Following our first packed-house event, Blue Moon is returning bigger and better! Join us for an evening on the red carpet to watch films from some of the South West’s most promising rising talent on Bristol’s largest screen, Bristol Aquarium’s 19x15m former IMAX cinema!
This is a free of charge event, open to all!
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What is Virtual Production?
Given the recent increase of interest in Virtual Production it has led to some confusion on what it is and what you can do with it.
In this panel discussion we will speak with some fantastic panelists at the cutting edge of Virtual Production and hear about their own work exploring this new technology. They will discuss what is virtual production, the benefits and challenges of this exciting innovation, the impact on the TV and Film industry and its growing use and relevance for the creative industries.
Panelists include:
Joanna Alpe – CCO MARS Volume and Head of Academic Strategy at MARS Academy
Charlotte Crosse – Executive Producer & Talent Manager at Humble Bee
Rob Wilcox – Producer Director at Humble Bee
Paul Silcox – VFX Director at Lux Aeterna
Chaired by Elana Campbell, MyWorld’s Studio Manager. After the panel discussion, we will introduce our two new WECA funded Skills Bootcamps in Virtual Production.
Skills Bootcamps:
These are a fully-funded (free of charge subject to eligibility requirements) opportunity for those working in the creative industries (or looking to do so) to gain valuable new skills in Virtual Production and further their career development by accessing industry relevant training.
The Skills Bootcamps will be delivered in partnership with leading virtual production trainer MARS Academy,and specialist talent development organisation Gritty Talent. Additional partners include Rob Brooks, Accredited Unreal Engine trainer (for the Skills Bootcamp Virtual Production with Unreal) and Sony (for Skills Bootcamp in Virtual Production with Sony VENICE 2)
Learners can apply for the following Skills Bootcamps:
Skills Bootcamp Virtual Production with Unreal -100 hours
Skills Bootcamp in Virtual Production with Sony VENICE 2 – 60 hours
The Skills Bootcamps will be open for application on 23 September until 09:00 Weds 23 October.
This MyWorld Virtual Production event takes place in person at Watershed and will also be streamed online. For those planning to attend in person please see accessibility information for Watershed.
As part of our membership network, we have 300 freelancers working within the creative industries. Life can sometimes feel a bit lonely as a freelancer so a networking event like this is an opportunity to meet others in the same position. This event was very popular throughout 2023 and we are delighted to make it a permanent feature in our events programme. It’s the perfect chance to catch up with old friends and meet plenty of new faces too!
This event is open to freelancers as well as anyone who regularly engages with freelancers. It will allow you to widen networks, make new connections, discuss common problems, and discover potential opportunities for collaboration going forward. You’ll be sure to head home with a new contact.
The drinks will be held in the lower deck at The Square Club on Berkeley Square. We’ll have a private bar to purchase drinks, plus the food menu will be available if anyone fancies something to eat.
Tickets for BCI members are FREE and include a drinks token for the bar. Tickets for non-members are £5 +VAT.
If you’re not yet a member of Bristol Creative Industries and would like to take advantage of this event, you can sign up here. You can also read about the membership perks here.
Click below to register your place!
#CRO #Experimentation #UserResearch #Analytics #ABTesting
💫 Sponsored by Creative CX 💫
💥In association with Experimentation Elite 💥
📍Venue kindly provided by Atomic Smash and TCN UK📍
OCTOBER’S TOPIC… “Understanding your audience”.
Come and join us to ask questions and share your own experiences.
5.00-5.30: ARRIVE
5.30: KICK OFF
5:40: TALK 1: We’ll have a talk from Dr Hannah Tickle, the Experimentation Team Lead at Trainline. She’ll explain how Trainline use Data and Experimentation to better understand their audience and deliver an improved digital experience.
5:55: TALK 2: Georgiana Hunter-Cozens , Senior Strategist from the Creative CX team will explain why she thinks it’s important to think “audience first” to uncover more insight and achieve better results, rather than thinking “problem-first”.
6:10: DISCUSSION: Chance to ask questions and share your own stories & tips. Please come prepared to share.
6:20: 60 SECOND SHOUT OUTS: Your opportunity for an announcement. Recruiting? Event coming up? Help needed? Selling something? Shout about it.
6:30-7: DRINKS, PIZZA AND CONVERSION CHATS
7: Home? Drink? Paddle Boarding? Poker?
