30, Jun

Bristol City Council, Connecting Bristol and Media Sandbox are pleased to invite you to attend an ideas lab to celebrate, explore and develop applications for the open data strand of this year’s Media Sandbox.

The event will take place at Watershed, Bristol, with a 1pm start. Booking is free, but essential. Please go to: http://www.watershed.co.uk/exhibits/2386/ to secure your place.

Media Sandbox is a development programme enabling companies to research emerging possibilities in interactive, digital media, create new ideas and deliver innovation to the market. This years’ call has two project strands (pervasive media and open data) and this event is designed to give a general overview of the scheme and help develop ideas for the B-Open strand of the scheme.

B-Open

Media Sandbox will commission three £10,000 projects that utilise Open Data released by Bristol City Council and Connecting Bristol. These projects will be digital applications or experiences, with the content and context driven by data derived from the city and its environment e.g. air quality, electricity use, population information, quality of life.

Bristol City Council has been a pioneer and advocate for the positive impacts of digital technology on public engagement – with a vision of a creative, smart, green and connected City. As part of its aim to ensure that digital participation enables the whole city to realise its potential, Bristol City Council is supporting an Open Data initiative, B-Open – releasing the City’s data to generate new services and applications.

This strand of activity is open to applications from projects whose lead partner is based in Bristol.

Who is this workshop for?
We believe that bringing people together from different disciplines creates the most interesting ideas, so we’re looking to get a good mix of people in the room including: technologists; creative industries practitioners; artists; eco and social innovators; businesses; community organisations; commissioners; and anyone else with an interesting idea.

Learn more about the scheme, this year’s themes and how to apply at: www.mediasandbox.co.uk

Media Sandbox is originated and produced by iShed, part of Watershed, a cross art form organisation based in Bristol, UK. Media Sandbox is in association with Bristol City Council and Connecting Bristol’s B-Open initiative and is a Creative Industries iNet programme, supported by South West Screen, ERDF and The South West Regional Development Agency.
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Media Sandbox B-Open

01.00PM - 06:00PM |