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Sunderland selected to host top web conference

September 2, 2011 in News Roundup

ddd_conference Sunderland has been announced as the host city for the North’s first Developer Developer Developer (DDD) conference.

The free DDD North event will take place at the University of Sunderland on Saturday October 8, aiming to offer the best in technical education and networking opportunities for the local and national .NET community.

As is traditional with DDD events, the conference has a community-led agenda with sessions and speakers selected by the attendees themselves.

Current session proposals include: “ C# Coding Guidelines – Techie Panto”, “Enforcing code beauty”, “.Net on a diet”, “Mind Control Your Computer” and “Touch me, stretch me, squeeze me”.

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by Ardrich

Award-winning US developer partners with GameHorizon

June 3, 2011 in News Roundup

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The ongoing expansion of GameHorizon has been boosted by the sponsorship of a leading games developer from the US.

GameHorizon, the North East business network for gaming companies, announced that Epic Games Inc. has committed to help it to expand its initiatives.

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by Ardrich

The London Book Fair – The Digital Conference

March 31, 2011 in Events

Date: 10 April 2011, 10:15am
Olympia Conference Centre
London, W14 8UX, UK
Cost: £335
Event Website

One word defines the digital publishing landscape: change. Keeping apace with all that’s unfolding with the fast growing e-book market, e-book pricing and the agency model, the launch of Google ebooks, the rise of social media and authors going it alone, just to mention a few, whilst also running your own business, is a major challenge. The London Book Fair’s annual conference in 2011 will help you keep informed.

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by Ardrich

The Know How: Transmission

March 18, 2011 in Events

Venue: Stage 2, Northern Stage, Newcastle

Date: Monday 23rd May, 6-8pm

Entry: Free (places are limited)

Event website

Generator is organising a series of music industry panel events, every night between 23rd-26th May. This seminar will examine the past, present and future role of music broadcasting (TV, radio and new technologies), and identify existing and new opportunities for emerging artists to get noticed.

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by Ardrich

1 week left for free GameHorizon tickets….

March 10, 2011 in News Roundup

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New Media Monthly is giving away two tickets to this year’s GameHorizon Conference.

All you have to do is sign up to our newsletter (above right) or, in case you’re already a subscriber, tweet this post (@newmediamonthly) or retweet our post and you’ll have a chance of winning them.

The winner will be announced on 18 March so you’ll have until midnight 17 March to take part in the competition. Good luck!

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by Ardrich

New top speakers announced for Thinking Digital

March 4, 2011 in News Roundup

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Microsoft’s Applied Sciences director and the BBC’s controller of research and development will be joining the high-profile list of speakers at the most anticipated digital event of the year.

Steven Bathiche and Matthew Postgate are among the new additions to the Thinking Digital Conference 2011, which takes place at the Sage Gateshead on 24-26 May.

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by Ardrich

Thinking Digital Conference 2011

March 1, 2011 in Events

Date: 24 – 26 May 2011
Venue: The Sage Gateshead
Cost: £399 Main Hall, £299 Livecast Lounge (prices ex VAT)
Event website

Thinking Digital is a conference that brings together the world’s most innovative ideas, technologies and people. Whether it’s digital media, science, art or music, if it’s cutting edge, it’ll be right at home at the Thinking Digital conference.

We scour the globe to bring the world’s greatest minds to North East England, so that they can share their passions and enthusiasms with you. We want to create new thinking, debate and ideas for future innovation in our lives both at home and at work.

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by Ardrich