BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:257@siliconbrighton.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220119T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220203T123000 DTSTAMP:20221216T072424Z URL:https://siliconbrighton.com/events/abcd-igniter-does-brighton-dare/ SUMMARY:ABCD Igniter: Does Brighton Dare? DESCRIPTION:A 2-hour interactive webinar on the appetite for creative risk in a region like Greater Brighton.\nAbout this event\n\nProvocative ‘lig htning talks’ from high profile figures about Greater Brighton as an inc ubator for creativity and innovation\, the ‘superfusion’ model of art and tech\, and questioning whether the current investment of time\, money\ , training\, and will\, is ambitious enough.\nAn opportunity section\, hig hlighting routes to R&\;D\, innovation funding and cross-sector collabo ration available right now.\n\nSpeakers\nBonnie Greer OBE - award winning playwright\, author and critic\nAlex Barker - CEO/Captain\, Be More Pirat e\nEmily Berwyn - Director &\; Founder\, Meanwhile Space\nHelen Jewell - Programmer\, The Old Market\nClick here for speaker bios\n \;\nAgen da\nEach speaker session will include a 5 minute Q&\;A.\n12:30 – 12:4 0: Introduction to Igniter Events – Richard Freeman\, CEO\, always poss ible\n12:40 – 13:00: Alex Barker\, CEO/Captain\, Be More Pirate\nHow to be more Pirate\; Alex will test us on going to the edges of our map to cu ltivate the courage and curiosity that’s needed to navigate uncertainty\ , and pioneer ground-breaking new ideas. It’s time to break some rules.\ n13:00 – 13:20: Helen Jewell\, Arts Programmer and Producer\, The Old M arket\nHelen will offer a venues perspective on effects of the pandemic on independent venues\, how they negotiated the constant changes and restric tions and how important these venues are to the creative nature of the cit y\, bringing people together and reminding us of our essential shared huma nity.\n13:20 – 13:40: Emily Berwyn\, Executive Director\, Meanwhile Spa ce\nEmily will outline how\, through Meanwhile Space\, local authorities\, developers and others can work together to help bring creative uses to va cant spaces. And how to make these ambitious and impactful in order to ret ain B&\;H’s\n13:40 – 14:00: Bonnie Greer OBE\, award winning playw right\, author and critic\nBonnie will share her thoughts on how individua ls can achieve their best\, encouraging creativity\, freedom of expression and mutual respect.\n14:00 – 14:25: Panel discussion and audience Q&am p\;A\n14:25- 14:30: Closing remarks and close\n \;\nAbout the Igniter event series\nIgniter events to reimagine how the creative sector can eme rge from the pandemic stronger\, more connected and more resilient. Brand new. Open-hearted. Brave. Bold and Inspiring.\nPart of the ABCD plan for c ultural recovery in Greater Brighton\, these free sessions shout loudly ho w creative businesses are at the forefront of the city's recovery.\nIntern ational\, national and local guest speakers will provoke ideas\, suggest n ew ways of working and invite you to re-energise collaborations.\nThe Igni ter programme is a series of 4 online webinars:\n\nDoes Brighton dare...?\ nA New Resilience for Greater Brighton\nCompassionate\, creative.... and c ommercial?\nClusters\, Communities + Co-working Spaces\n\nThe pandemic has shown how vulnerable the creative sector can be\, but also how critical f or wellbeing\, understanding and belonging. How can we be better prepared for a future crisis? What strengths can we keep building on?\nIgniter is a n opportunity for you to be heard\, to learn\, to challenge and be inspire d - empowered by Brighton’s radical heart.\nBook your ticket here.  CATEGORIES:Silicon Brighton Event LOCATION:\, \, X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TI TLE=:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211031T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR