BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: lastminute.com TheNest / Labs Events PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100113T183000 DTEND:20100113T200000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:London Ruby User Group (LRUG) January 2010 Meeting DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880412/ ] The first LRUG of the new year. NOTE: We have a new venue\, don't just turn up to the old place! You should also make sure to register with our hosts Skills Matter: http://skillsmatter.com/event/ajax-ria/lrug-jan-2010 First up: Julian Burgess talking about the differences between Symbols and Strings Then: ??? Want to replace those question marks with your name? Get in touch: http://lrug.org/speaking/ URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880412/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4880412/ DTSTAMP:20091111T035732 LAST-MODIFIED:20091111T035732 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=h-lame:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/54882/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23773/":Skills Matter Limited @ 116-120 Goswell Road\, London\, England EC1V 7DP GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100114T180000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Augmented Reality mixer* - 14th Jan\, 6-9pm\, London DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4962899/ ] Please Register here: http://www.mashupevent.com/augmented-reality-mixer Augmented Reality mixer* - 14th Jan\, 6-9pm\, London Program: 6-7pm - registration and networking 7pm - keynote speaker 7:30pm - 30 second stand ups (Who you are and what you need - see requirements below) 8 pm - Pizza and Beer with lashings of networking Venue: SUN office\, Regis House\, 45 King William Street\, London\, EC4R 9AN Price: £15 + VAT (Includes: beer\, wine\, pizza and salad) Speakers: Myles Peyton from Total Immersion will be discussing the future of AR and potential commercial applications along with Nick Brown\, ex CTO of Sky. Stand up slots available - more on this here: http://www.mashupevent.com/augmented-reality-mixer URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4962899/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4962899/ DTSTAMP:20091222T131920 LAST-MODIFIED:20091222T131920 CATEGORIES:Other ORGANIZER;CN=mashup:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/263229/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/661014/":SUN Office @ Regis House\, London\, England EC4R 9AN GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100121T200000 DTEND:20100121T230000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:#geomob January DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4890730/ ] Following on from a *cosy* November geomob\, we have a brand new spacious venue at City University. "The drinking club with a geo problem". Usual geo geekery at the January meetup. Free to all including a few beers\, 4 or 5 short presentations on the latest mobile and geo innovations. Expect to see and talk about maps\, a lot. Speakers: Andrew Eland - Mobile Team Lead for Google UK Julianne Pearce - Blast Theory Public Earth Information is Beautiful (tbc) Laurence Penney - SnapMap RSVP here: http://gmdlondon.ning.com/events/geomob-january URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4890730/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4890730/ DTSTAMP:20091126T074822 LAST-MODIFIED:20091126T074822 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=chris.gaijin:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/319371/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/43849/":City University\, London @ Northampton Square\, Clerkenwell\, England EC1V 0HB UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100127T173000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Snowballs and Supernovae: Recreating astrophysical events in the laboratory using high-power lasers DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175298/ ] Professor Roland A Smith\, Professor of Laser Physics\, presents his Inaugural Lecture on\; “Snowballs and Supernovae: Recreating astrophysical events in the laboratory using high-power lasers.” In the Chair: Professor Jonathan Marangos\, Lockyer Chair in Physics\, Imperial College London. Vote of Thanks: Professor Henry Hutchinson\, University of Bordeaux. A tea/coffee reception will precede the lecture at 16:45 and a drinks reception will follow in the Blackett Common Room\, Level 8\, Blackett Building Abstract: Pulsed lasers now allow us to deliver peak powers in excess of one Petawatt (1015W\, over 100x the world’s total electrical generating capacity) to a small target in under a picosecond. The extraordinarily energetic plasmas created in this way can be harnessed to study exotic process in the laboratory that have previously only been hinted at in observations of distant astrophysical objects such as supernova remnants and plasma jets launched during star formation. Surprisingly\, many of the physical processes which operate over light year distances and timescales of thousands of years in these objects can be recreated in the laboratory\, provided sufficiently extreme initial conditions can be reached. In this lecture I will explore the development