Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is an energetic regional festival of new cinema, digital culture and art. The festival takes place annually in Liverpool and Manchester on alternate years, with an extended regional programme. Their mission is to push the boundaries of audience experience through a programme that spills out of galleries and screens into the streets of the Northwest. Abandon Normal Devices is on from 3-5th Oct.

Innovation Vouchers The Technology Strategy Board's national Innovation Voucher scheme is designed to help businesses gain the knowledge they need to innovate and grow. An Innovation Voucher can help your business to work with an external expert for the first time by paying towards the cost of their services. Innovation Vouchers are provided for start-up, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises that are aiming to work on ideas applicable to one of the priority themes....want to know more?

Leaf Conf is a 2-day Lean Startup conference for creating sustainable businesses. There are workshops and talks with highly practical lessons and stories that can be applied at every stage, from simply an idea upwards. Takes place on 26 & 27th Oct .... Tickets here.

Return on Innovation or the ROI Conference is a 1-day conference taking place in central Newcastle on 27th November 2013 with some fabulous people lined up to speak and share their experiences and insight into this vitally important topic. Speakers signed to date include; JP Rangaswami; Chief Scientist of Salesforce.com, Steve Vranakis; Executive Creative Director of Google Creative Lab, Eddie Obeng; creator of the world's first virtual business school. Register your interest here.

Britain's business champions and prominent entrepreneurs have pledged their support for the International Festival for Business 2014, as the first Ambassadors were announced last week. Register your interest and find out more.

Tech Britain.... Be in among the best. Here's your opportunity to tell everyone about your tech startup. Get your business listed on this website which is devoted to Technology Businesses in the UK ... check out some of the great events posted here too.

Taken from Open Labs Newsletter.