THE FUTURE FOR THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES?

Keynote by Jon Kingsbury – Director, Creative Economy Programmes at NESTA

17 February 2011, 9.30am – 6.00pm

Aston University Business School and Conference Centre

Speakers and panellists include:

Toby Barnes - Mudlark

Matt Walsh - Maverick / NHS Local

Robert Annable -Axis Design Architects / BE2Camp

Simon Whitehouse – Digital Birmingham

Brian Gambles – Library of Birmingham

Nick Booth – Podnosh

Dave Harte – Birmingham City University

Lucy Hooberman - University of Warwick

Paul Davies - Television Junction Ltd

Gino Bellavia - University of Birmingham

Steve Taylor - Technical Director, Clusta

Chris Dyke - Connectivity Director, MedilinkWM

Geoff Wedgwood - Programme Director, Digital Healthcare NHS West Midlands

The impact of the UK’s digital creative industries reaches far beyond the economic. In an era of public sector cuts and greater emphasis on local engagement, what happens when a city opens out its public infrastructure, technologies, data and buildings to digital media content developers?

A bigger society…This is an approach that is increasingly gaining traction in the world’s most forward thinking and innovative cities and Birmingham is no exception. The results have the potential to totally transform the way in which citizens and communities shape and interact with the machine that is the city.

Driving industrial growth…This approach also has a significant impact on the local digital and creative industry SMEs, opening up new markets and opportunities, stimulating innovation and fostering new partnerships across the private and public sectors.

Building on the City as a Platform event that took place during the Conservative Party Conference 2010, this full day of panels and breakout sessions will explore these issues and opportunities, presenting case studies including Maverick Digital’s groundbreaking NHS Local project and the Screen WM/Channel 4 supported ChromaRoma, which uses the London Underground Oyster Card system as a playing piece in a city-wide social game.

Panellists will explore the contours of these emerging ‘urban operating

systems’ and consider the implications for society and the built environment through sessions including:

-          Open data: the challenges and opportunities

-          Contracting: navigating the public sector procurement map

-          Make it local: developing public services

-          Library as a platform: opening up archives

-          Transport: playing the daily commute

-          Healthcare: bringing greater benefits through digital

For further information please contact Tom Braithwaite at Rewired on 0121 236 2132 or email tom@rewiredpr.com

Event Schedule:

9.30am            Registration, coffee and tea

9.50am            Welcome: Suzie Norton, Screen WM

10am               Keynote address:

Jon Kingsbury – Director, Creative Economy Programmes at NESTA

10.30am          Panel 1: City as a Platform

Moderator: Jon Kingsbury – Director, Creative Economy Programmes at NESTA

Panellists
Toby Barnes, Mudlark
Robert Annable, Axis Design Architects / BE2Camp

                        Matt Walsh, Maverick TV

                        Emer Coleman, Greater London Authority

11.15am          Q&A session and discussion

11.30am          Coffee

12pm               Breakout sessions: Guests to attend one of the below.       

                        Breakout 1: Open data: the challenges and opportunities

Chair: Nick Booth, Podnosh        

Panellists:

Mark Steadman, Substrakt                     

Adam McGreggor, Rewired State

James Boardwell, Rattle

Breakout 2: Contracting: navigating the public sector procurement map

Chair: Lara Ratnaraja, Business Link West Midlands         

Panellists:

Mike Hargreaves, All Teams

Tom Furey, Service Birmingham

Paul Davies, Television Junction

1pm                 Lunch

1.45pm            Breakout sessions run – groups attend one of the below:

Breakout 3: Make it local: developing public services

Chair: Haidee Bell, NESTA

Panellists:

                  Charles Hunter, Mudlark

                  Simon Whitehouse, Digital Birmingham

                  Andrew Wilson, Thumbprint Co-operative

Breakout 4: Library as a platform: opening up the archives

Chair: Jason Hall, Screen WM

Panellists:

                        Brian Gambles, Library of Birmingham

                        Rebecca Cadwallader, In Cahoots

                        Steve Taylor, Clusta

Gino Bellavia, University of Birmingham

2.45pm            Breakout sessions run – groups attend a second session.

3.45pm            Afternoon tea

4.15pm            Panel 2: Healthcare: bringing greater benefits through digital        

Moderator: Dave Harte, Course Leader MA Social Media, Birmingham City University

Panellists:
Lucy Hooberman, University of Warwick

Chris Dyke, Connectivity Director, MedilinkWM

Matt Walsh, Maverick TV

5pm                 Q&A for Panel 2

5.15pm            Summary session: Review of key findings - and what next?

5.30pm            Drinks and networking sponsored by NHS Local

6pm                 Close