upcoming events
What Happens to Television?
Lansons Communications, EC1
Formats, channels, creators, companies, revenues. There’s a lot that’s been changing in the world of TV. We’ve seen barriers to creating and publishing video-based content disappear, watched as viewing on ever-smaller screens has become popular, experienced the phenomenon of unexpected video star... read more
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Millennials & The Social Media Explosion
PRS for Music, W1
This MusicTank session will lift the lid on the social media phenomenon and reveal how rights holders can better engage with this social space and make sense of its increasingly complex future. Beginning with a presentation from artist, composer and serial social media experimenter Steve Lawso... read more
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Reducing Risk and Improving Results: Agile
University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street, W1
How to avoid the failure, frustration and over-work in web-project work. Produce better projects on budget and on time using Agile techniques. Agile methods are a group of new techniques which make it easier to deliver IT and web-based projects in environments of uncertainty and constant chang... read more
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Digital Artist Awards
Global
Digital Artist 2009 is a brand-new competition to discover, showcase and recognise the best digital art and design. Supported by leading art and design magazines, Computer Arts, Computer Arts Projects, 3D World and ImagineFX, these awards cover everything from concept and character art through... read more
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User Centred Design
University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street, W1
Are you planning to redesign your site or want it to work harder for you? Would you welcome the opportunity to learn some really good guidelines for successful UCD? This course takes you through a User Centred Design process, looking at both theory and practice, giving you the confidence to commi... read more
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i-Design 09
University of Westminster
This year’s i-Design conference will take place on 24 September at the University of Westminster as part of the London Design Festival. Showcasing groundbreaking work in the field of interactive design, the conference will focus on the notion of 5D design, with the increasingly pervasive inf... read more
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past events
Writing for the Web
University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street, W1
Do you need to write and create content for your organisation’s website but aren’t sure where to start? Perhaps you’ve created print materials in the past, but now need to understand how to translate those into readable content for a web audience? Writing for the web is a different skill to wr... read more
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Designplus Forum - The London Design Map
Business Design Centre, London N1
The London Design Map is a world first in bringing together a range of information about London's Design Schools in order to promote this considerable national asset to a range of audiences. The Map is a London Development Agency and Catalyst* initiative developed in consultation with organisatio... read more
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SoundLife London
Leicester Square Gardens
SoundLife London is a unique 3-D sound composition, created especially for Leicester Square Gardens, by sound artist Martyn Ware, to reveal the three-dimensional sound world that surrounds us at all times. The composition will consist of an hour long, looped 'soundscape' which will inhabit the... read more
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Social Media for Business
University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street, W1
A one-day course designed to give delegates a thorough grounding in the latest web trends for talking about your brand, business or organisation, as well as your own professional profile. Social Media is the next generation of communications, going beyond the traditional media to personal communi... read more
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onddotzero call for entries 2009
http://www.onedotzero.com/submissions
onedotzero now extends an open call for submission to the 2009 festival programme to be premiered at the BFI Southbank; the UK’s flagship centre for moving image located in London’s most visited cultural quarter, before an extensive UK and world tour. onedotzero is seeking propo... read more
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What Happens to Online PR?
Central London, tbc
The online world means that reputations are being built, and destroyed, on blogs, review sites, message boards and now twitter. Your search ranking might plausibly be described as a reputation index. But has the PR industry moved fast enough to cope? Communications have become democratised and... read more
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User-Centred Design
Westminster University
Are you planning to redesign your site or want it to work harder for you? Would you welcome the opportunity to learn some really good guidelines for successful UCD? This course takes you through a User-Centred Design process, looking at both theory and practice, giving you the confidence to commi... read more
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Pathways, King's Cross
German Gymnasium, Kings Cross NW1 2TB
A late post because this has already opened, but there's another couple of weeks left to catch it. D-Fuse's video installation Pathways: King's Cross reflects on the dynamic environment and history of King's Cross. Scenes from films such as 'The Ladykillers' and 'High Hopes', historic p... read more
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Cut & Paste
Coronet Theatre, Elephant & Castle
It's this saturday! Get down there! Doors open at 7pm. Show starts 8pm. At the Coronet Theatre, 26-28 New Kent Road, London SE1 6TJ Visit the website to find out more and to buy tickets: http://cutandpaste.com/events/2009/apr/4/london-2009/ read more
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Can The Music Industry Afford To Go Green?
