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HasGeek presents The Fifth Elephant
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/has-geek-presents-the-fifth-elephant
<b>HasGeek and the Centre for Internet & Society invite you the Fifth Elephant at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore on July 27 and 28, 2012. </b>
<h3>Why The Fifth Elephant?</h3>
<p>Modern technology with ubiquitous connectivity and cloud-hosted computing power is increasingly becoming important for making sense of data. The infrastructure, tools, processes and algorithms for storage, analytics and visualization shape the meanings and value that can be derived from the data. At the same time, these technologies are strongly intertwined i.e., the database infrastructure shapes how data is accessed for processing, as well as the tools you can (or cannot) use to represent the data in certain ways on the frontend. Similarly, the paradigms used for simplifying and storing data — MapReduce, NoSQL, RDBMS — variously enable the morphing of complex data into meaningful formats. Working with each one of them involves limitations and possibilities.</p>
<p><strong>The Fifth Elephant </strong>is the first of its kind of events where you will meet different people working with different kinds of data. It is an opportunity for learning about new tools, technologies, platforms, processes and best practices, and engaging with business leaders, IT decision-makers, journalists, analysts and developers. It is also an opportunity to showcase data products, APIs, services and platforms.</p>
<h3>A Conference? An Event?</h3>
<p>The Fifth Elephant is not simply a series of lectures. It is a space for interactions with a diverse audience to serendipitously explore insights and solutions for your data problems, to understand how hidden meanings in data can be made manifest, and to learn how others are working with data. The event is open to data analysts and scientists, statisticians, geeks, enthusiasts, data-driven product managers and designers, enterprise architects, journalists, researchers, developers and database professionals.</p>
<h3>The Agenda</h3>
<p>The Fifth Elephant will be held on July 27 and 28, 2012 at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore. Day 1 covers the technology track — big data infrastructure, analytics and visualization. Day 2 invites talks from business and industry — finance, retail, health, media, telecom — to showcase the nature of data in each of these sectors and how they are working (and not working) with the data.</p>
<p>Apart from demos, lectures and tutorials, there will be opportunities for open house discussions and presentations on Hadoop, NoSQL versus RDBMS paradigms, and legal and licensing frameworks for data sharing, among others. Hacker corners, a dedicated participant lounge and interactive sponsor booths will further the learning, showcasing and engagement at the event.</p>
<p>For submitting talks and speaking proposals, visit <a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/5el">funnel.hasgeek.com/5el</a>.<br />Corporate tickets available for company delegates and employees. For more information write to <a class="external-link" href="mailto:info@hasgeek.com">info@hasgeek.com</a><br />For sponsorship queries, write to <a class="external-link" href="mailto:zainab@hasgeek.com">zainab@hasgeek.com</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/has-geek-presents-the-fifth-elephant'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/has-geek-presents-the-fifth-elephant</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaEvent TypeInternet Governance2012-06-19T06:38:13ZEventMedical Privacy
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/medical-privacy
<b>Privacy India in partnership with the Indian Network for People living with HIV/AIDS, Centre for Internet & Society, IDRC, Society in Action Group and Privacy International is organising an event on Medical Privacy at Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration, Rajbhavan Complex, Baner Road, Pune on June 30, 2012, from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. </b>
<p>Confidentiality and privacy are essential to all trusting relationships, such as that between patients and doctors. Moreover, in a healthcare context, patient confidentiality and the protection of privacy is the foundation of the doctor-patient relationship. Medical confidentiality promotes the individual's medical autonomy, by sheltering those seeking morally controversial medical care from outside criticism and interference with decisions.<a name="fr1" href="#fn1">[1]</a>Patients must feel comfortable sharing private information about their bodily functions, physical and sexual activities, and medical history.<a name="fr1" href="#fn2">[2]</a> This will make them more willing to seek information and support to fully understand and evaluate their options so that they can make the most informed medical decisions.</p>
<p>The disclosure of personal health information has the potential to be embarrassing, stigmatizing or discriminatory. Furthermore, various goods such as employment, life, and medical insurance, could be placed at risk if the flow of medical information were not restricted.<a name="fr3" href="#fn3">[3]</a></p>
<p>This workshop will explore the various types of medical privacy including: informational privacy (e.g., confidentiality, anonymity, secrecy and data security); physical privacy (e.g., modesty and bodily integrity); associational privacy (e.g. intimate sharing of death, illness and recovery); proprietary privacy (e.g., selfownership and control over personal identifiers, genetic data, and body tissues); and decisional privacy (e.g., autonomy and choice in medical decision-making).<a name="fr4" href="#fn4">[4]</a></p>
<p>The right to privacy in India has been a neglected area of study and engagement. Although sectoral legislation deals with privacy issues, India does not as yet have a horizontal legislation that deals comprehensively with privacy across all contexts. The absence of a minimum guarantee of privacy is felt most heavily by marginalized communities, including HIV patients, children, women, sexuality minorities, prisoners, etc. - people who most need to know that sensitive information is protected.</p>
<p>Since June 2010, Privacy India in collaboration with Privacy International, based in London, has been conducting workshops and engaging in public awareness. Participants include policy makers, researchers, sectoral experts, NGOs, and the public to discuss and deliberate different questions of privacy, its intersections and its implications with our everyday life.</p>
<p>The discussions have ranged from topics of online privacy to minority rights and privacy, and consumer privacy. The workshops have been organized in different cities - Bangalore, Guwahati, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Goa, etc.</p>
<p>Please confirm your participation through <a class="external-link" href="mailto:natasha@cis-india.org">email to Natasha Vaz</a>. We sincerely hope you will be able to attend and look forward to your participation.</p>
<p><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/medical-privacy.pdf" class="internal-link" title="Medical Privacy Invite">Download the event Invite</a> [PDF, 522 Kb]</p>
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<p>[<a name="fn1" href="#fr1">1</a>]. Allen, A. (2011). Privacy and Medicine. in E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2011st ed.). Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2011/entries/privacy‐medicine/<br />[<a name="fn2" href="#fr2">2</a>]. Mishra, N., Parker, L., Nimgaonkar, V., & Deshpande, S. (2008). Privacy and the Right to Information Act, 2005. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, 5(4), 158‐161.<br />[<a name="fn3" href="#fr3">3</a>].Nissenbaum, H. (2004). Privacy as Contextual Integrity. Washington Law Review, 79(1), 101‐139.<br />[<a name="fn4" href="#fr4">4</a>]. Allen, A. (2011). Privacy and Medicine. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2011st ed.). Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2011/entries/privacy‐medicine/</p>
<p>The event is free and open to the public.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/medical-privacy'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/medical-privacy</a>
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No publishernatashaEvent TypeInternet GovernancePrivacy2012-06-15T16:11:11ZEventSecuring e-Governance: Ensuring Data Protection and Privacy
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/securing-e-governance
<b>Privacy India in partnership with the Centre for Internet & Society, International Development Research Centre, and Society in Action Group is organizing a discussion on E-Governance. It is based on the theme, ‘Security and Privacy Issues’, and will be held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on June 16, 2012, from 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Registration is free and open to the public.</b>
<p>India has witnessed a rapid proliferation of the use of information and communication technology in the delivery of government services. E-government is seen as an instrument to simultaneously increase the efficiency, transparency and accountability of public administration and improve public service delivery. Consequently, this has transformed the traditional delivery of public sector services, this is known as “e-governance”. These developments have implications and pose challenges for privacy and security. </p>
<p>The right to privacy in India has been a neglected area of study and engagement. Although sectoral legislation deals with privacy issues, India does not as yet have a horizontal legislation that deals comprehensively with privacy across all contexts. The absence of a minimum guarantee of privacy is felt most heavily by marginalized communities, including HIV patients, children, women, sexuality minorities, prisoners, etc. — people who most need to know that sensitive information is protected.</p>
<p>Since June 2010, Privacy India in collaboration with Privacy International, based in London, has been engaging in public awareness through workshops and consultations. These provide a platform for policy makers, sectoral experts, NGOs, and the public to discuss and deliberate different questions of privacy, its intersections and its implications with our everyday life. The discussions have ranged from topics of identity and privacy, to minority rights and privacy, and consumer privacy. The workshops have been organized in different cities — Bangalore, Guwahati, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Goa, etc.</p>
<h2>Agenda</h2>
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<td>9.00 - 9.30<br /></td>
<td><strong>Registration</strong></td>
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<td>9.30 - 10.00<br /></td>
<td><strong>Welcome</strong><br />Prashant Iyengar is a practicing lawyer and lead researcher for Privacy India. He will present who Privacy India is, and the objectives of Privacy India's research. His presentation will focus on discussing privacy in India.<br /></td>
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<td>10.00 - 10.15<br /></td>
<td>Tea Break<br /></td>
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<td>10.15 - 10.45<br /></td>
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<h3>Session I<br /></h3>
<strong>People as the Most Vulnerable Link in e-Governance</strong><br />Dr. Nityesh Bhatt, Sr. Associate Professor and Chairperson in the information Management Area at Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad<br /></td>
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<td>10.45 - 11.15<br /></td>
