Events 25th October 2016

25th October 2016

Events 25th October 2016

Empowering Patients through Gamification, Sensors and Virtual Coaching

Pergamon Conference

Tuesday 22nd November 2016, 09.30 am – 6.00 pm

At

The Wesley Euston Hotel, London

Coventry University is hosting the final PERGAMON event Empowering Patients through Gamification, Sensors and Virtual Coaching on Tuesday 22nd November at The Wesley Euston Hotel, London. The conference will be chaired by Pamela M. Kato, Professor of Serious Games, and will consist of several national and international speakers and panel discussions.

In the PERGAMON project, multimedia specialists Grifo and AiSolve together with Coventry University and Twente Universityaimto support young people with Type 1 diabetes in their self-management skills by offering an interactive digital platform consisting of (i) a gamified sensor network, (ii) a virtual coach and (iii) a serious game. The scope of the project will be presented and the platform will be demonstrated.

The conference will providea broader context of using new technologies and gaming in healthcare to empower patients with chronic conditions. Presentations will also highlight regulatory issues, patient and clinician usability perspectives, and open discussion for future adoption, exploitation and business opportunities.

Please note that registration is now open.

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EPSRC Science Photo Competition 2016

Get your cameras ready as EPSRC will be launching its fourth Science Photo Competition. This is your chance to share your photos, to support excellence and promote the benefits of outstanding UK engineering and physical sciences.

Prizes are TBC. Previous years’ prizes have included equipment to the value of £500. All winning images will also be featured in EPSRC’s Pioneer Magazine and other EPSRC publications. For more information click here.

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Aardvark Swift are leading graduate recruiter for the video games and digital entertainment market. They run Grads in Games http://gradsingames.com/ providing studio-backed guidance to students looking to break into the games industry.

The event will take place on Tuesday, 29th November 2016 from 2.15 pm – 4.05 pm at the University of Bath. 3WN 3.7

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Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Festival of Social Science, 5-12 November 2016 is a week-long celebration of social sciences across the UK.

Throughout the week Bournemouth University will be hosting a number of free events on topics including education, taxation, financial scams, happiness, feminism, social media, digital technology and the internet – so there’s lots to choose from. I have identified a couple of events that may be of particular interest to businesses but people are more than welcome to attend any of the sessions – they just need to book!

Bookings are now live for a number of events that form part of the second Festival of Enterprise that is running from 16 – 18 November at Bournemouth University.

A coffee, a mobile and a good idea. That’s all you need to make a business fly, right? But is this modern reality or urban myth? Bournemouth University’s Festival of Enterprise explores modern business and entrepreneurship through a range of unique sessions. Inspiring innovation and creativity, the festival brings together an array of speakers. For more information and to book click here.

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CDE has organised the following presentation from Jon Rennie, Managing Director of Bait Studio, at the University of Bath (8W 1.32) on Monday 14th November at 2pm.

Building Animation From The Ground Up

Bait Studio/Cloth Cat Animation/Thud Media are an integrated animation, VFX and interactive company that uses systems from across each industry to streamline and organise production. In particular, we have artists working on a variety of productions at any one time, often across the three companies. This takes an incredible amount of co-ordination and it’s an ever-evolving process. Part of that is integrating our software into the pipeline so that we can track renders, versions and edits with ease. Beyond this, we are investigating game engines as a route to providing animation and interactive experiences for a new generation of media platforms. I’ll be showing how our systems have evolved over the past five years and what we will be doing in the future to give even more time to artists to create amazing stories.

Jon Rennie began his career in computer games, working at Bullfrog Productions on titles such as Theme Hospital, Dungeon Keeper and Populous: The Beginning. Since then, he has made several short films which have been shown nationally and internationally and started his own company in Cardiff to produce visual effects and animation for the film and broadcast industries. He is now Managing Director of Bait Studio (Motion Graphics and VFX), Cloth Cat Animation (Series Animation) and Thud Media (Games and Interactive).

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Remaking A Museum: The Great North Museum Design Challenge

Newcastle upon Tyne

December 3rd & 4th 2016

Theme: How can digital technologies facilitate content creation, content sharing, and co-

Production within the context of the museum visit.

Newcastle University are running a Hackathon/Design challenge with Newcastle’s Great North Museum on the weekend of 3rd & 4th December.

They are looking for small teams from other universities to get involved. They will fund travel. If you are interested please email Robyn Taylor at Newcastle University for more information.

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CDE will be running a workshop at the University of Bath to equip you with the tools to work more confidently and effectively with industry throughout your placements.

The workshop will take place from 10.15 am until 1 pm on Tuesday, 22nd November 2016 in 8W 2.34 at the University of Bath.

The workshop will cover: Assertiveness, Emotional intelligence, Etiquette, International cultural differences

We’d like to encourage you to come so please email Anna Beeton to confirm your attendance.

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BU CDE Academic Hongchuan Yu will be continuing with the CDE Unit of Numerical Optimization Methods this Friday 28th October 2016. The sessions are scheduled to run every Friday.

Each module may include multiple lectures scheduled at the slot of 10:00-12:00 on Friday, and multiple workshops scheduled at the slot of 1 pm – 4 pm.

The session on Friday 28th October 2016 will take place in F301, The Fusion Building, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus.

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The Faculty of Media and Communication will be holding a Postgraduate Researcher Social Event on Tuesday 1st November. 5 pm Р7 pm in the Fusion Caf̩, 3rd Floor, The Fusion Building.

This is an opportunity to meet up and network with fellow postgraduate research students, supervisors and academics from our research community.

Find out about the opportunities for PGRs to contribute to activities within the Faculty of Media and Communication. Please RSVP to Jan Lewis.

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Micro:bit workshop and Christmas Social

7th December 2016

9.30 am – 12.30 pm followed by lunch in Bath.

Save the date, more details to follow soon.

Limited spaces so to book your place email Anna Beeton by Friday 11th November 2016.

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