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Arts Council England, North West AmbITion Roadshow Wednesday 22nd April, NOVAS Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool
Organisations 2.0 – the RFO in the digital age 10.00am Tea/Coffee & registration Morning session with chair: Dave Moutrey
Morroccan Lounge Lau Theatre
10.20am Get Thinking! Welcome from Sarah Fisher, who will give an overview of the Arts Council England’s new corporate priority strand, Digital Opportunity. 10.35am Introduction to the AmbITion project, the roadshow, and the world of digital development by Hannah Rudman of AmbITion Hannah will give a speedy overview of the AmbITion project, explain the focus of the roadshow and talk about why digital development is essential for the arts sector. Explaining how changes in socio-economic and cultural behaviours affect the landscape in which we work, Hannah will show how digital developments create benefits and opportunities for any arts organisation. www.consultrudman.com 11.00am Keynote: Alex Fleetwood Alex Fleetwood founded Hide and Seek, the UK’s first festival of social games and playful experiences, in 2007. As well as Hide and Seek, Alex has produced projects including The Eternity Man, a film opera for Channel 4, and The Soho Project, an ARG for the London Games Festiv world / online experience with Punchdrunk and al. HP He Labs. Alex isproduced a member of Will, the ACE delegationoftoaSXSWi, recently Last the prototype hybrid sits realon the London artists advisory panel for Artists Taking the Lead and is a member of the Courvoisier Future 500. www.hideandseekfest.co.uk 11.45am Comfort break & coffee 12.10pm Case Study: New Writing Partnership, Bill Thompson Bill is on the board of New Writing Partnership and will present a case study of an arts organisation’s journey through digital development. He will outline the organisation’s journey, the results and the lessons learnt. www.newwritingpartnership.org.uk 12.45pm Questions from the floor and debate with the morning’s speakers 1.00pm Lunch & Networking 1.50pm Introduction to NW online social network http://www.getambition-nw.ning.com and Get Immersed! Workshops and Seminars from the AmbITion team 2.15 - 3.15pm - Session 1 Get Immersed! Workshops and Seminars 3.20 - 4.20pm - Session 2 Get Immersed! Workshops and Seminars
Malay Bar Lau Theatre Various locations (see over page)
Parallel sessions looking at practical things you can do to turn your organisation into a Web 2.0 organisation. The sessions are run twice for one hour each. See overleaf for workshops and location.