To what extent do delays in developing our broadband and mobile infrastructure stymie the ability for innovative content ideas to mature in the UK's digital industry. Following on, are network providers (such as BT and mobile operators) slowing the pace of such developments to squeeze more from traditional business models and so leaving us further behind other developed and developing nations?

What's the best source of funding for a digital media project in a start-up business based in Northern Ireland?

If the future of an augmented reality will be delivered through networked, tetherless self aware devices and experienced within 3D visualisation environments, how are we ensuring support for these technologies and associated content development innovation now?

Can you provide some further background to the TSB Digital test beds which are in response to Digital Britain?

Performance of companies and individuals in the sector depends on prior experience and education. UK Universities and Colleges are encouraged to separate teaching from research, yet more research lead teaching would help graduates understand how to use University research more effectively when in work, and be more innovative themselves. Does the panel agree with this view? If so, do they have any ideas on breaking down the research-teaching divide?

If you were to advise someone to start-up a business in the Creative Industries sector at the moment, what kind of business would you advise would be most successful and what kind of product would it sell?

How truly access fund to develop and commercialise new sensor technology product without having to go through one year application process?

I'm just starting out in this industry, and I chose a career in advertising because I thought it would be fun. However, all any of the veterans of the industry say is how it's not as good as it used to be, and that the creativity is dying. As a creative this worries me somewhat, please reassure me that it going to be fun and that I'm going to earn lots of money, so I don't waste my youth on an unobtainable dream.

How do you think piracy will affect the music industry over the next 12 months? Will we see the end of the CD?

I did a Marketing degree at university, and we were hardly taught any theory relating to digital marketing, partly due to it not existing. With the digital landscape being so ever-changing and dynamic, is there a place for it in academia?

which brands do you think are really harnessing social media to take it beyond a conversation and into a two-way customer service tool?

As you can see we are a limited liability company. Our Life Story Slideshows are particularly useful for Reminiscence Therapy so we stray into NHS, Health Authorities and other Research Authorities and they say "we don't deal with private enterprise". Can you suggest ways of breaking through this vicious circle please?

Many moons ago, the advent of the internet was referred to as the death of the newspaper...with another free paper closing - the London Lite - are we finally seeing a move to the web for news away from papers and will this channel remain free for this service?

The current new buzz on the horizon in terms of digital innovation is 'Social commerce', and how brands and individuals can start to monetise their activity on social networks including facebook and twitter. What's the panel's take on this?

In a converged media future where digital creativity rules will computer games be king ?

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the performance of a major government dept - using substantial restructuring & change management experience. Current projects
are in transportation & security. A discussion with Peter
Mendelson could identify the most critical depts.

This initiative is a very good one but its only a start, a one-off event and primitive in that despite all of the mentions of the importance of social media, it does not make use of it to enhance the initiative (this question submission form and live Q&A is as far as it goes it seems). For instance, an idea management platform with a rating system to filter for the best ideas, voted by peers, could have been one option. Is this going to be taken into consideration in future ongoing activities for this initiative?

Why is there no funding being applied to research into viable ways to enable p2p file sharers to pay for the material they share instead of employing clumsy legislation such as 3 strikes and you are out?

How do the Panel foresee using current and perhaps future technologies to connect the disenfranchised, i.e. homeless, mentally ill, to ensure that these most vulnerable members of our society aren't left further behind.

The majority of what we hear from Government initiatives is all very plaudible at first but once the civil servants get involved you usually end up with alot of hot air and an application process that makes you want to jump off a bridge! What are you going to do about simplifying the application process, reducing the rhetoric and actually making things happen that we can say we are impressed with? In other words, what's different THIS time?

The quality of e-learning courses is incredibly dull and disengaging considering the wealth of media available. Whilst there is huge potential for the creative industries to take learning and development to the next level, it has to date barely made any impact. Fully interactive digital media was made for fully interactive learning rather than as a poor relation to face to face tuition, which is what it is at the moment.

Having previously applied for creative industry funding that related to e-learning only to be refused purely on the grounds that development that focused on learning was outside the scope, we would be interested to hear if there are any plans to include learning, development and education within the ambit of creative industry grants in the near future perhaps as part of ‘emergent opportunities’ theme.

The TSB is supporting technology innovation in the digital content sector - which is excellent. Should there be an equivalent initiative to support content innovation - innovative partnerships, content formats, business models, audience engagement?

How can we support SME's in the creative sector? If we accept the structures, politics, HR and culture which promote innovation do not sustain businesses above 50 employees?

Of all the monies available how much actually ends up in the bank accounts of those people who are actually developing the new solutions? Put another way.......if the funders have a bank account with cash in it, how much of that cash is physically deposited into the accounts of the individuals or companies that are developing the new products/services. Note that this is not the advisors or consultants who "support/enable" the innovators or those people who administer the initiatives/programmes. It is the people who come in day after day who work tirelessly to build the new producst? If you don't have a cash amount how about a percentage value.....

What will be the future for digital innovation? Hyperconnectivity between devices? New mobile / wireless devices? Where should innovators be focusing their creative efforts...?

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How successful has the UK been at developing skills and a commercial sector around interaction design (for software, operating systems GUIs, interfaces for mobile and non-PC devices, Web sites, as well as games)? What have been the key initiatives in this area? And what initiatives do we need?

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The Creative Industries strategy notes the 'benefits to be gained from transferring know-how between different Creative Industry sub-sectors' and the 'opportunities to learn from industries outside of the sector'. Can you give any good examples of knowledge sharing in and around this sector, and what are the characteristics of good knowledge sharing practice?

Darren, the whole session will be available for viewing after the event.

Why are there no current artists on this panel? As agents, professional associations, production houses and artist managers, you are the people who most often are standing in the way of innovation commercialisation, not facilitating it.