Innovation Labs

Matt Jones and Dale Herigstad are both confirmed to speak at the North West Open Day. They will present their ideas and visions for the future alongside a range of senior BBC representatives.

Matt Jones is a creative director and user-experience designer, with over 10 years experience at some of the biggest news and information sites in the UK and the world, including BBC News Online. He is currently working in concept development and researching future mobile device user-experiences for Nokia in Helsinki.

Dale Herigstad is Executive Creative Director at Schematic. Schematic designs and develops interface and technology solutions. Their mission is to create simple, powerful answers to their clients' operations and communications challenges. For the past five years, they have been helping leading companies harness new technologies and new ideas. They have grown to be an industry leader in interface design, interactive production processes, and software development. Along the way, they have won countless awards for work on the Web, television, and other interactive platforms.

For more information contact Alan Carter-Davies, or Toby Barnes at Pixel-Lab, our regional partner for the labs.

If you can't attend the launch event, you can still apply. More details are in the the How to Apply section.