Started the day at Colston Hall (which has to be the best Bristol City Council meeting venue) for a gathering of 30-40 Bristol digital companies and organisations, kindly convened by Mike Bennet of Bristol Media, on behalf of Bristol City Council’s IT and Communications Teams.
The aim was to start a conversation about the Council’s plans [...]
As Tim Berners Lee calls for Governments, Scientists and Institutions to make their data openly available on the Web and Government launches its Open Data Portal this afternoon we held the first meeting of our Innovative Data Projects group – this is just one of the new “20-20” projects that the the recent Council Budget [...]
Enterprise Europe Network South West is holding an event for organisations looking to get an understanding of the future opportunities for European R&D funding for ICT projects.
Attendees will learn what European funding is available for ICT projects and will get advance notification of the likely call contents. The event will also give attendees the chance [...]
This event is now sold out. You can add your name to the waiting list at greenopenandsocial.eventbrite.com and we will release tickets on a first come first served basis if they become available.
If you are not able to obtain a ticket you will still be able to follow and interact with the event via a [...]
Dr Lorraine Hudson, Bristol City Council’s Climate Change & Built Environment Coordinator, and Stephen Hilton from Connecting Bristol, are speaking at this afternoons ICT4EE event in Brussels. The event will focus on how ICT can contribute to reduce carbon emissions across the EU, with the Bristol representatives speaking in the Smart Sustainable Cities session.
The event [...]
On Tuesday 23rd February from 2pm Bristol City Council will meet to decide on next year’s Budget. This includes a proposal from the Cabinet to invest £1 million to encourage Bristol’s economic recovery after the recession through digital growth and making Bristol a green capital, encouraging a low carbon economy.
The Budget [...]
There’s been a fair bit of coverage in the press about Cambridge City Council’s apparent proposal to buy 46 iPad’s for its Councillors. The story has lost some of its traction since Cambridge reveiled that the proposal revolved around using notebook and tablet devices and didn’t refer specifically to media’s current ‘hot’ gadget, the Apple [...]
The Department of Health are looking for ideas that ensure people’s experience of care services is a good one, and that help them feel they are able to retain their personal dignity and self respect. The Bright Ideas Grant is open to anyone to apply, individuals or organisations.
One of the ideas currently under consideration is [...]
Pete Taylor from Knowle West cares full-time for his son who has a limiting health condition.
Pete was given a free, “no strings attached” recycled council computer and no-frills Internet access as part of our Digital Neighbourhoods programme.
In this video Pete talks about the amazing impact that being on line has had on his life and [...]