Chris Joseph

http://cii.dmu.ac.uk

A conference to enhance creativity, innovation, and productivity, taking place at the The City Rooms in Leicester.

Speakers:

Margaret Boden: What is Creativity?
Claudia Eckert: How can we be more creative?
Frank Boyd: How does innovation happen?
Toby Moores: How is creativity managed?

Workshops:

Facebook for business
Tools for online collaboration and management
Technology to assist creativity
Techniques for improving creativity

This event is organised and run by Creativity East Midlands and the East Midlands New Tehnology Initiative (NTI) Creative Industries Centre for Knowledge Exchange.

Creativity: Innovation and Industry is supported by the Institute of Creative Technologies and De Montfort University.

The deadline for Visionary Landscapes: Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference has been extended to December 16, 2007. The conference website can be found at:

http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/dtc/elo08.html.

The conference takes place from May 29-June 1, 2008 at Washington State University Vancouver in lovely Vancouver, WA. It is sponsored by both the Electronic Literature Organization and WSUV. Speakers include Mark Amerika, Sue Thomas, and John Cayley. A Media Arts Show will be held in conjunction with the conference and will feature art such as digital sculpture, net art, multimedia installations and performances, electronic music, and the like. Workshops in audio production and reading elit are also scheduled.