Centre for Internet & Society

Art in the Open Source Age — A Talk by Gene Kogan

by Prasad Krishna - The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore, No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, IInd Stage - 560071 (Near Domlur Club and TERI Complex)

The Centre for Internet and Society is hosting a talk by Gene Kogan, a programmer and digital artist, at its office in Bangalore on November 30th, 2012, from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.

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Autonomy, Access, Infrastructure and Future — A Discussion with C S Lakshmi on the SPARROW Archive

by Prasad Krishna - The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore, No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, IInd Stage - 560071 (Near Domlur Club and TERI Complex)

What does it take to build an archive? Why build archives in the first place? What kind of challenges do archives created through independent initiatives face in terms of infrastructure, autonomy, access and futures? On Thursday, November 29, 2012, the Centre for Internet and Society and HasGeek present a Q&A session with Dr. C S Lakshmi, founder of SPARROW in Mumbai.

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Wikipedia: State of Tech — A Talk by Erik Moeller

by Prasad Krishna - The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore, No.194, 2nd, 'C', Cross, Domlur, IInd Stage, Bangalore 560071 (Near to TERI Complex and opposite to Domlur Club)

The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore is hosting a talk by Erik Moeller, Vice President of Engineering and Product Development at the Wikimedia Foundation at its office in Bangalore on November 12, 2012, from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m., followed by a lunch discussion.

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Wikipedia Hackathon at BITS Hyderabad

by Prasad Krishna -

CIS - A2K team and BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus are organizing a hackathon for their tech fest — ATMOS on October 26 - 27, 2012, from 6.00 p.m. on October 26 to 6.00 a.m. on October 27.

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Profit by Sharing: Anatomy of an Open Source Hardware Business

by Prasad Krishna - Centre for Internet & Society, No.194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru - 560016 (Near to TERI and Domlur Club)

Ian Lesnet, founder of DangerousPrototypes will give a lecture on open hardware and open source at the Centre for Internet & Society office in Bengaluru on October 24, 2012, 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

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Bangalore Force.com August Meetup

by Prasad Krishna - Centre for Internet and Society (Near Domlur Club and the TERI Complex), Bangalore

Following the India Salesforce Platform Developer Hands-On Workshop in July, Bangalore Force.com is organizing monthly meetups in Bangalore, starting in August. The first meeting will be held at the Centre for Internet & Society in Bangalore on Sunday, August 19, 2012 from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. John Barnes will be speaking on the occasion.

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Data-Driven Journalism, Data Literacy & Open Government — Talk at CIS

by Pranesh Prakash - Centre for Internet and Society, 194, 2-C Cross, Domlur Stage II, Bangalore (Near Domlur Club and the TERI Complex)

The Open Knowledge Foundation and the Centre for Internet and Society invite you to an informal talk by Lucy Chambers and Laura Newman on 'Data-Driven Journalism, Data Literacy, and Open Government'.

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International Space Apps Challenge

by Prasad Krishna - The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore

The International Space Apps Challenge is an international codeathon-style event that will take place over a 48 hour period in cities on all seven continents – and in space – on the weekend of April 21-22, 2012. The event embraces collaborative problem solving with a goal of producing solutions to global challenges. The Centre for Internet & Society is organising the event in Bangalore.

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Design!PubliC — Event in Delhi

by Prasad Krishna - New Delhi

Centre for Knowledge Societies in partnership with IBM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google, HeadStart, India@75, LiveMint, and the Centre for Internet & Society is organizing the third edition of Design!PubliC event in Delhi on April 19 and 20, 2012.

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Bangalore Meet-up for the Open Government Partnership Brasilia

by Prasad Krishna - Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore

The international Open Government Partnership (OGP) is holding its first annual meeting on April 17 and 18, 2012. Representatives from over 50 member countries will gather in Brasilia to celebrate the progress that has been made to date, to exchange best practices, and to grow and strengthen the global collaborative network of open government leaders. Bangalore meet-up at CIS on April 17, 2012 from 5.30 p.m to 7.30 p.m.

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