PRS for Music, W1
A panel discussion which takes as its jump-off the established fact of climate change, with the only remaining question being one of scale. Are we facing a 2 degree temperature rise or, as latest science would have it, 7 degrees? One thing appears certain - in a 7 degree scenario, all bets are ... read more
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Future of Sound
Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross
Future of Sound / Future of Light brings together an international collective of vanguard artists, musicians, animators and digital masters to unveil cutting edge immersive audio visual innovations. On the 2009 tour they visit Goldsmiths, with performances from Future of Sound regulars ... read more
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Reducing Risk and Improving Results: Agile
University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street, W1
How to avoid the failure, frustration and over-work in web-project work. Produce better projects on budget and on time using Agile techniques. Web project work has a guilty little secret: much of the time, projects end up with everybody hating each other. Because the client has changed ... read more
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What Happens to Magazines?
Central London venue to be confirmed
If newspapers are having a hard time, then magazines - more expensive to fill, print and distribute - must be really suffering. The need for innovation, new income streams and a focus on delivering value is urgent. With the communication and interaction style of Web 2.0 offering a standard tha... read more
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Social Media for Business
University of Westminster, W1
A one-day course designed to give delegates a thorough grounding in the latest web trends for talking about your brand, business or organisation, as well as your own professional profile. Social Media is the next generation of communications, going beyond the traditional media to personal communi... read more
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Key Account Management
University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street, W1
Make the most of your client relationships in an economic crisis for greater revenue opportunities, by learning how to better manage your key accounts. As the media marketplace becomes increasingly competitive and the need to achieve more with less becomes more acute, making the most of the re... read more
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What Happens to Radio?
The Lukin, W1
Radio listening figures remain exceptionally high while other media are falling and failing left, right and centre. But the story isn't entirely rosy - younger people are moving away from the medium. Why is that, and how do radio companies innovate to meet the Facebook generation? Radio has lo... read more
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Let's Sell Recorded Music- part 4
MCPS-PRS Alliance, Berners Street, W1
Squaring the Circle. The final think tank in this series will look to pull together the conclusions from the series. How can the different stakeholders better understand each others’ needs in order to develop the most effective and compelling new services? Is further consumer researc... read more
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Project Management - Two Day Course
University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street, W1
You want to improve your project success rate, and need practical dos and don'ts that you or your staff can implement immediately, but don’t want to pay huge consultancy fees….where do you begin? This course is a chance for you to learn to use basic and advanced project management tools and te... read more
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Sanky – D&AD president's Lecture
Logan Hall, The Institute of Education, Bloomsbury
Sanky is a founding partner of interactive agency AllofUs, and a dynamo member since its inception in 2006. AllofUs, founded in 2002, focuses on how technology can be used alongside more traditional practices such as interior design, architecture, exhibition design and identity as well as work... read more
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Behavioural Targeting: The Fire and The Fury
Bath House, Soho
Behavioural Targeting - the saviour of internet publishing or the death of privacy? Our panel debates the benefits, drawbacks, options and threats created by this new path for advertisers. What are the issues? How will greater behavioural targeting affect advertising, publishing, privacy and c... read more
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Let's Sell Recorded Music- part 3
MCPS-PRS Alliance, Berners Street, W1
Coalition of the billing. The third in a series of four special MusicTank debates on music licensing in the digital era asks "what's the way to license compelling alternatives to filesharing?" After many a false dawn record labels are now embracing digital media with a passion and it... read more
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onedotzero adventures in motion
BFI Southbank
Tickets are now on sale for onedotzero_adventures in motion festival at BFI Southbank + BFI IMAX, london Fom 14 until 16 november, onedotzero_adventures in motion will take up residency at BFI Southbank, bringing together groundbreaking cinematic work, sensory installations, explosive l... read more
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Let's Sell Recorded Music- part 2
MCPS-PRS Alliance, Berners Street, W1
Following on from part 1, "Here we are now, entertain us', earlier this month MusicTank brings you 'We have the technology, what's the solution?', the second in a series of four special evening Think Tank panel discussions, addressing the whole range of issues that face musicians and label... read more
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What happens to newspapers?
