Past Events

Events which have already happened.

Mozilla DevDay 2010, Bangalore (National Institute of Advanced Studies Indian Institute of Science Campus Bangalore 560 012, from Feb 27, 2010 09:30 AM to Feb 27, 2010 05:30 PM)

Mozilla, Mahiti & The Centre for Internet and Society are joining hands to organize an informal developer-oriented conference in Bangalore on Saturday February 27, 2010.

Community Informatics: Successfully Applying Information and Communications Technologies as a Support to Local Economic and Social Development (CIS, Bangalore, from Feb 25, 2010 05:00 PM to Feb 25, 2010 07:00 PM)

Dr. Gurstein will present a talk on the current state of development in Community Informatics and facilitate a broader discussion on community based ICTs for local development and community empowerment as are currently applied in India and worldwide.

The Cultural Politics of Neo-Pentecostalism in India (CIS, Bangalore, from Feb 24, 2010 05:00 PM to Feb 24, 2010 07:00 PM)

Talk by Pradip Ninan Thomas

Campaigners for Inclusion to Organise Awareness Raising Event at Kolkata International Book Fair on February 6 (Kolkata, from Feb 06, 2010 02:00 PM to Feb 06, 2010 05:00 PM)

Campaigners for Inclusion is organising an awareness raising event on Right to Read at the Kolkata International Book Fair on February 6, 2010.

No Software Patents: Meetup at CIS on February 6 (The Centre for Internet and Society - Cunningham Road, Bangalore, from Feb 06, 2010 10:30 AM to Feb 06, 2010 01:00 PM)

Our team at CIS India thanks you for opposing software patents in India by signing the petition. If you stay in Bangalore, we invite you to a meetup on the topic of Software Patents, this Saturday (Feb 6th). We will have a few subject matter experts amongst us too.

Second Maps for Making Change Workshop: Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India (National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, from Feb 01, 2010 08:00 AM to Feb 03, 2010 06:00 PM)

The second workshop of the Maps for Making Change project will take place at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, from 1 until 3 February 2010. The workshop will allow a select group of activists and supporters of social movements and campaigns in India to start developing digital maps that they can use in their advocacy work, under the expert guidance of international digital mapping rights activists, Indian mapping experts, design professionals and techies with an interest in activism. The workshop is organised by the Centre for Internet and Society and Tactical Tech, in cooperation with MediaShala at NID.

Right to Read Campaign - Delhi (Lal Chowk, Pragati Maidan, from Jan 30, 2010 02:00 PM to Jan 30, 2010 05:00 PM)

The Centre for Internet and Society is organizing a Right to Read Campaign on January 30th 2010, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

Art and Social Media (Art, Resources and Teaching Trust (A.R.T.) Casa Andree II, First Floor, No.8 B 1, Andree Road, Shanti Nagar, Bangalore 560 027, from Jan 16, 2010 11:00 AM to Jan 17, 2010 04:30 PM)

Art Resources and Teaching Trust in collaboration with The Centre for Internet and Society, is organizing a workshop titled "Art and Social Media" on January 16th-17th 2010, to be conducted by Anita Garimella.

Opening India's Spectrum (CIS Office, D-2, 3rd Floor, Shariff Chambers, 14 Cunningham Road, Bangalore 560 052, from Jan 14, 2010 06:00 PM to Jan 14, 2010 07:30 PM)

India's Government monopolised the radio spectrum until the mid-1990s and even now, non-governmental use of wireless is more limited than in other democracies. Restrictive policies constrain the growth of mobile telephony, broadcasting, wireless broadband and many other services important to India's social and economic development. Can anything be done to change this? Robert Horowitz, director of Open Spectrum Foundation suggests changes.

