Events: BBC commissions for CBBC and CBeebies, Crossover Labs and Creative Networks

A few more events coming up this month.

Firstly, The BBC is seeking new relationships with companies to fulfill at least 4 commissions for CBBC and CBeebies in 2010/2011. @North is a pilot programme for TV independents or digital creatives and companies interested in working with children's commissioners and the Future Media department, to develop new interactive content. There will be two events held in the region, where you'll have the opportunity to meet the BBC and ask questions about the project.

8th January, 10.00 am - 12.00pm: Leeds, Round Foundry Media Centre
11th January, 10.00 am - 12.00pm: Sheffield, Electric Works

Register to attend

Find out more about @North

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Secondly, Crossover Business Labs - Introduction Seminars: 11th - 14th January

Crossover Labs has been designed to assist companies position themselves for creative and commercial growth in the converging digital economy. The objectives of the programme are:

- to work with business leaders to share an understanding of the characteristics of the market and the opportunities available;
- to help companies develop the skills, capabilities and assets required to do business effectively in the converging digital marketplace;
- to foster collaboration between companies within and across the regions.

Each workshop will take place at 6:00pm in two venues simultaneously, connected using NorthernNet's video conferencing infrastructure. The seminar programme will be on the following dates, each one linking two venues.

Event details and registration

Find out more about Crossover

The Crossover Business Labs programme is supported by the Channel 4, BBC, North West Vision and Media, Screen North East, Screen Yorkshire, Skillset and NorthernNet.

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Finally, Creative Networks is on 28th January this month.

Creative Networks is proud to announce that its first speaker for 2010 is the internationally acclaimed, Martin Parr.

Martin Parr is probably one of the most influential living British Photographers still working today. With over fifty books and countless exhibitions, Parr is known for his lurid and sometimes shocking use of colour in photography and his satirical witty approach to documentary photography leaves the viewer not sure whether to laugh or cry.

His three recurrent themes are leisure activities, consumption and communication, which he uses to denounce consumer society, wastefulness, vulgarity, mass tourism, fashion and the often worrying narrowness of everyday life. He captures the laughable, the grotesque, and the unacceptable. We laugh, we giggle, we howl with laughter - the image of society that the artist holds up to us puts our moral failings and the absurdity of our everyday lives into sharp relief.

In true Parr humour, the audience will be invited on the evening to vote on which presentation they would most like to hear; 'Parrworld', or 'Martin Parr - the story so far'.

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Leeds College of Art
Blenheim Walk, Leeds, LS2 9AQ
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18.00 - 19.00 Hot Food and Registration
19.00 - 19.30 Welcome and opening pitches
19.30 - 20.30 Martin Parr
20.30 till late Networking in the Mosaic Bar

This event is free to creative, digital and cultural industry professionals.
If you would like to join us, please contact Creative Networks on 01422 399444 or email Bridget March at bridgetm@leeds-art.ac.uk.