BlueLightCamp is centred on technology and social engagement challenges for emergency responders and those who work with them. It is an unconference on 27th April 2013 and a hackathon on 28th April 2013 in Manchester. The activities on the day are driven by attendees.
Both days are free to attend although there is no overnight camp at the event.

Adzuna, the venture-backed next generation job search engine, launches publicly in Brazil, South Africa, Australia and Canada today with the aim to transform the way global job seekers find work. With over 1.5 million monthly visitors, the London based startup has gained significant traction in the UK with its social job hunting tools, real time labour market data and powerful search. Adzuna now aims to take its technology and free, open data to the international market.

Naghmeh Reilly of Enterprise Ireland's Overseas Entrepreneurship team discusses opportunities open to start-ups in Ireland and Enterprise Ireland's upcoming start-up event in Manchester

4 weeks after taking over the role of CEO, Neil Crockett, ex-CISCO, now CEO of CDE Catapult spoke about the plans for the Catapult

Sci-Tech Daresbury is a national science and innovation campus and enterprise zone, and a UK-leading location for high-tech businesses. It is located between Liverpool and Manchester, just outside Runcorn. Check out the Techcelerate Member Benefits

SMEs across the UK are invited to participate in the RAPTOR Project to develop real-time smart urban applications- to register go to www.raptormanchester.eventbrite.co.uk

A day of events, networking and pitching for startups from around the country at Google Campus

The creators of the Dublin Web Summit and F.ounders are to host a ‘pub summit’ in Manchester on July 2nd in Alibi, Oxford Street, Manchester. The event is part of the European Tech Crawl which is holding networking events for techies, entrepreneurs, investors and the start-up communities of twenty two cities across Europe this June and July.