of high power lasers\, how they can be applied to create extreme states of matter in the laboratory\, and how these small scale experiments can provide insight into the birth and death of stars. Biography: Roland Smith graduated from the University of Bristol in 1985 and undertook his PhD research in the Plasma Physics group of Imperial College\, working at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on experimental x-ray laser systems. In 1989 he joined the then newly formed Blackett Laboratory Laser Consortium as a Post Doc to study laser produced plasmas\, and was drawn into the development of new types of short-pulse\, ultra-high-power lasers. This lead to an EPSRC Advanced Fellowship in 1993 which he used to blend laser development with high-field atomic physics and plasma physics in areas such as high harmonic generation and radiation transport. He was appointed Lecturer in Instrumentation Physics at Imperial College in 1998\, becoming a Reader in Laser Physics in 2003. His research interests have evolved to encompass nanoscale objects in intense laser fields\, attoscience\, and laser driven laboratory astrophysics. In 2008 he was appointed Professor of Laser Physics. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175298/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175298/ DTSTAMP:20100106T110742 LAST-MODIFIED:20100106T110742 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23168/":Imperial College\, South Kensington @ Imperial College\, Queen's Gate\, South Kensington\, London\, England SW7 2AZ UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100128T180000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Virgin Galactic: the story of making space travel available to everyone DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175289/ ] Virgin Galactic is a company owned and established by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group to undertake the challenge of making private space travel available to everyone and by creating the world's first commercial spaceline. The company are developing and building the world’s first fully re-useable commercial manned space launch system. The business will carry space tourists\, space scientists\, scientific payloads and also be capable of launching an unmanned low earth orbit small satellite deployment vehicle. There are many firsts in the Virgin Galactic project\, from the ground breaking use of carbon composites through to SpaceShipTwo’s unique hybrid rocket motor. Speaking on the eve of the second phase of Virgin Galactic’s test flying programme\, Will intends to share the story of how the most exciting modern aerospace project moved from Sir Richard Branson’s dream of 21st century space access to a billion dollar industrial business. Will Whitehorn joined Virgin Group in 1987\, as head of corporate public and investor relations. From 1993 to 1995\, he worked with Sir Richard Branson\, and other directors from around the Virgin Group on developing a strategy to expand the brand into a number of new areas\, this resulted in the launch of Virgin Radio in 1994\, Virgin Direct in 1995\, Virgin Cinemas in 1995\, Virgin Net in 1996\, Virgin Rail in 1997 and Virgin Mobile in 1999. Will was appointed President of Virgin Galactic LLC in 2004 following the successful negotiation of the rights to develop technology in Space Ship One\, licensed from the Mojave Aerospace Ventures\, a Paul G Allen company. The company is now developing Space Ship Two with The Spaceship Company and Scaled Composites in Mojave\, California. He graduated from Aberdeen University in 1981 with an honours degree in history and economics. This is the 2nd annual Leslie Chamberlain\, held in memory of Leslie Chamberlain and his service to the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers\, which is committed to supporting the trade and craft industries through charitable grants. Leslie was first admitted to the Company in 1938 at the age of 21. In 1959 he became Master of the Company – one of the youngest ever masters to be appointed. He dedicated much of his life to the Company\, promoting its causes\, constitution and financial stability. He passed away in 2007\, just before his 90th birthday. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175289/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175289/ DTSTAMP:20100106T105635 LAST-MODIFIED:20100106T105635 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/43849/":City University\, London @ Northampton Square\, Clerkenwell\, England EC1V 0HB UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100210 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:RCA Work in Progress Show DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5167886/ ] Work in progress exhibition by students from the following courses: Architecture\, Design Interactions\, Innovation Design Engineering\, Vehicle Design\, Printmaking and Animation. Some work will be for sale or commission. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5167886/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5167886/ DTSTAMP:20100105T075437 LAST-MODIFIED:20100105T075437 CATEGORIES:Other ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/10976/":Royal College of Art @ Kensington Gore\, SW7 2EU\, London\, England SW7 UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100211 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Travel Technology Show DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5174144/ ] Travel technology is constantly changing\, progressing\, advancing and evolving…and so has the Travel Technology Show. Travel Technology Europe 2010 brings a new energy and direction for this annual travel technology event. Acknowledging and embracing the needs of our visitors and exhibitors alike\, Travel Technology Europe is reaching further and bringing back travel and tourism businesses with the latest technology solutions\, engaging seminar programmes and unique networking opportunities. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5174144/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5174144/ DTSTAMP:20100106T014319 LAST-MODIFIED:20100106T014319 CATEGORIES:Commercial ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/43457/":Earls Court @ Warwick Road\, London\, England SW5 9TA UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100210T190000 DTEND:20100210T210000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Blind Data: Celebrating Science and Design DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5168348/ ] A year ago 30 scientist-designer pairs were asked to brainstorm ways to celebrate and communicate science. Come and explore the resulting interactive designs. The winning ideas fuse webcams\, computers and camel hair with ancient games. ‘Blind Data’ is the result of a scheme called NOBELini ( www.fabricsoflife.co.uk) pairing scientists with designers\, funded by the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre ( www.csc.mrs.ac.uk). URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5168348/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5168348/ DTSTAMP:20100105T081804 LAST-MODIFIED:20100105T081804 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/68322/":Science Museum Dana Centre @ 165 Queen's Gate\,\, London\, England SW7 5HD GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100219 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Mobile World Congress DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5174145/ ] The 2010 Mobile World Congress will be held 15-18 February\, in Barcelona Spain. For four days\, this beautiful Mediterranean city will become the place for mobile leaders to gather\, collaborate\, conduct business and experience VISION IN ACTION. This year's Mobile World Congress will include: A world-class thought leadership conference featuring visionary keynotes and action-provoking panel discussions An exhibition with more than 1\,300 companies displaying the cutting-edge products and technology that will define the mobile future An Awards ceremony and industry seminars that highlight the most innovative mobile solutions and initiatives from around the world And most importantly\, the planet's best venue for mobile industry networking\, finding business opportunities\, and making deals In 2009\, Mobile World Congress hosted approximately 47\,000 mobile professionals from 182 countries. More than 50% of these were C-Level executives\, and 9\,000 of them represented mobile network operators from around the world. In addition\, more than 2\,400 members of the press reported from the event\, representing more than 1\,500 media groups from 76 countries. If your company wants to be a serious player in the mobile eco-system\, you can't afford to miss the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress. Join us in Barcelona and see VISION IN ACTION! URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5174145/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5174145/ DTSTAMP:20100106T014820 LAST-MODIFIED:20100106T014820 CATEGORIES:Commercial ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/20031/":Fira de Barcelona @ Avda. Reina Maria Cristina s/n (Montju?c)\, Barcelona\, Catalonia 08004 ES END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100226 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:BCS/IET Turing Lectures 2010 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5168201/ ] "Third generation machine intelligence" Speaker: Professor Christopher Bishop\, Chief Research Scientist\, Microsoft Research Cambridge URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5168201/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5168201/ DTSTAMP:20100105T081031 LAST-MODIFIED:20100105T081031 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/589608/":Savoy Place @ 2 Savoy Place\, London\, England WC2R 0BL GB END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100303T173000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Financial\, Ecological and Disease-Transmitting Networks and their Dynamics DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175302/ ] Professor Lord May of Oxford OM AC Kt FRS\, University of Oxford presents the Third Peter Lindsay Memorial Lecture on: "Financial\, Ecological and Disease-Transmitting Networks and their Dynamics." Abstract: The transmission of infection among humans or other animals\, the spread of viruses or worms among computers\, transfers of funds within financial markets\, and the way ecosystems respond to disturbance are four among many examples of