Partners

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® , owner and producer of the International CES(R), the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, has launched a UK-focused press conference, CES Unveiled @ London, as part of the pre-International CES(R) programme that includes Unveiled press events in New York and Las Vegas. 

The event on the 17th November 2011 ~ 3.00 -7.00 pm at the Inmarset Conference Centre, will include an exclusive table-top exhibition giving companies the opportunity to present products to the press prior to Christmas.

CES Unveiled@London will be held in partnership with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) at the end of TechWorld.

For further information about exhibiting or attending CES Unveiled@London please contact Becky Maurice-Cohen on 01442 202663 or Madalene Whitson on 01442 202664 or to register for the event go to  http://www.cesweb.org/press/events/default.asp

The ICT Knowledge Transfer Network (ICT KTN) was established by an industry-led group of key players in the sector. It is funded by the Technology Strategy Board, which is an executive non departmental public body (NDPB), established by the UK Government in 2007 and sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The ICT KTN facilitates knowledge exchange within the ICT segment and adjacent sectors, acting as a catalyst to accelerating innovation. Visit www.ictktn.org.uk for more information.

The NanoKTN is one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for micro and nanotechnologies. 

The NanoKTN supports the exploitation and commercialisation of Micro and Nanotechnologies (MNT) by informing, facilitating innovation and encouraging collaborations between suppliers and users.
 
The activities of the NanoKTN are divided into themes as follows:
·     Healthcare & Life Sciences
·     ICT-Hardware
·     Engineering Applications
·     Chemical & Consumer Products
·     Metrology, Instrumentation & Standards
 
Membership to the NanoKTN is free of charge. For further information on the NanoKTN and to register, please visit: www.nanoktn.com.

UK India Business Council is the premier business-led organisation promoting bilateral trade and investment between the two countries. Our mission is to facilitate an increase in trade between the UK and India through business to business dialogue.

UKIBC plays an influential role in creating and sustaining an environment in which free-trade and investment flourishes. Through the facilitation of partnerships, and with an extensive network of influential corporate and individual members, UKIBC provides the resource, knowledge and infrastructure support vital for UK companies to make the most of emerging opportunities in India.

Mission
Our mission is to facilitate an increase in trade between the UK and India through business to business dialogue.

Vision
The Indian economy is expected to double within the next 10 years. UK – India trade flows should aim to at least increase by the same amount over the same period. 

Media Partners

AOP - Helping media owners build better digital businesses

The UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP) is an industry body representing digital publishing companies that create original, branded, quality content. AOP champions the interests of media owners from diverse backgrounds including newspaper and magazine publishing, TV and radio broadcasting, and pure online media.

Formed in 2002, AOP publishes original research, hosts forums, awards and conferences, covering a range of topics from managing online communities and adapting content for mobile, through to optimising partnership opportunities, SEO best practice, behavioural targeting and audience measurement.

BIMA (the British Interactive Media Association) has represented the diverse interests of the British digital industry for 25 years. With offices in England, Scotland, Wales and with our regional representatives spread across the country BIMA exists to do three key things...

• Support and promote the British digital industry
• Share knowledge and best practice
• Reward great work and encourage the next generation

If you are involved in digital, you can benefit from being a BIMA member.

Chinwag is the UK’s leading community for digital media and marketing professionals, supporting the sector’s growth through blogs, forums, live events, trade missions and a recruitment website. Founded in 1996, it now reaches 35,000 people in the UK and overseas.

Chinwag also runs Social Media Week London, a week-long festival with 110 events focused on social media and its impact and the Digital Mission series, helping UK firms to understand the opportunities and challenges of overseas markets.

The firm also provides consultancy services ranging from digital and social media strategy, through to collaborative working practices and event design.

For more informaiton visit: http://chinwag.com

Connect-World publishes editions for each of the world's major regions: Asia-Pacific, EMEA, AME, Europe, India, Latin America, North America, and Global.

Our writers are the people who know the ICT sector best: the leaders of industry, governments, international organisations, legal experts and bankers.

Over 22,000 copies of each edition of Connect-World is delivered to the desks of the top decision-makers of leading international companies, telecom ministries, regulatory agencies, carriers, service providers, equipment manufacturers, satellite companies and others.

