Past Events
Events which have already happened.
- Unique Identity (UID) Project: A Debate on Fundamental Rights Apr 16, 2010 from 09:00 AM to 12:30 PM — Queens Road, Bangalore, — by Prasad Krishna
- A half day workshop on unique identity number and fundamental rights is being held on Friday, 16 April, 2010 at the Institute of Agricultural Technologists in Bangalore. The event is being co-organised by Citizen Action Forum, People's Union for Civil Liberties - Karnataka, Slum Janandolana – Karnataka, Alternative Law Forum and the Centre for Internet and Society.
- The First IJLT-CIS Lecture Series on Jurisdictional Issues in Cyberspace Apr 03, 2010 from 03:00 AM to 11:45 AM — National Law School of India University, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore, — by Prasad Krishna
- The IJLT-CIS Lecture Series will be held at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore on 3 April, 2010.
- Critical Point of View: WikiWars II from Mar 26, 2010 04:00 AM to Mar 27, 2010 12:00 PM — Public Library, Amsterdam, — by Prasad Krishna
- The Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore), in collaboration with the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam) is hosting the second Critical Point of View (WikiWars) conference in Amsterdam on March 26 and 27, 2010. 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.
- Mozilla DevDay 2010, Bangalore Feb 27, 2010 from 04:00 AM to 12:00 PM — National Institute of Advanced Studies Indian Institute of Science Campus Bangalore 560 012, — by Radha Rao
- 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 Feb 25, 2010 from 11:30 AM to 01:30 PM — CIS, Bangalore, — by Prasad Krishna
- 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 Feb 24, 2010 from 11:30 AM to 01:30 PM — CIS, Bangalore, — by Prasad Krishna
- Talk by Pradip Ninan Thomas
- Campaigners for Inclusion to Organise Awareness Raising Event at Kolkata International Book Fair on February 6 Feb 06, 2010 from 08:30 AM to 11:30 AM — Kolkata, — by Prasad Krishna
- 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 Feb 06, 2010 from 05:00 AM to 07:30 AM — The Centre for Internet and Society - Cunningham Road, Bangalore, — by Prasad Krishna
- 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 from Feb 01, 2010 02:30 AM to Feb 03, 2010 12:30 PM — National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, — by Anja Kovacs
- 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 Jan 30, 2010 from 08:30 AM to 11:30 AM — Lal Chowk, Pragati Maidan, — by Prasad Krishna
- 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 from Jan 16, 2010 05:30 AM to Jan 17, 2010 11:00 AM — Art, Resources and Teaching Trust (A.R.T.) Casa Andree II, First Floor, No.8 B 1, Andree Road, Shanti Nagar, Bangalore 560 027, — by Radha Rao
- 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 Jan 14, 2010 from 12:30 PM to 02:00 PM — CIS Office, D-2, 3rd Floor, Shariff Chambers, 14 Cunningham Road, Bangalore 560 052, — by Pranesh Prakash
- 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 Horvitz, director of Open Spectrum Foundation suggests changes.
- Critical Point of View: WikiWars Jan 12, 2010 from 03:30 AM to 12:00 PM — The Bangalore International Centre, TERI, , Domlur, Bangalore, — by Nishant Shah
- 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 Dec 20, 2009 from 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM — The Energy and Resources Institute- Southern Regional Centre (TERI-SRC) 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage Bangalore, — by Radha Rao
- 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 Dec 16, 2009 from 01:30 PM to 03:30 PM — TERI, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage Bangalore, — by Radha Rao
- 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 Dec 15, 2009 from 03:30 AM to 12:30 PM — The Energy and Resources Institute- Southern Regional Centre (TERI-SRC) 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage Bangalore, — by Radha Rao
- 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 Dec 10, 2009 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — The Centre for Internet & Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers 14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore, — by Radha Rao
- 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 Dec 09, 2009 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM — C E D (Centre for Education and Documentation) 7, 8th Main, 3rd Phase, Domlur 2nd Stage, Bangalore, — by Radha Rao
- 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 from Dec 07, 2009 04:30 AM to Dec 22, 2009 10:00 AM — IIT-B, TISS, Anna University, IIT-M, Mount Carmel College, NLS, CEPT, India International Centre-Delhi, Jadavpur University , — by Radha Rao
- 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 Dec 03, 2009 from 04:00 AM to 12:30 PM — India Islamic Cultural Centre, 87-88 Lodhi Road, New Delhi, — by Anja Kovacs
- 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.
