7.11.06 Tuesdays@FUTURE: Building Gaming and Simulation Industry Networks

BRAINPOWER FOR THE INNOVATION ECONOMY

ON 7.11.06: Mike DeAloia, Tech Czar for the City of Cleveland, and a team of collaborators discuss efforts to establish a downtown Gaming Center, with deep ties to regional game design and development networks in the Region.

ON HORIZON: Dan Cuffaro, Chair of Industrial Design at the Cleveland Institute of Art and former Creative Director at a leading Boston-area product design firm, Altitude, presents innovative concepts for the Cleveland Design Prize and Design District.

ON TOPIC: The new economy demands fresh thinking and relentless networking. Tuesdays@FUTURE is attracting an eclectic crowd most passionate about open source networking as a model for innovation in Northeast Ohio. We are engaging in open dialogue high on collaboration, with a regional focus on the Creative Industries and Technology.

If you are part of an initiative or organization that could benefit from this exchange, or have a new initiative to present bring it to the open forum.

Send your comments, suggestions, and feedback to:

FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44106 collaborate@future.cia.edu

Betsey Merkel, Network Development, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open) Cleveland Midtown Innovation Center, 4415 Euclid Ave., Suite 310, Cleveland, OH 44103 USA Tel. 216-246-2447