InfoTextX

Welcome to the March 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 to InfoTextX and our website, please contact the editor – Sarah Maginness.

Join IT! New Associate Company Profiles

Here are the latest companies to submit their profile online to our Associate Company Scheme section of the website and take advantage of the eMarketing benefits of having a weblink from the InfoLab21 site:

Broadhurst Consultancy Services

With over 20 years experience, Broadhurst Consultancy Services can save you time, effort & cost with business development and training to suit your exact requirements.

St John's Hospice, Lancaster

Providing hospice care to almost 1000 people per year from North Lancashire and South Cumbria, through in-patient, day-therapy, domiciliary nursing and bereavement support.

Technology Matters Event / Lancaster ICT Cluster Meeting

Wednesday 9th April 4pm-7pm Meeting Room 4, Lancaster University Conference Centre

Business Link NW, InfoLab21 and Merit invite you to attend a combined Technology Matters and Lancaster ICT Cluster Group event.

Presentations include an overview of services available to connect students and graduates to businesses from CEEC, (the University's Centre for Employability, Enterprise and Careers) and a talk on Podcasting for Business & Creative Professionals from MERIT, an ICT User Group.

Blackpool & Fylde ICT Cluster Group

2nd April 2008, Solaris Centre, Blackpool

Speakers include Gary Broadbent from ICS Heat Pumps on 'Practical & Renewable Energy' and Claire Scott from Lancashire Business Environment Association on 'Grant Funded Advice on Reducing Your Business's Carbon Footprint'.

For more information about the 5 regional ICT Cluster Groups please follow the link below.

Knowledge Transfer With Telekom Austria

InfoLab21 researchers have been to Vienna to deliver the first of a series of workshops for Telekom Austria (TA), funders of a project on Resilient Next Generation Networks (NGNs). The project highlights the important role InfoLab21 is playing in the future of big technology-led businesses like TA through research and Knowledge Transfer. In the near future, experts from TA will be visiting InfoLab21 to give a presentation on their successful trial of User Generated Content.

Next Generation Mobile Interactivity

InfoLab21 is leading an international research network which could shape the way in which we use our mobile phones in the future. Mobile games researcher Dr. Paul Coulton is leading the Nokia Mobile Experiences Group which explores new uses for mobile phones which go way beyond just texting, phoning and taking photographs. He said: "People are in the habit of texting and phoning people on the move, creating a little cyber bubble around them where ever we go. We are interested in looking at other ways of using existing and emerging mobile technology in a more sociable way, to bring people together with their immediate environment and the people around them."

European Project to Shape Next Generation Internet TV

Lancaster University is excited to be part of a team of leading research and industrial partners developing a new approach to distributing television across the Internet. P2P-Next, a pan-European conglomerate of 21 industrial partners, media content providers and research institutions has received a €14 million grant from the European Union. Dr. Nicholas Race of the Computing Department based at InfoLab21 says, "Lancaster's role within the P2P-Next project is to deliver this new technology to real users as part of a large-scale technical trial, known as a Living Lab."

Creative Industries: Call For Collaborative R&D

A competition for the funding of collaborative research and development in innovative technology is being held by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). The TSB is a business-focused organisation dedicated to promoting technology-enabled innovation across the UK. They welcome projects that will exploit existing technologies in new or innovative ways alongside truly new or incremental developments. The competition is open to collaborative projects between UK based companies and universities/research organisations.

Associate Company Wins Prestigious Export Award

InfoLab21 associate company Penrillian has won a prestigious regional export award following international growth of their business and creation of new jobs.

Lancaster Promoting Women in Science

Lancaster University is now a member of the Athena 'SWAN' Charter and have been invited to apply for an award.

ICT Focus: Training Opportunities

Book now for these upcoming courses available at InfoLab21's training centre, ICT Focus.

IP Telephony and VoIP - 12th to 16th May 2008 - £750

Microsoft VISTA (MCITPro) 5118/5119 12- 16 May 2008 £750 (Associate Company discounts available)

Knowledge Transfer Workshop

Birmingham 17th March and Coventry 10th April 2008

This comprehensive workshop is designed for knowledge transfer practitioners at an early stage of their career and for professionals who are looking to broaden their knowledge, networks and skills.

Conference - Innovation for Extremes 2008

Wednesday 30th April 2008, 0900-1800, Lancaster University Management School

This conference confronts the challenges of running a commercial outdoor company - whether manufacturing, designing or retailing - in an age of climate change.