Defrag Q4 :: 2006 :: Linking Ohio’s Rich Media Resources & Renegades

In a networked world things change fast. What matters most is Brainpower and our ability to move ideas to action quickly. By "linking and leveraging" cool initiatives in rich media, we'll strengthen Ohio as a place of opportunity for the creative industries.

Join us Saturday, December 9th from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. to build your connections, learn from others and contribute to next steps outlining a road map for digital media in Ohio. View the schedule here.

Our discussions will focus on building creative businesses, career pathways, designing connected facilities for creative businesses, digital signage and narrowcasting, best practices from regional leaders in Central and Southern Ohio, and a performance and workshop by filmmaker and video jockey, Kasumi. Open gallery and incubator spaces will host interactive demos, games and resources.

Go ahead! Take the survey: Connecting the Ohio Creative Digital Media Network. Your answers will help us stay on target. Go here.

Defrag Q4 :: 2006 :: Linking Ohio’s Rich Media Resources & Renegades

Date: December 9, 2006
Time: 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Ticket: Free & Open to the public
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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Register: by email at info@i-open.org or by calling 216-246-2447

Learn more about regional collaboration and leadership in Ohio, visit The Ohio Valley Interactive Digital Technology Alliance here.

Presented in collaboration with: FUTURE: Center for Design & Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art, the Northeast Ohio Videogame Initiative, Strategic Technology Alliance (STA), I-Open, Ingenuity, the New Cleveland Business Leadership Network and Meet The Bloggers.

I-Open this week...

INNOVATION in UNIVERSITY CIRCLE

Tuesdays@FUTURE

Dialogue & Inclusion: amplifying civic journalism with social software and engagement infrastructure
 
Speakers: George Nemeth, Gloria Ferris, Meet The Bloggers
Date: Tuesday, December 5
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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If you missed last week's forum, you can review the conversation at LIVE BLOG here.

Don't miss this week's Midtown Brews, Thursday, December 7 from 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. at Webtego with Lawrence Krauss and Meet The Bloggers. Sponsored by National City Bank. Go here for more information.

Innovating regions create "open spaces" for entrepreneurs to build trusted relationships and identify next opportunities. With the help of Valdis Krebs's InFlow software, we're mapping the new Cleveland Business Network growing in Midtown. Click here to view the Midtown social network map and the Midtown Google Earth map.

Save the Date: January 4, 2007 for the New Year's Midtown Brews.

Midtown Mornings. Share early morning coffee and bagels, make new connections and work on transformative initiatives. Visit My Midtown for a schedule here and download cool posters here.

Date: Friday, December 8
Time: 7:30-8:30 A.M.
Place: I-Open office
Cleveland Midtown Innovation Center
4415 Euclid Ave., Suite 250
Cleveland, OH 44103
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Date: Friday, December 15
Time: 7:30-8:30 A.M.
Place: Andreas Boardwalk Cafe
5455 N Marginal Rd, Cleveland, OH 44114
Information and directions here.

Read the I-Open White Paper 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 USA
Tel. 216-246-2447
Email: 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.