Centre for Challenge Prizes Launch Event
25 April 2012 - Watch the video from the launch of the Centre for Challenge Prizes with Rt Hon David Willetts, NASA's Jason Crusan and Cristin Dorgelo of the White House.
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Neighbourhood Challenge Celebration
18 April 2012 - Check out the photos from our Neighbourhood Challenge event which showcased the work being done over the past year by innovative community organisations.
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The Art of Exit
17 April 2012 - A practical workshop to learn more about creative decommissioning of public services and hear from other practitioners grappling with these issues.
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The Rise of Data Journalism
4 April 2012 - A debate on the future of data journalism as it moves from the sidelines into mainstream media.
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Megachange: The World in 2050
23 March 2012 - A discussion of the findings of the Economist publication, "Megachange: The World in 2050", including everything from health to wealth and religion to outer space.
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Collaborative Consumption: new business models
16 March 2012 - This one-day summit investigated the range of business models being used by Collaborative Consumption businesses around the world.
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Making Policy Better: Good policy, bad politics?
13 March 2011 - A seminar to discuss political and other factors which reduce demand within government for evidence, evaluation and learning
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Why Nations Fail
8 March 2012 - A breakfast seminar with James A. Robinson, co-author of 'Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty'
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Scotland's Public Sector Has Got Talent
2 March 2012 - A Scottish Labour Party Conference for a discussion on whether bright ideas in public services can transform communities
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Making Policy Better: The Randomisation Revolution – How far can experiments lead to better policy?
13 February 2012 - A discussion on improving the supply and demand for evaluation, evidence and learning in government
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Innovation policy: What works?
30 January 2012 - Please join us at this seminar to mark the launch of a major new compendium of the evidence on different innovation policy tools
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After the Life Sciences strategy: managing science-based R&D collaborations
27 January 2012 - This event looked at the challenges of managing academic collaborations in commercial R&D projects in UK life sciences
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Digital Philanthropy for the Arts
29 November 2011 - This event showcased research on philanthropy and the arts and insight into how organisations must plan and consider their wider organisational objectives
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The Feeling's Mutual: Is it time for STEPPING OUT of the public sector?
28 November 2011 - An evening of war stories and practical advice from the pioneers stepping out of public bodies to lead a new generation of public services.
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Investing in Video Games - Early Stage
22 November 2011 - NESTA hosted a panel of angels and investors, for an event on raising early stage funding for independent video games companies
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Demanding devices: design and the internet of things
22 November 2011 - Catch up on our tenth Hot Topics event which explored the increasing connectivity of modern devices and the shift from user-centred to companion-centred design
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Designing New Types of Public Services: Prototyping in Practice
10 November 2011 - A Prototyping Masterclass to learn about what prototyping is and how you might go about putting it into practice
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Who was the greater economist? A conversation with Robert H. Frank
9 November 2011 - A discussion with economist and New York Times columnist Robert H. Frank on his book The Darwin Economy
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Credit Easing and SMEs Bonds: Why and How?
7 November 2011 - This event explored new ways of lending to small businesses with a focus on SME bonds. The panel was formed of King of Shaves founder Will King, LSE CEO Xavier Rolet and Sam Gyimah MP
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Social at scale: the challenge of digital media for the 2012 Games
27 October 2011 - We discussed the challenge of using social technologies to scale, and explored how the Olympic partners are working alongside a new set of content creators to best capture the London 2012 story
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