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SPONSORS: The Pizza and Drinks in May will be kindly paid for by Creative CX who are is a specialist Experimentation & UX Consultancy based in Central London. They were founded in 2017 with a clear mission to help businesses and organisations of all shapes and sizes become amazing at digital experimentation and optimising customer experiences.
HOW MUCH DOES A TICKET COST? Most tickets are £5. Our sponsors kindly paying for the food & drink, but this £5 is a small additional contribution. Any money left over after each event is donated to a Bristol based charity (previously Frank Water). We do however have a FREE ticket option for those who are unable to pay the £5 (we won’t ask questions, we trust you to choose accordingly).
WHAT’S THE VENUE? TCNUK very kindly allow us to use the break out space at their shared office space in Temple Studios, Bristol. They “provide creative places for curious minds. TCN transforms unloved buildings into surprising places that help businesses thrive. For one-person brands or established companies, our flexible workspaces and communities bring people together to do great things.” Find out more at https://www.tcnuk.co.uk/
WHERE IS IT? [what3words: ///tile.lawn.saints] Atomic Smash are our hosts, right next to Bristol Temple Meads Train Station (First Floor, Temple Studios, Unit 1.15, Bristol, BS1 6QA). See map below. Come up the stairs on the outside of the building to the first floor and someone will let you in. Or, you can use the lift which is inside the big “double garage” style opening – reception can let you know the access code.
CAN I PARK NEARBY? Free parking: There are a few spaces available for free parking (spaces #82-88) for up to 4 hours. Visitors must register using the tablet in the Temple Studios kitchen. Paid parking: Spaces 1-28 (along the Temple Meads approach ramp) can be booked via RingGo. Cost is c. £7.50.
IS THE MEETUP OPEN TO ANYONE? Yes. We want to make the meetup as welcoming as we can and we have some lovely feedback from people who say that they always feel welcome and comfortable. INCLUSIVITY is important to us, so if you’re interested in Websites, Digital Marketing, Conversion Optimisation, Analytics, UX and more, we really want you to feel able to attend. We’d love any feedback or questions to help make it as inclusive, welcoming and accessible an event as possible. If you have any questions at all, call or WhatsApp Ryan on 07811 3514242.
CAN I HELP? Yes! We’re always open to new people VOLUNTEERING. We have a small group of volunteers who help (meeting & greeting, ordering the pizza, sharing invites, hunting down sponsors etc) but we welcome any new volunteers who’d like to join the CONVERT gang to support future Meetups. Have a “no obligation” chat with Ryan 😁.
These sessions have been running over the past year and delivered by Rebecca Steer, an award winning business lawyer, long-time advisor to tech and creative digital businesses and friend of BCI. Rebecca has a supportive and pragmatic style and these private sessions will enable you to ask any business or legal queries, which might relate to contracts, liability, data privacy, employment, IPR or anything in between.
These sessions are available to all BCI members FREE OF CHARGE, and are delivered in collaboration with Charles Russell Speechlys.
Other available dates:
If you’re not yet a member of Bristol Creative Industries and would like to take advantage of this member-only opportunity, you can sign up here. You can also read about the membership perks here.
These sessions have been running over the past year and delivered by Rebecca Steer, an award winning business lawyer, long-time advisor to tech and creative digital businesses and friend of BCI. Rebecca has a supportive and pragmatic style and these private sessions will enable you to ask any business or legal queries, which might relate to contracts, liability, data privacy, employment, IPR or anything in between.
These sessions are available to all BCI members FREE OF CHARGE, and are delivered in collaboration with Charles Russell Speechlys.
Other available dates:
If you’re not yet a member of Bristol Creative Industries and would like to take advantage of this member-only opportunity, you can sign up here. You can also read about the membership perks here.
On Sept 17th, 1963, Raghbir Singh became the first Person of Colour to work as a Bus Conductor following the Bristol Bus Boycott victory. As part of our Talks4Change series of events, to honour his bravery, CIPD and Curiosity UnLtd presents Race & Diversity in the Workplace. On Sept 17th, join Asher Craig, Bristol’s first Black Deputy Mayor, and the Bristol Bus Boycott pioneers, for an evening of inspiring talks, networking and good food.
