In The News
2010
- 23rd September 2010: Vision 2020: Imagining Leicester Ten Years From Now
- 21st September 2010: Chinese Mountainside Recital of Music for 300 Frogs and Piano
- 14th September 2010: Learn to Amplify Yourself Using Social Media
- 26th August 2010: Technology Showcase Highlights Opportunities for Business
- 24th August 2010: Heaven 17 and Human League star backs East Midlands music boost
- 13th July 2010: IOCT staff at Digital Arts Week in Xi'an, China
- 3rd May 2010: East Midlands project seeking musicians for its first release
- 16th March 2010: Amplified Leicester’s 'The Family Project' looks to pull together a picture of what family life is like in Leicester
- 11th March 2010: Mostly Machinima event held at Phoenix Square
- 5th February 2010: 'Ocean of Light' explores the creative and immersive possibilities of light-based visualisation in physical space
- 1st February 2010: Leicester conference to focus on new ways to communicate
- 21st January 2010: cMatrix12 and the DMU Cube (BBC World Service: Digital Planet)
- 13th January 2010: Pioneering project to boost East Midlands Creative Industries
2009
- 30th November 2009: A rejuvenated city (letter from Phil Hope MP)
- 25th November 2009: £21.5m complex opens in Leicester
- 20th November 2009: Hundreds enjoy opening of Phoenix Square digital media centre
- 20th November 2009: Phoenix Square opens its doors
- 19th November 2009: Digital Media Centre opens its doors (BBC)
- 11th November 2009: Leicester brings cycling to life
- 25th June 2009: Call to Join a Unique New Project to Share Bright Ideas Across a City
2008
- 27th November 2008: The Future As Seen by Three World Experts in Creative Technologies
- 4th November 2008: De Montfort University Joins Global Program to Boost Software Business Startups
- 8th October 2008: Careers in New Media Writing to Be Explored at Public Event
- 17th October 2008: University Helps School Represent Uk in Virtual Euro Concert
- 24th October 2008: Finnish film-maker brings body-sensitive cinema to the UK
- 7th August 2008: Creative workshops to help business boost innovation and profits
- 14th July 2008: Howard Rheingold becomes Honorary Doctor of Technology at DMU
- 20th May 2008: Martin Reiser is first Professor of Digital Creativity for DMU
- 27th February 2008: Interactive Novel in line for Education Award
- 30th January 2008: Publishing world looks to the future with pioneering blook
2007
- 3rd December 2007: New Media Pioneer talks about the dilemma of open knowledge
- 26th November 2007: One-day conference on creativity and innovation held at De Montfort University
- 21st November 2007: Virtual book reveals future of space exploration
- 1st November 2007: Pioneering students come to Leicester to explore technology innovations for Creative Writing
- 15th October 2007: Awards announced for Europe's first Machinima Festival
- 11th October 2007: Machinima Festival 2007
- 2nd October 2007: De Montfort University announces over seven hours of film in short list for Machinima Festival awards
- 13th September 2007: De Montfort University announces over 150 films entered for Europe's first Machinima Festival
- 10th September 2007: UK talks by international internet guru to boost innovation
- 4th September 2007: Machinima Festival winners to be showcased at Youki International Youth Media Festival in Austria
- 31st July 2007: De Montfort University announces award categories for Europe's first Machinima Festival
- 10th July 2007: New course for the creative future
- 18th June 2007: De Montfort University to host the 2007 European Machinima Festival - the first Machinima Festival in Europe
- 15th May 2007: University's Creativity Symposium will be a picnic
- 27th April 2007: Award-winning innovation at De Montfort University
- 25th April 2007: How blogs, wikis and podcasts are transforming the information age
- 19th April 2007: Digital pioneer shortlisted for national award
- 12th April 2007: Business breakfast on how bright ideas might benefit from £2m innovation project
- 4th April 2007: Europe's first-ever women, business and blogging conference
- 14th March 2007: Conference on economic regeneration via Creative Industries
- 7th March 2007: What comes after a Million Penguins?
- 1st February 2007: Pioneering students team up with Penguin and invite the world to help write the first-ever wiki novel
- 30th January 2007: Public invited to join three cities mobile phone game
2006
For further information or to be kept informed about IOCT activities, please contact:The Director, Institute of Creative Technologies,
De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH
Tel: (+44) 0116 250 6146
Email: eedmonds [at] dmu.ac.uk
www.ioct.dmu.ac.uk