LIVE: Setting Up March DigitalSurrey
We have just arrived at the University of Surrey to set up for the March DigitalSurrey! We’re very much looking forward to hearing our speaker, Richard Bartle, discuss the future of virtual worlds at tonight’s event. We’d also like to thank Martin Stillman from Venture Strategy Partnership for sponsoring this event, Cameron Wilson from Surrey Enterprise for organising the venue Guy Stephens for putting the community in touch with tonight’s speaker!We hope you enjoy March’s event and don’t forget to use the hashtag...
Read MoreDigitalSurrey March 2012
After a brief break in February, DigitalSurrey looks forward to joining Dr Richard Bartle’s exploration of the virtual world. We urge you to be there in person to listen to Richard’s views on the future of virtual worlds and their design; as a leader and award winning writer and researcher in this field there can be no better person qualified to help us understand the virtual outlook. Once again we will be hosted by the University of Surrey. This time sponsorship has kindly been provided by Venture Strategy Partnership limited: mentoring talented leaders turning good intentions into...
Read MoreLIVE: DigitalSurrey January Closes
On behalf of everyone who attended January’s DigitalSurrey we want to say a big thank you to Gavin Stephens, Surrey’s Chief Superintendent for Neighbourhoods who gave a fantastic presentation tonight – it was expertly insightful and throuroughly enjoyable. We also want to offer our appreciation to the University of Surrey who are hosted tonight’s event, with kind sponsorship from the Open Digital Policy Organisation. Don’t forget, DigitalSurrey is your community so if you have any ideas of great venues, speakers or even topics – do get in touch and let us...
Read MoreLIVE: @MultiZone & Mobile Apps
A big welcome to Angus Fox, Director of Multizone Limited who is the brains behind the new Surrey policing app. Angus has 25 years experience of software product management and marketing worldwide at HP, BT, Microsoft, Lotus and Oracle and numerous startups and corporate clients. The app has been developed with the help of the Surrey Police force, and uses only open public data as part of the UK Government ‘trailblazer’ project for new technology to provide better visibility into the activities of the UK Police. What does the app do? Connect with England’s Surrey Police...
Read MoreLIVE: Community, Policing and Digital
With digital communication on the up, it was only a matter of time before the police got involved. Surrey’s Chief Superintendent for Neighbourhoods, Gavin Stephens, discusses how Surrey Police are about to start using a mobile app to connect with residents in the county of Surrey. £213m is spent on Surrey’s policing which is considerable, especially when it comes to the matter of delivering what matters to the residents of Surrey, vs. hitting Westminster targets. In order to make policing more cost-effective Gavin explains how new methods of communication such as an app for...
Read MoreLIVE: January’s DigitalSurrey!
With the New Year well and truly behind us, the first DigitalSurrey of 2012 is about to take off! Firstly, a big welcome to Surrey’s Chief Superintendent for Neighbourhoods, Gavin Stephens, who will be discussing Surrey Police’s use of digital. In particular, Gavin will be talking about the commissioning and deployment of the Surrey Police App, an iPhone (and soon arriving on Android) application that connects residents to their neighbourhood police teams. We will also be joined by the Surrey Police app developer, Angus Fox, Director of social collaboration software firm Multizone. Gavin...
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