<td><strong>Ongoing e-Governance projects: Issue with security and privacy</strong><br />Professor Subhash Bhatnagar, Advisor - Center for Electronic Governance, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad<br /></td>
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<td>11.15 - 11.25<br /></td>
<td>Discussion</td>
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<td>11.25 - 11.55<br /></td>
<td><strong>E-governance: What is it?</strong><br />Mr. Gopalkrishnan Devanathan (Kris Dev), Co-founder of the International Transparency and Accountability Network.<br /></td>
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<td>11.55 - 12.25<br /></td>
<td><strong>Security and privacy in e-governance with reference to the Gujarat Government</strong><br />Dr. Neeta Shah, Director (eGovernance), Gujarat Informatics, Ltd.<br /></td>
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<td>12.25 - 12.35<br /></td>
<td>Discussion</td>
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<td>12.35 - 1.20<br /></td>
<td>Lunch Break<br /></td>
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<td>1.20 - 1.50<br /></td>
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<h3>Session II</h3>
<strong>Cyber Usages: Challenges and Dispute Resolution <br /></strong>Utkarsh Jani<strong>, </strong>Advocate, Jani Advocates<strong><br /></strong></td>
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<td>1.50 - 2.20<br /></td>
<td><strong>Concern for privacy and security of the common man</strong><br />Dr. Mrinalini Shah, Professor of Operations Management at Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad<br /></td>
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<td>2.20 - 2.50<br /></td>
<td><strong>Security issues in e-Governance: A hacker's perspective</strong><br />Mr. Sunny Vaghela, Founder & CTO, TechDefence Private Limited<br /></td>
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<td>2.50 - 3.00<br /></td>
<td>Discussion<br /></td>
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<td>3.00 - 3.30<br /></td>
<td>
<h3>Session III</h3>
<strong>Securing the desktop through Virtualisation </strong><br />Anindya Kumar Banerjee, Regional Manager East, CG & MP at NComputing Inc</td>
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<td>3.30 - 4.00<br /></td>
<td>Opening up Data and privacy<br />Ms. Nisha Thompson, Data Project Manager at Arghyam/India Water Portal</td>
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<td>4.00 - 4.10<br /></td>
<td>Discussion</td>
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<td>4.10 - 4.25<br /></td>
<td>Tea Break<br /></td>
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<td>4.25 - 5.00<br /></td>
<td>Discussion and Questions</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Confirmed Speakers</h2>
<ul><li>Dr. Nityesh Bhatt, Sr. Associate Professor and Chairperson in the Information Management Area at Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad</li><li>Utkarsh Jani, Advocate, Jani Advocates</li><li>Gopalakrishnan Devanathan (Kris Dev), Co-Founder of the International Transparency and Accountability Network</li><li>Prof. Subhash Bhatnagar, Advisor- CEG- IIMA</li><li>Anindya Kumar Banerjee, Regional Manager- East, CG & MP @ NComputing India</li><li>Nisha Thompson, Consultant, India Water Portal<br /></li><li>Dr. Mrinalini Shah, Professor, NMIMS University, Mumbai</li><li>Sunny Vaghela, Founder & CTO, TechDefence Private Limited</li><li>Prashant Iyengar, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School & Assistant Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies</li></ul>
<p>Please confirm your participation with Natasha Vaz at <a class="external-link" href="mailto:natasha@cis-india.org">natasha@cis-india.org</a>. We sincerely hope you will be able to attend and look forward to your participation.</p>
<h2>Download the following:</h2>
<ol><li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/e-governance-identity-privacy.pdf" class="internal-link" title="E-Governance, Identity and Privacy">E-Governance, Identity and Privacy</a> [PDF, 253 Kb]</li><li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/securing-e-governance-event.pdf" class="internal-link" title="Securing E-Governance, Ahmedabad">Event Poster</a> [PDF, 162 Kb] </li><li><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/securing-e-governance-programme.pdf" class="internal-link" title="Securing E-Governance in Ahmedabad">Event Brochure</a> [PDF, 1618 Kb]<br /></li></ol>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/securing-e-governance'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/securing-e-governance</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaEvent TypeInternet Governance2012-06-15T04:10:57ZEvent3rd IJLT-CIS Lecture Series at NLSIU, Bangalore
https://cis-india.org/telecom/ijlt-cis-lecture-series-nlsiu
<b>The Indian Journal of Law and Technology in association with the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore is organising the 3rd IJLT-CIS Lecture Series at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. The lecture series will be spread out over the course of the year and will include eminent speakers who will talk with the students and other interested persons on their topics of expertise.</b>
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<p>To kick off the lecture series, Professor Rohan Samarajiva will deliver the inaugural lecture on <em>Tariff Regulation in South Asia</em>.</p>
<p>Tariff regulation has in the recent past attracted the attention of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal, as well as the Department of Telecom at the Union Ministry of Communications. India has a burgeoning and competitive cellular services provider market, and tariff regulation has far-reaching impact on the industry. Moreover, as aware consumers of mobile telephony and data services, this is an issue that is relevant for all of us. </p>
<p>Prof Samarajiva is a pre-eminent figure in policy-making and academia on the subject of information and communications technology, and this is an excellent opportunity to get his insights on the crucial topic, not just from an Indian perspective but from a pan-Asian viewpoint. He has taught at universities in USA, Netherlands and Sri Lanka and is currently Chairman & CEO, LIRNEasia, an ICT policy and regulation think tank active across 12 emerging Asian economies. He is also a Board member at Communication for Policy Research - South, which is a capacity building initiative to develop Asia-Pacific based policy initiatives on ICT policy regulation among junior to mid level scholars. His full profile can be accessed <a class="external-link" href="http://lirneasia.net/about/profiles/rohan-samarajiva/">here</a>.</p>
<p>The lecture will be organised at NLSIU, Bangalore on <em>Sunday, the 27th of May, 2012 from 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm</em>. You are requested to take your seats by 5.20 pm. The hour-long session will include both a lecture and an interactive session with the speaker. Interested persons are requested to register for the lecture series by sending in an email to <a class="external-link" href="mailto:editorialboard@ijlt.in">editorialboard@ijlt.in</a></p>
<p>The address of the venue is</p>
<p>National Law School of India University<br />Jnanabharati Road, Nagarbhavi<br />Bangalore - 560072 <br />Google maps location: <a class="external-link" href="http://g.co/maps/ppwcr">http://g.co/maps/ppwcr</a></p>
<p>Follow our event page ‘3rd IJLT-CIS Lecture Series’ on Facebook to remain updated!</p>
<p><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/ijlt-cis-lecture-series.pdf" class="internal-link" title="3rd IJLT-CIS Lecture Series in Bangalore">Download the event poster</a> [PDF, 57 kb]</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/telecom/ijlt-cis-lecture-series-nlsiu'>https://cis-india.org/telecom/ijlt-cis-lecture-series-nlsiu</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaTelecomLectureEvent Type2012-05-25T15:33:16ZEventThe Awesome Contracts Project (Geekup @ CIS)
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/awesom-contracts-project
<b>Vivek Durai, co-founder at Awesome Contracts, a Singapore-India startup will give a public lecture on May 18, 2012 at the Centre for Internet & Society in Bangalore. Lawyer, musician, legal recruiter and entrepreneur, Amith Narayan will also participate through Skype!</b>
<h2>The Awesome Contracts Project</h2>
<p>Contracts are ubiquitous in our everyday life. They are also a nuisance. And they typically come attached with a bigger nuisance - lawyers! Interestingly though, contracts are a lot like code. Geek-lawyers, a very small, minuscule tribe on this planet, tend to notice a lot of similarities between the two. If this is true, it opens up a lot of possibilities, including changing the way we do business and in particular generate contracts, negotiate and seal deals.</p>
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<p>We'll talk about some of the technology and some of the products we're working on that we think can provide power to a lot of folks.</p>
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<h2>Agenda</h2>
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<td>17:00 - 17:05</td>
<td>Welcome with Tea, Coffee, and Snacks</td>
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<tr>
<td>17:05 - 17:15<br /><br /></td>
<td>Lightning Talks<br /><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>17:15 - 18:00<br /><br /></td>
<td>The Awesome Contracts Project</td>
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<tr>
<td>
<div class="time">18:00 - 18:30</div>
</td>
<td>Q & A</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Vivek Durai</h2>
<p>Vivek Durai is a co-founder at Awesome Contracts, a Singapore-India startup that is working on interesting problems in the field of law and contracts. As with just about everyone else, he and co-founder Amith Narayan would like to change the world. Preferably, for the better. Vivek and Amith are both alumnus of the National Law School of India University.<br /><br />Vivek is a lawyer by training, a geek by nature, and generally human. Most of the time. As far as ideologies go, Vivek is a Pythonista currently flirting with Node and other things. He is also incidentally a Partner at Atman Law Partners, a young three office boutique law firm.</p>
<h2>Amith Narayan</h2>
<p>Amith Narayan loves hats. He likes them so much in fact, he's been wearing all kinds. He has been a corporate lawyer, a musician, a record producer, a legal recruiter, and now an entrepreneur running this crazy little startup. Amith grew up in Calicut (Kozhikode) Kerala, trained in law at NLSIU, worked in the grand dame of the Indian legal world - Crawford Bayley - before moving to Singapore where he's been living for the past 10 years. Amith will join us over Skype during the talk.<br /><br /></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/awesom-contracts-project'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/awesom-contracts-project</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaLectureEvent TypeInternet Governance2012-05-11T12:17:09ZEvent2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
https://cis-india.org/a2k/global-congress-on-ip
<b>We are pleased to announce the Second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. The theme for this year’s Congress will be “Setting the positive agenda in motion,” and will have a special focus on developments and opportunities in the so-called “BRICS” group of emerging economies. This note invites applications to attend the Congress, including proposals to chair workshops or deliver a paper or presentation related to the Congress’s theme.
