for Innovation: Glasgow is an inspiring and inclusive one-day event developed to raise awareness of and support applications to the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) research and development collaborative fund. The event programme will include a combination of short briefings and presentations, creative brainstorming and knowledge sharing, as well as facilitated networking and collaborative working opportunities.

Who Should Attend

Representatives from the digital technology sector and broader creative industries, including computer games, mobile communication, virtual world, film, video, music, publishing, TV, radio and universities with technology and communication research and development expertise.

Event Schedule

12.30 - 13.00 Registration and Lunch

13.00 - 13.30 Show & Tell

Details: Networking and initial project and ideas sharing session. Facilitated by David Crowther.

13.30 - 13.45 Welcome and Introduction

Details: Jeremy Davenport, CITIN, Philip Hargrave, DCKTN

13.45 - 14.00 Big Digital

Details: Overview of the digital communcations landscape: Stuart Cosgrove, Head of Nations & Regions, Channel 4

14.00 - 14.50 Everything You Always Wanted to Know But Were Too Afraid to Ask…

Details: TSB briefing presentation; Sian Brereton and Alex Stanhope, TSB.

14.50 - 15.10 Break

15.10 - 15.30 Here's One I Made Earlier

Details: TSB Funding case study and sucess stories; Annette Ward, Stephen McKenna and Prof Ian Ricketts, University of Dundee.

15.30 - 17.30 Digital Barn Raising

Details: Open discussion and knowledge harvest of project ideas to share delegate
contacts and expertise. Facilitated by David Crowther.

16.30 - 17.30 Ideas Clinic

Details: Pitching and feedback session for new collaborations and ideas to TSB panel.

17.30-18.30 Networking Drinks

18.30-18.30Event Finish

Background

TSB's Accessing and Commercialising Content in a Digitally Networked World competition for funding, recognises that the content industries account for three-quarters the 'gross value added' (GVA) by the creative industries in the UK. The call addresses the new challenges around generating revenue from digital content, finding and establishing rights around content (including user-generated content), tools and systems that increase market visibility, interacting with digital platforms, and developing new business models.

For more information visit the TSB website.

National Programme

Please click on event location for more information and/or to register to attend.

* Bristol - Tuesday 17th Feburary
* London - Thursday 26th Feburary
* Birmingham - Tuesday 3rd March
* Liverpool - Tuesday 10th March
* Wales - Thursday 12th March
* Glasgow - Thursday 19th March

More Information

http://partneringforinnovation.eventbrite.com

Event Contact

tara@tarasolesbury.co.uk / 07764845255