Public servants and their government organisations often find themselves under attack for lack of innovation or not being open to new ideas. But despite all such accusations. public sector innovation will be on show during next months Innovation Week 2012.
Innovation Week 2012 have announced three events focused on openness. Therefore, collaboration and innovation of government. All three events will be hosted by the University of Canberra INSPIRE Learning Centre.
GovHack 2012 – June 1st to 3rd
Firstly to kick off the week. GovHack will bring together people from government. industry and academia to hack on government data. design better interfaces. and mashup all of the above to find better ways to encourage open government.
Therefore, The GovHack event has major grants and prizes for the best work undertaken with government data. That data includes science data from Bureau of Meteorology. digital humanities data from the National Archives of telegram data Australia. and of course data sets from data.gov.au. More data sets are also being lined up. Continue reading →
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Lights. Sound. Camera And Now Some Local Action With Film Republic
I’m really excited to learn that Greg Hall. founder of Lockout Productions and Shane Burrell. founder of FinalPost have launched Film Republic. a new screen industry group for Newcastle’s screen industry professionals.
Film Republic Open Haus
Under the fantastic name of Film Republic Open Haus. they’re planning a series of events which are aimed at connecting fellow screen citizens together. to learn new skills and have some fun. Hosted by a different screen facility within the region every 2 months. The first Film Republic Open Haus is scheduled for May 8th.
The Script Competition
To help launch this group. Therefore, Greg and Shane have created a competition to find a great script or idea to be produced. The winning the visual impact of square images script will be used for a “crowd” developed screen project. Led by leading professionals in the Hunter region. the project will give our screen community an opportunity to join forces to produce a screen masterpiece.
If you want to find out more about Film Republic. Therefore, the Film Republic Open Haus events or their Script Competition go to www.filmrepublic.com.au
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SXSW Interactive 2012: Elevator Pitch Interviews
Therefore, Here are few interviews Steph Hinds. founder of Growthwise and myself did during this years SXSW Interactive Festival.
Recently. I was lucky enough to attend coupon b2c this year’s SXSW Interactive festival in Austin. Texas. It was five days of fantastic presentations from some of the brightest minds in emerging technology. scores of exciting networking events and parties hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs such as the Interactive Awards. Startup Village. ScreenBurn and the SXSW Trade Show with heaps of new startups from the world of technology.