DiG Festival 2014 (Day 2)

The Design + interactive + Green-tech Festival was held at Newcastle City Hall on the 16th and 17th of October this year. Here is a run-down of the highlights for Day 2 from my perspective. As a mental health researcher my main focus was the Mental Health stream. Little disappointed that no coffee, snacks or lunch was provided, but at least I was prepared for this for Day 2.

UPDATE: Conference presentations have been posted online by HIMH here.

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DiG Festival 2014 (Day 1)

The Design + interactive + Green-tech Festival was held at Newcastle City Hall on the 16th and 17th of October this year. Here is a run-down of the highlights from my perspective. As a mental health researcher my main focus was the Mental Health stream. There were a great series of talkers – primarily from the mental health service sector – who were predominantly discussing the use of new technologies such as social media.

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