Each edition of the magazine is distributed to a further 48,000 readers digitally.

Connect-World is also a major sponsor of leading trade shows globally and regionally. 

• Access to the brightest minds and thought leaders
• Networking with your peers and like-minded professionals
• Latest products and services from leading suppliers
• Case Studies, workshops and in depth tutorials
• Comprehensive understanding of trends, futures and research

Your data is your most valuable asset – Attend Data Driven Business Week and immerse yourself in the world of driving businesses with analytics.

ecoConnect is the UK’s cleantech business association, connections hub and “voice of the industry”, focussing on business support, investment, policy, jobs and skills. We unify action from leadership in cleantech businesses, corporate users, investment providers and policy makers to increase the pace of green technology adoption.

Our cleantech register includes over 16,000 businesses and executives; over 2500 are active in our online communites.

Environmental Finance is a monthly magazine covering the ever-increasing impact of environmental issues on the lending, insurance, investment and trading decisions affecting industry. It is the only global publication dedicated to this fast-changing area. Every month in Environmental Finance leading industry specialists and an experienced team of journalists provide timely and incisive news and analysis on a broad range of environmental issues including renewable energy finance, emissions markets, "green" investments and weather risk management. 

The magazine also features a data file of key prices, deals, and indexes, as well as profiles of companies and individuals, the latest people moves, and news and analysis of the biggest environmental stories affecting finance professionals. Subscribers include environmental specialists from financial institutions including banks, re/insurance companies, brokerages and exchanges; senior management and environment managers from leading corporations particularly those in the energy-intensive or weather-sensitive industries; policy makers from governments and NGOs worldwide; consultants, lawyers and academics. 

Hatch Events is a dynamic events management company working with clients to develop new and existing events from exhibitions, conferences, launches and seminars to training programme. We work very closely with clients who are committed to the advancement of the Creative, Digital and Cultural Industries in Africa. www.hatchevents.com

With so many technology websites out there, finding the IT information you need is a demanding and time consuming task. Let us do the hard work for you. ITProPortal brings together the latest news, analysis, research and advice from top technology websites together on one central site.
 

Our 120,000 articles are all categorised into dedicated information channels. So, whether you are an IT director or Linux developer, you can find the relevant information you need quickly. Visit us at http://www.itproportal.com/

The Nanotechnology Industries Association, NIA, is the sector-independent, responsible voice for the industrial nanotechnologies supply chains. The NIA supports the ongoing innovation and commercialisation of the next generation of technologies and promotes their safe and reliable advancement. The nanotechnology industries are made up of many varied companies all at different stages of their life cycle and with a variety of interests in the huge range of technologies that derive their benefit from the nanoscale.

NMK is a learning and business information hub for companies and individuals working in UK digital media.

NMK runs a website packed with articles, commentary and white papers. In turn, we produce a programme of topical and high-level events and courses, perennially well received due to the extensive research NMK undertakes to provide the broadest and most relevant perspectives. All events are offered at minimal cost to delegates to provide an accessible mix of knowledge and experience sharing combined with networking opportunities.

NMK actively encourages suggestions, feedback and requests from its audiences. Our not-for profit status means we are impartial and objective. Input from delegates, companies and industry bodies shapes the courses, events and online debate. NMK exists purely as a resource for the industry.
 

Quadriga Consulting has been providing marketing consulting services to international technology companies since 2002. Our clients tend to be sector defining companies – with a commitment to thought leadership in their sectors. We help our clients to convey market understanding, clearly and concisely.  We develop and provide market-aware content - web content and product collateral, white papers, corporate blogs and rich media content – based on research work we conduct. We have also produced, moderated or supported international live-streamed thought leadership conferences and discussion panels such as Mobile Cloud Summit ( www.mobilecloudsummit.com ).  We make extensive use of the latest Web and broadcasting tools to socialise content.  For further information visit www.quadco.co.uk
 

ReadWriteWeb is one of the most popular technology blogs in the world, known for offering insightful analysis about each day's Internet industry news.

