Tag Archives: ukti
Sheffield
A theme across a couple of sessions at DocFest in Sheffield, including the panel on US Trends that I chaired, was the impact of platform on content and how the means of delivery affects length, style, presentation and more. Part … Continue reading
Stockholm
A sparkling couple of days in Stockholm with a series of meetings across the city giving a real sense of a fast growing creative technology cluster. This was most effectively demonstrated by the latest annual Games Developer Index published by … Continue reading
Los Angeles / Philadelphia / New York
Often when I return from these trips I try to summarize a theme – I think the best I can come up with here is “monetizing social distribution”. Across a series of meetings – especially on the West Coast – … Continue reading
Porto
A welcome return to Porto for the first time since the Open City Guimaraes project in 2012 – a beautiful city and now one with a clear shared sense of new possibility. My visit included a session at UPTEC and … Continue reading
Berlin – layers
To Berlinale, my first film festival for a while, and I was reminded of the multiple layers of an event like this. Tilda Swinton and Joel Coen were on my plane over, traveling to provide red carpet glamour at the … Continue reading
Mumbai / Bangalore
To Mumbai and Bangalore for UKTI to stage a couple of panel / networking sessions focused on “creative meets tech”. With an increasingly global view, production processes within the creative industries are now often internationally distributed – and there is … Continue reading
2016
An exciting coming year, with Playable City Lagos coming up and a whole slate of other cities in development. In addition some interesting projects for UKTI focused on creative / tech innovation and the impact on screen industries. And of … Continue reading
Helsinki
Even better than last year, Slush manages to retain its idiosyncratic nature through some great design matched to a high quality programme. Two main thoughts from this year: Firstly that the tech world here seems to be searching for new … Continue reading
Madrid
A spectacular venue for South Summit in Madrid – La Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas – bringing together hundreds of people from across the start up landscape in Spain (and beyond). It was a beautifully run event, but you … Continue reading
Dublin
A breakfast presentation on the confluence of creativity, technology and taxation, at the top of the shiny PWC building in Dublin docks – an event that could not possibly be any more emblematic of the changes to the Dublin economy … Continue reading
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