Future Screens NI Partner Professor Cathy Craig of INCISIV has been a appointed an Enterprise Fellow within the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub. Cathy is using virtual reality to better understand how the brain makes decisions during sport.
INCISIV have previously received funding via Future Screens NI Open Call and have just been awarded a Future Screens NI Pre-Commercialisation Award to take their tech to the global market.
Margaret McGoldrick is a Northern Irish producer/writer-director and recently was accepted to the Women in Films UK’s Mentorship Scheme sponsored by Netflix. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic Margaret has proposed “The Library Club” which is a fictional TV series which merges entertainment and education to support home learning.
Future Screens NI have awarded 13 companies a financial package of £5,000 with an accompanying academic support package of £10,000 to advance the future in a Post-Covid World. Selected projects are operating at the intersection of health, community, education and new emerging technologies.
Projects include amongst others:
The Bus Stop by Big Telly which will develop a future proofed prototype to promote human interaction
Story Moments by Corrina Askin which will develop emotionally responsive story moments which will provide emotional support when required
Flying by Gwen Stevenson which is a one woman immersive theatre show
Cloaked by Joe McStravick an immersive film capturing the experience of an autistic child during and in the aftermath of Covid-19.
In “Leave No One Behind,” music, voices, and visuals combine in a piece about what can be achieved beyond isolation and the pandemic, from the perspectives of young people, and with hope for the future.
“When the project was conceived we were in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and so we worked remotely. For the sake of the future, it is important to empower young people to have a vision for a better world, aligned with the SDGs, and it is also crucial to have confidence in young people to then take action and make that vision a reality. If educators, artists, families, businesses, politicians and other leaders in society focus on fostering young people in this way, a global solidarity of youth taking action for the SDGs can be achieved.”
Koichi Samuels, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Created by: Pupils of Junior Academy of Music, Queen's University Belfast; music composition by Koichi Samuels; video by Dervla Hillan; production by Resist-AV studio, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SDGs: 10, 16, 17
Created with the pupils of Junior Academy Music, Belfast
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Directed by Resist-AV studio
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Music by Koichi Samuels (Resist-AV)
Video Artist: Dervla Hillan
The unexpected COVID -19 crisis has generated sudden changes to the workforce and the ways in which we work. Future Screens were joined by David Mitchell and Abbie Long from Millar McCall Wylie for practical techniques, expert advice and real-life experience regarding the safe return to the workplace during the ongoing crisis.
The team discuss how best to plan for a return to the workplace, whilst discussing health and safety and risk assessments, contractual issues that may arise, and also the Coronavirus Job Support Scheme.