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Comment on Flip chart notes from the Unconf by MediaCamp and Digital Britain Unconference Nottingham 9th May 2009: Collective Memory « Digital Consultant: Creative + Digital Dialogues

Thu, 14 May 2009 11:18:15 +0000

[...] Nottingham raised many of the same issues as West Midlands Unconference – namely the report should be addressing needs of smaller business and the community, not [...]

Comment on Flip chart notes from the Unconf by digitalconsultant

digitalconsultant — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:00:55 +0000

Good stuff – interesting new raised a lot of the same issues as our Nottingham Unconference – naely that the report should be addressing needs of smaller business and the community, not just corporates, and we need a more ambitious target for both up and download speed connectivity nationally for Britain to stay competitiive.

Here’s out bits here:
http://digitalbritainunconference.wikidot.com/nottingham

Comment on Flip chart notes from the Unconf by iconpartnership

iconpartnership — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:38:38 +0000

The building societies example – investment in infrastructure- was to illustrate how mutual ownership of next generation broadband networks could be achieved.
There are several community broadband initiatives, example
http://www.broadband.coop/
Next gen can be financed by a combination of public, venture capital and mutual funding.

Comment on Call for Panels by Jon Hickman

Jon Hickman — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:11:51 +0000

RHubarb radio is up and running for tomorrow, so check back. Kasper Sorenson will be live blogging from the event – again please check back in the morning, or look for more info at http://twitter.com/#search?q=dbuc09

Comment on Call for Panels by Simon Whitehouse

Simon Whitehouse — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:27:55 +0000

I’d be happy to chair the discussion around infrastructure and upgrading of networks.

Comment on Call for Panels by Jon Hickman

Jon Hickman — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:29:50 +0000

As long as we can get them plugged into the Internet, Rhubarb Radio are planning to live stream the event.

Comment on Call for Panels by cyberdoyle

cyberdoyle — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:23:18 +0000

Any live feeds? Live chats? Too big a carbon footprint to attend but could come along via the ether…

Comment on Call for Panels by Paradise Circus » Digital Britain Unconference, Brum, Tuesday 12th May 2009 from 10am - 1:30pm

Sun, 10 May 2009 18:29:44 +0000

[...] The event will not keep to a strict unconference format (we prefer to see an unconference as being informal rather than unstructured). A call has been put out for people to chair a number of different strands of the day. Each strand will aim to explore one of the five key points of the report. [...]

Comment on Venue confirmed! by Paul Long

Paul Long — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:08:52 +0000

For those without local knowledge, here’s the venue:

http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/about/margaret.htm

Comment on Call for Panels by Paul Long

Paul Long — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:46:15 +0000

I would be happy to deliver an ‘un-non-paper’ and chair discussion around digital education/literacy (e.g. on the distinctions between training and education and expectations around this area; digital divides and access et al).

This would be anchored to our experience at BCU of launching an MA in Social Media and the curious responses it drew from the traditional press and indeed online discussion sites.