ReadWriteWeb was founded on April 20, 2003, by Richard MacManus and is now one of the most widely read and respected blogs in the world. Our readers are smart, tech savvy, engaged, decision makers; 46% have "significant input" or "make final information technology purchase decisions." As one advertiser put it, "The real users of the Web read ReadWriteWeb."
 

Recharge is the quality global news source for the entire renewables industry. From wind, solar and hydro to wave & tidal, biomass and geothermal. It combines all key sectors in one highly respected news source. A weekly paper coupled with live online news generated from our team of 14 dedicated reporters keeps readers briefed on the headlines and the events that make them.  The focus is on business, technology, policy and the key players across all the main areas of renewables.  The daring news content is supported by regular features and profiles offering an inside view of the issues and people that make a difference in the industry.  In short, the combination of Recharge and Rechargenews.com creates a news source of record for one of the world's most exciting industries.

Smarta.com offers free advice and tools for anyone running their own business. Created by business people for business people, Smarta.com lets you share experiences with thousands of other small business owners and actually *do* business. Smarta have also recently launched Smarta Business Builder (Smarta.com/businessbuilder), the ultimate toolkit to make your business better. It takes the best small business technologies and pulls them into one easy-to-use dashboard giving you easy access to the tools you need to start and run your business, wherever you are.

At Social Media Directors, our goal is simply to help businesses, large and small, to understand what social media can offer them as part of their business development, marketing and customer service activities, and then work with them to achieve that through training, consultancy and knowledge transfer as required.

We view social media as the natural progression of the online marketing world as it tries to copy the way that we interact in everyday life as we go about our business or personal lives – that is we share information, ask for advice or recommendation and generally talk to each other.

Startups.co.uk offers free small business advice for small business owners, start-ups and entrepreneurs. Launched in 2000 by a successful entrepreneur, Startups provides unrivalled content for other budding entrepreneurs by helping them realise their business idea and run a successful small business.  From raising finance and finding funding for a small business to getting found on Google, there are practical articles, tools and advice on how to run a successful business whatever the budget, plus the latest business start-up news and inspirational interviews with UK entrepreneurs. Startups.co.uk also celebrates the UK’s best start-up businesses with the Startups Awards and boasts a lively forum where people can get expert advice and exchange ideas with like-minded people.
 

Women in Technology

womenintechnology.co.uk is an organisation committed to helping women build successful and satisfying careers in the technology profession and since our launch in 2005 we have grown into a network of nearly 7,000 individuals. Our strategic aim is to increase the number of women working and achieving in the UK’s technology profession which we do by providing relevant networking opportunities and holding events that will support our members in building the highly successful and satisfying IT career they’ve always wanted.

We work with companies to put diversity at the forefront of their recruitment and employment policies, in part by helping them recruit more female technologists. We provide a complete recruitment service, offer a dedicated online IT job board, regularly host and co-host networking events, run personal development and career-orientated training courses and provide in-depth information about key matters affecting the IT industry and the people who work within it.

To find out more, check out our website www.womenintechnology.co.uk, follow us on Twitter @womenintech or @womenintechjobs, join our LinkedIn group ‘Women in Technology UK’ or become a fan of our Facebook page ‘Women in Technology’ 

We're immensely proud of the fact that our website is the UK‘s leading marketing website dedicated to client-side marketers, with 140,000 unique monthly users, and rising. And that's why you’ll find a much broader and insightful range of content than in the traditional trade press. We're also renowned for our unique digital and marketing training programs that we create in the UK and overseas for leading agencies and clients. Fact is, as acknowledged leaders, we train hundreds of marketers all around the world every month. We think globally but act personally. It's just our way.

WebCertain is an international web marketing agency, with a truly global footprint. It is one of the only agencies to focus solely on international projects and brings together native speakers from around the world to provide a centralised hub for clients. WebCertain’s team of search, social media and localization specialists covers over 40 languages in-house and works with both agencies and direct clients across a range of sectors. WebCertain also runs the International Search Summit, a conference dedicated to international search and social media marketing which runs across Europe and the US. WebCertain CEO Andy Atkins-Krüger contributes regularly to conferences and columns on multilingual search topics, and is managing editor of www.multilingual-search.com .

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