All things digital are going on in Gateshead

Mar 4 2010 by Karen Dent, The Journal

A major digital extravaganza is coming to the North East this summer in the form of a six-week international festival celebrating the best in innovation. Karen Dent reports.

Gateshead Digital Summer events

THE first raft of confirmed events that will take place during the festival include:

The Thinking Digital conference at The Sage Gateshead is a three-day event for industry experts examining the latest in digital innovation and attracting speakers and around 400 delegates from the US and Europe.

GameHorizon is Europe’s only international conference for game designers and manufacturers, with previews of upcoming games, reviews of current and future technologies, plus talks from international speakers.

Popcorn is a two-day digital film festival celebrating the new age of cinema, which will give local young people the opportunity to find out more about the latest digital techniques.

Gateshead Game Hero 2010 will be a battle played out in public between 96 of the best video game players in the region. More details revealed shortly.

Codeworks chief executive Herb Kim said: "The Gateshead Digital Summer will bring to the North East some of the very best the digital world has to offer, from amazing interactive games to inter- national guest speakers outlining tomorrow’s digital developments all the way through to some of the best films created using digital tools.

"Over six weeks, the 2010 Gateshead Digital Summer will bring us the very best of tomorrow, today."

Organisers are planning to announce details of more events in the coming weeks, including dozens of small-scale activities.

The festival will be staged at venues across Gateshead including The Sage, Gateshead Quays and the Metrocentre.