MATRIX is looking for UX designers, Film makers, animators, games & apps developers as well as anyone involved in VR or AR to have their say on how their industry can best be supported in Northern Ireland.
We are holding two events in Belfast and Derry~Londonderry – please note you must register to attend:
Derry~Londonderry event – 29th August at Eighty81, Ebrington 10am-12noon
Belfast event – 31st August at the MAC, 10am-12noon
The study lead, Director of Research and Impact at Ulster University Tim Brundle, will be there to discuss areas like skills, online connectivity, sectoral support and access to finance. If you work in any of these disciplines, please come along and let us know what you think it would take for Northern Ireland could become a world leader in creative technologies.
We already have a thriving and fast growing creative technology economy, with GVA rising by 70% 2009-2013, compared to 15% for the whole creative industries sector and 5% for all NI industries. There are over 1,300 creative technology businesses registered here, and 44,000 people – 5% of our total workforce – is employed in the creative economy.
The creative industries have been identified in the UK Draft Industrial Strategy as one of just six sectors which deserve targeted investment and government support, while the NI Draft Industrial Strategy identifies Digital and Creative Technologies as an area of the economy where Northern Ireland has world class capabilities.
We are currently preparing a report on the sector and are also running a short survey – please follow the link to take part.