We’re very excited to be able to announce that the application process for the Creative Business in the Digital Era seminars has now begun! If you’d like to attend, please download our application form, (about which there is more information on our Application Pack page), print it out, and send it back to us. Yes, we know it’s rather old school to ask you to send us a paper form, but it’s easier than getting a whole new database set up, and when we’re done with your forms, we’ll shred them for you.

The seminars are subsidised, and therefore it’s free to all attendees. There are a maximum of 40 places available for the day course, and 50 places for each of the two evening courses. We are anticipating heavy demand for these courses, so we are asking all applicants to tell us a bit about themselves so that we can select a balanced group of attendees. We will in the first instance be looking at which sector you work in and your level of experience. We will then look for commitment to and interest in open content, as illustrated by the 100 word passage that we are asking each applicant to write. Remaining places will be filled by selecting applicants at random.

Please do make sure you get your form back to us by the deadline, 15 February 2008.

Meantime, Michael and I are working hard, getting all the course materials together. We have had Jordan Hatcher putting together the intellectual property module, which is going up on the wiki soon. And we’re busy drafting three case studies:

• Tom Reynolds’ book: Blood, Sweat and Tears
• Online interactive comedy: Where Are The Joneses
• Record label: Magnatune

And I’m also looking at exercises that we can do on the day, and also at business models and microeconomics. Keep an eye on this blog and the wiki for updates!

If you have any questions, please do email us.