Following the success of the Community IT Barcamp 2008, a FREE Community IT ‘Surgery’ is being organised to bring together community groups, technologists and policy makers to discuss practical issues around digital inclusion and IT in the Community.

We’ll be organising a series of ‘surgery’ tables where you can discuss

·          Future direction of technology

·          Community websites

·          Social media for communities

·          The market for community ICT

·          Digital inclusion in the North East?

·          Digital policy and strategy in the North East

·          How to promote digital inclusion

·          Best practice

·          Funding issues

·          User privacy and consents

·          The time to launch a new product

What will you gain from attending?

·          Links to new markets in the community

·          Practical ICT help

·          The chance to influence digital policy

·          Valuable advice from experts

·          Insight into user’s experience of technology in the community

·          New contacts

Who else will be there?

·          ‘Digital’ policy makers

·          Community groups / reps

·          People working on digital inclusion projects

·          Developers of new technologies and services

·          Intermediaries that support users with technology in the community

·          IT experts

·          Organisations planning digital inclusion initiatives

·          Delegates to the IT in the Community conference (automatically registered)

There is no charge to host a table and attendance is free, free food and refreshments will also be served.  The event will be followed on the 1st and 2nd December by the IT in the Community event which will be held at the Stadium of Light and will also be free to attend. For more information visit www.itinthecommunity.com