For the past week a sizeable contingent of people from the West Midlands have been in Austin, Texas for South by South West (SXSW), a large festival/trade show for all things interactive. Reports back indicate that the region was punching well above its weight in terms of its presence at the event.
And there’s a fantastic little site popped up to pull together all the content that has been produced while people are over there. Head over to Heart of Austin to see what has been going on
Digital Birmingham are going to have a busy autumn with a real focus on digital technologies. As part of Birmingham’s Digital week of events 18 – 22 October, we are organising and bringing together linked events that will include the Eurocities Knowledge Society Forum, Beyond 2010, Birmingham City Council’s Local Government Day ‘Sharing Experiences and Shaping Public Service’, the Hello Digital business conference, and the Say Hello public programme.
These are all part of a wider Hello Digital programme of events and activities that is enabling the widest possible audience to engage with technologies and explore new opportunities and innovations.
We are currently scouting around for speakers and we thought it would be interesting to canvas suggestions from the public. If you’re reading this, then that’s you. So, have you seen somebody speak who made you walk away buzzing with ideas? Is there somebody that you think would be ideal for any of the events that we are holding?
Talking and blogging at JEECamp. Pic by Kasperbs
I can’t recall a time when there was so many events related to digital media and social media happening in Birmingham. The first half of this year has seen a frenzy of activity both by those whose job it is to organise such events and those who take it upon themselves to organise stuff for the hell of it. And as someone who had previously only ever attended formally organised events I’ll be off to my third ‘unconference’ in as many weeks at the end of this month.
Digital Birmingham is a Birmingham City Council initiative and part of a city wide strategic partnership of more than 40 public, private and voluntary organisations
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