Defrag 2006 :: Linking Ohio’s Rich Media Resources & Renegades

In a networked world things change fast. Our ability to take ideas to action quickly matters.

Join us Saturday, December 9th and connect to a full day of concurrent forums, presentations and workshops to "link and leverage" resources in the Ohio creative digital media industries.

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Defrag 2006 :: Linking Ohio’s Rich Media Resources & Renegades

Video Game Expo
Lead Collaborator: NEO Videogame Initiative
Date: December 9, 2006
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
 
Link and Leverage Ohio Creative Digital Media Assets
Open Source Economic Development Workshops & Presentations
Date: December 9, 2006
Time: 10:00 AM to Noon
 
Place:
FUTURE: The Center for Design and Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art's Joseph McCullough Center, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland OH 44106
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Presented in collaboration by: FUTURE, The NEO Videogame Initiative, Strategic Technology Alliance (STA), I-Open, Ingenuity and the New Cleveland Business Leadership Network. Look for updates in the next I-Open email.

I-Open this week...

INNOVATION in UNIVERSITY CIRCLE

Tuesdays@FUTURE

The Creative Economy: customizing the digital media experience with sound design
 
Forum Leader: Steve Simmons, Sound Director, EDR Media LLC
Date: Tuesday, November 14
Time: 4:30 P.M. - 6:15 P.M.
Information and schedule here
Place: FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art's Joseph McCullough Center, 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.

A special thanks to those who attended the recent Midtown Brews with Lev Gonick and Meet.The.Bloggers. Your survey answers produced the first Midtown Brews social network map and expanded the Midtown Innovation Network Google Earth map. See the results here.

Friday, November 17: Midtown Mornings. Join us to follow up on last week's successful Martinis Over Midtown. Share coffee and bagels, make new connections and work on transformative initiatives. Visit My Midtown for a schedule here and download cool posters here.

Coming up: 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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I-Open in Iowa: Read about Ed Morrison's presentation "Network Capitalism & Open Source Economic Development" at the National Rural Entrepreneurship Gathering on Local Economy in Fairfield, Nov 2-4. More here.

Add the I-Open White Paper to your desktop here.

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 250 Cleveland, OH 44103 P: 216-246-2447 E: info@i-open.org

 

The Tuesdays@FUTURE partners build open networks of innovation.

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.

A new Cleveland Business Leadership Network in the Midtown area supports building open networks of collaboration with colleges, universities and libraries embedded in those networks.