May the Force be with Connecting Bristol
March 13, 2007 Posted by Stephen Hilton in : Digital Challenge, Awards, Connecting Bristol , add a comment“When you don’t have a charm with you, crossing your fingers averts bad luck”.
Many Bristol fingers and even a few toes will be crossed tomorrow because it is Digital Challenge final announcement day. Eight of us – Jane, Kevin, Dick, Clare, Makala, Barbara, Jaya and me will be heading to London in a minibus. At the QEII Hall in Westminster we will hear the Ministerial announcement of the winner and eat some sandwiches. Supporters and the media will gather at Watershed to watch the live webcast.
The decision is expected at around 12.45pm. The agenda is as follows:
12:00 Open and Welcome Stephen Dodson, Innovations and Challenge
Programme Director, DCLG
12.05 City of London Philip Willoughby - Chairman of the Finance Committee
12:15 Digital Inclusion and Jeff Mc Whinney, Director, Significan’t
12:30 Digital Challenge Angela Smith MP,Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Communities & Local Government
12:45 Winner’s Announcement Angela Smith MP
12:47 Acceptance speech Winner
12:55 Closing Remarks Stephen Dodson, Innovations and Challenge Programme Director
I have spent much of the day preparing our 5 minute winning speeches and our even shorter losing media statement. At least one of them will be used. When I told my son tonight that the odds were ten-to-one against us winning he said, “well at least that’s better than when Luke blew up the Death Star – that was a million to one” …. well, I have always had a sense that the force is with us.
Watch us squirm live here
Digital Challenge announced live Tuesday
March 7, 2007 Posted by Clare in : Digital Challenge, Awards, Connecting Bristol , add a commentThe Ministerial Announcement of the Digital Challenge Winner will be made at an Awards Lunch on Tuesday 13th March, 2007 in London.
The event starts at 12 noon with a speech from Innovations and Challenge Programme Director Stephen Dodson. He is followed by speeches from Philip Willoughby, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the City of London and Jeff Mc Whinney, Director of Significan’t.
The winner’s announcement by Angela Smith MP, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Communities & Local Government, is scheduled for approximately 12.45pm, followed by the winner’s acceptance speech.
The event is being webcast - to watch live from 12pm, visit http://www.dclg.public-i.tv/site/#webcast
Eurocities Award for Participation
November 24, 2006 Posted by Kevin in : Digital Challenge, Awards , 4 comments
Bristol City Council Leader Barbara Janke and Stephen Hilton, collecting the award.
Although there have been a couple of posts already (this one and this one) covering the Eurocities Conference in Manchester its probably worth stretching your patience with a third to mention the fact that we did in fact win the Eurocities Award for Participation with the Campaign Creator project.
Here is a pic of the trophy I took with the webcam on my MacBook. It looks a lot more splendid in real life.
Connecting Bristol is the city’s response to the Digital Challenge.
Encounters Film festival Awards Streamed Live
November 22, 2006 Posted by Clare in : Digital Challenge, Media, Events, News, Awards , add a comment
The Awards ceremony of Encounters 12th International Short Film Festival will be streamed live online on Sat 25 Nov 19.15 (GMT) at http://www.encounters-festival.org.ukCombining the very best live action and animation short films Encounters takes place at Watershed, Bristol and is a major celebration of the present and future of short film-making.
If you can’t get to the festival, then join us online to watch the Awards Ceremony live for the announcement of fifteen prestigious awards and an evening of nail-biting suspense, special guests, glittering prizes and cinematic surprises!.
The stream will be live at http://www.encounters-festival.org.uk or http://www.dshed.net/studio/events/encounters/encounters.php on Sat 25 Nov at 19.15 (GMT). In addition a selection of special events will be archived online at the Encounters website after the festival.
Connecting Bristol is the city’s response to the Digital Challenge.
Connecting Bristol is the city’s response to the Digital Challenge.
