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Open Standards Workshop at IGF '09: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 30, 2009 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:54 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Consumer Rights, Digital Governance, Fair Dealings, FLOSS, Workshop, Openness
The Centre for Internet and Society co-organized a workshop on 'Open Standards: A Rights-Based Framework' at the fourth Internet Governance Forum, at Sharm el-Sheikh. The panel was chaired by Aslam Raffee of Sun Microsystems and the panellists were Sir Tim Berners-Lee of W3C, Renu Budhiraja of India's DIT, Sunil Abraham of CIS, Steve Mutkoski of Microsoft, and Rishab Ghosh of UNU-MERIT.
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DFI and Cambridge University Press join hands for getting print access to the "print impaired": by Radha Rao — published Nov 27, 2009 — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:45 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Cambridge University Press has given permission for books published in India by them to be converted into other accessible formats such as in DAISY, says Dr. Sam Taraporevala, Director, Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged in this blog.
Located in Accessibility / Blog
Copyright Access for the Disabled and Collaborative IP Policy: by Radha Rao — published Nov 23, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:27 PM — filed under: Accessibility
A blog post on SPICY IP by Shamnad Basheer, November 18, 2009
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Address delivered during the IGF Closing Ceremony: by Radha Rao — published Nov 19, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:18 AM — filed under: Internet Governance Forum
This address was delivered by Dr. Anja Kovacs, as a representative of civil society, to the IGF during its closing ceremony.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Access to online information and knowledge – advancing human rights and democracy: by Radha Rao — published Nov 18, 2009 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:34 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
An article by Achal Prabhala in GISW 2009 (Global Information Society Watch, 2009)
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
The Role of ICT in Judicial Reform- An Exploration: by Rebecca Schild — published Nov 18, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:17 AM — filed under: e-governance
A seminar held this month by the Communications and Manufacturing Association of India (CMAI) explored the role that information and communication technology can assume in the process of India's judicial reform efforts. The broad consensus among panelists was that “law is not keeping pace with technology”. However, whether technology will be harnessed to actually facilitate much needed transparency and access to the justice system, or be simply used to improve efficiency within the judicial branch still remains unclear.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Imagining the Internet – A History and Forecast: by Radha Rao — published Nov 18, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:26 PM — filed under: Openness
Workshop: A Rights-Based Framework - Open Standards - A report on the workshop by Senior segment producer, Janna Anderson - IGF 2009 – Egypt – Sharm El Sheikh (Nov 15th, 2009)
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National workshop on Web Accessibility - Thiruvananthapuram (Report): by Radha Rao — published Nov 13, 2009 — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:45 AM
The third National Workshop on Web Accessibility for Web developers was organised by CIS at Thiruvananthapuram in collaboration with SPACE.
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Digital Natives with a Cause? A Report: by Radha Rao — published Nov 11, 2009 — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM — filed under: Digital Natives
Youth are often seen as potential agents of change for reshaping their own societies. By 2010, the global youth population is expected reach almost 1.2 billion of which 85% reside in developing countries. Unleashing the potential of even a part of this group in developing countries promises a substantially impact on societies. Especially now when youths thriving on digital technologies flood universities, work forces, and governments and could facilitate radical restructuring of the world we live in. So, it’s time we start listening to them.
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Open Debate: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 04, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:34 PM — filed under: Openness
Deepa Kurup's article in Frontline on the battle over open standards in e-governance.
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