nonlinear dynamical systems whose behaviour depends upon the nature of the network of connections among nodes (that is individuals\, computers\, banks/traders\, species\, respectively). Recent concern about HIV/AIDS\, SARS\, and foot and mouth disease among livestock have prompted advances in our understanding of the interplay between network patterns and effective control measures. Separate\, but ultimately related\, work deals with older questions about ecosystem resilience\, and newer questions about the overall stability of financial markets (as distinct from individual funds). My talk aims to be a brief but opinionated overview of all this. Biography: Robert McCredie May\, Lord May of Oxford\, OM AC Kt FRS\, holds a Professorship jointly at Oxford University and Imperial College\, London and is a Fellow of Merton College\, Oxford. He was until recently President of The Royal Society (2000-2005)\, and before that Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government and Head of the UK Office of Science and Technology (1995-2000). His career includes a Personal Chair in Physics at Sydney University aged 33\, Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology and Chairman of the Research Board at Princeton\, and in 1988 a move to Britain as Royal Society Research Professor. Particular interests include how populations are structured and respond to change\, particularly with respect to infectious diseases and biodiversity. He was awarded a Knighthood in 1996\, and appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1998\, both for “Services to Science”. In 2001 he was one of the first 15 Life Peers created by the “House of Lords Appointments Commission”. In 2002\, The Queen appointed him to the Order of Merit (the fifth Australian in its 100-year history). Honours include: the Royal Swedish Academy’s Crafoord Prize (bioscience and ecology’s equivalent of a Nobel Prize)\; the Swiss-Italian Balzan Prize (for “seminal contributions to [understanding] biodiversity”)\; and the Japanese Blue Planet Prize (“for developing fundamental tools for ecological conservation planning”). He is a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Sciences\, an Overseas Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences\, and an Honorary Fellow of various other Academies and Learned Societies. In 2007 he received the Royal Society’s Copley Medal\, its oldest (1731) and most prestigious award\, given annually for “outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science”. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175302/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175302/ DTSTAMP:20100106T111007 LAST-MODIFIED:20100106T111007 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23168/":Imperial College\, South Kensington @ Imperial College\, Queen's Gate\, South Kensington\, London\, England SW7 2AZ UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100308T173000 DTEND:20100308T213000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Humanoid Robots - Driving the Future DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5174147/ ] About this event Since earliest history humans have created legends and myths around mechanical systems that have the capabilities (or superior capabilities) to humans. In the 21st century\, with advances in computational\, mechatronic and cognitive technology\, and even more critical changes in demographics\, the idea of machines that emulate and serve humans is approaching a (industrial\, commercial and social) reality. Yet many people remain sceptical about the need for\, and possibility of\, viable humanoid. This lecture will consider these needs and development of the mechatronic technologies needed to create a viable humanoid. It will explore the history of humanoid development from the early 1970s to the most advanced current systems and future possibilities. This will focus on the mechatronic development of the iCub (a child sized (4 years old) humanoid) before considering the design of a (as yet unnamed) humanoid that introduces a number of new technical innovations. The lecture will outline future advances in the mechatronics (and cognitive aspects of the humanoids) that yet need to be achieved. There will be a brief consideration of the social\, ethical and economic viability of humanoids. About the Speaker Professor Darwin Caldwell is a noted international researcher and academic in Robotics. He is currently a Department Director for Advanced Robotics at IIT (Italian Institute of Technology)\, Genoa and has been heavily involved as project leader in the development of the iCub. He has published over over 170 papers\, received awards at several international conference and events and is visiting professor at the University of Sheffield\, Kings College London\, University of Wales Bangor and University of Manchester Professor Caldwell studied at Ballymena Academy and then completed his B.Sc and Ph.D in Robotics from the University of Hull in 1986 and 1990 respectively\, and completed an MSc in Management at the University of Salford in 1994. His research interests include innovative actuators and sensors\, haptic feedback\, force augmentation exoskeletons\, dexterous manipulators\, humanoid robotics (iCub)\, bipedal and quadrapedal