Welcome to Open Labs

Photographs courtesy of Ryan McGuinness

Open Labs helps local creative technology companies think globally

Open Labs supports local creative technology companies to develop new products and services that capitalise upon global opportunities. To take advantage of this support we'd like to invite you to join us and become a Member of Open Labs where you and your business can enjoy the benefits below:

Master Classes

This year's programme begins with a Master Class on 'Using Video to promote your product or service'

Innovation Challenges

Body Lab ilustrated live body data could be used to influence the user experience and Hack for Culture saw groups experiment with cultural data sets. Next challenge being planned - more news soon!

Research Briefings

See our latest research into the impact of emerging technologies and behaviours on health and wellbeing and the opportunities for future products and services

Speakers

Open Labs are working with Basecamp3 to provide the opportunity to meet local leading creative industry experts and hear their experiences of working with freelancers, it's also an opportunity for freelancers to pitch to companies looking to hire. Find out more and register for the Digital and Creative Freelancer Showcase here.

Most recently Open Labs partnered with Culture North to deliver Made North - a conference that celebrated today's innovators and provided a platform for presenting and debating ideas. Prior to that Open Labs was the major partner delivering TedXMerseyside. The topic was the new futurism: exploring themes such as use of bio materials, ethics in art, rights of passage, inspiring our work life, innovations for learning and more. You can see films of the talks here.