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<h2>Application and Cost Information</h2>
<p>The application form is available now at <a class="external-link" href="http://infojustice.org/public-events/globalcongress2012/registration">http://infojustice.org/globalcongress2012/registration</a>. Due to generous support from our sponsors, the Congress will cover the registration fees and all on-site costs for all attendees, including lunches and dinner receptions. Limited travel grants to cover accommodation and/or travel to the Congress will be available, with priorities for those from developing countries.</p>
<h2>Deadline</h2>
<ul><li>Priority applications for travel assistance and to present or chair a workshop at the Congress will be due by August 1, 2012.</li><li>Final applications for travel grants, subject to funding availability, as well as applications to present at the Congress, will be due by September 1, 2012.</li><li>Applicants not seeking travel assistance or presentation opportunities may apply to attend the Congress by November 1, 2012.</li></ul>
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Please forward this invitation to interested lists and individuals. For more information or questions, you may contact<a class="external-link" href="mailto:globalcongress2012@gmail.com"> globalcongress2012@gmail.com</a></p>
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<h2>Global Congress Planning Committee</h2>
<ol><li>Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade – CTS | FGV DIREITO RIO, 2012 Chair</li><li>American Assembly, Columbia University, New York</li><li>International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Geneva</li><li>Centre for Internet and Society, India</li><li>Open African Innovation Research and Training (Open AIR) initiative</li><li>Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University, Wash. D.C.</li></ol>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://infojustice.org/public-events/globalcongress2012">Read the original published on infojustice.org</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/global-congress-on-ip'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/global-congress-on-ip</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaEvent TypeIntellectual Property RightsAccess to Knowledge2012-05-02T05:04:57ZEventBangalore Meet-up for the Open Government Partnership Brasilia
https://cis-india.org/openness/open-government-partnership-brasilia-bangalore-meetup
<b>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.</b>
<p>Those who work on open government initiatives but unable to attend in person, can still participate remotely. OGP has tied-up with a number of external partners to make arrangements for people to participate in the event online. There will be live webcasts, interviews and chats. Viewers will be able to pose questions to those being interviewed and will be polled in real-time to see who is watching, where they are, what their interests are and what are their thoughts on the programme.</p>
<p>The two day meeting offers an opportunity for open government advocates throughout the world to connect with local civic activists and public officials as well as those working on similar problems in other countries.</p>
<p>The Centre for Internet & Society is hosting the Bangalore meet-up on April 17 and 18, 2012. Get together to watch the live video stream, engage in conversations via live chat, or on Twitter and Facebook for discussing plans to move open government forward in your region.</p>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://www.opengovpartnership.org/civil-society-participation-april-2012-ogp-annual-meeting">Click</a> for the full list of countries participating in the event.</p>
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<p class="p7"><span class="s1"><strong>8:30-9:30 am</strong></span><span class="s2"><strong> </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Registration</strong></span><span class="s2"><strong> & Coffee</strong></span></p>
<p class="p8"><span class="s5"><strong>9:15-9:30 am</strong></span><span class="s2"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><strong>Official photo </strong>of </span><span class="s1"><strong>OGP Member Government Heads of Delegation </strong></span><span class="s2">and </span><span class="s1"><strong>Steering Committee Members </strong></span></p>
<p class="p10"><span class="s5"><strong>9:30-10:15 am</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Opening Remarks and </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Welcome</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1"><strong>The Honorable Dilma Rousseff, </strong></span><span class="s1">President of the Federative Republic of </span><span class="s4">Brazil</span></li><li><span class="s1"><strong>The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, </strong></span><span class="s1">Secretary of State of the </span><span class="s4">United States of America</span></li><li><span class="s1"><strong>The Honorable</strong> <strong>Jakaya Kikwete, </strong></span><span class="s1">President of the United Republic of </span><span class="s4">Tanzania</span></li><li><strong>The Honorable</strong> <strong>Nika Gilauri, </strong><span class="s1">Prime Minister of </span><span class="s4">Georgia</span></li></ul>
<p class="p11"><span class="s5"><strong>10:15-10:45 am</strong></span><span class="s4"><strong> </strong></span><span class="s1"><strong>Setting the Stage for the Age of Open:</strong></span><span class="s4"><strong> OGP 2012</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Minister <strong>Jorge Hage</strong>, </span><span class="s4">Brazil</span></li><li><span class="s1">Under Secretary of State <strong>María Otero</strong>, </span><span class="s4">United States</span></li><li><span class="s2"><strong>Warren Krafchik</strong>, </span><span class="s1">International Budget Partnership</span></li></ul>
<p class="p10"><span class="s5"><strong>10:45-11:15 am</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Coffee</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> and Networking </strong></span></p>
<p class="p16"><span class="s5"><strong>11:15-12:30pm</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Plenary: Using </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Transparency</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> to Transform </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Lives</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> Online and Offline</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><strong>Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar</strong>, United States</li><li><span class="s1"><strong>Gautam John</strong>, Akshara Foundation and TED Fellow,</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s4">India</span></li><li><span class="s1"><strong>Elisabeth Ungar Bleier</strong>, Transparency International, </span>Colombia</li><li><span class="s1"><strong>Juliana Rotich</strong>, Co-Founder of Ushahidi, </span><span class="s4">Kenya</span></li></ul>
<p class="p10"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Samantha Power, The White House, </span><span class="s4">United States</span></em></p>
<p class="p20"><span class="s7"><strong>12:30-1:30 pm</strong></span><span class="s8"><strong> </strong></span><span class="s9"><strong>Innovation</strong></span><span class="s8"><strong> Village </strong></span><span class="s1">of Regional Government, Private Sector, and Civil Society organizations advancing Open Government </span></p>
<p class="p16"><span class="s5"><strong>1:30-2:45 pm</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></strong></span><span class="s2"><strong>Lunch and </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Networking.</strong></span></p>
<p class="p16">Lunch will be provided onsite at the conference center. </p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s5"><strong>2:45-5:30 pm</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Open Government </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>on the Move</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong>: The OGP Country </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Action</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> Plans in Two Parts</strong></span></p>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">In Part I and Part II of regional
breakout sessions, government ministers and leading civil society
activists will discuss country action plans and how to promote a race to
the top on open government in each region. Highlights from each panel
will be transcribed. Moderators will encourage discussion with the
audience following comments from panelists. </span></em><strong><em>Governments
not presenting in Part I will present in Part II of the regional
sessions, from 4:30 to 5:45pm. Participants presenting in Part II are
encouraged to attend the session of their choice during Part I and vice
versa.</em></strong></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s5"><strong>2:45-4:00pm</strong></span><span class="s2"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></strong></span><span class="s1"><strong>Country Action Plans </strong></span><span class="s2"><strong>PART I </strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><strong>South America, I</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Chile</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Colombia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Uruguay</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Brazil</strong></span></li><li>Maria Ferrari Fontecilla, Participa, Chile</li><li>Edison Lanza, CAInfo, Uruguay</li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Juan Pardinas, IMCO, Mexico</span></em></p>
<p class="p26">C<strong>entral America and Caribbean</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Honduras</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Guatemala</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>El Salvador</strong></span></li><li><span class="s2">Government of </span><span class="s1"><strong>Dominican Republic</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Jose Ricardo Barrientos Quezada, ICEFI, Guatemala</span></li><li><span class="s1">Carlos Hernandez, Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa, Honduras</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Vonda Brown, Open Society Foundation, United States</span></em></p>
<p class="p22"><strong>Africa, I</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Liberia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Ghana</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>South Africa</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Alison Tilley, Open Democracy Advice Center, South Africa</span></li><li><span class="s1">Vitus Azeem, Ghana Integrity Initiative, Ghana</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><span class="s1">Moderated by Rakesh Rajani, Twaweza, Tanzania</span></p>
<p class="p26"><span class="s1"><strong>Asia </strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Mongolia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of the </span><span class="s4"><strong>Republic of Korea</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Indonesia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Philippines</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Dorjdari Namkhaijantsan, Open Society Foundation, Mongolia</span></li><li><span class="s1">Vincent Lazatin, Transparency and Accountability Network, Philippines</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Suneeta Kaimal, Revenue Watch Institute</span></em></p>
<p class="p5"><strong>Central Europe</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Romania</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Bulgaria</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of the</span><span class="s4"><strong> Slovak Republic</strong></span></li><li>Government of <strong>Czech Republic</strong></li><li><span class="s1">Gergana Jouleva, Access to Information Program Foundation, Bulgaria</span></li><li><span class="s1">Andra Teodora, Fundatia Soros Romania</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><span class="s1">Moderated by Martin Tisne, Omidyar Network, United Kingdom</span></p>
<p class="p5"><strong>Western Europe, I</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Norway</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Sweden</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Denmark</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">CSO Representative TBD</span></li><li><span class="s1">CSO Representative TBD</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Tim Kelsey, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom</span></em></p>
<p class="p26"><span class="s1"><strong>Southern Europe, I</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Albania</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Montenegro</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Croatia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Macedonia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Katarina Ott, Institute of Public Finance, Croatia</span></li><li><span class="s1">Vuk Maras, MANS, Montenegro</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Warren Krafchik, International Budget Partnership</span></em></p>
<p class="p5"><strong>Baltics</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Latvia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Lithuania</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Estonia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Rura Mrazauskaite, Transparency International, Lithuania</span></li><li><span class="s1">Linda Austere, Center for Public Policy, Latvia</span></li></ul>
<p class="p23"><em>Moderated by Liia Hanni, E-Governance Academy, Estonia</em></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s5"><strong>4:00-4:30 pm</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Coffee </strong>and<strong> </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Networking</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s5"><strong>4:30-5:45 pm</strong></span><span class="s2"><strong> </strong></span><span class="s1"><strong>Country action plans </strong></span><span class="s2"><strong>PART II </strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><strong>South America, II </strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Peru</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Paraguay</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Mexico</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Miguel Pulido, Fundar, Mexico</span></li><li><span class="s1">Samuel Rotta, Proetica, Peru</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderator TBD</span></em></p>