robots\, biomimetic systems\, rehabilitation robotics\, telepresence and teleoperation procedures\, and robotics and automation systems for the food industry. He was previously at the University of Salford between 1989 to 2007 as a Lecturer\, Senior Lecturer\, Reader and finally Professor of Advanced Robotics in the Centre for Robotics and Automation between 1999 and 2007. He is currently Chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Chapter (UKRI) and a past co-chair of the IET Robotics and Mechatronics Network. He is on the editorial board of Industrial Robot as well as being guest editor of several journals. In association with Professor John Gray of the University of Salford he was responsible for the establishment of the Yorkshire Forward funded Centre for Food Robotics and Automation (CenFRA). URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5174147/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5174147/ DTSTAMP:20100106T015801 LAST-MODIFIED:20100106T015801 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/41318/":The Institution of Engineering and Technology (Savoy Place) @ Savoy Place\, london\, England WC2R 0BL UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100317 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Social Networking World Forum London DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4165815/ ] Show highlights include: * Two day event featuring four dedicated conference streams * Conference streams include: Social Networking World Forum\, Corporate Social Networking\, Social TV \, Mobile Social Networking Forum. * Featuring key speakers from global brands\, organisations\, social networking publishers and developers\, pioneering social media leaders\, top agencies\, content producers plus many more. * Joint exhibition & Evening Networking Reception * Full workshop programme within exhibition area * Take advantage of our pre-show online meeting planner for all delegates * Free to attend exhibition only pass available 2009 Speakers: # Shaun Gregory\, Managing Director\, O2 Media Business # Jemima Kiss \,Digital Media Reporter\, Guardian # Rudy Thurston\, Chief Executive Officer\, Omnifuse inc. # Nick Reid\, UK Head of Sales\, MySpace/ Fox Interactive Media # Dirk Singer\, co-founder\, Cow # Alex Miller\, Head of Jam\, i-levels Social Media Unit # Sanjay Dholakia\, Chief Marketing Officer\, Lithium Technologies # Jonny Freeman\, Digital Marketing Manager\, Honda # Andrew Weinreich\, CEO\, Meetmoi # Will McInnes\, Managing Director\, NixonMcInnes # Andrew Seel\, Managing Director\, Qube # Ivan Croxford\, General Manager\, BT Tradespace # Robert Proctor\, Director EMEA\, Reality Digital # Neil Kleiner\, Social Media Strategist\, greenroom@momentum # Nenad Marovac\, Board Member\, Sonico/ Shazam Entertainment # Julie Meyer\, Founder and Chief Executive Officer\, Ariadne Capital # Alex Halliday\, Director\, SocialGo Ltd # Joel Davis\, Chief Executive\, agency:2 # Freddie Laker\, Director of Digital Strategy\, Sapient # Penny Power\, Author\, International Speaker\, Entrepreneur and founder of Ecademy # Dave Wiseman\, Enterprise Sales Executive – Europe\, iovation Inc # Matthew Fraser\, Senior Research Fellow\, INSEAD # Neville Wheeler Director\, Cisco Media Solutions Group\, Europe # Alison Fennah\, Executive Director\, European Interactive Advertising Association # Ryo Murai\, CEO\, Beat Communication # Davide Villa\, Senior Vice President B2B\, XING AG # Thomas Power\, Chairman\, Ecademy # Dan Whiley\, VP Commercial\, International Digital Media\, MTV # Maz Nadjm\, Portal Services Manager\, Community BSkyB # Shivanandan Pare\, Chief Operating Officer\, BigAdda # Tony Douglas\, Marketing Innovations\, BMW # Dan Cryan\, Senior Analyst\, Broadband Media # David Jones\, Vice President of Global Marketing\, Friendster # Lulu Phongmony\, Business Development & Marketing Manager\, iVillage # Peter Cowley\, Managing Director of Digital Media\, Endemol UK # Jon Radoff\, Chief Executive Officer – gamerDNA # Mike Dowuona\,Digital Media Manager\,EMI # Andy Baker\, MD\, Friends Reunited # Anthony Lukom Managing Director\, MySpace UK # Natalie Johnson\, Manager Social Media Communications\, General Motors # Anthony Lukom Managing Director\, MySpace UK # Asha Oberoi\, Content Director\, ITN # Eric Maillard Managing Director Ogilvy PR Paris # Chris Davies\, Digital Marketing Manager\, British Airways # Kate Burns\, Managing Director & Vice President\, Europe for Bebo & People Networks # Peter Ward\, Co-Founder & Co-CEO\, www.WAYN.com # Ben Rotheray\, UK Digital Marketing Manager\, Land Rover # Henrik Hoglund\, SVP - Advertising Sales Europe\, Stardoll # Sampo Karjalainen - Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Sulake/ Habbo Hotel # Gareth Jones\, Editor\, Revolution Magazine # Michael Donnelly\, Director\, Worldwide Interactive Marketing\, The Coca-Cola Company # Henry Clifford-Jones\, Director of Media Sales Europe\, Linkedin # Emma Jenkins\, Head of Interactive Marketing\, Procter & Gamble UK # Frances Dovey\, Interactive & Emerging Media Manager\, Cadburys # Lorenz Bogaert\, CEO\, Netlog # Simon Podd\, Head of UK Sales\, Bebo # Nicholas Bry\, Senior VP\, Orange Vallee URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4165815/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4165815/ DTSTAMP:20090730T021510 LAST-MODIFIED:20090730T021510 CATEGORIES:Commercial ORGANIZER;CN=SNWorldForum:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/319326/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/756/":Olympia Conference Centre @ Kensington\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100318T083000 DTEND:20100318T180000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Media Guardian Changing Media Summit 2010 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5132992/ ] "A blueprint for creative and commercial success in the digital world The Changing Media Summit returns to London\, bringing you another packed one-day fix of all things digital media and providing you with access to speakers\, content and networking you simply can't get anywhere else. Join us at the Guardian's headquarters in Kings Place and discover your blueprint for creative and commercial success in the digital world." Confirmed speakers include: Robert Andrews\, Editor\, PaidContent UK Hugo Barra\, Global product lead\, mobile\, Google Emily Bell\, Head of digital content\, Guardian News and Media James Bilefield\, President\, digital\, Conde Nast International Mick Buckley\, President and CEO\, EMEA\, CNBC Rory Cellan-Jones\, Technology correspondent\, BBC News Dan Cobley\, Head of marketing\, Google Nancy Cruickshank\, Executive director\, digital development\, Telegraph Media Group Andreas Dahlqvist\, Creative director\, DDB Stockholm Peter Edward\, Director of home platform\, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Jonathan Forster\, Global sales director\, Spotify Dan Gillmor\, Director\, Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship Stephen Haines\, Sales director Europe\, Facebook Richard Halton\, Programme director\, IPTV\, BBC James Hilton\, Co-founder and chief creative officer\, AKQA Erik Huggers\, Director\, BBC future media and technology Justin Keeling\, European general manager\, IGN Entertainment Mike Lee\, Chief executive\, Vero Communications (London and Rio Olympics) Gerd Leonhard\, Media futurist and author Emma Lloyd\, Business development director\, BSkyB Nick Milligan\, Managing director\, Sky Media Peter Molyneux\, founder\, Lionshead Studios Steve Morrison\, CEO\, ALL3Media Fraser Nelson\, editor\, The Spectator Philip Orwell\, Partner\, venturethree Cecilia Parker\, General manager\, FX Channel Meg Pickard\, Head of social media development\, Guardian News and Media Steve Pomeroy\, Systems programmer\, MIT Mobile Experience Lab Steve Purdham\, CEO and founder investor\, We7 Anna Richell\, Head of new business development and convergence\, Nokia Design John Ridding\, CEO\, FT Lee Rolston\, Global marketing director\, Cadbury's Mark Selby\, vice president\, Industry Collaborations\, Nokia Corporation Genevieve Shore\, Digital strategy director\, Pearson Kristian Segerstråle\, Chief executive\, Playfish Nikhil Shah\, Co-founder\, Mixcloud Joanna Shields\, CEO\, new venture with Shine Jeremy Silver\, Acting-CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition and advisor\, Technology Bhavneet Singh\, Managing director & EVP\, emerging markets\, MTV Networks International Cenk Uygur\, Founder\, The Young Turks Parminder Vir OBE\, Director\, PVL Media Consultant Jimmy Wales\, Founder\, Wikipedia Stuart Watson\, Creative director\, venturethree John V Willshire\, Head of innovation\, PHD Nicola Yershon\, Director\, Ogilvy Labs URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5132992/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5132992/ DTSTAMP:20100103T130136 LAST-MODIFIED:20100103T130136 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=nico_macdonald:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/6287/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/204965/":Kings Place @ 90 York Way\, London\, England N1 9AG UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100408 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Health 2.0 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175079/ ] he Health 2.0 Conference is the leading showcase of online and mobile technologies in healthcare. After 5 successful conferences in the United States\, we’re coming across the pond! The agenda will span the key elements of Health 2.0 and showcase how consumers and professionals: Search for more appropriate health content\, Share personal information in Communities and Use Tools to self-manage and enhance the patient-physician relationship You will gain unique insight into the following questions: How does specialized Search relate to Health 2.0? Is there life beyond Google in Europe? Are online patient communities different in Europe and across European countries? Have European doctors gone 2.0? Are personal health records being adopted by health care systems in Europe? How do European hospitals\, payors and governments relate to Health 2.0? What opportunities exist for Pharma to play a bigger role in Health 2.0? Health 2.0 Europe will be a unique conference. We will integrate the best of European health technologies\, and compare\, contrast and contextualize them with leading examples of Health 2.0 from North America. We’ll be seeing: What works in the context of Europe’s evolving health care systems\, Whether there are commonalities across European systems that can lead to economies of scale (or not!) and What the “boundary-less” online world means for consumers and physicians working in distinct health care systems. There’ll also be a presentation of the latest thinking about Health 2.0 in the European context\, special videos\, an unconference session\, the introduction of new companies at Health 2.0 Europe’s Launch!