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Korea's Top Tech Talent: Meet the Companies

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In just over a week, we'll be joined by some of Korea's top tech talent, the winners of the Google Global K-Startup competition, in London from 5 - 9th November.

We know you'll be just as keen to chat with them as we are - so there's two opportunies where you can meet them: South Korea's Global K-Startups Pitch London (6th Nov) and Seoul2Seoul - An Evening of Networking for UK and Korean Startups (8th Nov).

You can sign up for both below, but first, let's meet the companies...

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Brian Sletten's REST and Resource-Oriented Architecture Bootcamp

This course will also help you understand how tensions between the business and technical sides of the house can be mediated by adopting technologies that provide information-focused, business-friendly solutions that grow with the organisation and its changing business needs.

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Date: 10 December 2012
Location: MWB Business Exchange, UK

Startup Weekend Education - London

Startup Weekends are specifically designed for entrepreneurs interested in receiving feedback on an idea, looking for a co-founder, or who want to learn a new skill. We also welcome anyone looking to test the entrepreneurial waters.

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Date: 25 November 2011
Location: Bridge Academy, UK

FOTE11 - Future of Technology in Education Conference

FOTE is dedicated to showcasing the latest technology trends and how they are likely to impact on education. Past delegates & speakers described as “one of the leading UK educational IT conferences”, so don't miss out!

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Date: 7 October 2011
Location: Senate House, South Block, UK

The Guardian Activate Summit 2011

A one-day summit for leaders working across all sectors who are building a better future through technology and the internet.

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Date: 22 June 2011
Location: Kings Place, UK

Learning to Survive in the Global Creative Media Industries

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In 2009, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport reported that 1,978,400 people were employed in the creative media industries and that this sector accounted for over seven per cent of GDP – a contribution of £60 billion per annum to the British economy.

In recognition of the sector’s importance, last year the Labour Government set out in Digital Britain its developing strategy to ensure that the UK remains a global leader in the creative industries.

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Learning by Playing

What could be better than enjoying a learning experience? Games makers are moving to the forefront of learning, and immersive games are increasingly popular. Hear from Poptropica, MangaHigh and others and see the sites that have pushed them to the top in this space. Meet and mingle with others interested in games over a drink.

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Date: 11 November 2010
Location: TechHub, UK

Multimodal Interface Design: Case Studies

The Second Wednesday event on Multi-Modal Interfaces will explore ways that different interfaces are integrated into gaming for education and health.

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Date: 13 October 2010
Location: Coventry University, UK

MediaCamp London

What is MediaCampLondon? -  It's an UnConference with a strong educational flavour for advertisers, agencies, start-ups, PR agencies, game developers, ad agencies, constultants, bloggers, podcasts, recruiters, webTV, and new media professionals & amateurs for one day to share, explore, challenge, and grow our abilities in new media. Learn about audio and video podcasting, blogging, web marketing, photography, email campaigns, Second Life, Twitter, and all kinds of other new and social media tools. Whether you're a veteran or interested in getting started, MediaCamp is for YOU.

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Date: 13 December 2008
Location: SAE Institute, UK

Handheld Learning Conference

The Handheld Learning Conference is the international signature event for learning using mobile or ubiquitous technologies. Now in its fourth year the event has become the largest of its kind. 

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Date: 13 October 2008
Location: The Brewery, UK

Channel 4 marries learning with social media


Channel 4’s promise? To strengthen their connection with young audiences by embracing mulitple platforms and devoting £6 million of their budget to higher risk projects.

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GeeKyoto 2008

We broke the world. Now what? Mark Simpkins and Ben Hammersley announce a one day conference in central London, with designers, technologists, artists, architects, policy-makers, explorers, economists and scientists, and clever people like you, to discuss the future and how we'll live in it.

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Date: 17 May 2008
Location: Conway Hall, UK