Wired Sussex Events

Multiplatform Training for Media Professionals

Digital media experts Wired Sussex and experienced training providers Lighthouse have together developed a series of highly practical weekend courses on various aspects of multiplatform media. These courses are specifically aimed at existing TV and media professionals who want to better understand how to operate successfully in the multiplatform environment. Both courses are included on the Skillset TV Freelance Fund’s list of eligible multiplatform courses.

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Members Meetup

Date: Thursday 11 February
Time: 6.30 - 10pm
Venue: The Burlington Hotel, Worthing
Registration: Free, register to attend

We will be holding another of our popular, informal meet ups for members in February. Come along to meet other members and the Wired Sussex team. This meet up will be in Worthing at The Burlington Hotel on 11 February from 6.30pm. Register to attend.

Wired Sussex Media Jobs + Skills Fair

Date: Thursday 4 March
Time: 12 - 8pm
Venue: Corn Exchange, Brighton
Registration: Free, register to attend

If you are looking to start or accelerate your career in media, want to go freelance but don’t know how or just had enough of commuting and would like to know about what is on your doorstep, then this is the event for you.

Whether you are looking to work in TV, journalism, games, animation and design, marketing or the web industries or want to find out about the skills you need to gain entry into the industry, then we have everything you need under one roof all in one day.

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Other Events

Flash Games Programming

Date: 8-9 February
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: Lighthouse, Brighton
Registration: £299, £99 for students register to attend

10% off for Wired Sussex Members: Quote discount code: WS2010 (also applies to Seb's Papervision 3D training)

Flash is the perfect combination of creativity and programming, and this is especially true with Flash games. Whether it's space invaders, a 20 level platformer, or a webcam controlled bubble bursting game, you'll learn everything you need to produce slick, professional and playable Flash games.

Flash games specialist and Papervision3D team member Seb Lee-Delisle puts the fun back into Flash with this brand new 2 day game programming course. Whether you're an intermediate or advanced Flash programmer, you'll learn everything you need to know to make exciting and addictive Flash games.

BrightType 2010

Date: Thursday 11 February
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton
Registration: £15/£10/£5

The South Coast Design Forum is launching a series of seminars for 2010 aimed at the professional media audience. Our launch event is called BrightType and is a 3-hour typographic evening covering the world of type and design taking place on the 11th February 2010. We launch the series with a world renowned keynote speaker Bruno Maag of Dalton Maag.

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Enterprise Thursdays
What the Dragons Don't Tell You About Entrepreneurship

Date: Thursday 11 February
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer
Registration: Free, Register here

Managing Director of Man Bites Dog, Claire Mason is living proof that you can start a business from your kitchen table without start-up funding and grow it to become a leader in your field. Founded in 2005, Man Bites Dog has established a reputation as the leading UK public relations consultancy for professional services firms.

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Photoworks Artist Talks

Date:Three events in January, February and March
Time: all events start at 6pm
Venue: Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton
Registration: £5, £2.50 for concessions register to attend

A series of three talks from writers and curators working with contemporary photography, devised by Photoworks and the University of Brighton and open to all. The current series focuses on the nature and use of objects within the representational space of the photographic image.