Just to let you know we haven't organised a talk for August, but we will have a meetup. That will be on the Monday the 16th, with the venue being set on the 15th UPDATE: Wed 18th with venue on the 17th. Cancelled The announcement will be here and via email.

Normal service should resume in September.

Meet at the Fort St George - on Midsummer common - to chat about the upcoming budget and the sad state of football. Although the weather promises to be fine, I suggest a jersey. 8pm, close to the river. Everybody welcome. No entrance fee.

I have a family commitment and may not be able to make it; if you are a CHASE regular, please keep your eye open for people looking as if they may need help finding us. If you are especially enterprising, a sign might help.

CREATING CAMBRIDGE BIG SUMMER BBQ

Where great conversation, inspiration and ideas come together!

CHASE has teamed up with other groups to organise a special summer event - a BBQ for everyone interested in technology, creative ideas, entrepreneurship and the life sciences. We're aiming to get cross pollination and to start interesting conversations.

If you are interested in technology, creative ideas, life sciences and entrepreneurship then join us in Creating Cambridge, on Friday July 16th, 5pm at The Ranch, Histon Road, Cambridge

Unlike most of our events, this one costs money. £10 at early-bird rates covers the cost of your food.

Booking is essential and fewer than 50 of the 200 tickets are left, so book now to avoid missing out! We are not planning to sell tickets on the door.

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW ON EVENTBRITE !!!

Any proceeds from the event will go to our three named charities: Romsey Mill, Children’s Cambridge Hospice, and Camfed.

This event is brought to you by:

Cambrige Pitch and Mix
CamCreative
CaMedia
CHASE
Connected Cambridge
Software East

Sponsored by
Soft Machinery
PCR
Redgate
Citrix
Mills & Reeve
YourPresenceOnline

The Wayve is a small digital-picture frame sized device, which lets you use a stylus to scribble and send messages. It's intended to be used in homes as an easy way to connect people who talk often - mums & kids, husbands & wives.

Continuing our theme of the interplay between the arts and technology, Peter Taylor will be talking about the process of defining what the Wayve should be, and the sociological and psychological work that went into underpinning it.

Peter Taylor co-founded the Wayve intiative within TTP Group. He initially led the consumer research, marketing and operational design work and now leads all activities.

This is for discussion on managing CHASE.

Here's the full list of jobs:

- Deciding on a programme - at times when I've been less under pressure we have followed a programme or a theme.

- Deciding dates - this is a once a year job, which needs to be done in October or November, deciding the dates for the next year. This is deciding dates for meetups and talks.

- Organising talk venues - this is a once a year job, which needs to be done in November or December.

- Finding speakers. In the past I've tried to be working 2 or 3 months out. Recently I've not had enough time for this, and it's been much more ad-hoc.

Meetup - 24th May

Meet at the very nice Hotel du Vin bar for discussion about what the change of government might bring for business. See you there. 8pm.

Everybody welcome. There's no entry charge. No need to pre-register. They have a huge range of interesting drinks too.

Emotion AI bring believable emotion to animated characters in real-time.

Until now animating characters with deeply charged facial expressions and body language has taken vast sums and very talented animators and digital artists. Using Emotion AI technology, unskilled users are able to project powerful and subtle emotion.

Ian Wilson is CEO of Emotion AI. He has experience in Artifical Intelligence (AI) based technology including ZuKool, a web recommendation service, Inago, who make artificial interactive personalities for use in embedded devices like satnavs and Katrix Inc who made goal-directed 3D animated characters. Ian holds a degree in AI.

The Punter is an upmarket pub with a good reputation for their food.

8pm. 3 Pound Hill, Cambridge. Everybody welcome. No need to pre-register.

Where is it? If you are heading towards town, at the bottom of Castle Hill, at the traffic lights, instead of continuing over the lights and into town, turn right. Pound Hill is the road to the right. It's before the mini roundabout that leads to the Backs. The pub is on that corner. It used to be called the Town & Gown, and may have been called something else too before its current incarnation.