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Open Access Week Round-Up: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 27, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:21 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Open Access, Access to Knowledge
Here is a round-up of events held at the University of Otago over Open Access Week. Subhashish Panigrahi made a presentation for the staff members of libraries across New Zealand. The event was organised by the University of Otago.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015: by Jyoti Panday — published Nov 23, 2015 — last modified Nov 30, 2015 10:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Big Data, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Encryption, Internet Governance Forum, Intermediary Liability, Accountability, Internet Governance, Censorship, Cyber Security, Digital Governance, Anonymity, Civil Society, Blocking
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao Pessoa in Brazil from 10 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 was ‘Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development’. Sunil Abraham, Pranesh Prakash & Jyoti Panday from CIS actively engaged and made substantive contributions to several key issues affecting internet governance at the IGF 2015. The issue-wise detail of their engagement is set out below.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
National IPR Policy: Mapping the Stakeholders’ Response: by Akshath Mithal — published Nov 24, 2015 — last modified Nov 24, 2015 03:02 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
The first draft of the National IPR Policy was released last December. Following that, a plethora of comments and suggestions was submitted to the DIPP on the same. In this post, I will focus on the comments that were available online and analyse the trends that I was able to find in the same and also highlight the many suggestions put forth by the stakeholders.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
तेसर फ्यूल कॉन्फरेंस आओर मोज़िला हैकाथन संपन्न: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 25, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:59 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
तेसरा फ़्यूल ज़िल्ट कॉन्फरेंस 2015 23 तारिख कए चेन्नई मे संपन्न भेल ।
Located in Openness / News & Media
तीसरा फ्यूल जिल्ट कॉन्फ्रेंस और मोज़िला हैकाथन चेन्नई में संपन्न: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 25, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:51 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
तीसरा फ्यूल जिल्ट कॉन्फ्रेंस 2015 आज चेन्नई में संपन्न हुआ. भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग के लिए मानक भाषाई संसाधन और औज़ार बनाने में पिछले सात सालों से जुटी फ्यूल परियोजना के द्वारा 2013 में आरंभ किए गए इस सम्मेलन के प्रायोजक और आयोजक दुनिया की जानी-मानी कंपनियां मोज़िला, सी-डैक और रेड हैट हैं.
Located in Openness / News & Media
India - Europe Conference on Building a Sustainable IPR - ICT Ecosystem for Promoting Innovation: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 26, 2015 — last modified Dec 22, 2015 02:48 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune organized a one-day conference in Bangalore on November 20, 2015. Rohini Lakshané attended this event.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Conflict of interest cloud over CCI chief: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 23, 2015 — filed under: Access to Knowledge
The chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and three of the six commission members are participating in a conference organised by Assocham and sponsored by private companies like Ericsson, trade associations and two legal firms specialising in intellectual property cases. This, civil society organisations argue, raises issues of conflict of interest in a quasi-judicial body like CCI participating in a conference organised by private parties that have cases before the commission.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala: by Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 28, 2012 — last modified Oct 04, 2012 12:18 PM — filed under: Openness, Workshop, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Patiala is the home to the famous Punjabi University. A Wikipedia workshop was organized at the Punjabi University's Punjabi Department on August 16, 2012.
Located in Openness / Blog
Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Amritsar: by Shiju Alex — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Oct 04, 2012 04:11 PM — filed under: Openness, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
After Ludhiana and Patiala we came to Amritsar, which we all know is home to the Golden Temple and the spiritual centre of Sikh religion, to introduce Punjabi Wikipedia. The workshop was held at the Spring Dale Senior School, Amritsar on August 17, 2012.
Located in Openness / Blog
Wikipedia comes to Hyderabad!: by Noopur Raval — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Feb 13, 2013 11:40 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
This post is a report on the series of Wikipedia meets organized in the city of Hyderabad on September 29-30, 2012. These workshops were a a part of the larger effort to help Wikipedia contributors in the same city to meet each other and strengthen the local community.
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