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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Innovation Center - Upcoming Events</title><language>en-gb</language><link>http://innovationcentre.org/</link><description>Upcoming events at innovation centres nationally</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Protecting Ideas and Inventions</title><link>http://innovationcentre.org/events/2010/03/18/protecting-ideas-and-inventions/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Would you like to better understand how patents and designs can be used to protect your ideas and inventions? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you need to find out how to make the most of your business&amp;rsquo; intellectual property using trade marks and copyright? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come along to this FREE event to find out the answers and much more! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This event will provide a great opportunity to speak with local businesses, professionals in intellectual property and business support organisations. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To find out more and register for this event please click &lt;a href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/whyuse/events/events-calendar/events-glasgow.htm"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Interactive Scotland launches to support Digital Media companies</title><link>http://innovationcentre.org/events/2010/03/25/interactive-scotland-launches-to-support-digital-m/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What&amp;#39;s next for Digital Media? Innovation, New Ideas and Future Predictions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interactive Scotland&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; launches to support Digital Media companies in Scotland&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An event targeted at the Digital Media Sector in Scotland!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venue:&lt;/strong&gt; The Hub, Digital Media Quarter, Pacific Quay, Glasgow &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date:&lt;/strong&gt; 25th March 2010 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time:&lt;/strong&gt; 5pm registration, 5.30pm start &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Digital Media (DM) is one of the key growth sectors for our economy. There is a wealth of talent and an abundance of new ideas and innovative solutions. To capitalise on this, we are bringing together some of the industry&amp;rsquo;s key players to discuss the global challenges facing the digital media sector, identify some major opportunities and highlight their future predictions for this evolving sector. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This event will introduce Interactive Scotland*, an exciting digital media initiative designed to support Scottish SMEs in developing creative products, services, content and application solutions &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The event will end with an industry panel discussion where some key individuals from the digital media industry will be asked to debate the main challenges and issues facing this industry and provide their opinions on where the opportunities and future growth lie.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To voice your opinion, follow Interactive Scotland on Twitter @IntScotland NOW and join the discussion! This event is open to anyone working in the digital media sector. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The event line up will include: - &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stuart Cosgrove, Director of Nations and Regions, Channel 4 . Stuart will describe the key recommendations from the recently published Digital Inspirations strategy and what this means for the Digital Media industry in Scotland. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lena Wilson, Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise. Lena will provide Scottish Enterprise&amp;#39;s response to the Digital Inspirations strategy and provide an overview of Interactive Scotland. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Danny Meaney, Managing Director, New Media Partners. Danny will provide a glimpse into the future of the Digital Media sector in Scotland. He will discuss emerging trends and some of the challenges currently facing this sector and look at new commissioning models and the opportunities they will afford Scottish companies, both on a UK and global scale. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;John Maxwell Hobbs, former Head of Creative Development for Ericsson CyberLab in New York and now Head of Technology and co-manager of the Innovation Team at BBC Scotland. John will share the BBC&amp;rsquo;s innovation strategy and outline what SMEs need to do to develop potential solutions for the BBC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A hot buffet will be served following the industry panel discussion. &lt;strong&gt;REGISTER&lt;/strong&gt; for this free event &lt;a href="http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/events-digital-markets-details.htm?articleid=292720&amp;amp;pagetitle=Scottish%20Enterprise%20::%20Events%20::%20What&amp;#39;s%20next%20for%20digital%20media?%20Innovation,%20new%20ideas%20and%20future%20predictions"&gt;NOW&lt;/a&gt;!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Creating brand value for your business</title><link>http://innovationcentre.org/events/2010/04/20/creating-brand-value-for-your-business/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;What&amp;#39;s it about? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would you like to better understand the importance and relationship between trade marks and brands? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you need to find out how to make the most of your business&amp;rsquo;s Intellectual Property? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are you also aware of the other forms of intellectual property such as patents, designs and copyright? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come along to this free event to find out the answers and much more! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This event will provide a great opportunity to speak with other local businesses, professionals in intellectual property and business support organisations. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To find out more and register for this event please click &lt;a href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/whyuse/events/events-calendar/events-stirling.htm"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>