Open Tech Calendar

Driving User-Centered Healthcare IT - Manchester

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Driving User-Centered Healthcare IT

Join HealthTech Women UK in Manchester this November and find out more about the enormous potential of User Centred Design (UCD) when developing healthtech systems.

Hear from our panel of experts as they discuss the UCD projects they have been involved with, and the importance of including patients and users in the design and testing of health technologies.

This is a fantastic chance to meet like-minded peers, hear from women leaders, and discover more about the innovation happening in Manchester right now.

Speakers include:
- Sarah Thew – Innovation and User Experience Manager, GM AHSN
- Claire Harkin – Personal Health Record (PHR) Specialist, Evergreen Life

When: Wednesday 23rd November, 5.30-8.30pm
Where: SpaceportX Manchester, 24/26 Lever Street, M1 1DZ

This event is open to all and free to attend – the £5 ticket charge is refunded on attendance.

Louise Sinclair
Head of UK Network
HealthTech Women UK

http://www.tinyurl.com/htwucd

http://www.tinyurl.com/htwucd

Wed 23rd Nov 2016 5:30pm (Europe/London)

Wed 23rd Nov 2016 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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KTN Entrepreneurs' Forum is a monthly event with guest speakers and open discussions. They're designed for people to network, learn and share ideas in a lively, stimulating and social environment; with the long term goal of supporting entrepreneurship and knowledge transfer in the business community.

This Month's Topic

As a business there is one task which matters the most - Growth. This focus has given rise to a number of methods, tools and best practices which simply didn’t exist in the traditional marketing repertoire.

'Growth hacking' is a technique every business should consider using. Companies like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have used growth hacking to gain incredible numbers of users and loyal communities. Originally, growth hacking helped lean start-ups increase profits in relatively short periods of time. The benefits however, can also increase the effectiveness of larger, well-funded marketing campaigns.

During this session we’ll look into what is actually meant by the term ‘growth hacking’, how it is different to traditional marketing and how an understanding of people's online interactions can be used to grow and sell. We will also look at some of the methods being used to implement this successfully.

After the talk from our guest speaker, you will get a chance to share ideas and collaborate with fellow entrepreneurs in our table discussions. This a great opportunity to really explore the topic, exchange knowledge and make valuable connections.

Guest Speakers

Cathal Berragan, Campaign Manager at Social Chain: Social Chain are a creative marketing agency built by ‘University Drop outs’ who have designed and delivered campaigns for huge brands such as; Spotify, Universal, Microsoft and Just Eat. They don’t believe in traditional marketing, but instead disruptive, internet-breaking, influencer marketing. http://www.socialchain.com


Andrew Allsop, Owner of Foraging: Newly launched Foraging is a data-driven growth and marketing consultancy who use advanced analytics to measure online interactions and engagement. They’re breaking the mould by dealing in people, not page views. http://www.foraging.io/

Event Programme

6pm: Drinks Reception & Food on Arrival

6:30pm: Warm Welcome from Freshly Squeezed

6:40pm: Speaker

7:15pm - 8pm: Table Discussions

8pm: Networking Hour


Who Is The Event For?
If you are an established business owner, a startup owner or an aspiring entrepreneur in the creative, digital or tech sector, then this is definitely for you.

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Growth Hacking vs Traditional Marketing. KTN Entrepreneurs' Forum Manchester

KTN Entrepreneurs' Forum is a monthly event with guest speakers and open discussions. They're designed for people to network, learn and share ideas in a lively, stimulating and social environment; with the long term goal of supporting entrepreneurship and knowledge transfer in the business community.

This Month's Topic

As a business there is one task which matters the most - Growth. This focus has given rise to a number of methods, tools and best practices which simply didn’t exist in the traditional marketing repertoire.

'Growth hacking' is a technique every business should consider using. Companies like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have used growth hacking to gain incredible numbers of users and loyal communities. Originally, growth hacking helped lean start-ups increase profits in relatively short periods of time. The benefits however, can also increase the effectiveness of larger, well-funded marketing campaigns.

