b.TWEEN coming to the city

The internationally renowned b.TWEEN forum is coming to Manchester for the first time later this month and bringing with it the chance for one great technology idea to pick up a £10,000 prize.
The knowledge-sharing event kicks at the Manchester Art Gallery on Moseley Street on Wednesday 18th June from 7pm when pitches developed through the innovative Exploding Narrative project developed with HP Labs will be revealed.
Then, throughout the following three days of the event, the public can vote for their favourite Exploding Narrative, online or via SMS.
These short punchy pitches will propose pioneering technology based projects, one of which will win £10,000 to make their idea into reality at the awards ceremony on Friday afternoon.
The organisers claim there is no other event which brings together such a diverse gathering of “influentials and pioneers”.
A spokesman said: “b.TWEEN drags conferencing kicking and screaming into the 21st century: using open source technologies in innovative ways to break the ice, get attendees talking and inviting delegates onto the stage.
“b.TWEEN brings together ideas hungry big players with indies with big ideas on a level playing field.”
Speakers for b.TWEEN include experts and innovators from across branding, TV, interactive, mobile, digital strategy and web including: Bill Tidy (cartoonist/writer) who will draw his talk around the audience on a giant roll of paper, Angel Gambino (VP, Music, Bebo), Kaiser Quo (Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, China), Jellyellie (‘voice of the MSN generation’) plus speakers from the BBC, Aegis, Orange, Channel 4 and a whole host of indies.
Radical online and offline formats are promised during the event at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, 18 – 20th June and further info is available at the website.
Location maps here.