Exploring breakthrough energy innovations
8 March 2013 - Nesta and the UNDP hosted a discussion on the most pressing current global energy issues in conjunction with the Renewable Energy Challenge Prize.
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Launch of Bethnal Green Ventures 2013
6 March 2013 - The launch of the call for ideas for BGV Summer 2013 programme, for ambitious early stage technology startups that are trying to solve social or environmental problems.
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Tech for Good
13 February 2013 - This event, held alongside Cabinet Office, supported by Nominet Trust and Omidyar Network, showcased the potential of using technology for social aims. Recap on the event and the resulting Twitter discussion.
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Crocodile in the Yangtze screening
7 February 2013 - The UK premiere of award-winning documentary Crocodile in the Yangtze: A Westerner Inside China's Alibaba.com.
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Digital R&D in the Arts Forum
6 February 2013 - A forum exploring the nature of collaborative technology relationships, risk taking and knowledge sharing in the arts informed by the experience of various initiatives including the Digital R&D Fund.
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In conversation with Martha Lane Fox
31 January 2012 - The UK's Digital Champion came to Nesta for a discussion on digital empowerment. Watch the event video here.
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Lessons for Innovators
22 January 2013 - Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor of the Open University (OU), and Simon Nelson, newly announced CEO of FutureLearn, shared their lessons for innovators, and invited contributions and discussion from the audience.
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Rooted Guide: Growing Your Own Social Venture
16 January 2013 - Join us for the launch of a new practical guide co-created by Nesta and UnLtd, aimed at supporting innovative social entrepreneurship in later life.
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Nesta: Innovation In Wales
10 January 2013 - Following our road show events in Edinburgh and Manchester, the next stop in the series was Cardiff for an event focusing on the potential impact of innovation in Wales.
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Reframing education – a talk from Professor Howard Gardner
11 December 2012 - An event with Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Code Club: Raspberry Pi hack
8 December 2012 - 100 developers were given a Raspberry Pi, 24 hours and as much food as they could take, and asked to create a Code Club project with their Pi.
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Oceans of Innovations: Sir Michael Barber
5 December 2012 - A breakfast event with Sir Michael Barber, a global expert on education reform and current chief education advisor at Pearson, where he leads its worldwide programme of research into education policy.
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Crowdfunding: A breakthrough innovation?
3 December 2012 - An event looking at what's involved in running and using crowdfunding platforms across a range of sectors; from start-ups and creative businesses to schools and social entrepreneurs.
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Digital Advisory Day
28 November 2012 - Nesta ran a Digital Advisory Day in Edinburgh for arts organisations and technology companies considering applying to the second call of the Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture in Scotland.
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Nesta Failure Fest: Education, Innovation and Enterprise
22 November 2012 - Our Failure Fest focus was innovation in education and brought together short snappy presentations in which our brave presenters reflected on what they’ve tried and hasn’t worked, and what we all might learn from the experience.
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In Conversation with Stephen Emmott: Nature and Necessity of a Scientific Revolution
20 November 2012 - Watch the video from last night's event with Stephen Emmott, Head of Computational Science at Microsoft.
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Growing Local Economies: A Creative Councils learning exchange
19 November 2012 - An event designed to inspire innovation among local authorities by offering the opportunity to hear the latest thinking on contributing to economic growth. This event will showcase examples of inspirational innovations which are supporting local economic growth and development.
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Decoding Learning: Nesta digital education programme and report launch
15 November 2012 - The launch of our new digital education programme and Decoding Learning, the associated report.
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Launch of Rooted: A Guide to supporting Social Entrepreneurs
14 November 2012 - Hear first-hand from the social entrepreneurs we have worked with, receive a hard copy of the Rooted guide and join in the conversation about the future opportunities of an ageing society.
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What is Good Evidence? Standards, Kitemarks and Forms of Evidence
9 November 2012 - Seminar from the Alliance for Useful Evidence exploring what is realistic in terms of standards of evidence for social policy, programmes and practice.
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