During this session we’ll look into what is actually meant by the term ‘growth hacking’, how it is different to traditional marketing and how an understanding of people's online interactions can be used to grow and sell. We will also look at some of the methods being used to implement this successfully.

After the talk from our guest speaker, you will get a chance to share ideas and collaborate with fellow entrepreneurs in our table discussions. This a great opportunity to really explore the topic, exchange knowledge and make valuable connections.

Guest Speakers

Cathal Berragan, Campaign Manager at Social Chain: Social Chain are a creative marketing agency built by ‘University Drop outs’ who have designed and delivered campaigns for huge brands such as; Spotify, Universal, Microsoft and Just Eat. They don’t believe in traditional marketing, but instead disruptive, internet-breaking, influencer marketing. http://www.socialchain.com


Andrew Allsop, Head of Growth Marketing at Formisimo: Formisimo help businesses to understand why and where your customers aren’t converting - so they can act quicker based on numbers rather than relying on intuition. Some of their clients include; Uber, Secret Escapes and Toyota. http://www.formisimo.com


Event Programme

6pm: Drinks Reception & Food on Arrival

6:30pm: Warm Welcome from Freshly Squeezed

6:40pm: Speaker

7:15pm - 8pm: Table Discussions

8pm: Networking Hour


Who Is The Event For?
If you are an established business owner, a startup owner or an aspiring entrepreneur in the creative, digital or tech sector, then this is definitely for you.

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/growth-hacking-vs-traditional-marketing-ktn-entrepreneurs-forum-manchester-tickets-24677957435?aff=otc

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/growth-hacking-vs-traditional-marketing-ktn-entrepreneurs-forum-manchester-tickets-24677957435?aff=otc

Tue 24th May 2016 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Tue 24th May 2016 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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Thinking about secure development

Phil Winstanley from Microsoft surveys the threat landscape

http://wpug.nw

http://wpug.nw

Tue 19th Apr 2016 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Tue 19th Apr 2016 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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.Net Core Blimey

Microsoft have done the unthinkable and open-sourced .NET, making it available on GitHub, and even taking it cross-platform. This is great news for developers, but do you know your .NET Core from your .NET Framework? Can you tell your CoreCLR from your CoreFX? And where do ASP.NET Core and the .NET CLI tools come into this story?

In this session, we’ll take a look at the big picture and dive deeply into some of the more interesting details, see how the pieces of Microsoft’s new .NET stack fit together, what it means for developers, and find out exactly how you do run a .exe on Unix.

http://wpug.uk

http://www.meetup.com/Manchester-NET/events/228865937/

Tue 22nd Mar 2016 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Tue 22nd Mar 2016 9:30pm (Europe/London)

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Python Northwest - October 2015

A user group for the Python programming language, meeting in Manchester, UK

Thu 15th Oct 2015 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 15th Oct 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Python Northwest - September 2015

A user group for the Python programming language, meeting in Manchester, UK

Thu 17th Sep 2015 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 17th Sep 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Python Northwest - August 2015

A user group for the Python programming language, meeting in Manchester, UK

Thu 20th Aug 2015 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 20th Aug 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Python Northwest - November 2015

A user group for the Python programming language, meeting in Manchester, UK

Thu 19th Nov 2015 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 19th Nov 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Python Northwest - December 2015

A user group for the Python programming language, meeting in Manchester, UK

Thu 17th Dec 2015 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 17th Dec 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Python Northwest - June 2015

A user group for the Python programming language, meeting in Manchester, UK

Thu 18th Jun 2015 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 18th Jun 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Python Northwest - July 2015

A user group for the Python programming language, meeting in Manchester, UK

Thu 16th Jul 2015 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 16th Jul 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Python Northwest - May 2015

A user group for the Python programming language, meeting in Manchester, UK

http://pynw.org

Thu 21st May 2015 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 21st May 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Python Northwest Dec 2014

A user group for the Python programming language. Whether you're a seasoned expert or a complete beginner, join us for talks, coding sessions and friendly discourse on all things pythonic.

We meet on every 3rd Thursday of the month at SpaceportX, Lever Street, Manchester, UK.

http://pynw.org

Thu 18th Dec 2014 7:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 18th Dec 2014 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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