Date: Thursday 29 January 2009Time: 3.00 – 8.30pmPartner: Cyfle | http://www.cyfle.co.uk/Partner: Technium CAST | www.techniumcast.com The personal computer promises everything faster, better, cheaper. You can even conduct your social life online. But does this shift risk damaging our local economies and communities? What happens when you turn your back on the computer and use technology to build communities in […]

Date: Thursday 4th December 2008Time: 3pm – 8.30pmVenue:Venue Cymru, Llandudno, LL30 1BBPartner: Cyfle | www.cyfle.co.ukPartner: Technium CAST | www.techniumcast.com It’s David and Goliath time! New technologies mean small players can now make a marketing impact traditionally reserved for big-budget big-business. What do these unprecedented developments mean for you? Book now! FREE but advance booking essential. Programme Change:Please note that […]

Date: Thursday 22 November 2007Time: 5:00 Registration and Refreshments, 5:30 to 7:30 PresentationVenue:Technium CAST (Centre for Advanced Software Technology)Partner: ICT Forum Wales 2007 | http://www.ictforumwales.com/Partner: SPLICE (Social Practices, Learning and Interoperability in Connective Environments) | http://splicegroup.ning.com The internet has enabled ‘social networking’ – communities of people with shared interests and activities to become connected. Social networking includes an array […]

Date: 14th June 2006Venue:Blaenau Gwent County Borough CouncilPartner: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.ukPartner: Welsh Development Agency | http://www.wda.co.uk The Southern Bloc Pilot Project identified levels of current provision and activity, and the needs of practitioners in Blaenau Gwent and the Heads of the Valleys. The project also developed a network of practitioners and agencies in the […]

Date: 3 April 2006Venue:Northern Bloc OfficePartner: Conwy County Borough Council | www.conwy.gov.ukPartner: Arts Council of Wales | www.acw-ccc.org.uk The aims of the Northern Bloc Conwy Pilot Project were to identify current provision and the needs of practitioners, and develop networks to provide opportunities for professional development and growth of the creative technology sector across the region. The report […]

Date: September 2007Partner: Arts Council of Wales | www.artswales.orgPartner: Conwy County Borough Council | www.conwy.gov.uk The overall aim of the evaluation was to assess the success of the northern bloc projects in terms of the quality and effectiveness of the services offered during the project, and whether project participants had also received additional benefits in terms of business […]

Date: 28-30 October 2005Partner: The festival is being developed between Bloc (Creative Technology Wales) – http://www.bloc.org.uk and Chapter – http://www.chapter.org. |Partner: | MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES is Cardiff’s inaugural Festival of Creative Technology – a three-day programme of events being held across the capital and includes a two-day conference, new commissions, residencies, screenings, and artists’ projects […]

Strategy extract: This strategy is directed at commercial creative businesses who compete globally in the tradable services sector and make an important contribution to modern economies. Outline: The strategy for the creative industries in Wales aims to: Support and encourage those Wales-based creative businesses that can make a significant contribution to the economy in Wales. […]

Date: May 2003 In 2002 Bloc commissioned two major pieces of research. These reports are:A Survey of New Media & Visual Art in Wales, Dr Justin Marshall, January 2003A Review of New Media Art in Wales, Eddie Berg, May 2003 Outline: Bloc commissioned this research because it needed, as an organisation, to identify what provisions were […]

Date: Training Workshop: Thurs 1st and Friday 2nd Sept. (All applicants for the training workshop must be available for an Internship between Thursday 27th and Sunday 30th October ´ please see details on INTERNSHIP in Can You See Me Now? See download for further information). Deadline for application: Midday, Thursday 28th July 2005.Venue:National Museum and Gallery […]