\, a great networking party at a very famous Parisian institution\, and much\, much more to keep you very stimulated for a day and a half. Oh\, and did we mention that it’s in Paris in the Springtime? URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175079/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175079/ DTSTAMP:20100106T055738 LAST-MODIFIED:20100106T055738 CATEGORIES:Commercial ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/67487/":Cité Universitaire Internationale de Paris @ 19 boulevard Jourdan\, Paris\, Ile-de-France 75014 FR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100410 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100416 GEO:-84.3874;33.7617 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:CHI DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175205/ ] CHI (ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems) is the premier international conference for the field of human-computer interaction. CHI 2010 looks outward to the human experience of computing in the world. “We are HCI” challenges our community to embrace the diversity of HCI in the world and to exclaim our commitment as a profession to empower people from all walks of life. CHI 2010 will be held in Atlanta\, Georgia\, home of the 1996 Summer Olympics. Atlanta\, “the capital of the New South\,” has a vibrant heritage in the civil rights movement as “the city too busy to hate” and is the home to many influential institutions such as The Carter Center\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)\, CARE and wide range of business giants including Coca-Cola and Turner Broadcasting. With over 4 million metro residents\, Atlanta offers a wide range of cultural\, recreational and entertainment activities\, and hosts more than 38 million visitors each year. Atlanta is the home to many researchers\, designers\, teachers\, artists and practitioners who share a commitment to the human experience of computing: Georgia Tech and its GVU Center\, SCAD Atlanta\, Emory\, Spelman College\, Turner Broadcasting and CNN\, The Carter Center\, CARE\, CDC\, IBM\, Philips\, Moxie Interactive\, Roundarch\, Matter\, Big Bang to name a few... URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175205/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175205/ DTSTAMP:20100106T092419 LAST-MODIFIED:20100106T092419 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/13040/":Hyatt Regency @ 265 Peachtree Street NE\, Atlanta\, Georgia US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100417 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:ACM-BCS Visions of Computer Science 2010 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5168142/ ] The programme committee\, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and BCS\, The Chartered Institute for IT\, are delighted to invite you to the joint ACM-BCS 2010 “Visions of Computer Science” conference\, to be held at the Informatics Forum\, Edinburgh University\, between April 13-16 2010. This flagship event aims to energise the computing community and bring it together around some positive and inspiring visions of our discipline and follows the highly successful “Visions of Computer Science” conference in 2008. Keynote speakers The keynote speakers at the ACM-BCS Visions of Computer Science 2010 conference are: * Ross Anderson\, University of Cambridge * Nicolo Cesa Bianchi\, The University of Milan * Jon Kleinberg\, Cornell University * Barbara Liskov\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5168142/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5168142/ DTSTAMP:20100105T080721 LAST-MODIFIED:20100105T080721 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23021/":Edinburgh University @ The University of Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, Scotland UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100505T090000 DTEND:20100505T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20100508T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Lift10 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3079172/ ] Lift10 will welcome 1000 participants from 40 countries to explore the most overlooked aspect of innovation: people. Known in the techno-parlance as users\, consumers\, clients\, participants\, prosumers\, citizens or activists\, people ultimately define the success of all technological and entrepreneurial projects. They adopt or refute\, promote or demote\; embrace\, reject\, or re-purpose. Their approaches are unique\, influenced by cultural and generational diversity. A decade after the rebirth of user-centered design and innovation\, it's time to explore the myths and uncover the reality behind the "connected people". URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3079172/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3079172/ DTSTAMP:20090715T043817 LAST-MODIFIED:20090715T043817 