<p class="p5"><strong>North America</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Canada</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of the </span><span class="s4"><strong>United States</strong></span><span class="s1"> </span></li><li><span class="s1">Patrice McDermott, Openthegovernment.org Coalition, United States<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span></li><li><span class="s1">Toby Mendel, Center on Law and Democracy, Canada</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Tara Hidayat, Government of Indonesia</span></em></p>
<p class="p5"><strong>Africa, II</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Tanzania</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Kenya</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">John Ulanga, The Foundation for Civil Society, Tanzania<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span></li><li><span class="s1">George Kegoro, International Commission of Jurists, Kenya</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Zohra Dawood, Open Society Foundation South Africa</span></em></p>
<p class="p5"><strong>Middle East</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Israel</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Jordan</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Professor Tamar Hermann, Israeli Democracy Institute, Israel</span></li><li><span class="s1">CSO representative TBD</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Anthony Richter, Transparency and Accountability Initiative</span></em></p>
<p class="p26"><span class="s1"><strong>Northeastern Europe</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Ukraine</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Moldova</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Serghei Ostaf, National NGO Council, Moldova</span></li><li><span class="s1">Khmara Oleksii, Civic Partnership for Supporting OGP in Ukraine</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Tom Blanton, National Security Archive, United States</span></em></p>
<p class="p26"><span class="s1"><strong>Western Europe, II</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of the </span><span class="s4"><strong>United Kingdom</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of the </span><span class="s4"><strong>Netherlands</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Spain</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Italy</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Rufus Pollock, Open Knowledge Foundation, United Kingdom</span></li><li><span class="s1">Marjan Besuijen, Hivos, Netherlands</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Alan Hudson, ONE Campaign</span></em></p>
<p class="p26"><span class="s1"><strong>Southern Europe, II </strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of</span><span class="s4"><strong> Greece</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Malta</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Turkey</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">CSO representative TBD</span></li><li><span class="s1">CSO representative TBD</span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen, Government of Norway </span></em></p>
<p class="p26"><span class="s1"><strong>South Caucasus </strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Armenia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Georgia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of </span><span class="s4"><strong>Azerbaijan</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Eka Gigauri, Transparency International Georgia<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span></li><li><span class="s1">Galib Abbaszade, National Budget Group, Azerbaijan<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span></li><li><span class="s1">Liana Doydoyan, FOI Centre, Armenia </span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Jonas Moberg, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Norway</span></em></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s5"><strong>5:45-6:30 pm</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>First Day </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Closing</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> Remarks</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s5"><strong>7:00-9:30 pm</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> <span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Celebrating</strong> Open Government: A Reception hosted by the </span><span class="s4"><strong>Government of Brazil</strong></span><span class="s1"> and </span><span class="s4"><strong>Omidyar Network.</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5">The reception is onsite at the Convention Center.</p>
<hr /><strong>Wednesday, April 18, 2012</strong>
<p class="p16"><span class="s5"><strong>9:00-10:00 am</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>OPENING Plenary: </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Responsibility</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> and </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Challenges</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> that Come with </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Openness</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1"><strong>Walid al-Saqaf</strong>, YemenPortal.net & Alkasir, </span><span class="s4">Yemen</span></li><li><span class="s1">Minister <strong>Francis Maude</strong>, </span><span class="s4">United Kingdom</span></li><li><span class="s1">Secretary of State <strong>Ben Abbes</strong>, </span><span class="s4">Tunisia</span></li><li><span class="s1"><strong>Fernando Rodrigues</strong>, Folha de São Paulo, </span><span class="s4">Brazil</span></li></ul>
<p class="p11"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Alex Howard, O’Reilly Media, </span><span class="s4">United States</span></em></p>
<p class="p7"><span class="s1"><strong>10:00-10:30 am</strong></span><span class="s2"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Coffee and </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Networking</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s5"><strong>10:30-12:30 pm</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Thematic Breakout Sessions: </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Paths to Openness</strong></span></p>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Participants choose one of five breakout sessions to attend in the morning block of thematic discussions. </span>Follow
Sessions 1 or 2 in the morning and afternoon blocks for in-depth
discussions on one topic, explored from three perspectives: government,
civil society, and the private sector.</em></p>
<p class="p22"><strong>Access to Information: Government Perspectives</strong></p>
<ul><li>Vania Vieira, CGU, Government of <strong>Brazil</strong></li><li>Dr. Ali M. Abbasov, Minister of Communications and Information Technologies, Government of <strong>Azerbaijan</strong></li><li><span class="s1"><strong>Government of Liberia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Pierre Boucher, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Government of <strong>Canada</strong></span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Laura Neuman, The Carter Center, <strong>United States</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="p22"><strong>Lessons Learned in Service Delivery: Government Perspectives</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Minister Mathias Chikawe, Government of <strong>Tanzania</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Ms. Marie Munk, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economy and the Interior, Government of <strong>Denmark</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Government of <strong>Estonia</strong> (invited)</span></li><li><span class="s1">Permanent Secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Government of <strong>Kenya</strong> </span></li></ul>
<p class="p23"><em>Moderated by Mark Robinson, DFID/Transparency and Accountability Initiative, UK</em></p>
<p class="p23"><strong>Networking Mechanism Affinity Group: Open Data Portals</strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Steve Davenport, AidDATA, <strong>United States</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Tim Kelsey, Director of Transparency & Open Data, Cabinet Office, <strong>United Kingdom</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Marko Rakar, Windmill, <strong>Croatia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Eric Gunderson, Development Seed, <strong>United States</strong></span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Abhinav Bahl, Global Integrity/OGP Networking Mechanism</span></em></p>
<p class="p26"><span class="s1"><strong>Networking Mechanism Affinity Group: Public Finance Management and Fiscal Transparency </strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Iara Pietricovsky, INESC, <strong>Brazil</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Secretary Butch Abad, Government of <strong>Philippines</strong> </span></li><li><span class="s1">Dr. Brian Wrampler, Boise State University, <strong>United States</strong></span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Nicole Anand, Global Integrity/OGPNetworking Mechanism</span></em></p>
<p class="p5"><strong>Advancing Open Government through Knowledge Exchange</strong></p>
<ul><li>Roberto Perez, IACC, <strong>Latin America</strong>, invited</li><li><span class="s1">Ms. Stela Mocan, Director e- Government Center, Government of <strong>Moldova</strong> </span></li><li><span class="s1">Miguel Pulido, Fundar, <strong>Mexico</strong></span></li><li>Prayoga Wiradisuria, President's Delivery Unit, <strong>Government of Indonesia</strong></li><li>Eric Braverman, McKinsey, <strong>United States</strong></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Han Fraeters, World Bank Institute</span></em></p>
<p class="p33"><span class="s1"><strong>12:30-2:00 pm</strong></span><span class="s2"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Lunch and </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Networking.</strong></span></p>
<p class="p33">Lunch will be provided onsite at the conference center. </p>
<p class="p10"><span class="s5"><strong>2:00-4:00 pm</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Thematic Breakout Sessions: </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>More</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Paths to Openness</strong></span></p>
<p class="p22"><span class="s1">Participants choose one of five breakout sessions to attend in the afternoon block of thematic discussions. </span></p>
<p class="p26"><span class="s1"><strong>Access to Information: Civil Society and Private Sector Perspectives </strong></span></p>
<p class="p22"><span class="s1"><strong>Panel I: Civil Society Perspectives</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Karin Lissakers, Revenue Watch Institute</span></li><li><span class="s1">Alison Tilley, Open Democracy Advice Center, <strong>South Africa</strong> </span></li><li><span class="s1">Ivan Pavlov, Freedom of Information Foundation, <strong>Russia</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Karina Banfi, Alianza Regional Por La Libre Expresion e Informacion, <strong>Latin America</strong></span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Helen Darbishire, AccessInfo Europe, <strong>Spain</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="p22"><span class="s1"><strong>Panel II: Private Sector Perspectives</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Alexandre Gomes, SEA Technologia, <strong>Brazil</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Chris Taggart, Open Corporates, <strong>United Kingdom</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Jose Francisco Compagno, Ernst and Young </span></li><li><span class="s1">Ginny Hunt, Google, <strong>United States</strong></span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Rufus Pollock, Open Knowledge Foundation, United Kingdom </span></em></p>
<p class="p5"><strong>Lessons Learned in Service Delivery: Civil Society and Private Sector Perspectives</strong></p>
<p class="p22"><span class="s1"><strong>Part I: Civil Society Perspectives</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Jose Ricardo Barrientos Quezada, ICEFI, <strong>Guatemala</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Felipe Heusser, Ciudadano Inteligente, <strong>Chile</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Nikhil Dey, MKSS, <strong>India</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Harvey Lowe, Canadian Council on Social Development, <strong>Canada</strong></span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Rakesh Rajani, Twaweza, <strong>Tanzania</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="p22"><span class="s1"><strong>Part II: Private Sector Perspectives</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Philip Ashlock, OpenPlans/Open311, <strong>United States</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Jorge Soto, Citivox, <strong>Mexico</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Tom Steinberg, MySociety, <strong>United Kingdom, </strong>invited</span></li><li><span class="s1">Michael Gurstein, Center for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training, <strong>Canada</strong></span></li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Rakesh Rajani, Twaweza, <strong>Tanzania</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="p26"><strong>Open Government and Legislatures</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Part I: Legislative Perspectives</em></strong></p>
<ul><li>Representative Paulo Pimenta, <strong>Brazil</strong></li><li>Denis Russo,Votenaweb, <strong>Brazil</strong></li><li>Laura Alonso, Legislature of City of Buenos Aires, <strong>Argentina</strong></li><li>Cristiano Ferri Soares de Faria, e-Democracy Program Director, Brazilian House of Representatives, <strong>Brazil</strong></li></ul>
