Tech Weekly Live: Tech City Talk - Innovation and Entrepreneurs registration

Registration is now open for the second Tech Weekly Tech City Talk , taking place on Monday 24 October at 6:30pm at Imperial College in London. The topic is entrepreneurship and innovation clusters: why is Tech City in East London instead of Cambridge, Bristol, Brighton, Edinburgh or Manchester? What will tempt the geeks to the Olympic site, and once they're there, what will keep them sweet? Joining the debate are: Eric Pickles , the MP for Brentwood and Ongar, and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. On 17 August, he announced three new Enterprise Zones to boost growth. On Monday, we'll find out what his plans are for the technology cluster. Peter Barron , Google's Director of External Relations for Europe, Middle East and Africa since January 2011. He joined Google in 2008 and was previously Director of Communications and Public Affairs for North and Central Europe. Before joining Google, he was Editor of BBC TV's Newsnight programme from 2004-2008, and worked in TV News and Current Affairs at the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 for nearly 20 years. Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino , a product designer & entrepreneur, and founder of Designswarm . Alex has worked on digital & innovation strategy for clients like Blast Radius and startups like Blyk, Jaiku & ThingLink. She co-founded Tinker, a smart product design studio, which she ran from 2007 to 2010. Focused on creating product experiences that linked the digital to the physical, some of Tinker's clients included National Geographic, BT, BBC, The Evening Standard, Whirlpool & Wired. She is now a consultant on "internet of things" issues in product & digital design, an evangelist for Lirec (an EU-funded project about robots) and partner in design partnership RIG London. Tara Solesbury , a digital media consultant and strategist from Brighton, and former Director of Projects at Wired Sussex , one of the most successful regional development services for technology in the UK. Join Tech Weekly for the live recording of this debate on Monday 24 October at Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ ( Find it! ) Do you have a question to ask? Ask here , or send it to [email protected]. On Twitter ? Contribute to the discussion and follow the debate with the hashtag #TWTC2 .