Talks4Change: Race & Diversity in the Workplace is from 5.30 – 8.30 pm. CIPD members can attend for free, while non-members can purchase tickets for £10.
Limited tickets are available, so be sure to book yours and find more information at https://shorturl.at/rcaSg or email [email protected]
Local freelance journalist Dan Martin hosts the latest Enterprise Nation meet-up for small business owners in Bristol and surrounding areas.
Come along to learn new skills, discover opportunities, discuss challenges, be inspired and make a group of local business friends.
Attend the free meet-up with a business challenge or need in mind and the friendly group of fellow founders will help you solve it.
This in-person event takes place at Art Club, a small business department store, cafe and event space. Free drinks will be provided!
Developing your existing clients is a key factor in maintaining a healthy pipeline and growing your business. But if often gets over-looked in favour of chasing new clients. In our last session we set the scene – in this second session we’ll get into the detail. This session with Jill Marshall will cover:
• How to create a client development plan
• Approaches to stay front of mind
• Making it happen
This sessions is designed to provide guidance for anyone, at any level, who is involved in developing long-term client relationships – this is not just for Client Service teams! Strategists and creatives can play an important role too, so please join us.
About Jill
Jill Marshall has almost 40 years’ experience working in marketing and brand design. Jill spent 35 years working in London-based agencies, including 10 years at Design Bridge and 11 years as Managing Director of Bloom. She relocated to the South West 6 years ago and now focuses her time helping agencies and individuals in the creative sector. Her key areas of expertise are client development, talent management, mentoring and process optimisation.
> See Jill’s BCI member profile
> Connect with Jill on LinkedIn
These Wake Up Call sessions are exclusively for BCI members – register your free place below!
If you’re not yet a member of Bristol Creative Industries and would like to take advantage of this member-only event, you can sign up here. You can also read about the membership perks here.
These sessions take place every other Friday morning from 8.30-9am, for the BCI community to share their pearls of wisdom with one another. The half hour webinars will involve a 15 minute presentation followed by a 10 minute facilitated Q&A, with introductions from the BCI team.
Our community is full of such amazing talent so we’re giving members the stage to talk about things that excite them so they can inspire their peers. The sessions will be a mix of expert tips and tricks and case studies – the perfect opportunity to learn something new before the week is out.
Our usual online format is an interactive ‘meeting’ but for this series we’re running webinars so that it’s easy to listen in while prepping for the day ahead or while having your breakfast! Cameras and mics will be off but you can ask your questions through the chat box or submit them beforehand.
Please get in touch with Sian if you’re interested in speaking at a future session.
Stephen Page, Chair of Faber & Faber, will draw on more than 20 years leading, chairing and being a board member of creative and cultural organisations to examine key aspects of leadership at all levels in the creative sector.
Focusing on three areas, he will consider:
Attendees can expect to hear stories from the frontline of the creative sector through the last three decades, and to come away with practical ways to think about challenges associated with leading within businesses in the fast-moving creative and cultural sector. They should leave clearer about applying some of Stephen’s experience to their own businesses, and to their day-to-day challenges.
Stephen will also allow good time for questions, and will be open to talking about any other aspects that delegates wish to discuss.
Who is it for?
About Stephen
Stephen grew up near Birmingham, and has worked in Publishing for thirty years, the last twenty as CEO, now Chair, of Faber & Faber, among the world’s leading independent literary publishers, during which time he became President of the Publishers Association in 2007/8. He was a Non-Executive Director of Bloomsbury Publishing between 2013-17, a member of the Clore Leadership Board between 2017 and 2021, and in 2020 he became Chair of Creative Access, a social enterprise working to make the creative industry’s workforce representative of UK society. He represents the Creative and Cultural sectors to the UK Government, mainly through sitting on the Creative Industries Council where he chairs the Workforce Working Group. In 2021 Stephen set up his own Executive Coaching practice, and now works across many sectors as a coach and mentor. He is a Visiting Lecturer at City, University of London, and is also an amateur drummer in a variety of bands. He received an OBE for services to publishing in 2021. (Photography credit: Images © Anna McCarthy Photography www.annamccarthy.com)
Tickets
> BCI member tickets are £15+VAT.
> Non-member tickets are £30+VAT.
When purchasing 4 tickets or more, use the code SAVE15 to receive a 15% discount on your booking
This keynote will be hosted on Zoom and the link will be provided the day before the event.
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