Posts Tagged ‘Birmingham’

Last week, Robert Bell, Founder of the Intelligent Communities Forum and Lluis Olivella, Joint Director of IT (and Former CIO) for the City of Barcelona joined strategic leads and key decision makers in Birmingham for a Smart Cities Symposium.

The Symposium stimulated exchange and discussion to progress Birmingham’s Smart Connected City ambition, that will be key to accelerating Birmingham and the region’s economic opportunities and growth.

This is the start of a series of activities to deliver a long term vision and roadmap to enable a transformational step change in how we deliver services, do business and live our lives.

A reminder to all that most of Birmingham will switch with the Sutton Coldfield transmitter. This will happen on the 7th and 21st of September 2011. For those who are already watching digital TV, you will need to retune your equipment on these dates.

For more information about the switchover, you can visit:

• Digital UK – 08456 505050 www.digitaluk.co.uk
• Switchover Help Scheme – 0800 40 85 900  www.helpscheme.co.uk

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has named 65 towns and cities in which new local TV services could be broadcast. With the first wave of licences due to be awarded next year, Birmingham will be putting it’s case forward  for why it should be one of the first to bid to enjoy the service.

Click here to read the full press release from TheBusinessDesk.com

Mobile app developers and creative businesses throughout the Midlands are being invited to apply for a unique one day workshop with Nokia and top international creative agency, Wieden + Kennedy, for a chance to win £25,000 to develop a new mobile app for Nokia’s Ovi store.

The workshop, set to take place in Birmingham on 30th June, will include support from key Nokia personnel and marketing pointers from Wieden + Kennedy. One winning attendee will receive £25,000 to have their app idea brought to life, with further marketing support from Nokia’s Ovi Store and Wieden + Kennedy.

For more information and how to apply – please click here.

‘Say It Online’ has been working with a diverse group of Birmingham’s resident families, sending them out to local arts & cultural activities, then asking them to document their experiences about Birmingham online.Celebrate these experiences with the ‘Say it Online’ Awards Show at The Studio, Birmingham on Thursday 24 March 2011.

More info at http://www.sayitonline.co.uk/

Clicking with Customers – Digital Marketing with Yell, Google and James Averdieck
Date: Thursday 3 March 2011
Time: 8.30 – 12.30pm
Cost: FREE!

Yell is launching a series of free digital marketing events across the UK, exclusively for small businesses. The next event is in Birmingham on 3rd March at The Centennial Centre.
For more information and how to book, please click here.

Congratulations to Cafelicious on the launch of their website this month http://cafe-licious.com

#KittenCamp first launched in London last year and has since developed a massive cult following, we now host regular slots in Soho and Bristol. It seems that word has spread and there’s been quite a bit of online chat about it over the past few months, so much so that we decided to take it on tour and this February we will be landing in Birmingham.

For anyone who hasn’t heard, #KittenCamp is a fun networking evening for web-loving, media types to chat memes, drink beer and generally share some kitten love.

On Tuesday 22 February #KittenCamp will be at The Victoria Pub in Birmingham city centre. Speakers include Myles Mcleod, Animation Writer and Director of The Brothers McLeod and David Edmundson-Bird, Director of Digital Marketing Communications at Manchester Met University, coming along to show attendees some fun things + Chris Quigley, Director of Rubber Republic dressed as a giant cat and chatting about the latest internet memes and viral trends!

For more info and how to book, visit the eventbrite bookings page.

Birmingham’s Festivals and Initiatives Team are seeking to commission six new projects which will deliver bold and inspiring public participatory programmes as part of Say Hello for 2010/2011.

The projects will celebrate Birmingham’s digital and technological achievements by developing new collaborations to increase the presence of digital content and widen the engagement with online and offline users. It is intended that the commissions will create ground-breaking initiatives, using digital media along with other artforms or technology such as Dance, Music, Film, Visual Arts, Animation, Open Data, Gaming etc to assist in developing a more meaningful and sustainable engagement with new audiences.

If you have had experience of developing and delivering participatory work and engaging with a wide range of communities and young people, this is an excellent opportunity to provide high quality digital initiatives in the heart of neighbourhoods and communities; creating dialogue and interest in the arts from new audiences through creative digital interventions and improving visitor perceptions more..

Note, applications should arrive no later than 10am on Wednesday 9^th December 2010.

For successful applicants interviews will take place on Wednesday 15^th December 2010. The contract will commence in December and run between December 2010 and March 2011.