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National Creative Industries Conference 2009 'Creative Economy'

The fifth annual National Creative Industries Conference, the biggest debate in 2009 on the future of the UK's creative economy is taking place in London at the BFI Southbank, on the 24th and 25th November this year.

NCI09 is an opportunity for over 300 leading stakeholders from the creative sector and local and national government to come together to review the latest policy, strategy and best practice to enable the creative sector to flourish.

This event will include input from leading figures in the sector as well as from the three main parties, hearing from Sion Simon MP, new Minister for Creative Industries, shadow creative industries spokesmen Jeremy Hunt MP and Don Foster MP, as they give their views on the future of the UK's Creative Sector as they put together manifestos ahead of the 2010 election.

For the first time NCI09 will be set over two days and will host an interactive programme of workshops, debate and networking. Delegates will have the chance to attend a choice of three workstreams focusing on the topics of Creative Places, Digital Media and Skills and Talent.

Find out more information now

Event - The Media Festival, Manchester

TMF is the only place where professionals from across the digital media landscape - from gaming to film to mobile to advertising, TV and beyond - congregate to discuss, challenge and create new ideas, new business models and new partnerships.

The speakers at this year's show speak for themselves - Daniel Ek (Spotify Founder), Stephen Fry (all round legend) and Peter Smith (NBC Universal President).

It's sure to be an incredible 2.5 days so if you'd like to attend, Creativepool have secured a fantastic deal saving you £250 off the ticket price which means you can attend this incredible event for £599! This offer ends on 6th November so to take advantage of it call +44 (0) 20 7554 5800 or send them an email and register now.

Find out more about TMF

DBA Effectiveness Winners

The Design Business Association is the UK's most vocal champion of the role of effective design in the creation of business growth. The DBA was founded in 1986 to recognise, communicate and reward the integral role that design effectiveness plays in commercial success.

The most important way of communicating the value of design is by measuring its true effectiveness. The DBA's annual Design Effectiveness Awards are both prestigious and authoritative, the only award scheme that uses commercial data as a key judging criteria.

Judged by senior figureheads from the business community, a DBA Design Effectiveness Award is hard to win, but the benefits of winning are significant.

View the 2009 winners

The Dieline Awards

TheDieline.com, the world's leading package design website, is launching The Dieline Awards, an international design competition recognizing the world's best package design.

The awards will be judged by a highly esteemed panel of 10 industry experts and awarded based on quality of design. Debbie Millman, President of the AIGA and President of Design at Sterling Brands, will be the chairman of the judges, casting a tie-breaking vote in case of a tie.

Entries can be submitted from any country in the world (which is a good thing seeing as we're a UK based website and they're based in the US!). The deadline for entries is Monday 21st December 2009 so you'd better get cracking...

Find out more about The Dieline Awards

Adobe CS4 eSeminars for Design Professionals

Join Adobe for an upcoming live eSeminar series exclusively for design professionals to learn real-world ways to push the boundaries of integration and productivity using Adobe Creative Suite 4.

In these 60-minute sessions, the Adobe product expert will demonstrate innovative new features of Adobe Creative Suite 4 that will help you and/or your team increase productivity while enhancing creative possibilities.

If you own an Adobe product, this is one seminar not to miss.

Register for the Adobe eSeminar

Show + Tell - Thanks for coming

Thanks to everyone that came along to our Show + Tell event on the 22nd September.

Hundreds of you attended our event that included seminars, a portfolio workshop and an exhibition of some of the best work on Creativepool. If you visited this year's event and haven't yet left any feedback, we'd really appreciate you taking a minute to tell us what you thought.

As an added incentive, when you leave feedback you'll automatically be entered into our prize draw to win 1 of 5 Professional accounts to our new Freelance Directory (launching soon) worth over £100!

Leave feedback now

Events - Launch48

Ever wanted to start your own web business? Then this should be of interest.

Launch48 runs events for people who want to try to learn and launch a web business. On Friday the 16th of October they're running a conference with some of the best web entrepreneurs from the UK speaking about marketing, PR, business, technical, and design in regards to launching a web business.

From the evening of Friday 16th October to Sunday 18th October they're running the Launch48 weekend - a 48 hour event grouping people into teams to create new web businesses. During the weekend, participants network, build a new business and learn from a range of experienced mentors from the web industry.

Ticket sales are now open and numbers are limited so you better get a move on...

Find out more about Launch48

London Design Festival: 19th - 27th September

The LDF is the UK's biggest annual celebration of design and reflects London's status as the world's creative hub.

It is made up of the widest possible range of design disciplines, all of who prosper in the city. These new ideas and activities make each Festival dynamic, different and uniquely London. Supported by government, the design sector, and leading businesses, the Festival offers a platform for the best design talent.

The Festival provides a platform for the creative talent at work and creates a unique opportunity to visit over 200 specific events and activities reflecting the diversity of world-class design talent in the capital.

View what's happening at this year's LDF