<p><em>Moderated by Gherardo Casini, Head of Global Center for ICT in Parliaments, <strong>United Nations</strong></em></p>
<p><strong><em>Part II: Civil Society Perspectives</em></strong></p>
<ul><li>Andrew Mandelbaum, National Democratic Institute, <strong>United States</strong></li><li>John Wonderlich, Sunlight Foundation, <strong>United States</strong></li><li>Danardono Siradjudin, Indonesian Parliamentary Center, <strong>Indonesia</strong></li><li>Melissa Ortiz Masso, Latin American Network on Legislative Transparency, <strong>Latin America</strong></li></ul>
<p><em>Moderated by Tiago Peixoto, World Bank Open Government Specialist</em></p>
<p class="p22"><strong>Measuring for Impact: How to build the case for Open Government </strong></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Rolf Alter, OECD, <strong>France</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Nikos Passas, Northeastern University, <strong>United States/Greece</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Jorge Garcia-Gonzalez, Director of Technical Secretariat of MESICIC, Organization of American States, <strong>Latin America</strong> </span></li><li>Harlan Yu, Princeton University, <strong>United States</strong></li></ul>
<p class="p23"><em>Moderated by Martin Tisne, Omidyar Network, <strong>United Kingdom</strong></em></p>
<p class="p26"><span class="s1"><strong>Learning from Country Consultations to Date: New Strategies for Public Engagement</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Samuel Rotta, Proetica, <strong>Peru</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Chris Vein, The White House, <strong>United States</strong></span></li><li><span class="s1">Khmara Oleksii, Civic Partnership for Supporting OGP in <strong>Ukraine</strong> </span></li><li>Government of <strong>Philippines</strong>, invited</li></ul>
<p class="p22"><em><span class="s1">Moderated by Warren Krafchik, International Budget Partnership, <strong>United States</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="p10"><span class="s1"><strong>4:00-4:30 pm<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Coffee</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> and Networking </strong></span></p>
<p class="p10"><span class="s1"><strong>4:30-5:00 pm<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Report from Working Group on </strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>Meeting Outcomes</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong> </strong></span></p>
<p class="p10"><span class="s1"><strong>5:00-6:00 pm<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></strong></span><span class="s4"><strong>OGP at Home</strong></span><span class="s1"><strong>: Closing Remarks with OGP Leadership</strong></span></p>
<ul><li><span class="s1">Vice-Minister <strong>Luiz Navarro</strong>, </span><span class="s4">Brazil</span></li><li><span class="s1"><strong>Samantha Power</strong>, White House, United States</span></li><li><span class="s1"><strong>Warren Krafchik</strong>, International Budget Partnership</span></li><li><span class="s1"><strong>Tim Kelsey</strong>, Director of Transparency and Open Data, Cabinet Office </span><span class="s4">United Kingdom</span></li></ul>
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<p><strong>Note: Brazil's local time is approximately eight and half hours behind us. The welcome address on April 17th starts at 9:30 A.M (B.R.T) which is approximately 5:00 P.M (I.S.T).</strong></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/open-government-partnership-brasilia-bangalore-meetup'>https://cis-india.org/openness/open-government-partnership-brasilia-bangalore-meetup</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessEvent TypeOpen Content2012-04-12T13:18:28ZEventBraitenberg Cybernetic Vehicles: Workshop, Film Screening & Discussion
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cybernetic-vehicles
<b>The Metaculture Media Lab at the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore is organizing a fun event, next Saturday, April 14, 2012. The event will begin at 2.30 p.m. and will end at 6.00 p.m.</b>
<p style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Braitenberg.jpg/@@images/e5d9d87e-6db1-4113-bbc0-f034b6cf9c8f.jpeg" alt="Braitenberg" class="image-inline" title="Braitenberg" /></p>
<p>A tentative schedule of the event in three parts:</p>
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<li><b>A short presentation about Braitenberg Vehicles :</b><br />It is based on a thought experiment by Italian cyberneticist, in his book : ''<i>Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology</i>'' where 'vehicles' with simple sensorimotor capabilites display interesting life-like behaviour WITHOUT the need for internal memory, representation of the environment, or inference. (Basically none of the task based hyper robotic coding/processing) Read more about it here on the wiki page : <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braitenberg_vehicle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braitenberg_vehicle </a> </li>
<li>This will be followed by a <b>quick Hands-on-proactive-workshop</b>, where we will build some<b> simple</b> Braitenberg <b>Vehicles, using common motors, wheels, and light sensors, and watch them interact and play with each other</b>.<br />
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<li><i>The Technically inclined might ( Well If you don't know electronics, the block digram will be self explanatory anyway) have fun teaching eachother how to couple motors with light sensors. Designers can also contribute to the interaction paradigm/visuals. While others may chill in the shady part of the lawn with juice, until the vehicle action starts) </i></li>
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<li>Finally, a <b>film screening</b> followed by a short discussion about it , revisiting our ideas about <b>robots</b>, <b>autonomous vehicles</b>, <b>transport</b>, <b>society</b> and <b>policy</b>, possibly <b>moderated</b> by <b>volunteers/students/citizen researchers in this field, in a dialogue with the rest of the audience</b>. <br /><br />Additionally , if anyone want to build their own vehicles to take home, please email <a class="external-link" href="mailto:yelena@cis-india.org">yelena@cis-india.org</a> (by April 10) for instructions on what to pick up from SP Road<i>.</i></li>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cybernetic-vehicles'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cybernetic-vehicles</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaEvent TypeInternet Governance2012-07-30T13:13:31ZEventDesign!PubliC — Event in Delhi
https://cis-india.org/openness/design-public-delhi
<b>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. </b>
<p>Design Public is a high-level conversation among a select group of thinkers, decision-makers and opinion-leaders who seek to transform India into an innovation society. It brings together influential actors from all sectors of society to deliberate the best ways in which innovation can serve the public interest. The larger goal of the Conclave is to serve as an enabling platform for building the necessary partnerships and consortia that will bring this agenda to practical realization.</p>
<p>This third edition of the Design Public Conclave is focused on issues of trust and participation and how they relate to innovation. We will be addressing key questions like:</p>
<ul><li>How can we overcome deficiencies in trust and participation to better facilitate innovation?</li><li>How can we better imagine India as an innovation society?</li><li>How can we build smarter cities and ensure sustainable urban development?</li><li>What does rural innovation really mean and how do we do it?</li><li>What are the necessary consortia and cross-sectoral alignments for driving innovation?</li></ul>
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The Panelists</h2>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Aditya.jpg/image_preview" alt="Aditya Dev Sood" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Aditya Dev Sood" /></td>
<td><strong>Aditya Dev Sood</strong><br />Aditya Dev Sood is Founder and CEO of the Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS), an innovation consulting firm that provides design services of a kind that Indian industry never thought it would even need — User Research, User Experience Design, Design Strategy and Innovation Management. Through his consulting work, and also through his writings and his public presentations, Aditya offers a compelling vision of the central role of design and innovation for emerging economies such as India. The focus on his firm has remained on lower income and rural groups, and through contractual consulting engagements it has sought always to bring about market successes as well as the greater societal good.<br /><br />Dr. Sood is a Fulbright scholar with two doctorates from the University of Chicago and a wide range of disciplinary competencies, gained through a long and diverse education, including Architecture, Art History, Critical Theory, Comparative Literature, Sanskrit Philology, Philosophy of Language, Cultural Anthropology, Social Theory and Political Economy.<br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Arun.jpg/image_preview" title="Arun Maira" height="132" width="177" alt="Arun Maira" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Arun Maira</strong><br />Arun Maira is a Member of the National Innovation Council, a part of the National Planning Commission of the Government of India. In addition to being a prolific author on leadership and organization transformation, as well as the future of India, he has worked as an experienced consultant for companies all over the world and for a diversity of industries, from automobiles and pharmaceuticals to international agencies for economic development. Prior to joining the National Planning Commission, Arun Maira worked with the TATA Group in India, the Boston Consulting Group, Save the Children in India, the Axis Bank Foundation, and CII’s National Councils, among many others. He received his M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Physics from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University.<br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/AdityaM.jpg/image_preview" title="Aditya Mishra" height="146" width="194" alt="Aditya Mishra" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Aditya Mishra</strong><br />In addition to leading a sales team for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd., Aditya Mishra began his own not-for-profit company to promote entrepreneurship in India called Headstart. Headstart is run by volunteers dedicated to creating space for and promoting innovation in India by fostering individual entrenpreneurs, research, and the adoption of new technology. Aditya advises early stage start-ups and incubators through Startup Saturdays events to aid in the development of products and service, busines planning, and sales and marketing. Headstart is headquarted in Bangalore, but through the Headstart Network of entrepreneurs, academics, and industry professionals, activities are carried out in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai, and Kolkata. <br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Sukumar.jpg/image_preview" alt="Sukumar Ranganathan" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Sukumar Ranganathan" /></td>
<td><strong>Sukumar Ranganathan</strong><br />Sukumar Ranganthan was a founding member of Mint, a business paper of the Hindustan Times in association with the Wall Street Journal. Launched in 2007, Mint brings “Clarity in Business News” to readers across the country. He has worked in several capacities in business news, from Marketing Editor at The Hindu Business Line to Managing Editor of India’s leading business magazine, Business Today. In addition to a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Sukumar holds a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering and another Master’s in Mathematics. <br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Bhairavi.jpg/image_preview" title="Bhairavi Jani" height="170" width="228" alt="Bhairavi Jani" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Bhairavi Jani</strong><br />After graduating from Miami University, Ohio, USA, and working with KPMG Consulting in Washington D.C., Bhairavi Jani returned to India in 2001 and began her career in business. After setting up and scaling up a fourth party logistics company, Bhairavi accepted the role of Director for all companies under the SCA Group in 2005, which manages shipping, customs, warehousing, logistics, and IT. As Group Director, she works with different teams from the respective companies withing the Group, providing them strategic advice. In addition to being a successful businesswoman, Bhairavi has worked closely with the late C. K. Prahalad on India@75 of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a grassroots initiative for realizing an inclusive, sustainable, and developed India by 2022. It works to accelerate India’s transformative into an economically vital, technologically innovative, and socially and ethically vibrant global leader. Having served as a National Chairman of Young Indians, CII, Bhairavi has since 2011 taken a five year hiatus from her own businesses to serve as Executive Director for India@75. <br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Ashwin.jpg/image_preview" title="Ashwin Mahesh" height="200" width="200" alt="Ashwin Mahesh" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Ashwin Mahesh</strong><br />Ashwin Mahesh is a professor of Public Policy at IIM Bangalore, but his innovative ideas and dedication to service has brought him outside academia. In 1998, he co-founded India Together, an online magazine of public affairs, policy, and development in India. He has also started Mapunity, an independent R&D company designed around reversing the trend of government lagging behind technology. Ashwin Mahesh has a PhD in atmospheric remote sensing from the University of Washington, and he does research in exploring the expanding role of technology & IT in urban traffic management. <br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Yamini.jpg/image_preview" title="Yamini Aiyar" height="157" width="211" alt="Yamini Aiyar" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Yamini Aiyar </strong><br />Yamini Aiyar is the founder and director of the Accountability Initiative, an organization working to strengthen accountability and engagement in Indian governance, which has received praise from Indian government officials and even President Obama. She is also presently a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, focusing on understanding accountability tools in order to institutionalize accountability methods and strengthen public service delivery systems. Prior to the Accountability Initiative, Aiyar worked at the World Bank and the Ford Foundations in New Delhi. She holds a MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics, and M.A. in Social and Political Sciences from St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge University, and a B.A. in Philosophy from St. Stephens College, Delhi University. <br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Scott.jpg/image_preview" alt="Scott Burnham" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Scott Burnham" /></td>
