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I-Open this week...

INNOVATION in UNIVERSITY CIRCLE

October 24: Tuesdays@FUTURE

The Creative Economy: Building innovation in creative digital media
 
The Northeast Ohio Videogame Initiative is developing creative digital media companies in Northeast Ohio. Learn about the Videogame Expo, the creation of a pre-seed funding pool and new projects to build a Next Generation industry.
 
Forum Leader: Daniel Carl, Director, Northeast Ohio Videogame Initiative
Date: Tuesday, October 24
Time: 4:30 P.M. - 6:15 P.M.
Place: FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art
11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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Be sure to catch StartUp Ink, a streetwise design exhibit and lecture series at FUTURE presenting creative industries in the Second Curve. Learn more here.

Read the Tuesdays@FUTURE Blog to learn how the creative industries are core to an innovation economy.

Save the Date: Midtown Brews, Thursday, November 2, with Lev Gonick, VP for Information Technology Services & CIO, Case Western Reserve University. More information here.

Friday, October 27: Midtown Mornings. Share coffee and bagels, make new connections and work on transformative initiatives. Visit My Midtown and download cool posters here.

Upcoming Speaker: Tom Sudow, Executive Director, Beachwood, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce
Date: Friday, December 1
Time: 7:30-8:30 A.M.
Place: Nead Brand Partners
3635 Perkins Avenue, Suite 6a
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Learn about economic development in a networked world. Read EDPro Weblog here.

Questions? Contact:

Betsey Merkel, Network Development
The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open)
Cleveland MidTown Innovation Center
4415 Euclid Ave., Suite 310
Cleveland, OH 44103 USA
Tel. 216-246-2447
Email: info@i-open.org

The Tuesdays@FUTURE partners build open networks of collaboration with colleges, universities and libraries embedded in these networks.

FUTURE Center's Business Incubator at The Cleveland Institute of Art is dedicated to helping graduates successfully create their own design- or technology-driven business ventures, marketable products, and creative startups.

The Strategic Technology Alliance (STA) supports a common vision for Cleveland residents to participate in the digital 21st century, accelerating investments in regional economic development.

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