Critical Point of View: WikiWars (The Bangalore International Centre, TERI, , Domlur, Bangalore, from Jan 12, 2010 09:00 AM to Jan 12, 2010 05:30 PM)

The Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore), in collaboration with the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam), brings together an international range of scholars, researchers, practitioners, artists and users, to critically think through the emergence and spread of Wikipedia in the last few years. In this two day event that seeks to engage with different aspects of Wikipedia across different disciplines and practices, we invite students, researchers, Wikipedians and interested stakeholders to come and join us at WikiWars

Improving Collective Intelligence (The Energy and Resources Institute- Southern Regional Centre (TERI-SRC) 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage Bangalore, from Dec 20, 2009 04:00 PM to Dec 20, 2009 07:00 PM)

CIS in collaboration with iMorph, Inc. and Program For the Future, is organizing a Tweetup on Dec 20th, 2009 at TERI from 4pm to 7pm.

Mozilla Open Web Talks (TERI, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage Bangalore, from Dec 16, 2009 07:00 PM to Dec 16, 2009 09:00 PM)

Give a talk, or just listen - On December 16 in Bangalore, Mozilla and The Centre for Internet and Society are holding an evening of talks about the future of the open internet.

Open Video Summit (The Energy and Resources Institute- Southern Regional Centre (TERI-SRC) 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage Bangalore, from Dec 15, 2009 09:00 AM to Dec 15, 2009 06:00 PM)

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), iCommons, Open Video Alliance and Magic Lantern are organizing a workshop on December 15, 2009 at TERI, Bangalore

Preserving Digital Memories: A Patrimonial Approach (The Centre for Internet & Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers 14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore, from Dec 10, 2009 04:00 PM to Dec 10, 2009 06:00 PM)

The Centre for Internet & Society and The Centre for Contemporary Studies, Bangalore cordially invite you to a public lecture and discussion by Dr. Bruno Bachimont, on Preserving Digital Memories: A Patrimonial Approach, on 10th December, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm.

10 tactics for turning information into action (C E D (Centre for Education and Documentation) 7, 8th Main, 3rd Phase, Domlur 2nd Stage, Bangalore, from Dec 09, 2009 04:30 PM to Dec 09, 2009 06:00 PM)

Tactical Technology Collective (TTC) with The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Alternative Law Forum, is happy to announce the Bangalore launch of TTC's newest toolkit - '10 tactics for turning information into action'.

Free Culture Roadshow (IIT-B, TISS, Anna University, IIT-M, Mount Carmel College, NLS, CEPT, India International Centre-Delhi, Jadavpur University , from Dec 07, 2009 10:00 AM to Dec 22, 2009 03:30 PM)

The Free Culture Roadshow from 07th December, 2009 to 22nd December, 2009: A presentation on The Right to Share and The Promise of Open Video.

Maps for Making Change - The First Workshop (India Islamic Cultural Centre, 87-88 Lodhi Road, New Delhi, from Dec 03, 2009 09:30 AM to Dec 03, 2009 06:00 PM)

In this first workshop in a series of three, participants will think through the potential of mapping in the context of a project that they have suggested in their application and the preparations they need to make to make these ideas a reality.

CC Salon (JAAGA, 16/1, Rhenius Street, Off Richmond Road, (Opp. the Hockey Association Stadium main gate), Shanthinagar, Bangalore, from Dec 02, 2009 07:30 PM to Dec 02, 2009 08:30 PM)

Creative Commons Casestudies, Featuring Status.Net - The Centre For Internet and Society and JAAGA are organising a CC Salon on 02nd December, 2009 at 7.30pm.

National Conference on ICTs for the differently- abled/under privileged communities in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship 2009 - (NCIDEEE 2009) (Loyola College, Chennai , from Dec 01, 2009 09:00 AM to Dec 03, 2009 06:00 PM)

A national level conference on the use of Information and Communication Technology for the differently abled / under privileged community in education, employment and entrepreneurship.

ICT, transaction cost and development: The flip side (Centre for Internet and Society No. D2, 3rd Floor, Shariff Chambers 14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560 052, from Nov 25, 2009 03:30 PM to Nov 25, 2009 05:00 PM)

A presentation by Prof. Pradoshnath at CIS, Bangalore on Nov 25th, 2009 from 3.30pm to 5pm