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  1. Frieze 2009: http://www.frieze.com/splash/
  2. Interesting events at the BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/events/
  3. Creative Industries Economic Estimates 2009. http://bit.ly/XSFGl
  4. Classic reading material: The DCMS mapping doc from 2001. http://bit.ly/sLHj8
  5. The new term has started! We've renamed the course: "Working in Media and Creative Industries". Rolls off the tongue:)
  6. Join us for the panel "Culture Pays: Creative Industries and Local Regeneration" - School Research Conference 28 May: http://bit.ly/1Qffk
  7. Presenters, use PDF instead of PowerPoint on Tuesday to speed things up. It avoids nasty layout/font surprises, too.
  8. Excellent op-ed by Maureen Dowd on newspapers and t'interwebs: http://bit.ly/5m4NJ
  9. Here's the schedule for presentations. If there's an X next to your name you're scheduled to present on that date: http://bit.ly/rUbf2
  10. Remember Julia's point about domain registration, http://bit.ly/QSpKr
  11. Guest entrepreneur next Tuesday: Julia Alvarez, owner and curator at Bearspace Gallery: http://bit.ly/oq0W3
  12. Presentations are scheduled for 28 April and 5 May. If you haven't signed up for a slot, please be prepared to do so on Tuesday.
  13. Richard Florida on the recession, cities and creative industries: http://tinyurl.com/bozqv6
  14. Internship available: Project coordinator for arts projects at Stream: http://www.streamarts.org.uk/. Interested? Email Gauti for details.
  15. Why bother going to SXSW when PBS does all the legwork and talking for you? http://bit.ly/XqCYx
  16. Paid internships with the Civil Service this summer (5 posts exclusive to U of Greenwich). Deadline 15 April: http://bit.ly/52nJ8
  17. Great mentoring opportunity at Cineforum: Muslim women and leadership, 30 March. Organized by FairKnowledge: http://bit.ly/2hHwSh
  18. Good stuff: Audio of Elizabeth Currid's presentation on urban planning and how cities become creative hubs, at IPPR: http://bit.ly/tQSId
  19. No seminar tomorrow (Tue), but Ros and Gauti will be available for tutorials all morning.
  20. Gauti presenting at RSVP / Creative Process Networking Evening, Greenwich Picturehouse: http://tinyurl.com/d49t4n