Creative Technologies Within The Welsh Environment
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If you are a business and looking to promote your business online with
social media or learn about mobile technologies, this seminar is for you
Speakers include
Rhys Jones + Tom Beverly (Acknack ltd)
Rebecca Colley-Jones (Bangor University)
Chris Headleand + Ian McNeil (Coleg Harlech WEA)
They will be presenting a variety of topics including developing mobile applications
and social media within the context of creative technologies and environmental
sustainability.
Representatives from the Dyfodol Project
will also be there
About the speakers
Rhys Jones + Tom Beverly (Acknack ltd)
Acknack Ltd is a company based in Bangor, North Wales, that specialises in
mobile and tablet based applications. Their latest product, PageSend, turns
iPads into fully interactive whiteboards, allowing anyone to watch, record and
share ideas as well as collaborate online in realtime.
The company is run by Rhys Jones and Thomas Beverley. Rhys is a successful
technology entrepreneur, having founded, grown and subsequently sold two internet
companies (SecureTrading Ltd and Accountis plc). Tom, a recent CompSci
graduate from Bangor University, has extensive expertise in collaborative web
applications and mobile application development, and has recently received an
award for this from Google in Silicon Valley.
More about Tom + Rhys..
Rebecca Colley-Jones - Digital technologies and Environmental Design
Rebecca has over 12 years experience in the environmental and waste management
profession. Her main focus is delivering waste management and sustainable construction
solutions to business.
She currently divides her time between; Welsh Institute of Natural Resources
Bangor University, where she specializes in resource management and sustainable
construction, and her own consultancy Ynys Resources which is working with various
companies to develop new markets for resources such as manufactured top soils
and developing new resource management facilities on Anglesey.
Her ambition is to do away with waste management and concentrate on resource
management!!
Chris Headleand - Social networking and new media dissemination
Chris Headleand is an IT and innovation consultant who specializes in project
management for web software development. He has worked on a number of large
projects including applications for the European Union, EU sponsored initiatives
and large PLC’s in the UK. He is an expert in social media and web 2.0
principles specifically in their applications within business and marketing.
He graduated from Bangor University in 2008 with a degree in design and has
since managed his own web development business. He currently sits on the board
for two software companies and a sports fashion label he also lectures in Creative
Technologies at Coleg Harlech.
The seminar is part of the Creative Hubs project, supported with Welsh Government
funding to promote youth entrepreneurship. It is a partnership between Coleg
Harlech WEA (N),Coleg Llandrillo, Coleg Powys and Coleg Ceredigion, and aims
to raise awareness of business start up opportunities for learners and the advantages
of engaging with new technology.
Representatives from the Dyfodol project will also be in attendance which is
a partnership project between Coleg Harlech WEA, Coleg Llandrillo, Coleg Menai
and Deeside College.
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