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Open Data Awards 2015: Last Call for Entries

ODIAwards_4Nov_076 by Open Data Institute

The second annual Open Data Awards are almost upon us but there's still time to noiminate your open data heroes (or yourself) at least until the deadiine this coming 09:00 BST Monday, 8 June.

The impact of open data across government and business is dramatic, new research from the Open Data Institute shows just how large the impact can be. Now in their second year, the Open Data Awards celebrate innovation and excellence in open data across the world.

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Made@City

Made@City bringd together students, staff, and alumni from City University London, as well as members of the local Tech City community to network and learn more about the innovative new products and technologies that City students' have been working on over the past academic year.

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Date: 11 June 2015
Location: City Bar, City University London, UK

First Things First: Getting Your Value Proposition Right

In this interactive City Unrulyversity session, we'll explore what makes a compelling value proposition and provide useful tools you can use to help you to get your value proposition right!

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Date: 3 June 2015
Location: Unruly HQ, UK

IOT – Internet of Things or Islands of Things?

JOINT CW CONNECTED DEVICES SIG & TECHUK EVENT

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Date: 16 September 2015
Location: techUK, UK

Free UX design review for startups and small businesses

We want to help startups and small businesses to take design to the next level. During the event, we'll share our UX tips & tricks and offer free 1:1 design reviews of your app or website and suggest how to make it uber-awesome: from usability to visual design.

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Date: 1 June 2015
Location: The London Escalator, UK

The Beauty Trends & Innovations Conference

Join 21 iconic beauty brands and retailers including; Tesco, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Dermalogica, The Body Shop, Debenhams, QVC, REN Skincare as they share compelling insights into the latest customer trends for profitable innovations in beauty.

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Date: 24 September 2015
Location: One America Square, UK

Tech Tax with Davis Grant – Hot Topics

Tax fundamentals, startup legal dos and don'ts, customer focussed products and partnering with larger companies will all feature in this event full of advice.

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Date: 19 May 2015
Location: Campus London, UK

Spin-Out Pitch-Off: Pitching Event at Digital Catapult

A unique opportunity to see some of the UK’s top technology innovators pitch their product or service to an audience of investors, researchers, entrepreneurs and advisors, as part of the Digital Shoreditch.

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Date: 13 May 2015
Location: Digital Catapult Centre, UK

Scaling Up And Loving It!

In this first session of the summer term, the audience will be guided through a journey leading to the ability to grow their business and sustain it.

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Date: 6 May 2015
Location: Unruly HQ, UK

Fintech Storm - Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain 1st June 2015

Come meet the cryptocurrencies startups that are disrupting the digital money as we know it: Ethereum, Coindesk, Blockchain, Bitpay (tbc), Ripple Labs (tbc). Register: http://fintechstormmay2015.eventbrite.com

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Date: 1 June 2015
Location: Google Campus, UK

Report - Unbundling the Bank: Fintech, Innovation and Banking

Forex Money for Exchange in Currency Bank by http://epsos.de/

When Dave Birch from Consult Hyperion was first asked to sit on a panel about the impact of fintech disruption he sent a tongue in cheek tweet to his followers to ask if they’d seen any yet.

The event, Unbundling the Bank, was held at Cass Business School on 9 April and highlighted the challenges to true disruption in the banking industry.

Dave Birch's point was around the use of the word disruption and whether the existing fintech industry, for which London is mostly acknowledged as the leading global hub, has disrupted the existing rails on which banking infrastructure sits.

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Fintech Storm - Digital Bank Disruption Special

Come join us for Digital Bank - Disruption Special on April 16th 6:00-9:00pm Come join the Fintech revolution! http://fintechstormapril2015.eventbrite.com Featuring Nutmeg Droplet etc at April 16th Fintech Storm

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Date: 16 April 2015
Location: Google Campus, UK

Unbundling the Bank

Join us for Unbundling the Bank, an opportunity to meet, discuss and network with some of Fintech’s leading banks, startups and innovators. The panel will examine whether financial innovation is likely to be driven by the banks, start-ups, or through partnership between them. Prices from £5, includes networking drinks.

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Date: 9 April 2015
Location: The Hub, Cass Business School, UK

How Secure are Your Systems? Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Digital Security

In this last session of the term, we will give an overview of the research conducted in data security over the last five years with various types of systems (e.g. AntiVirus products Operating systems, Biometric systems).

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Date: 25 March 2015
Location: Unruly HQ, UK

Speed Networking #2

You don't want to miss the 2nd edition of a fun speed networking evening at Launch22!

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Date: 15 April 2015
Location: Launch22, UK