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The I-MACX Summit & Demo Day (Spring 2015): by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 18, 2015 — last modified Aug 23, 2015 09:37 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
IIIT-B Innovation Center organized this event in Bangalore on June 18, 2015. Sunil Abraham participated as a speaker.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
The Impact of Regulation: FOSS and Enterprise: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 22, 2011 — filed under: Openness
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The India Chronicles: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 14, 2011 09:13 AM
Tory Read, a professional researcher, writer and journalist was commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation to create a vivid description of its work in India. This was done in the interest of transparency and to ensure that it captured lessons from this new approach. Tory travelled for a couple of weeks across Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and some towns in Kerala — attending community meet-ups speaking with a host of individual community members in these cities. Tory has given a journalistic account and analysis, based on document review, interviews and observations conducted between November 2010 and June 2011, including 16 days in India in June 2011.The views expressed herein are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Wikimedia Foundation.
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The India Conference on Cyber Security and Cyber Governance: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 13, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Following the success of CYFY 2013 the CYFY 2014 will be held from October 15 to 17, 2014 in New Delhi. The Centre for Internet and Society is a knowledge partner for this event and Sunil Abraham is participating as a panelist in the session "Privacy is Dead".
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
The Intellects holds 2nd International Conclave of Odia Language: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 26, 2016 — last modified Feb 27, 2016 05:35 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
The Intellects, a Delhi-based progressive forum of intellectuals, held the 2nd International Conclave of Odia Language at the India International Centre in New Delhi today.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
The International Copyright System and Access to Education: Challenges, New Access Models and Prospects for New Principles: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 01, 2012 — last modified Jun 01, 2012 04:29 AM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
This event organised by Max Planck Institute was held in Munich, Germany on May 14 and 15, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated in this event.
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The Internet Will Be Everywhere In 2025, For Better Or Worse: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 12, 2014 — last modified Apr 04, 2014 09:08 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
In 2025, the Internet will enhance our awareness of the world and ourselves while diminishing privacy and allowing abusers to "make life miserable for others," according to a new report by the Pew Research Center and Elon University.
Located in News & Media
The Internet, Culture, and Society - Looking at Past, Present, and Future Worldwide: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 03, 2010 — last modified Oct 21, 2011 10:13 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
It is now well known that with 4.5 billion mobile phone owners in the world and increased Internet penetration, global cultures and communities have experienced shifts in their economic, political, and social well-being due to the digital revolution. As a scholar and consultant who works worldwide, Prof Ramesh Srinivasan will illustrate how new media technologies have been used creatively to enable political movements in Kyrgyzstan, literacy and educational reform in India, and economic development across the developing world. In addition to this, he will discuss some of digital culture's biggest challenges, including considering how the Web can start to empower different types of cultural perspectives and knowledges. The talk will be live streamed.
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The internet’s new billion: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 23, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:31 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
New web users — in countries like Brazil and China — are changing the culture of the internet.
Located in News & Media
The joys of being a Wikipedian: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 30, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Radha Krishna, an engineer, had always wanted to share information online so that people who wanted to learn more could just log in and benefit by reading his articles. Eight years ago he started his own website for this very purpose. But he found it hard to maintain the site. He then chanced upon Wikipedia, the largest open-source encyclopedia, which was then just becoming popular in the country.
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