Presentation from Launchconference.co.uk Day 1 13/14th Nov 2012 problems, skills and solution for young people wanting to get into the industry

2. Problem
Source. Aardvark Swift Graduate Recruitment Survey

3. Opportunity
16.6% per year
to £12 billion
4 X more
gamer time on
Smartphone/Tablet than
Portable
Source. IPSOS MEDIA CT GameTrack Q3 2012

4. Skills Required
Source. Aardvark Swift Graduate Recruitment Survey

5. Solutions
Imagine:
Unleashing Future
Innovators
Empower: Realise:
Transforming Increasing
Education &
Employability &
Expanding Digital
Entrepreneurship
Inclusion
http://www.youthspark.com

6. Empower: Transforming Education &
Expanding Digital Inclusion
Donations to Partners in
youth nonprofits Learning
To support basic Provides
technology skills professional
training development to
school leaders and
educators
Office365 for students Faculty Connection
and teachers Your source for
Access to technology curriculum resources
tools that power and tools to help with
learning and your teaching
collaboration material and
educational curricula.

7. Transforming Education & Expanding Digital
Inclusion
DreamSpark
Free access to designer and
developer tools helps advance
the learning and teaching of key
technical skills at a critical time
in a student’s development

8. BizSpark
3 Years FREE dev and platform
tools and connections with key
industry players and funding to
jumpstart young entrepreneurs
and start-ups