Events

Previous events

Image of Danny Alexander speaking at Liberal Democrats Part Liberal Democrats Party Conference: The new economy - the role of high growth businesses
19 September 2011 - A discussion on how government policy should be formed to champion high growth businesses
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Image of Don Foster & Jon Kingsbury Liberal Democrats Party Conference: Cultural value - creative industries in a digital world
20 September 2011 - A discussion on the importance of digital and creative businesses
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Image of Ian Morris Why the West Rules - For Now
17 August 2011 - Ian Morris, best-selling author of Why the West Rules - For Now, joined NESTA for a discussion on how global power is established
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Image of Apple with QR code Food(plus)Tech - The next sustainability challenge
12 July 2011 - NESTA hosted a discussion on how we can feed the world's population without harming the planet
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Image of a seedling in money Entrepreneurship and Economic Recovery
20 June 2011 - NESTA hosted a seminar with Carl Schramm, CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, one of the world’s largest foundations devoted to entrepreneurship
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Image of John White speaking at NESTA Transforming education for one million students: learning from New York's Innovation Zone
16 June 2011 - NESTA hosted an event to learn from John White, architect of the New York School system’s innovation strategy
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Image of A picture of Tim Harford talking at NESTA A conversation with Tim Harford
14 June 2011 - NESTA hosted a lunch with the best-selling author and FT journalist Tim Harford
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Image of Panel discussion Make It Local Showcase Event
14/4/11 - We held an exciting day of events to reveal the learning from our Make it Local programme, which aims to show how local authorities can work with digital agencies to unlock their data and provide really useful web-based services for their citizens.
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Manchester Co-Production Roadshow
7/4/11
The Manchester Co-production roadshow was part of a series of 5 Roadshows showcasing examples of people powered public services across the country. Watch the video and download presentations from the event.
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Image of Piggy bank Big Society Finance Fund: A celebration of the innovation in the social investment market today
7/4/11 - In celebration of the end our work on our Big Society Finance Fund project we held an event to celebrate and discuss the wide variety of products and services that we have supported.
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Image of Arthur Potts Dawson - People's Supermarket Innovation for sustainability
23/3/11
A NESTA Hot Topics event for Climate Week - what happens if we think differently about sustainability?
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Edinburgh Co-production Roadshow
14/3/11
The Edinburgh Co-production Roadshow was part of a series of 5 Roadshows showcasing examples of people powered public services across the country. Watch the video and download presentations from the event.
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Cardiff Co-Production Roadshow
11/3/11
The Cardiff Co-production Roadshow was part of a series of 5 Roadshows showcasing examples of people powered public services across the country.
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Leadership in Times of Uncertainty
14 July 2010 - A NESTA event to explore how today's leaders of creative organisations can meet the emerging challenges of the 21st Century
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Image of Nick Hurd MP Neighbourhoods Announced!
17/02/11
Find the full list of diverse projects we've chosen to be on our Neighbourhood Challenge programme.
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Image of Parliament Critical Mass: Creative Clusters Come to the Commons
16/02/11
Based on our Creative Clusters and Innovation report, the most ambitious attempt yet to map the UK’s creative output, ‘Critical Mass: Creative Clusters comes to the Commons’ brought these ideas to the heart of Westminster to discuss how policies can be formulated to promote future economic growth.
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Image of Mass Localism image Mass Localism - How to help small communities solve big social challenges
20 May 2010
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Image of Dr Edgar Cahn A conversation with Dr. Edgar Cahn
10 May 2011 - Join us to hear about the origins and future of the timebanking movement in the UK and the US with civil rights activist and social investor Dr. Edgar Cahn.
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Image of Rachel Botsman Collaborative Consumption in Action: Building Trust Between Strangers
07/02/11
Watch an interview with Rachel Botsman as she sets out her views on how collaborative consumption can be scaled up to provide meaningful services at a national level.
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Image of Mohammad Al-Ubaydli Care and Communication
20/4/11
As part of our Hot Topics series, this event explored how telemedicine, the use of telecoms for remote healthcare, can move into the mainstream and how it could help shape the future of healthcare.
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