NEW VENUE: Lansons Communications, Clerkenwell
How can newspapers survive falling circulation figures and spiraling ad revenues? Has new media led to their destruction or can it help to reinvent and rejuvenate the format? Join the debate to learn more. Evening Panel Event - 6.00 - 8.30 (and drinks and networking until late). The pa... read more
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Let's Sell Recorded Music
MCPS-PRS Alliance, Berners Street, W1
The first of four evening ThinkTank discussion panels aimed at facilitating legitimate alternatives to unlicensed digital distribution. Part 1 - 'Here We Are Now, Entertain Us' Kicking off the series, panel one will take a long hard look at what music consumers actually want and how ... read more
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Cybersonica Social
The Flea-Pit, E2
Cybersonica Social (formerly known as Çonic Social) relaunches after a summer break and at a new venue - The Flea-Pit - a cafe-bar on Columbia Road. Cybersonica Social creates a slice of Cybersonica for a few brief but enjoyable hours once a month in the friendly, vibey surroundings of ... read more
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BT Digital Music Awards
Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
Although there still time to enter - deadline 26 August - the ticket desk for *the* music awards night of the year (forget the Brits) is apparently already open. As well as those tedious musicians and their songs and records and stuff, these awar... read more
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In converstation with Jane Tranter
Princess Anne Theatre, BAFTA, Piccadilly
Discussion and Q&A with Jane Tranter, Controller of BBC Fiction, and Sophie Balhetchet, Women in Film & TV. This promises be an event of interest to all of us working in media, interactive or not, and might just give us the chance to hear first hand how the BBC, who have shown as... read more
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This Happened #5
Design Museum, Shad Thames SE1
The next in Chris O'Shea's great This Happened series, will be held at the Design Museum, just two days after i-design 08. Check out Chris's website, or the Design Museum we... read more
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i-design 08 – it's all about meaningful interaction
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
i-design 08 is the UK’s leading conference for interactive design. This year "it's all about meaningful interaction". i-design 08 will showcase the best and most innovative work in the field and feature keynote speakers at the top of the profession. The programme is designe... read more
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i-design 08 – Portfolio Clinic
Queen Elizabeth Hall foyer, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
This is a free event, but registration is essential. Overview: The iDesign 08 Portfolio Clinic, part of the iDesign 08 conference, will bring together established and emerging digital design talent with the ... read more
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Y Design Awards
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX
The Y Design Awards 2008 invites submissions in all nine categories up until 15 August 2008, after which time a panel of expert judges, including dynamo london's creative director Malcolm Garrett, will select the winner for each category. The winners of each category will then be re... read more
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V&A ThinkTank: The Future Object
Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre for Arts Education, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington
The V&A invites you to ThinkTank: the Future Object. Admission is free, but advance booking is essential. Debate. Discuss. Disagree. Decide? With no 'right answers' only great ideas, weigh in on the future of museum objects with leading designers and critics. As design increasingly moves t... read more
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Management and leadership for Creatives
University of Westminster
Aimed at managers in digital or creative agencies, this half-day course aims to empower delegates with an improved knowledge of management and leadership tools. It will also provide delegates with a set of practical steps that they can use put their new knowledge into immediate use. Who sho... read more
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DBA Business Briefing - Surviving the Credit Crunch
CBI Conference Centre, Centre Point, New Oxford Street
Looking forward to 2009? There are not many forecasters who are predicting a happy time for the design industry in 2009. The credit crunch is now upon us and talk has turned to the dreaded “R” word – recession. Our friends at the DBA are presenting a full Business Briefing which will featu... read more
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Visual Effects
NFT 1, BFI Southbank
'Paul Franklin and Eamonn Butler on Visual Effects' is the first event in a partnership between BFI and BAFTA. Paul and Eamonn, of visual effect company Double Negative, will discuss the role of visual effects in two of the year’s biggest Comic Book adaptations, The Dark Knight a... read more
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Paul Davis – Graphic Design on the Radio
Resonance FM 104.4
Paul Davis chooses 8 songs he likes at the moment. Also blathers on about stuff. Hosted by Adrian Shaughnessy. http://resonancefm.com/ read more
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Stefan Sagmeister – Graphic Design on the Radio
Resonance FM 104.4
Graphic Design on the Radio is back for another 6 week run - the radio programme that plucks GRAPHIC DESIGN'S nasal hair. Brought to you by the inimitable Adrian Shaughnessy. Adrian's first guest is the shy, retiring Stefan Sagmeis... read more
