Tech agenda: Global Game Jam

Gamers all over the globe will meet up to partake in three days of intensive game creation during Global Game Jam.

Global Game Jam
January 27-29
Worldwide locations

The Global Game Jam is a gaming tournament, but rather than applauding player skills, it elevates designers' digits and programmers' prowess. Participants from around the work partake in the game-making frenzy, where competitors are organized into adhoc teams before attempting to churn out one of the best games of the tournament. The top entries are then put forward for March's prestigious Game Developers Conference in San Diego. In 2011 more than 6500 participants from 44 countries created over 1500 games.
http://www.globalgamejam.org
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1st Health 2.0 India
January 30
New Delhi, India

For the first year, the San Francisco Health 2.0 event heads to New Delhi to showcase cutting-edge innovations of "user-generated" health technology. The event will feature interactive discussions covering the topics of social networks, health promotion, cloud computing, and system integration. For the third year Health 2.0 is also setting up in Europe in Berlin (November 6-7) to showcase European web and mobile-based technologies, and the San Francisco main event takes place October 7-10. Similar events around the globe include Med-e-Tel, TechCrunch Disrupt, and eTELEMED.
http://www.health2con.com
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IMAGINA
February 7-9
Monaco

IMAGINA is a software and 3D technology event in Europe that honors innovation within the 3D industry. Attendees will be able to watch and participate in conferences, round-table discussions, meetings, workshops, 3D demonstrations and special events with businesses involved in creating 3D solutions for future technologies. Larger trade shows including CeBIT, CES and CEDIA now have dedicated “3D zones” that highlight new products and breakthroughs from the 3D industry.   
http://www.imagina.mc/
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4th Kinetica Art Fair
February 9-12
Ambika P3
London, UK

The Kinetica Art Fair bridges the gaps between science, art and technology. From kinetic sculptures to weird science experiments to artworks created hand in hand with cutting-edge technology, the Kinetica Art Fair encompasses all disciplines of new media art. The extensive events program features live performance, feature exhibitions and the presentation of the Musion Academy MAMAs Awards for the world’s best holographic projection artwork. Similar events include the Ars Electronica Festival and the Boston Cyberarts Festival.
http://www.kinetica-artfair.com/


6th Social Media Week
February 13-17       
Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington DC

Cities across the world will simultaneously host conferences and events for the February 2012 edition of Social Media Week (SMW): Empowering Change Through Collaboration. The event is held biannually, attracting more than 60,000 participants to organized events and half a million online and mobile visitors each year. The event aims to draw awareness to new social media technologies and promote the use of social media in corporate, public and non-profit sectors. Participants can watch and take part in live broadcasts of each event and online conversations on the Social Media Week website. The seventh edition of Social Media Week will be held in September 2012.
http://socialmediaweek.org/
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GSMA Mobile World Congress
February 27-March 1
Barcelona, Spain

GSMA Mobile World Congress is a four-day event dedicated to cutting-edge mobile technology. It is accompanied by a string of high-profile mobile device announcements from leading manufacturers and as such is the most closely followed event in the mobile industry. A full program of conferences, keynotes and panel discussions runs alongside an exhibition of the hottest new products and concept designs from 1000 of the top companies and mobile operators in the field. 1,400 exhibitors and more than 60,000 industry members from 220 countries are expected in 2012.
http://www.mobileworldcongress.com
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TED2012
February 27 - March 2
Long Beach Performing Arts Center
Long Beach, California, USA

TED, an acronym for Technology Entertainment Design, brings together scientific pioneers, visionaries, musicians and provocateurs from around the world for its famous talks. Presentations feature tech demos, video and TEDUniversity sessions. The program extends into evening art exhibits, comedy and experiences. The hugely popular TED talks are shown online for free, attracting more than 290 million views. A webcast of the event is available online for $500 and features all 12 sessions of mainstage talks, moderated live chats during and after the conference and an online archive of the entire conference that can be accessed at any time.
http://www.TED.com
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CeBIT 2012
March 6-10, 2012
Deutsche Messe AG
Hannover, Germany

In 2011, 4,200 exhibitors from 70 countries and more than 339,000 visitors made their way to Hannover for CeBIT. In its heyday the expo managed to draw around 800,000 visitors but it has since shrunk in size. Nevertheless, with its 450,000-square-meter exhibition space, CeBIT remains the world's largest digital IT and telecommunications event and eclipses the likes of COMPUTEX, CES and SITEX in exhibition size. “Managing Trust” is the keynote theme in 2012 and concrete solutions for digital and physical security will be on show in the fair’s CeBIT Security World. Related events include CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia (October) and CeBit Australia (May 22-24, 2012).
http://www.cebit.de/homepage_e
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26th SXSW / 19th SXSW Interactive
March 9-18
Austin, Texas, USA

The annual South by Southwest Music and Media Conference & Festival attracts an estimated 100,000 members of the international music, film, and interactive media industries in Austin, Texas, for a week-long convergence of ideas and talent. For five days during the festival, the "brightest minds in emerging technology" come to showcase digital works, innovative ideas and new products under the banner of SXSW Interactive. Like the newer European based LeWeb conference, SXSW Interactive focuses on emerging technology, social media and startups.
http://www.sxsw.com
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