In case you haven’t been keeping up with the Digital City Festival website, there are loads of exciting new fringe events taking place between March 9th and 13th.
Digital City Festival is a week-long celebration of business excellence and innovation across a number of sectors, including tech, marketing, media, eCommerce and more.
Taking place in Manchester, the week will be spearheaded by the free-to-attend Digital City Expo, where attendees will meet exhibiting companies such as boohoo, Mobica, N Brown Group amongst many others, and hear from speakers from the likes of AO.com, BBC, Dept, the Co-op, and Google.
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Outside of Digital City Expo, which will be at Manchester Central Convention Complex on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th of March, there are dozens of fringe events throughout the week, as well as the Digital City Awards, the Leaders’ Reception, and the After Party.
Here are 10 of the new fringe events that will be taking place throughout the week:
Boss Women events will be celebrating International Women’s Day at the decadent Manchester Hall Hotel with canapés, mocktails, and laughter. They have five diverse speakers each sharing how they followed their passion, their honest journey to achieving.
The five speakers include leading celebrity make-up artist and academy owner Cassie Lomas, Channel 4’s secret teach Kate Stewart, BBC’s Criminal Justice: Are We Tough Enough? Presenter Ayesha Nayyar, successful swimmer Jessica Calderbank, and Editor and social media professional Angie Cropper.
Where: Manchester Hall, 36 Bridge St, Manchester, M3 3BT When: Sunday 8th March Time: 05:00 PM – 09:00 PM
The BBC Tech Meetup is delighted to announce it’s coming to Media City for the Digital City Festival 2020. The meetup aims to provide a free event where attendees can hear from industry heavyweights, BBC staff and radical thinkers, on the subject of all things tech.
Where: BBC Quay House, MediaCity UK, Dock House, Salford, M50 2LH When: Thursday 12th March Time: 06:30 PM – 09:30 PM
Discover how you too can apply content design techniques to support your business and build your career.
Lee Beneke will talk about how underpinning your stories, ideas and work with data will not only ground it in fact but also lift its creativity.
Sigma’s Justin Darley and Clare Reucroft will provide an introduction to content design so that copywriters, agencies and eCommerce teams properly understand the proven performance and financial benefits of content design. Tickets are priced at £10 each.
Where: Space48, Acresfield, Exchange St, St Ann’s Square, Manchester M2 7HA When: Tuesday 10th March Time: 06:00 PM – 08:30 PM
From floppy disc to cloud, this workshop will take you through the evolution of software deployment. Come and join BJSS and try your hand at building a basic pipeline!
Where: BJSS, 4th Floor, Union, Albert Square When: Monday 9th March Time: 10:00 AM – 02:00 PM
8 out of 10 carers (81%) have felt lonely or socially isolated as a result of their caring role. This rises to nearly 86% of carers providing 50 hours or more a week.
One HeathTech believe that there are many uses of technology to help those who have caring responsibilities by connecting them with others in their situations, helping to alleviate some of their isolation and health inequalities.
Find out more at an evening of discussion and knowledge-sharing.
Where: Code Nation, 19 Spring Gardens, Manchester, M2 1FB When: Tuesday 10th March Time: 05:30 PM – 08:30 PM
Originally started as a launch event for event tech startup Assenty, #FemaleTechFounder Night has since become one of the region’s most popular monthly meetups for women looking to start a tech company!
The concept is simple. The speakers, female founders who are scaling their companies, share their experiences and answer your questions. There will also be some amazing experts from the legal and investment/VC community who volunteer their time, support and advice.
Register soon as the free 50 tickets are likely to be in high demand!
Where: Federation House, 2 Federation Street, Manchester M4 4BF When: Tuesday 10th March Time: 06:00 PM – 08:30 PM
In partnership with SPARCK and BJSS, Digital North will hold a meetup with a Roulette themed twist – Product Roulette! Join them in spinning the roulette wheel, engaging in group discussions with like-minded individuals, and discussing hot product topics with industry leaders.
The evening will see the room of Product professionals split into groups and industry leaders will act as ‘hosts’, heading up a table with a chosen hot topic.
Where: Digital Gurus, 19 Spring Gardens, Manchester M2 1FB When: Wednesday 11th March Time: 05:30 PM – 08:30 PM
It’s been revealed that virtual assistants are listening to our private conversations without the wake word being evoked. What does this mean for our privacy and how is our data being used by these large corporations?
Join us as we discuss the value exchange between the improved convenience that AI offers and the compromise it requires when it comes to our data.
Where: Barclays Eagle Labs Auditorium, Union, Albert Square, Manchester M2 6LW When: Wednesday 11th March Time: 05:30 PM – 08:00 PM
In this Digital City Festival edition of Never Mind the Buzzwords, we will look at the practical implementation of self-organising teams and some of the common misconceptions.
Come and join developers, testers and business professionals to explore what makes productive teams tick.
Where: BJSS, 4th Floor, Union, Albert Square When: Thursday 12th March Time: 06:00 PM – 09:00 PM
Over the last year, Design Thinking Dad (DTD) has been on a transformational personal journey — from a ‘Digital Designer’ trapped by waterfall delivery, to a ‘Design Thinker’ working in a fast-paced agile environment.
In this talk, he’ll share what he learned and show how armed with only an abundant supply of post-it notes, he’s using Design Thinking at work to empower creative teams and also in his personal life to tackle the everyday challenges of being a parent.
Where: Barclays Eagle Labs Auditorium, Union, Manchester M2 6LW When: Friday 13th March Time: 12:15 PM – 01:45 PM
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