Merged Futures 3: Digital Northampton's Annual Tech Innovation Showcase
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On-demand Delivery Robots
Local Innovation
An introduction to Starship delivery robots and how they work.
FSB Merged Futures Networking Breakfast
Business Networking
Networking breakfast with breakout rooms to start the discussion about the importance of digital skills, technology, and innovation.
Influencers as the New Digital Entrepreneur
Local Innovation
Predictions for the future of digital businesses in the reign of social media influencers.
Building The Ultimate Virtual Event Platform For A New Reality
Local Innovation
With the events industry changed forever, see how the Reydar platform has transformed the world of virtual and hybrid events.
Funding digital success in Northants
Local Innovation
Discussion of how economic development and inward investment works and what can be done to increase funding for “digital and tech” in the County.
Social Media as a Social Enterprise
Local Innovation
A look at how we have used Social Media to raise awareness of the work we do in supporting autistic people to access employment
Voi e-scooters have landed in Northamptonshire
Local Innovation
The urban landscape of Northamptonshire is changing. Voi will touch on current usage, trends from the data they are collecting and compare us to hot spots around the world.
Threats, Vulnerabilities and Risk: The Cyber Game
Cyber Security
Explore the decisions that people make in order to protect their businesses from modern day threats
Augmented Reality Workshop
Augmented Reality
This Merged Futures beginners workshop provides an overview of current available workflows and software for the creation of artistic and critical Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality experiences within Unity.
Creating and motivating digital teams in a pandemic
Digital Teams
Tools, approaches and methodologies for building digital teams
How I came to love the pixel
Digital Art
I will detail how my initial ‘love/hate’ relationship with technology, as a means to making art, grew from being highly mistrustful of it, because I had been trained as a ‘traditional’ easel painter, and saw the move to digital as being a betrayal of the ‘craft’, to the point where I have truly embraced the pixel.
Broken Vibes
Digital Art
Talk introduces the possibilities of brokenness in games and art, through looking at what play is as a process.
Two worlds collide: performance analysis and team management in sport and e-sports
e-sports
Discussion on creating high performance environments for athletes.
A virtual painting studio
Digital Art
In this session Alison Goodyear discusses how her painting practice has evolved to include working with digital technologies including virtual reality.
You Are Responsible For What Happens Next
Digital Art
This talk is not passive. You will determine where this talk goes and where it does. Participation is not an option.
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Digital Learning
Digital Learning
Hosted by the University of Northampton