Monday 10th September

Columba Hotel
Inverness

5pm - 7.30pm - Includes drinks and nibbles

HIE's creative industries team, Distance Lab, Creative Skills Cornwall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Creative Loop and Skillset will all be represented at this first networking session for all media companies, individuals and interested parties in and around the Inverness and East Highland area.

Anyone working in the screen and broadcast industries, anyone with ideas to develop for broadcast and anyone keen to meet other professionals is welcome.

We'll hear from Creative Skills Cornwall and how they are developing their industry along with an overview of what's planned for the Highlands and Islands.

This is a great opportunity to find out what's going on in the screen and broadcast industries locally, develop contacts and perhaps strike up new working relationships.

Key guests and speakers include: Tony Knopp, Senior Industrial Liason Officer, MIT Susanne Seitinger, Research Student, MIT Media Lab Peter Schmitt, Research Student, MIT Media Lab Jane Sutherland, Creative Skills, ACT Cornwall Paul Bason, Digital Media Innovations Director, University of Falmouth Jackie McNally, Skillset Helliate Rushawaya, and Creative Loop .