News and Events from InfoLab21
InfoTextX
News and Events from InfoLab21
February Issue 41
Welcome to the February issue of InfoTextX – the e-newsletter from the Knowledge Business Centre at InfoLab21, keeping you informed about developments inside InfoLab21 and other news which we hope will be of interest to you. To subscribe or contribute news items please contact the editor – Sarah Maginness.
This newsletter and previous editions are available on our website: InfoTextX
Boost your company's profile with the eMarketing benefits of having a page and a weblink on the InfoLab21 site. To join go to our Associate Company section of the website.
The latest company profiles added are:
147 Solutions is a new IT consultancy startup specializing in bespoke software solutions and business integration strategies.
Adeptia provides enterprise software to easily and quickly automate business processes across supply chains using industry-specific standards.
Turbo Lemon Media offer contemporary web and graphic design based in Preston.
timetotrade provides web based portfolio management tools for private investors and investment clubs.
Furniture Matters is a reuse, recycling and training charity/social enterprise based in Morecambe operating throughout the North West. Collects and refurbishes unwanted white goods, furniture, IT, bicycles, office furniture and paint.
Thursday 26th March 2009, 0900-1200
Room C74, InfoLab21, Lancaster University
A Digital Communications KTN event delivered in association with InfoLab21's Technology Matters events. This will focus on looking at Collaborative Funding and Partnering opportunities in the Digital & Creative Industries Sector.
InfoLab21 is playing a key role in the drive to promote innovation in the UK digital communications sector. Lancaster University is one of only two Universities on the board of the government-funded national Digital Communications Knowledge Transfer Network (DC-KTN).
InfoLab21 academics are sharing their expertise with SMEs on the new Innovation Voucher scheme. The Innovation Voucher scheme aims to support Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in engaging with the knowledge base (Further and Higher Education Institutions and the wider public sector), with the aim of helping SMEs increase productivity and/or competitiveness.
HighWire is a collaboration between Computing, Design and Management at Lancaster University with the emphasis on producing a new breed of innovative people to advance the state of the art in technical, design and business innovation. Aligning with the needs of business and industry, it will build on InfoLab21's technology exchange initiative to seek a more value-added and marketable pathway from the digital laboratory to the marketplace. A recruitment event is taking place on 11th March.
Children in a town affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster will talk to pupils in England in a "TV" broadcast using wireless broadband installed by Lancaster University. InfoLab21 experts from the Department of Communication Systems have helped in this project which is part of a £750,000 Government programme to regenerate the area affected by the disaster.
Kinetic Cubed, specialist business development consultancy and resident company at InfoLab21, has expanded its presence in India by opening an office in the central business district of Mumbai, adding to its existing presence in New Delhi.
InfoLab21 resident company 15secondTV is powering a global online viral marketing campaign for the new Street Fighter IV game. You can upload your own photo and star in your own Street Fighter clip.
NetPlay TV plc, former resident of InfoLab21, has launched its own 24 hour Freeview Channel. The first interactive gaming company to secure a dedicated Freeview channel, NetPlay TV is broadcasting its services on Freeview Channel 48.
CITIN (Creative Industries Technology and Innovation Network) is pleased to announce its Partnering For Innovation programme of one-day events, taking place across the UK during February and March this year. The North West event will be at Liverpool on Tuesday 10th March, 0930-1800 at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology).
Upcoming ICT Cluster meeting dates and related news and events are available at:
Advertise vacancies and recruit ICT graduates at the ICT Jobshop.
ITIL Foundation Course V3
9-11 March 2009 | £695.00
MS3938: Updating Your Skills from Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/03 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
16-18 March | £450.00
Prices are exempt from VAT. Further reductions are available for InfoLab21 Associate Companies.
Friday 27th - Saturday 28th February 2009 2pm-2pm
GameJam@InfoLab21 is a 24hr mobile game design competition. It is the UK heat of the Forum Nokia Mobile Games Competition 2009 for University Students initiated by Forum Nokia and co-organized by the Mobile Radicals at Lancaster University.
There is still one preview day left for LEAD, a programme to develop the leadership skills of SME owner- managers, at Lancaster University Management School:
Friday 27th February, 13:00 - 14:30
A special LEAD taster masterclass with Rachel Elnaugh of Dragons’ Den fame will also be taking place on:
Thursday 26th February 2009, 6pm - 8pm
Over the next two months Own-it North will run a series of free evening seminars and masterclasses across the North West - aimed at helping businesses in the sector make the most of their Intellectual Property (IP).
Friday 20th February 2009, 1300-1645
BERR Conference Centre, London
A networking opportunity for companies around the world to learn more about the ICT research which will enable transformation of business processes, commercial models and personal lifestyles.
Tuesday 24th February 2009, 1030-1330
Media Factory, UCLan, Preston
Annual pitching and networking opportunity for companies operating in the Digital, New Media & ICT sector.
The £15m InfoLab21 building was made possible with funding from Lancaster University, the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
Project part-financed by the European Union, the European Regional Development Fund & the North West Regional Action Plan Partnership.
