Presentation from the launch of Digital Derry's Culture Tech Fund. Includes application notes and examples.

1. Welcome to the
Culture Tech Fund Launch
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2. Welcome to the
Culture Tech Fund Launch
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3. Martin Melarkey
Culture Company 2013
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4. Stephen McGowan
DCAL
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5. What’s the Culture Tech Fund for?
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6. “Kickstart innovative new
projects that combine arts
and cultural products or
activities, with digital
technologies ...”
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7. “... and encourage
collaboration between the
two sectors.”
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8. Innovation + cross sectoral
collaboration =
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9. Thursday, 12 January 2012

10. What is Culture Tech?
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11. artfinder allows you to visually recognise works of
art, share finds with friends and discover art nearby. artfinder.com
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12. Society6 is a platform for the world’s artists and
creatives to promote their work and connect with
unique opportunities which Society6 develop with big society6.com
brands like Vans and EA games.
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13. iheart poetics is an iPhone app for creating and sharing
interactive visual poems that merge text and imagery as one.
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14. Slowbizz aims to bring together music fans willing to
host small musical events in their homes with talented
artists willing to perform in such settings. slowbizz.com
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15. Lingibli is a smartphone app that uses QR codes to help
users learn basic words and pronunciation Lingibli.com
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16. Dutch Repudo is a service that lets users leave digital messages
for each other at specific locations in the real world. Repudo.com
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17. Museum of London uses NFC to enhance
visitors’ experience and boost social media
presence
museumoflondon.org
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18. YouTube Theater uses wifi to play internet
videos from its users’ smartphones. fakebarf.com/THEATER.html
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19. Zombies, Run is an augmented audio running game
zombiesrungame.com
that challenges users to rebuild civilisation after a
zombie apocalypse by completing location-specific
tasks while running in the real world
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20. Digital Theatre works in partnership with
Britain's leading theatre companies to capture
live performance and then stream it online.
digitaltheatre.com
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21. hnology. Digital publishing. Live performance. Installations
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22. If you have an idea, we can
help make the connections
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23. How does the fund work?
Opens January 12th
Closes noon on February 17th
Decisions by February 24th
Funds available in March
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24. Concept Development Funding
Apply for up to £5,000
100% grant funded
Capital costs are not eligible
Salary costs are eligible*
Must retain proof of expenditure
* But you need to prove expenditure
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25. A few extras
Collaborations encouraged
Must report at end of March
Additional supports
Opportunities to pitch
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26. What are we looking for?
1. Innovation
2. Team that can do it well
3. Showcase or improve access
4. Sustainable: think ‘seed’ funding
5. Value for money
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27. And a bit of fishing ...
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28. The Aftermath
Culture Tech Showcase: March 29th
CIIF applications: Opens Jan 16th
SeedComp applications: Opens March 1st
Culture Tech Festival: September 2012
IGNTN: Applications from April
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29. More info and download application:
www.digitalderry.org/culturetechfund
digitalderry@gmail.com
Tw: @digitalderry
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