Defrag Q4 :: 2006 :: Linking Ohio’s Rich Media Resources & Renegades

In a networked world things change fast. What matters is our ability to move ideas to action quickly. By "linking and leveraging" cool initiatives in rich media, we will strengthen Ohio as a global leader in the creative industries.

Join us Saturday, December 9th from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and connect to a full day of forums, presentations, demos and workshops.

We'll show off some of the best digital media, simulation and videogame development projects and interactive applications we can find. We'll raise awareness of both the range of applications and the workforce skills required to strengthen innovation.

Topics include: curriculum development, serious gaming applications in entertainment and education, digital design, art & technology, a game design workshop for youth, rich media advertising and business development.

Read next week's email for more information on speakers and interactive presentations. Go here for the updated program schedule.

Defrag Q4 :: 2006 :: Linking Ohio’s Rich Media Resources & Renegades

Date: December 9, 2006
Time: 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Ticket: Free & Open to the public
Place: FUTURE: The Center for Design and Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art's Joseph McCullough Center, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland OH 44106
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Register: by email at info@i-open.org or by calling 216-246-2447

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Presented in collaboration with: FUTURE, The NEO Videogame Initiative, Strategic Technology Alliance (STA), I-Open, Ingenuity, the New Cleveland Business Leadership Network and Meet The Bloggers.

I-Open this week...

INNOVATION in UNIVERSITY CIRCLE

Tuesdays@FUTURE

Open Working Session in preparation for Defrag conference
 
Date: Tuesday, November 21
Time: 4:30 P.M. - 6:15 P.M.
Information and schedule here
Place: FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art's Joseph McCullough Center, 11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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Be sure to catch StartUp Ink, until 11-24, a streetwise design exhibit and lecture series at FUTURE presenting creative industries in the Second Curve. Learn more here.

To learn more about Tuesdays@FUTURE and the schedule go here.

Read LIVE BLOG posts here.

Save the date for the next Midtown Brews, Thursday, December 7, 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. with Lawrence Krauss and Meet.The.Bloggers. Sponsored by National City Bank.

Innovating regions create "open spaces" for entrepreneurs to build trusted relationships and identify next opportunities. With the help of Valdis Krebs's InFlow software, we're mapping the new Cleveland Business Network growing in Midtown. Click here to view the Midtown social network map and the Midtown Google Earth map.

Midtown Mornings. Share coffee and bagels, make new connections and work on transformative initiatives. Visit My Midtown for a schedule here and download cool posters here.

Tom Sudow, Executive Director, Beachwood, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce
Date: Friday, December 1
Time: 7:30-8:30 A.M.
Place: Nead Brand Partners
3635 Perkins Avenue, Suite 6a
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Read the I-Open White Paper to your desktop here.

Learn about economic development in a networked world. Read EDPro Weblog here.

Questions? Contact:

Betsey Merkel, Network Development
The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open)
Cleveland MidTown Innovation Center
4415 Euclid Ave., Suite 310
Cleveland, OH 44103 USA
Tel. 216-246-2447
Email: info@i-open.org

The Tuesdays@FUTURE partners build open networks of innovation.

FUTURE Center's Business Incubator at The Cleveland Institute of Art is dedicated to helping graduates successfully create their own design- or technology-driven business ventures, marketable products, and creative startups.

The Strategic Technology Alliance (STA) supports a common vision for Cleveland residents to participate in the digital 21st century, accelerating investments in regional economic development.

A new Cleveland Business Leadership Network in the Midtown area supports building open networks of collaboration with colleges, universities and libraries embedded in those networks.

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