<td><strong>Scott Burnham</strong><br />Scott Burnham is a creative director, writer, and designer who has worked on strategies for cities to use design to reprogram relationships. He has created several projects for European cities including Urban Play for Amsterdam with Droog Design and Bairro Criativo for Porto, Portugal. Currently, Burnham directs the Trust Design project for Premsela, the Netherlands Institute for Design, exploring the relationship between trust and design from products and shared urban spaces. He is the editor of a special 4-issue publication series with Volume Magazine, and a guest lecturer at Design Academy Eindhoven. In addition to writing and speaking, Burnham worked as the Creative Director for the UK’s Urbis Center for Urban Culture from 2003-2006. <br /></td>
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<td><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Samanth.jpg/image_preview" title="Samanth Subramanian" height="160" width="215" alt="Samanth Subramanian" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Samanth Subramanian</strong><br />Samanth Subramanian is a journalist who has written pieces for The New York Times, Mint, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, the Hindu, and many others. Though he prefers long-form narrative articles, he also has written several shorter pieces, as well as a non-fiction book Following Fish: Travels around the Indian Coast, which won the 2010 Shaki Bhatt First Book Prize. He currently writes for the New York Times’ India Ink blog. Subramanian completed his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University in journalism and received his Master’s degree in International Relations from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. <br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_Sunil.jpg/image_preview" title="Sunil Abraham" height="167" width="208" alt="Sunil Abraham" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Sunil Abraham</strong><br />Sunil Abraham is the Executive Director of The Centre for Internet and Society, which aims to criticaly engage with the interaction between the internet and the public, including concerns of digital pluralism, public accountability, adn pedagogic practices. While serving on the board of directors for CIS, Sunil has worked on many projects exploring the internet and information. He has been elected an Ashoka fellow, where he explored the democratic potential of the internet, and was granted a Sarai FLOSS fellowship as well. For the United Nations, Sunil managed the International Open Source Network for the Asia-Pacific Development Information Program between 2004 and 2007. The next year, he managed ENRAP, Knowledge Networking for Rural Development in the Asia-Pacific region, which worked to share knowledge amongst the projects and stakeholders of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. <br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Shankar.jpg/image_preview" alt="Shanker Annaswamy" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Shanker Annaswamy" /></td>
<td><strong>Shanker Annaswamy</strong><br />Shanker Annaswamy is the Managing Director for IBM India Private Limited, and Regional General Manager of IBM in India and South Asia. He is responsible for all sales, marketing, services, and delivery in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. In addition to holding a senior position in IBM, Annaswamy has been President and Chief Executive Officer for GE Medical Systems in South Asia, Managing Director of Wipro-GE Medical Systems, and Adviser with the Ministry of Health for the Sultanate of Oman. He currently serves as Chair of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) National Committee on Intellectual Property Owners, having previously co-chaired CII’s advisory committee on its National Innovation Mission. In 2009, BusinessWeek listed Annaswamy among India’s 50 Most Powerful People. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Madras University and a Diploma in Business Management Education from the All India Management Association, New Delhi. <br /></td>
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<td><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Ashok.jpg/image_preview" title="Ashok Alexander" height="170" width="215" alt="Ashok Alexander" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Ashok Alexander</strong><br />Ashok Alexander is Director of Avahan, the Global Health Program’s HIV prevention initiative in India, which was founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2003. As Director, he works with India’s federal and state governments, NGOs, and corporate partners. Before joining Avahan, Alexander worked in Hong Kong, the United States, and India for 24 years. After joining McKinsey & Company in New York, he moved to India to become the head of its New Delhi office. In addition, he has extensive experience working with NGOs, being a leader in the creation of the American India Foundation (AIF) and serving on the Board of Advisors. Alexander holds graduate degrees in economics and management from Delhi University and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.<br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Jeby.jpg/image_preview" alt="Jeby Cherian" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Jeby Cherian" /></td>
<td><strong>Jeby Cherian</strong><br />Jeby Cherian is the Strategy Leader of IBM in India and South Asia, and also serves on the India Leadership Team. He provides guidance to IBM’s Corporate Development team in India, leads and positions IBM’s Security solutions portfolio to the Government of India, and provides executive sponsorship for growing the High End Server business in India. Before this, Cherian worked in Bangalore with IBM’s Global Solutions Delivery Center and with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Finance Transformation services. Cherian is a CPA with a Master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago. <br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Pankaj.jpg/image_preview" title="Pankaj Jhunja" height="158" width="211" alt="Pankaj Jhunja" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Pankaj Jhunja</strong><br />Pankaj Jhunja, now General Manager of Design for Tata Motors, has had the opportunity to work in a diversity of businesses each with different responsibilities and complexities of products. Before Tata Motors, Jhunja worked for Dilip Chhabria Design (DC) specializing in Custom Built Cars, Homeflow Inc. in Pune as Product Manager, and with Renault Nissan India in Mumbai as General Manager Design. Jhunja holds a Bachelor’s degree from the National Institute of Technology, Silchar, and a Master’s degree in Design from IIT Mumbai.<br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Chakshu.jpg/image_preview" title="Chakshu Roy" height="164" width="215" alt="Chakshu Roy" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Chakshu Roy</strong><br />Chakshu Roy is a lawyer who heads technology initiatives at PRS Legislative Research (PRS), New Delhi. PRS is a unique initiative that provides non-partisan analysis to all Members of Parliament in India. Chakshu is developing a comprehensive technology strategy to engage large sections of the population in the policy process. He has conceptualised and developed India’s only online database of all state laws. Chakshu has conducted capacity-building workshops for over 1000 journalists on tracking the work of legislators.<br /><br />He specialised in real estate law and commercial agreements before joining PRS. He has earlier worked in corporate law with the Chamber of Law, New Delhi. He holds bachelors degrees in Commerce and Law from Delhi University. <br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Ekta.jpg/image_preview" title="Ekta Ohri" height="170" width="227" alt="Ekta Ohri" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Ekta Ohri</strong><br />Ekta Ohri is the Head of Project Operations at the Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS). She holds experience of applying ethnographic and user experience research methods as well as principles of design thinking for addressing a variety of innovation challenges in emerging economies – ranging from improving rural public health delivery systems, providing financial services to the poor and bridging their information and communication gaps through telecommunications to enhancing urban mobility and luxury experiences. As the head of innovation at CKS, she works with different teams providing them strategic advice around innovation approaches, developing context (urban or rural) specific research methodologies and analyzing research insights in ways that leads to concepts that create maximum value for the users, as well as disseminating some of these ideas in the public domain through publications. Ekta has multi-disciplinary background in Architecture (Sushant School of Art and Architecture), Visual and Critical Studies (California College of the Arts), and Anthropology (Northwestern University) and is particularly interested in exploring linkages between design, culture and lived experiences.<br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/James.jpg/image_preview" title="James" height="171" width="128" alt="James" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>James Crabtree</strong><br />James Crabtree is the Mumbai Correspondent for the Financial Times since November 2011. He covers Indian corporate news and social and political trends in the country’s financial capital. James joined the FT in 2010 and was previously the Comment Editor based in London.He was previously an editor and essayist at Prospect.<br /><br />Before returning to journalism, James worked as policy advisor in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, and also for various think tanks. He has also spent a number of years living in the US, first as a Fulbright Scholar at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and then living in Washington, working as a senior policy advisor at the New Democrat Network, another think tank. James is a trustee of the charity mySociety.org, one of the UK’s most innovative technology organisations.<br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Theo.jpg/image_preview" alt="Theo" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Theo" /></td>
<td><strong>Theo JJ Groothuizen</strong><br />Theo JJ Groothuizen is currently the Counsellor for Science and Technology at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New Delhi India. He is member of the steering committee of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2008.<br /><br />Born in 1949 in the Netherlands, he graduated in industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology, and is since 1986 principle of Landmark Design Holding (Netherlands and Switzerland). Groothuizen served as executive board member of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) and the Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) and as advisor for the Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA).<br /><br />He was active in several international advisory boards and was tutor in international design workshops, initiated international exhibitions and has been invited as speaker, guest lecturer and jury member all over the world. He is fellow of the Foundation Design for the World, advisor for the European Institute for Design and Disability (EIDD) and honorary member of the BNO. He taught at the Delft University of Technology and served as member of its External Research Advisory Board. He also taught at the Design Academy and functioned as international curator of the Gwangju Design Biennale 2005.<br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Sam.jpg/image_preview" alt="Sam Pitroda" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Sam Pitroda" /></td>
