TIGA GameDev (trade body for games industry) are hosting the first of a casual meet-up with talks to connect people in the Liverpool area. Keynote speaker is Nick Davies, Co-founder of Lucid Games. Places are limited and it is free to attend for TIGA members and all developers, so please register early. There will be plenty of food and drink available on the night! Venue is Elevator Bar & Café, 25 Parliament Street, Liverpool.

Sensors for Healthcare. Thanks to the development of exciting new smart sensor technology, Open Labs' partner and leading LJMU researcher Professor Ahmed Al-Shamma'a (at LJMU's Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST) Research Institute) has along with Dr Andrew Shaw, Dr Alex Mason and Stephen Wylie invented new electromagnetic wave sensors that monitor patients' vital signs, such as heart rate, blood oxygen levels and temperature without having to hook them up to a machine. The sensor design has just been published as the 2.5mth patent application (GB2500000) by the UK Intellectual Property Office.

IC tomorrow has launched the 'Digital Innovation Contest - Games' in partnership with some of the UK's biggest games and tech brands; Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), Crytek UK, Intel, Google Chrome, ODEON Cinemas and Pinewood Studios. The contest is offering a total funding pot of up to £125k (five awards of up to £25k) to encourage digital innovation in the games sector and is open to any EU-based companies or developers. The application deadline is 12 noon, Wednesday 16 October.

The TSB'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 will be available to businesses that are aiming to work on ideas applicable to one of their priority themes outlined on the website.

After a great session in September Kin Social is going back to Unit 51. Newcomers welcome and if you are an old hand we hope you'll also join us for a regular catch up. Good hospitality, convivial company and (very) short speeches as standard! Pop along at 6.30pm on 10th October 2013 at Baltic Creative. Please register to attend.

Digital Creativity in Disability (the official co-ordinator for the e-Health cluster of Liverpool Vision) in association with Mi, Liverpool Social Care Partnership and Open Labs hosted a Social Care Technology Demo Day featuring demonstrations from Leon Rossiter of Instinctive Creations on his company's Leaf Project and Mark Chapman of social care programming firm ReallyCare CIC, who spoke about Plait, his revolutionary software tool for managing multiagency and client relations in social care.

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 an idea up to large organisations. Takes place on 26 & 27th October .... Tickets 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 on the website to find out more.

Tech Britain.... Be in among the best. Here's an 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.

There's no excuse to miss out on any of the other exciting Liverpool Digital Events.

Taken from Open Labs Enews.