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Project Management
University of Westminster
You want to improve your project success rate, and need practical dos and don'ts you or your staff can implement immediately, but don’t want to pay huge consultancy fees….where do you begin? This course is a chance for you to learn to use basic and advanced project management tools and techniq... read more
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Social Media for Business
University of Westminster
A one-day course designed to give delegates a thorough grounding in the latest web trends for talking about your brand, business or organisation, as well as your own professional profile. Social Media is the next generation of communications, going beyond the traditional media to personal communi... read more
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Writing for Games
Central London venue (tba)
Writing for games is an often-overlooked career path, but it’s a great opportunity for writers who want to flex their creative muscles. It can involve plot development, script-writing, copywriting, dialogue creation, project documentation, humour writing, characterisation and character developmen... read more
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Beers and Innovation: Coming of Age
CC Club, Trocadero
Boomers, silver surfers, 50+, third agers, the mature market - whatever you call them, they’re a group that can’t be ignored. They have good incomes, great social networks and they’re getting online like never before. The Panel David Noble, MD of age-positive social networking site W... read more
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Celestial Jukebox: free streams or pipe dreams
The basement, MCPS-PRS Alliance, W1
The next in the popular MusicTank series asks the question: “given the huge potential of on-demand streaming, should the music industry offer discounted licences to streaming startups that negate the very concept of music ownership?” Keynote speaker: Ryan Regan (CFO & Chief Digital Of... read more
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I'll Show You Mine ...
The Escape, Soho
Part showcase, part confessional - ten of the UK’s finest digital designers bare their creative souls and share their work and wisdom. Each will reveal - in less than seven minutes - ‘the best advice I’ve ever been given’. Dynamo London is delighted to announce an evening of rapid-fire ... read more
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Creative Juice
University of Westminster, New Cavendish Street
A full day event. Creative companies and individuals based in London are being offered a unique opportunity to develop their business skills, gain a better understanding of how to put their creative skills to the best use of their businesses, and how to maximise the revenue derived from their tal... read more
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Social Media for Business
University of Westminster, W1
A one-day course designed to give delegates a thorough grounding in the latest web trends for talking about your brand, business or organisation, as well as your own professional profile. Social Media is the next generation of communications, going beyond the traditional media to personal ... read more
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Beers and Innovation 14: VRM
CC Club, Trocadero, Piccadilly
Announcing the next in the NMK series of early-evening topical debates for members of the digital industry, featuring top speakers, free drinks and a laid back atmosphere. At the next event, the topic of VRM, vendo... read more
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This Happened #3
Roxy Bar & Screen, Borough
Now read the reports of the third 'This happened'. It took place on 4th March, with presentations from Jussi Ängeslevä, Schulze & Webb, Kenichi Okada and Snug & Outdoor. It was held at Roxy Bar & Screen, 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB Here is the blog cover... read more
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Beers and Innovation 13: Developers and Designers
CC Club, Trocadero, Piccadilly
In the old days, the developers made it work and then the designers made it pretty. But that’s no longer quite what happens… Developers are becoming more agile, keeping sites in a state of perpetual beta. Features and functionality are changed continually as new ideas emerge and user-testing ... read more
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The NMK / Cybersalon / SMARTLab Xmas Lecture
The Pavilion, University of Westminster
Martyn Ware: A Journey Through Sound. This was the seventh Cybersalon/NMK Xmas Lecture, hosted this year in partnership with the SMARTlab. The lecture was established in 2001 as an opportunity for leading members of the UK new media industry to talk freely about their work and speculate... read more
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This Happened #2
Rich Mix, Bethnal Green
The 2nd event from the 'This Happened...' team had presentations from Crispin Jones, Rory Hamilton, Massimo Banzi, Karsten Schmidt and Science Of. Pictures of the event are available here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsumo/sets/72157602248214645/ The... read more
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iDesign: design for life
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
This event took place last week. A full report is posted in the discussion section. This was the day's line up:: Part of the London Design Festival (www.londondesignfestival.com), this one day conference will explore the effe... read more
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