<td><strong>Sam Pitroda</strong><br />Sam Pitroda is an international figure known for his strong support in India’s communications revolution and redefining the role that technology can play in India by linking it to better delivery of services to the underprivileged. He has long worked in government, business, and innovation in India. He served as Technology Advisor to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, is founder and CEO of C-SAM, Inc., with offices worldwide, and chaired the National Knowledge Commission from 2005-2008. Now, in addition to Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information, Infrastructure & Innovations, chairman of India’s National Innovation Council, charting the roadmap for India’s ‘Decade of Innovation.’ Pitrota completed his Master’s in Physics and Electronics from Maharaja Sayajirao University and subsequently received another Master’s in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. In 2010, he also received and Honorary degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. <br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Darshana.jpg/image_preview" title="Darshana" height="177" width="237" alt="Darshana" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Darshana Gothi Chauhan</strong><br />Darshana is an architect and urban designer. She has varied experience in designing new towns, regeneration of town centres, transport action plans and urban extension projects. She is passionate about participatory planning and the approach of empowering local people to create better cities.<br /><br />Darshana is currently working at Urban Initiatives in London as a Managing Consultant. Her recent works at UI include Southall Big Conversation, a public consultation process in a culturally diverse area in London .<br />Darshana is also the Chapter Development Manager of INTBAU India, a charitable organisation promoting traditional architecture and urbanism in India . As part of INTBAU India, she has been instrumental in organising public consultation events backed with intensive baseline and capacity building work for the regeneration of the inner city of Pune in India.<br /><br />Darshana has simultaneously worked on projects for other consultancies such as The Max Lock Centre, London . Her works at Max Lock include a Spatial Planning Framework for Kaduna , a city of 3 million people for the Central Government of Nigeria. She has previously worked with the Ministry of Works and Human Settlements in Bhutan to develop the master plan for a new administrative capital in East Bhutan as part of Christopher Charles Benninger Architects. <br /></td>
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<h2>Agenda</h2>
<h3>Day 1: Certificate in Innovation Management <br /></h3>
<p>Venue: CKS House, New Delhi: 19th April, 2012</p>
<p>09.30 a.m. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/icebreaker-dialogue/"><strong>Icebreaker Dialogue</strong></a><br />Participants will introduce themselves briefly and talk about their perceptions of innovation and its application in their work. A CKS member will aggregate the thoughts that emerge from the audience in order to articulate the multiple definitions of innovation that emerge. This will be followed by a quick call out on the value of innovation. </p>
<p>10.30 a.m. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/analysis-of-innovation-case-studies/"><strong>Analysis of Innovation Case Studies</strong></a><br />CKS Innovation Experts will present various case studies of innovation in order to present the different tools, approaches and stages of innovation.</p>
<p>12.40 p.m. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/ude-approach-to-innovation/"><strong>UDE Approach to Innovation</strong></a><br />CKS Innovation Experts to present the U-D-E approach to innovation and demonstrate different uses of the Innovation Cycle.</p>
<p>01.15 p.m. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/wrap-up-and-invitation-to-consulations/"><strong>Wrap Up and Invitation to Innovation Consultations</strong></a><br />CKS Innovation Trainers conclude the morning's session and invite participants to sign up for Innovation Consultations post lunch at the Chaia Innovation Campus.</p>
<p>02.15 p.m. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/innovation-consultations/"><strong>Innovation Consultations</strong></a><br />Participants meet mentors on a one to one basis to receive consultation on how they can apply this approach in the specific context of their work or a particular challenge? Where are the opportunities to apply the approach and what value can that have?</p>
<h3><a class="external-link" href="http://www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in/">Day 2: Design Public Conclave</a></h3>
<p>Venue: National Museum, New Delhi: 20th April, 2012</p>
<p>09.45 a.m.<a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/word-of-welcome/"><strong> Word of Welcome</strong></a><br />Aditya Dev Sood, Center for Knowledge Societies, gives a word of welcome and short introduction to the logic of the conclave.</p>
<p>10.00 a.m.<strong> <a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/crises-of-trust-are-crises-of-innovation-2/">Crises of Trust are Crises of Creativity, Design, and ultimately of Innovation</a></strong><br />by Samanth Subramanian, Scott Burnham and Yamini Aiyar<br />This opening panel will address questions of trust and participation in the wake of the global spring. How can institutions respond creatively to include the networked public? What are the inter-relationships between trust, creativity, design and innovation and why are these important for our future? </p>
<p>11.00 a.m. <strong><a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/participation-collaboration-innovation-2/">Participation, Collaboration, Innovation</a></strong><br />by James Crabtree Ekta Ohri, Sunil Abraham, Ashwin Mahesh and Aditya Mishra<br />Crises of trust are often linked to failures of participation and inclusion. How can activists and critics of institutions be more creative in their approaches so as to restore and repair the public trust? What channels for feedback and more substantive modes of participation must be created so as to promote innovation through dialogue and collaboration? </p>
<p>12.00 p.m. <strong><a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/imagining-india-as-an-innovation-society-2/">Imagining India as an Innovation Society</a></strong><br />by Aditya Dev Sood, Ashok Alexander, Shanker Annaswamy, Sukumar Ranganthan and Arun Maira<br />This panel brings together industry and government experts to imagine the values, behaviors, ways of working, societal institutions and diverse other dimensions of society that would have to change in India to transform it into an innovation society. But first, what is an innovation society? Do we understand this correctly? </p>
<p>02.00 p.m. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/breakout-one-smarter-cities/"><strong>Breakout One: Smarter Cities</strong></a><br />by Darshana Gothi Chauhan, Ekta Ohri and Jeby Cherian<br />Jeby Cherian of IBM will lead this breakout session on smarter Urban Management and Civic Administration. </p>
<p>02.00 p.m. <strong><a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/breakout-two-how-can-we-grow-knowledge-of-design-and-innovation-in-india/">Breakout Two: How can we do Rural Innovation better?</a></strong><br />What should or could we mean by Rural Innovation? Is this the same old thing as jugaad, indovation and tinkering? This panel brings together designers and innovation experts to talk with management thinkers to describe the specific steps and stages involved in innovation processes and how they could apply in rural areas. What do steps individuals and organizations need to take to reeducate or empower decision makers at all levels in different sectors in India to bring about an awareness, understanding and orientation towards innovation?</p>
<p>02.00 p.m. <strong><a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/breakout-three-50-steps-to-an-innovation-society/">Breakout Three: 50 Steps to an Innovation Society</a></strong><br />by Theo JJ Groothuizen Bhairavi Jani<br />Bhairavi Jani will lead this thematic breakout session on specific steps governments, corporations, social agencies, academics and individual citizens can take to better imagine and then build an Innovation Society. </p>
<p>03.30 p.m. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/reports-from-breakout-sessions/"><strong>Mutual Presentations</strong></a><br />Breakout sessions will cross-report to one another. </p>
<p>04.00 p.m. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/concluding-plenary-what-do-we-need-to-do-to-build-an-innovation-society/"><strong>Concluding Plenary: What Do We Need to Do To Build an Innovation Society?</strong></a><br />by Chakshu Roy Aditya Dev Sood Bhairavi Jani<br />This plenary session will include leading thinkers from government and media along with sectoral experts to discuss specific steps we must now undertake in order to work towards innovation in different domain and activity areas. In some ways this is the most challenging and important session of the day, for it will lay out the next steps and future path of the Design Public process. </p>
<p>06.00 p.m. <strong><a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/wrap-up-and-word-of-thanks/">Wrap-Up and Word of Thanks</a></strong><br />Aditya Dev Sood gives a few concluding remarks and concludes the day with a vote of thanks to all advisors, sponsors, partners, speakers and participants at the Design Public Conclave.</p>
<p>07.00 p.m. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/schedule/dinner/"><strong>Dinner</strong></a><br />All participants are invited to a dinner and celebration of 10 years of CKS at the Chaia Innovation Campus in Chattarpur Enclave, New Delhi. Transportation will be provided.</p>
<p>For registration,<a class="external-link" href="http://www.designpublic.in/register/"> click here</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/design-public-delhi'>https://cis-india.org/openness/design-public-delhi</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessEvent Type2012-04-11T11:45:04ZEventKonkan Corridor Project — A Lecture by Vasant Gangavane
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/talk-by-vasant-gangavane
<b>Well known social worker Vasant Gangavane will be giving a public lecture on the Konkan Corridor Project at Ashoka Innovators for the Public in Bangalore on April 16, 2012. The lecture will focus on the role of Information & Communication Technology for total rural transformation by inclusive integrated development with no change of land ownerships. The event is co-organized by Ashoka Innovators for the Public and the Centre for Internet and Society.</b>
<p>Citing examples from the 117 village clusters in the regions of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurga districts of Maharashtra the lecture hopes to throw light on questions like what is a village cluster, what does it mean to urbanize one village cluster and what do we need to do to urbanize one village cluster, how will we organize and coordinate the project. This apart the vision, status and action plans of the Konkan Corridor Project, the skills development in each cluster, intensive agriculture in each cluster, farm produce processing, water conservation in the project area, rivers in the project area, energy, transportation, industry, science communication, and self administration in each clusters will also be discussed.</p>
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<p>In the 1970s Vasant Gangavane, a management graduate from Indian Institute of Management and Wharton, returned to his village in Konkan, Maharashtra, to give his people what he felt they needed most — the knowledge to manage their natural resources. In the process, he set up several models of rural development. Gangavane found that the rate at which people migrated out of the Konkan was very high, despite the fact that the area was rich in natural resources. He studied the area and realised that land improvement and watershed development were key issues. He conducted a series of experiments in agriculture, dairy and poultry farming before setting up the Gokul Prakalp Pratishthan (GPP) in 1978. With the Maharashtra government's comprehensive watershed management programme (COWDEP), Gangavane's <em>Pratishthan</em> afforested 400 hectares of land in Vilye village with mango and cashew trees. Gangavane then acquired 40 acres of wasteland in the village and built water conservation structures called Gokul bandharas. This resulted in the wells in the area being recharged and ensured enough drinking water for 25 families.This model was later adopted by the Indo-German Watershed Programme.</p>
<p>When Gangavane's project began, the village of Vilye was bereft of young people. Its young had migrated. Now there is reverse migration and 3,000 people have benefited from the programme. The village has been transformed — water runoff has been arrested and afforestation has changed the look of the village.</p>
<p>After the watershed programme, Gangavane formulated a theoretical plan for model villages called the Gokul project. The aim was communication and knowledgesharing. A participatory rural appraisal is also done to explore natural resource availability, potential and use. The awareness is meant to empower people and convince them that watershed programmes can address problems of poverty and inequity. Gangavane believes that with this knowledge, and with the resources available, a small family in the area can live sustainably.</p>
<p>Gangavane's Pratishthan has set up an Ashramshaala at Laanja, Ratnagiri district, which is a tribal residential school, where 300 children are provided free boarding and lodging up to the secondary level. GPP has also introduced computer education in schools. For his work Gangavane was awarded the Vanashree award, Vasantrao Naik Pratisthan award and the Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra award.</p>
<p><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/konkan-corridor-project" class="internal-link" title="Konkan Corridor Project">Download the presentation here</a> [PDF, 228 KB]</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/talk-by-vasant-gangavane'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/talk-by-vasant-gangavane</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaLectureEvent TypeInternet GovernanceICT2012-04-13T13:49:32ZEventInternational Space Apps Challenge
https://cis-india.org/openness/international-space-apps-challenge
<b>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.</b>
<h3>Background</h3>
<p>On September 20, 2011, President Obama, together with other heads of state, endorsed the principles of the Open Government Partnership – a new multilateral initiative to promote transparency, participation and collaboration between governments and citizens. Since then, 52 countries have joined the global partnership.</p>
<p>NASA is working with organizations around the world on the International Space Apps Challenge as part of the United States’ domestic commitment to the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.opengovpartnership.org">Open Government Partnership</a>. </p>
<h3>How it Works?</h3>