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=liftlab:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/146353/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/38672/":International Conference Center (CICG) @ 17 rue de Varembé\, Geneva\, Geneva CH - 1211 CH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100608T190000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:The hunt for Higgs Boson and the unknown DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175305/ ] Professor Jordan Nash\, Head of High Energy Physics\, Imperial College London\, presents this Friends of Imperial College lecture on: "The hunt for the Higgs Boson and the unknown." Abstract: Jordan Nash and the Imperial HEP team are searching for the Higgs Boson and other unkown and unexpected forms of matter using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. He will be telling us how evidence is emerging and its implications for our understanding of the universe. TICKETS: Members of Friends £5\, Students £3\, Staff of Imperial College £3\, Alumni £10\, Others £10. To book for this event\, email admin@friendsofimperial.org.uk\, phone 05601 308 693 or book directly on the web. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175305/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5175305/ DTSTAMP:20100106T111218 LAST-MODIFIED:20100106T111218 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23168/":Imperial College\, South Kensington @ Imperial College\, Queen's Gate\, South Kensington\, London\, England SW7 2AZ UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100703 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Create10 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5167587/ ] The blend of thought and practice that the CREATE conference wants to encourage was nicely summed up recently by interaction designer\, Jack Schulze: “No one cares about what you think\, unless you do what you think. No one cares what you do\, unless you think about what you do.” Our past conferences have been well received for providing a friendly and informal setting where networking\, discussion and practical work are high on the agenda. After three very successful years at the BCS offices in London’s Covent Garden\, the annual CREATE conference is moving north to Edinburgh Napier University\, inspiring this year’s broad theme of ‘transitions’. The move to the university’s city centre venue will allow the conference to expand and also provides an opportunity to launch a new student design competition. The conference organizers are particularly pleased that the winning students’ entries will be on public show at Inspace\, a fantastic new-media exhibition space. The CREATE conference is all about creating innovative interactions\, whether digital consumer products\, interactive services or interaction paradigms. The event is an opportunity to share and discuss the design opportunities and dilemmas that are currently being addressed by practitioners and researchers from the commercial\, public and academic sectors. As well as presentation of academic research and student work\, the event will provide real learning opportunities through hands-on workshops\, case studies and demonstrations. We also welcome theoretical and research perspectives on the process of design innovation and approaches to creativity in HCI\; how human factors can be integrated within a creative design process\, methods that encourage creativity in interaction design\, and the challenges of working in multi-disciplinary teams. CREATE is jointly organised by the Human-Computer Interaction Specialist Group of the Ergonomics Society\, the British Computing Society's Interaction Specialist Group and Edinburgh Napier University’s Centre for Interaction Design. The Call for Participation will be out soon for papers\, videos\, exhibitions\, demos and workshops. If you would like to be kept informed please email: Ingi Helgason\, Centre for Interaction Design\, Edinburgh Napier University. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5167587/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5167587/ DTSTAMP:20100105T073931 LAST-MODIFIED:20100105T073931 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=balabanovic:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/157509/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/95944/":Napier University\, Merchiston Campus @ 10 Colinton Road\, Edinburgh\, Scotland EH10 5DT UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20140313T180000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Pub Standards 100 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/148676/ ] Celebrate the 100th Pub Standards! Special Event! Bring your mother! Take a day off work! Put the date in your Filofax NOW! URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/148676/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/148676/ DTSTAMP:20070205T061221 LAST-MODIFIED:20070205T061221 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=ptg:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/81213/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23933/":Bricklayers Arms\, Fitzrovia @ 31 Gresse Street\, Fitzrovia\, London\, London W1T 1QS UK END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR