Get Online Day 2008 September 30, 2008
Posted by Rich Spragg in Community Development, DC10+, DC10plus, Digital Divide, Digital Inclusion, Education, Events, GMDDA, Internet, News, UK Online Centres, e-Skills.Tags: Campaign for Learning, Family Learning Festival, Get Online Day
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The second annual Get online day is taking place this year on 24 October 2008. Part of Campaign for Learning’s Family Learning Festival, it’s another chance for families to log on and learn more about the world wide web.
One in three adults in the UK still aren’t online, and this includes an estimated 25% of parents. Not being online means those families aren’t taking advantage of the information and benefits the internet has brought to the rest of the population. And it’s disadvantaged or poorer families who are most likely to be missing out.
The digital divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have not’ of ICT is bigger than ever, and has an impact not just on the individual but on families, the economic and social health of communities, on political processes and public services. It’s time everyone had the skills, access and motivation to make digital choices and take digital opportunities.
By targeting families, the idea is that the digital natives in a family – often the children – will get the digitally divided involved. It’s a chance for families to share their ICT and internet skills, spend time together and learn how the internet could keep on helping in everyday family life.
To find out more information about Get online day - its partners, supporters and some of the activities taking place - please visit the Get online day website: http://www.getonlineday.com/
Don’t forget i-techpartner eServices Forum tomorrow! June 2, 2008
Posted by Rich Spragg in AIMES, Business, Entrepreneurship, European Commission, Events, International Trade, Internet, Knowledge Transfer, Liverpool, Merseyside, Merseyside ICT, News, North West England, Research, Social Networking, Technology, Technology Transfer, Web 2.0, i-techpartner.add a comment
The i-techpartner eServices Forum is taking place this week at the new Liverpool Convention Centre.
The event builds on the success of the 2007 i-techpartner Academy at Daresbury Innovation Centre where over 120 delegates attended, including researchers, small businesses, innovation experts and investors.
Focussing on the areas of web services, mobile applications, web 2.0, software as a service and more, the eServices Forum will be of interest to you if you are:
- an innovative ICT/digital small business looking to grow your business
- a researcher from a university or research institute looking to commercialise your research
- a venture fund or business angel looking for investment opportunities in eServices
- an expert in technology transfer, innovation or business growth
The event is being held on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th June, more information on our previous story or on the i-techpartner website
Wirral TV to launch April 7, 2008
Posted by Rich Spragg in Community Development, Digital Inclusion, Events, GMDDA, Merseyside, News, Wirral, Wirral Community TV.1 comment so far
Wirral TV is set to launch on Friday 18th April 2008 at the Williamson Art Gallery, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, Wirral CH43 4UE between 11.30am and 2.30pm
The borough-wide community TV scheme means that residents of Wirral now have the opportunity to train in video production and see their own videos on a special website.
With the aid of grants from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, the Single Regeneration Budget and Riverside Housing, the two-year pilot scheme has provided the kit and specialist training for what could become Wirral’s own community television service.
The project, which was originally administered by Birkenhead Sixth Form College in association with local community trusts, is aimed at all sections of the community and for all age groups. Training courses have given trainees the basic knowledge to allow them to make their own videos.
The idea is that local residents will have the chance to make videos about anything they choose: a local band or football team; an environmental project; a campaign to clean up a local beauty-spot; local history… the choice is as broad as your imagination!
Canapes and refreshments will be served throughout the presentation of the new Wirral TV website, which will go live during the course of the presentation.
Wirral TV hope that you can set some time aside from your busy diary and come along on the 18th to celebrate the official launch of this new successful Social Enterprise and see for yourself how Wirral TV is set to serve the needs of the whole of the Wirral.
If possible please respond before 11th April 2008 for catering purposes either by phone or e-mail.
Telephone: 0151 644 4512
Email: info@wirraltv.net
i-techpartner eServices Forum, 3rd-4th June 2008 March 27, 2008
Posted by Rich Spragg in Business, Entrepreneurship, European Commission, Events, GMDDA, Merseyside, Merseyside ICT, News, North West England, Research, Social Networking, Technology, Technology Transfer, Web 2.0, i-techpartner.1 comment so far
Registration is now open for the i-techpartner eServices Forum which is taking place at the new Liverpool Convention Centre on 3rd & 4th June 2008.
This builds on the success of the 2007 i-techpartner Academy at Daresbury Innovation Centre where over 120 delegates attended, including researchers, small businesses, innovation experts and investers.
Focussing on the areas of web services, mobile applications, web 2.0, software as a service and more, the eServices Forum will be of interest to you if you are:
- an innovative ICT/digital small business looking to grow your business
- a researcher from a university or research institute looking to commercialise your research
- a venture fund or business angel looking for investment opportunities in eServices
- an expert in technology transfer, innovation or business growth
The event is a unique platform for eServices-focused high-growth companies, technology corporations, R&D organisations and international investors from across Europe to exchange knowledge and build effective business connections. (more…)
National Digital Inclusion Conference 2008 March 10, 2008
Posted by Rich Spragg in 3rd Sector, Community Development, Digital Inclusion, Events, GMDDA, e-Skills.add a comment
Tuesday 29th April, The Brewery, London
The National Digital Inclusion Conference 2008 ‘Reaching the Final Third’ will consider what radical interventions need to happen in order to reach the final third of digitally excluded citizens. The conference will be hosted in association with UK online centres and DC10plus.
Delegates will have the opportunity to hear the latest evidence and to question the individual and collective role of the public, private and third sectors and the call for Universal Access.
Conference Objectives:
- Examine the evidence and key data for the final third of the digitally excluded, looking at who and why
- Consider and discuss the costs and benefits of universal access
- Explore the role of the third, private and public sectors in reaching the final third and explore where joint working and intervention is required
- Agree a radical agenda and identify key actions moving forwards
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