Lightbulb Sessions: Fife Creative Tech Workshop and Meetup

Welcome to the Lightbulb Sessions! A new workshop series intended to foster collaborative innovation and creative expression within the Scottish data-driven theatre and performing arts community.

The Lightbulb Sessions are monthly workshops looking at a different aspects of data driven theatre: From exploring what data driven tech is and how you could/should use it, to IP and contracts, from finding and commissioning technologists, to designing inclusivity and accessibility into new tech, to thinking about security and ecologically responsible tech.

Each month there will be a different topic, an expert speaker and exercises supporting you to develop your new ideas for new tech. At the end of the 12 months there will be two grants of £2,000 available to apply for to get a new idea started, which Civic Digits and its partners will mentor and support.

More about the Lightbulb Sessions

The sessions will be led by hacker, inventor and tech journalist Rupert Goodwins with playwright and Artistic Director of Civic Digits, Clare Duffy.

Each month there will be a different topic, an expert speaker and exercises supporting you to develop your new ideas for new tech.

The sessions are hosted by Civic Digits in Edinburgh, and in Online for everyone else. We no longer host the watch parties ahead of the Creative Meetup.

The Lightbulb Sessions are supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Creative Tech Meetup

After the workshop, we’re excited to be hosting a Creative Tech Meetup—an opportunity for the Fife tech, creative, and entrepreneur/founder community to come together. It’s a chance to meet, chat, and connect with other like-minded individuals from across the area, all in a relaxed and social setting.

Even if you can’t attend the workshop, we’d love for you to join us at the Meetup! Simply head over to the Eventbrite page to register—you’ll be able to indicate which parts of the evening you’ll be attending.

On the 30th October we will be combining the Creative Tech Meetup with OnFife's first Create in Kirkcaldy session of the year. This will be a great opportunity to build stronger connections within the Kirkcaldy and wider Fife communities, and chat about how we can best support each other through these sessions.

Creative Tech Meetup Agenda:

5:30pm – Pizza and drinks

6:00pm – Expert presentation/chat

7:00pm - Session ends and networking until 7:30pm.

When is it?

Last Wednesday of the month, 3:30pm-5:30pm, August 2024 – July 2025.
Post-session creative tech meetup, 5:30pm-7:30pm.

Where?

The lightbulb sessions will be hosted online and the Creative Meetup will be hosted at Adam Smith Theatre, Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 1ET. We encourage those who wish to take part in the day to come and Cowork in the Design Suite for the day at Adam Smith Theatre.

Registration

We ask everyone to sign up individually so we can have an estimate of how many people want to attend and can make a note of your accessibility and dietary requirements. We will also check-in each person on Eventbrite as they join the event so make sure you've signed up to the event in order to attend!

Main Agenda

15.30-17.30 Lightbulb Sessions - Online only

17.30-19.30 Creative Tech Meetup - In person

What is Techscaler?

Techscaler is a Scottish Government funded programme, delivered by CodeBase, and offers tailored support for everyone in Scotland who wants to build a startup, whether they are considering a career in startups or are developing, building and scaling an idea.

We offer Community and Member access to world-class education, a peer-led online and offline community, and flexible workspaces.

Techscaler membership is for any prospective or current startup founder, startup employees, or more broadly anyone who is involved in the Scottish tech ecosystem. Membership offers tailored support depending on your goals. When someone applies to become a Techscaler member, our team can direct applicants to the most suitable Techscaler support.

To find out more, watch this video on YouTube: What is Techscaler? And what does it mean for me and my region?

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