Archive for the ‘External Events Wales’ Category

Cash Prizes on offer from the foundation started by Steve Morgan, chairman of Redrow homes which aim to support budding entrepreneurs in North Wales and North West England. See website www.mf-awards.co.uk for competitions for Best New Business, Best Young Entrepreneur, Best Social Enterprise and Best Business providing economic /social Contribution.

I just wanted to advise that Clive Bates, Director General for Sustainable Futures at the Welsh Assembly Government will be speaking at TEDxCardiff  on Saturday. The event is being held at the Wales Millennium Centre . http://www.bigcardiff.co.uk/cardiff-events.php?event_id=4547

Tickets for the event sold out within an hour of being made available, however if you’d like to watch the talks they will be available online at http://streamingportal.multistream.co.uk/tedx/webstream_live.html and you can also see a full list of speakers at http://tedxcardiff.co.uk/speakers/

One of the UK’s largest bioscience events to be held outside London, speakers at BioWales 2011 include Wales’ Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor John Harries, Lesley Griffiths AM, Deputy Minister for Science, Innovation and Skills, and Professor Paul J. Davis, Chief Scientific Officer for Mologic and founder of Unipath – the maker of the ‘Clearblue’ pregnancy test. The event focuses on five themes – e-health, Diagnostics, Clinical Access, Finance and Future Watch and includes seminars on Finance, NHS Procurement, Innovation, Clinical Access for Product Development, and Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTN) and Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Support. £50 a ticket -Register online http://www.biowalesevent.com/

Rob Hanna & the group listening to industry presentations

Rob Hanna from the Ramblers Cymru commented ” It’s not often I leave an event feeling chipper! But I did after
attending the Inventorium innovation camp”

“No we did not light fires by rubbing sticks together but I did pick up some really useful tips on innovation development and some really useful contacts. The engagement process is sound and reminds me of some work I did a few years ago with Nottingham university. I was so inspired by the Innovation Concept, I contacted VisitWales new digital tourism programme manager and suggested it would make a useful pre application event to assist with sifting ideas which have no legs!”

We would like to thank you all for making 2010 such an exciting year for Inventorium. Our December newsletter is available to read at http://www.scribd.com/doc/45746399/Inventorium-December-Newsletter

We have held a series of exciting events which have generated a large number of interesting ideas for new products, services and even businesses. Some ideas have already been through expansion workshops, more of which are planned. For information on, and to join ideas please visit our website http://www.inventorium.org/user

Looking forward to 2011 we have an exciting programme of events planned, including the next series of mobile apps workshops, a tourism workshop and a series of education events. For more information on these events and to register a place please visit http://www.inventorium.org/events

We would like to wish you Seasonal Greetings and Best Wishes for a successful, innovative and profitable 2011.

Inventorium Team

Hoffem ddiolch i chi i gyd am wneud 2010 yn flwyddyn gyffrous ar gyfer Inventorium. Mae ein Rhagfyr cylchlythyr ar gael i’w darllen yn http://www.scribd.com/doc/45746399/Inventorium-December-Newsletter

Rydym wedi cynnal cyfres o ddigwyddiadau cyffrous sydd wedi cynhyrchu nifer fawr o syniadau diddorol ar gyfer cynhyrchion newydd, gwasanaethau a busnesau. Mae rhai syniadau wedi bod drwy’r gweithdai ehangu yn barod, a ma mwy ohonynt yn cael eu cynllunio. I gael gwybodaeth am, ac i ymuno â syniadau ewch i’n gwefan http://www.inventorium.org/user

Edrych ymlaen at 2011, rydym efo rhaglen gyffrous o ddigwyddiadau, gan gynnwys y gyfres nesaf o weithdai apps symudol, gweithdy twristiaeth a chyfres o ddigwyddiadau addysg. Am fwy o wybodaeth am y digwyddiadau hyn ac i gofrestru, ymwelwch a http://www.inventorium.org/events

Hoffem ddymuno Cyfarchion Tymhorol a Dymuniadau gorau am flwyddyn llwyddiannus, arloesol a phroffidiol yn 2011.

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The first Welsh Mobile Apps Workshop was held in Bangor on Wednesday 8th December, with 35 intrepid entrepreneurs ‘understanding, thinking, & creating’ ideas for new apps.

“The workshop is designed to aid the creative process. We explore ideas for new mobile apps using new digital technologies. Our aim is to explore ideas that could become a new product or service, with teams taking forward their ideas and creating new businesses,” said Martin Owen, Strategy Manager, Inventorium.

On the Mobile App Workshop John Bamber, Venture Wales said,

“I came to the workshop to gain knowledge.  Creating new mobile apps could be a benefit to local SME’s.  The presentations were informative and the ‘Inventorium Poker’ card game sparked ideas.  I can see destinations in Wales working together to build apps for their locality.  The majority of tourism businesses in Wales are very small.  I can’t see them, in the short term, developing mobile apps because of cost.  This cost is multiplied up because of the multiple platforms.  Tourism businesses need to work together on apps to ‘up sell’ the destination – how about a Betws-y–Coes.app or a Llanberis.app?”

http://www.venturewales.com/

Fel rhan o’r penwythnos Gwyl Arall  yng Nghaernarfon bydd yna sesiwn Hacio’r Iaith Bach yn cael ei gynnal ar y prynhawn Sadwrn, er mwyn rhoid cyfle i gîcs y Gogs ddod at eu gilydd am sgwrs a pheint. Lleoliad yr Haciaith fydd Tafarn y Castell, ar y Maes, rhwng 3pm-5pm. Bydd WiFi ar gael Gorff 24ed.

As part of the Alternative Festival in Cearnarfon there will be a session for Welsh speaking hackers on Saturday afternoon. An opportunity for Gogs to get together for a chat and a pint. The event will be at the Castle on the Maes  between 3 and 5 pm . Wifi available.

Martin’s overview of BETT 2010:

A well known New York VC, Fred Wilson believes it is a good time to enter into the ICT education marketplace. I would love to believe him, however I think there is a lack of clarity on what the ICT education marketplace might be. I can see a reason for optimism and pessimism. Recent visits to BETT2010, the major trade show and a new foresight report funded by the EU, Learnovation have only highlighted my uncertainty. The Learnovation report will be the subject of a later post.

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