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London Digital Week (LDW) today announced a raft of events that will form the inaugural week, which is taking place between 21st and 27th September. LDW will feature a wide range of events in the form of a week of conferences, workshops, meet-ups, presentations, networking, parties and exhibitions bringing together the digital-orientated industries. From the Digital Architecture Conference to an Inter-Agency Ping Pong Tournament, to She Says and the largest This Happened gathering to date. As an umbrella event, LDW invites anyone who wishes to include their existing event as part of London Digital Week 09, or is interested in creating an event specifically for the Week, to contact LDW via the website.

Laura Jordan Bambach, LDW vice-president, executive creative director of LBi and She Says cofounder, said: “London Digital Week is such an important development for the UK Digital industry that it is astonishing that it doesn’t already exist. LDW will provide a focal point in the calendar that will not only extend the reach of established events, such as This Happened and She Says, but it will also give vital support, both practical and promotional, for new events to take wing.”

Events include

The eighth and largest This Happened will take place at 1900, 25th September, Shoreditch Town Hall, the latest in a series of talks that focus on the story behind interaction design. The purpose of the evening is to explore current projects, and how the concepts and production process behind them can inform future work. Past talks and more information can be viewed online at www.thishappened.org.

Studio Output presents Glug which is taking place at the Queen of Hoxton on 24th September from 18:00 til late. Aimed at designers, creatives, clients and friends, Glug is for us, for everyone we know and everyone they know. If you are tired of boring networking events, Glug was set up to help you meet people and have a few beers at the same time. www.gluglondon.co.uk.

Mint Digital will be running 2Screen at 18:30 on the 24th September at Hoxton Hall, which will examine how television and web can work together. Speakers at this event will include Adam Gee, Channel 4, who will talk about Surgery Live, and Gerred Blythe, managing director, Lighthouse Experience who will reveal what goes on in two screen households. Please visit www.2-screen.com for more information.

She Says is aimed at addressing the male to female ratio that exists in the creative departments of most digital agencies. Taking place on 19:00 on the 23rd September, She Says looks to introduce females starting out in the digital field to industry experts who can tell them everything they want to know about advertising, where to look for info and offer one to one mentorship, all in a relaxed and friendly environment. For more information, visit www.shesays.org.uk.

Tent Digital runs from the 24th – 27th of September at the Truman Brewery. A new exhibition within the architecture and interior design event Tent London, it showcases and celebrating the best of environmental digital and digitally-enabled design. Whether you’re a media/digital brand, digital agency or an interaction designer, Tent Digital caters for you; www.tentlondon.co.uk.

Text / gallery is curating Words Converge, a digital poetry installation featuring poems from young poets across the world. Taking place over two floors of Kings Place, the installation will encourage visitors to engage with poetry off the printed page. textgallery.info.

On the 24th of September Protein will be holding the Protein Academy which takes you back to the classroom for the best day of school you never had, including: hands-on workshops, good food, inspiring talks, satchels, interesting people, milk breaks, international teachers, parties, bike sheds and more; www.proteinos.com.

UCL Lecturer and Interaction Designer Ruairi Glynn is holding the Digital Architecture London Conference on the 21st of September at The Building Centre, presenting a selection of London’s leading architects, artists, designers and engineers. The conference will examine how London is shaping the digital future of the built environment; www.digital-architecture.org/london/. The event also features the Digital Hinterlands exhibition from the 8th September to 2nd Oct at the Arup Phase 2 Gallery, supported by and showcasing the finest digital design and research from UCL, Westminster, The AA and the RCA over the past three years.

i-Design on the 24th September at The Old Cinema at the University of Westminster is an essential one day conference and showcase for anyone with an interest or passion for interactive design and the digital arts. The programme aims to inspire, entertain and explore how our digital future looks set to unfold and the central role interactive design will take in our cultural, work and social life; www.idesignlondon.com.

Further event highlights with details pending include ones from trends-specialists Contagious (www.contagiousmagazine.com), gaming exponents Pixel-Lab (www.pixel-lab.co.uk) and moving image proponents Film Friends Forever (www.filmfriendsforever.com).

About London Digital Week
2009 marks the beginning of this annual festival, a full programme of conferences, workshops, networking, awards and exhibitions bringing together local and global industry leaders to celebrate the talented innovators, thinkers and doers who have helped to put London firmly on the digital map. The events aim to further the understanding of digital, to share knowledge within the industry and to showcase the best work of companies in London and the UK to the rest of the world.
For more information please contact;

Kerry Gaffney at Porter Novelli
+44(0)20 7853 2248 / +44(0)7720 277169
kerry.gaffney@porternovelli.co.uk