<p>Participants such as concerned citizens, discipline experts, engineers, scientists, and software code developers attend events hosted in cities around the world. At these events, individuals collaborate with others by forming teams focused on solving a particular challenge. The teams compete with other teams around the world to utilize publicly available data to design innovative “solutions” to a pre-determined series of global “challenges.” The challenges are collected prior to the event from supporting organizations.</p>
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<p>Challenges are grouped into four broad categories:</p>
<ol><li>Software Development</li><li>Open Hardware</li><li>Citizen Science Platforms! </li><li>Data Visualization!</li></ol>
<p>It’s <em>not</em> just about smart phone applications! The International Space Apps. </p>
<p>Challenge will provide solutions that:</p>
<ol><li>Address strategic exploration needs! </li><li>Address strategic social needs (life on Earth) <br /></li></ol>
<p>To date, 50+ challenges have been submitted. These challenges are being vetted with development communities such as the Yahoo! Developer Network to refine them prior to the event.</p>
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<p>Some benefits of the International Space Apps Challenge include: </p>
<ul><li>Visible demonstration of a government’s interest in using publicly available data, in partnership with others, to address global needs.</li><li>Opportunity for citizens in countries with little or no investment in space exploration to contribute to space exploration through open source, open data, and code development.</li><li>Promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education by encouraging students from around the world to utilize publicly available data for solutions to global challenges.</li><li>Encouragement of international partnership and mutual understanding.</li><li>Demonstration of commitment to the principles of the Open Government Partnership.<br /></li></ul>
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<ul><li> <strong>What is the International Space Apps Challenge?</strong><br />The International Space Apps Challenge is a 2 day technology development event during which citizens from around the world will work together to solve current challenges relevant to both space exploration and social need.<br /></li><li><strong>When will it take place?</strong><br />The International Space Apps Challenge will take place on all seven continents – and in space - on 21-22 April 2012.<br /></li><li><strong>Who is leading the Challenge?</strong><br />On September 20, 2011, President Obama, together with other heads of state, endorsed the principles of the Open Government Partnership – a new multilateral initiative to promote transparency, participation and collaboration between governments and citizens. Since then, 52 countries have joined the global partnership. NASA is working with other organizations around the world on the International Space Apps Challenge as part of the United States’ domestic commitments to the Open Government Partnership.<br /></li><li><strong>Who can participate in the Challenge?</strong><br />Anyone can participate in the International Space Apps Challenge. It requires individuals with a broad range of skills. We are looking for engineers, technologists, scientists, designers, artists, educators, students, entrepreneurs – anyone who has a passion for changing the world and is willing to contribute.<br /></li><li><strong>Why should I participate in the Challenge?</strong><br />You should participate in the Challenge because the toughest challenges of the world are not one nation’s alone, and this is a unique opportunity to develop technology to reach the human race and make the world a better place. Additionally, the Challenge is an opportunity to: <br />
<ol><li>Demonstrate a commitment to the principles of the Open Government Partnership.</li><li>Exercise a government’s interest in using open data and technology, in partnership with others, to address global needs.</li><li>Engage citizens in countries with little or no investments in space exploration to contribute to space exploration through open source, open data, and code development.</li><li>Promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education by encouraging students from around the world to utilize open technology for solutions to global challenges.</li><li>Encourage international partnership and mutual understanding.<br /></li></ol>
</li><li><strong>What challenges will be addressed at the event?</strong><br />Challenges are in development from a wide variety of sources inside and outside of NASA. An initial set has been posted on the site and the community is invited to help develop them collaboratively there. New challenges will continue to be added on a weekly basis in anticipation of the event. To discuss contributing additional challenges or datasets, contact <a class="external-link" href="mailto:alicia.llewellyn-1@nasa.gov">alicia.llewellyn-1@nasa.gov</a>.<br /></li><li><strong>Where will the Challenge take place?</strong><br />Locations in which events are currently planned to be held include San Francisco, US; Tokyo, Japan; Melbourne and Canberra, Australia; Jakarta, Indonesia; Exeter and Oxford, UK; Nairobi, Kenya; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; and McMurdo Station, Antarctica. There will be additional events throughout the world and participation by astronauts on the International Space Station.<br /></li><li><strong>What is a codeathon?</strong><br />A codeathon is a unique event that brings together citizens interested in collaborating on the development solutions that address critical challenges. A codeathon celebrates software development in its most positive context—using minimal resources and maximum brainpower to create outside- the-box solutions in response to interesting problems. Codathons are technology development marathons, drawing on the talents and initiative of the best and the brightest software developers, engineers, designers and technologists from around the world, who volunteer their time to respond to real- world problems with solutions than can have immediate impact. The International Space Apps Challenge is a “codeathon-style” event.<br /></li><li><strong>Is the event limited to just software development?</strong><br />No! Participants in the event will collaborate to build software, open hardware, data visualization, and citizen science platform solutions that contribute to space exploration and solve global challenges that focus on improving life on earth.<br /></li><li><strong>What happens at the event?</strong><br />At the events, individuals collaborate with others by forming teams focused on solving a particular challenge. The teams compete with other teams around the world to utilize publicly available space and data to design innovative “solutions” to a pre- determined series of global “challenges.”<br /></li><li><strong>What about licensing and IP rights?</strong><br />All solutions built at the event must be submitted under a license that permits the free and open dissemination of the work. NASA and the other supporting organizations do not own the rights to nor are committed to utilize any solution developed during the event.<br /></li><li><strong>Who organizes the events in each city?</strong><br />Each event is led as a collaboration between organizations who work together to host an event, mobilize the developer community and contribute to the overall success of the International Space Apps Challenge.<br /></li><li>How can organizations get involved?<br />There is still an opportunity to participate in the International Space Apps Challenge and contribute to an event in your country. We are looking for organizations who are interested in supporting events in cities around the world, as well as for subject matter experts who can share their expertise at the event, either in person or remotely. To express interest in supporting an event in your country, contact <a class="external-link" href="mailto:elizabeth.sabet@secondmuse.com">elizabeth.sabet@secondmuse.com</a> or <a class="external-link" href="mailto:kristen.m.painting@nasa.gov">kristen.m.painting@nasa.gov<br /><br /></a></li></ul>
<ol><li><a class="external-link" href="http://spaceappschallenge.org/press/">Register for the event here</a></li><li><a class="external-link" href="http://spaceappschallenge.org/press/">Click here</a> for the press kit</li><li><a class="external-link" href="http://spaceappschallenge.org/locations/">See all the event locations here</a><br /></li></ol>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/international-space-apps-challenge'>https://cis-india.org/openness/international-space-apps-challenge</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessEvent Type2012-04-10T05:18:14ZEventGeekUp with Erica Hagen
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/geek-up-with-erica
<b>HasGeek is organizing a GeekUp with Erica Hagen of the GroundTruth Initiative on 1 March 2012 at 5 p.m. Erica will speak on the theme: "From Information to Empowerment: Unpacking the Equation".</b>
<h3>From Information to Empowerment to Unpacking the Equation</h3>
<p>In 2010, Erica Hagen and Mikel Maron started GroundTruth Initiative to work towards empowering communities through open data, open information and participatory processes. Erica's and Mikel's work at <a class="external-link" href="http://groundtruth.in/">GroundTruth</a> is informed by their earlier experience of working with the <a class="external-link" href="http://mapkibera.org/">Map Kibera</a> project where they helped the youth and the communities in Kibera to map their geographies and represent information about themselves to the world through citizen media. In the process, Erica and Mikel uncovered several complex dynamics about self-representation by communities, what open data really means to communities and how they apply it to their circumstances, the dynamics between participatory development and participatory technologies, and the process of using community media tools and online methods for talking about issues that matter to them.</p>
<p>In this lecture, Erica Hagen will talk about her work with communities in Kenya, Jerusalem, Nigeria and other parts of the world through GroundTruth Initiative. Specifically, Erica will unpack the relationship between empowerment, information, and storytelling, and what both these elements mean to communities in different parts of the world. How are communities applying the information and data that they collect about their governments and themselves? What are the challenges involved in the process of working with open data, participatory processes and technologies? How can communities apply new media and data gathering tools to achieve local goals? What does empowerment mean in the face of the delicate lines and precariousness that communities and the interveners/practitioners have to tread in the process of data gathering, representation, communication and outputs?</p>
<p>Interested persons need to confirm attendance by registering at <a class="external-link" href="http://geekup.in/2012/erica-hagen">http://geekup.in/2012/erica-hagen <br /></a></p>
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<h3>Erica Hagen</h3>
<p>Erica Hagen is a journalist and international development practitioner working for democracy of information and citizen participation in both online and traditional media. She is the co-founder of Map Kibera and GroundTruth Initiative. Erica has worked in four countries on development communication and evaluation, and in the United States on refugee and immigrant issues, for organizations such as United Nations Population Fund, Concern Worldwide, and Unicef. She holds a Masters Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, New York.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/geek-up-with-erica'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/geek-up-with-erica</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaLectureEvent TypeInternet Governance2012-02-29T03:00:14ZEventFree Arduino Workshop (For Beginners)
https://cis-india.org/openness/free-arduino-workshop
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore invites you to a hands-on-free Arduino workshop in its office on 3 March 2012. The workshop will be held from 11.00 a.m. to 3 p.m.</b>
<h2>What is Arduino?</h2>
<p>Arduino, an Italian name meaning "strong friend", is a popular "open-source electronics prototyping platform based around a microcontroller. It accepts inputs, such as signals from sensors (light, temperature, moisture, etc.) or data from the Internet or wireless devices, and sends output signals to devices, such as LEDS, motors, speakers, MIDI sequencers, computers, and so on."</p>
<p>In simpler terms: It is a ready-to-use creative platform, designed to provide interactivity between humans, smartphones, PCs, sensors and the physical world. It is especially a boon for creative people who don't have a technical background and want to translate their wildest techno-ideas to reality in a snap.</p>
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<p><a class="external-link" href="http://goo.gl/YrflS">A comic by Jody Culkin, introducing Arduino</a></p>
<h2>What can Arduino Do?</h2>
<p>Applications of Arduino could include anything under the sun, from making your LED lights glow in reaction to the weather to interactive punching bags: your imagination is the limit (besides the sensors).</p>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://goo.gl/lF1s8">Check what some folk did with a bunch of cameras for an amazing music video all in one day</a></p>
<p>For other examples, <a class="external-link" href="http://goo.gl/tkvJz">check out the Boing Boing listing</a></p>
<h2>Who can Attend?</h2>
<p>The workshop is especially meant for interaction designers, artists or anyone else enthusiastic to get started with creative projects and don't have prior experience with electronics, interfacing and all that hack talk. It would help to have a general understanding of instructional programming languages, but this shouldn't be a problem for starts as you will pick it up as we go along. Besides, we are super-friendly and patient folk who will assist participants to demystify geek code.</p>
<h2>Apply Now</h2>
<p>We have only 20 seats for this free workshop. Participants will work in groups of two. The workshop will last 4 hours, over a lunch break. All materials will be provided, and it would be great if you could get your laptop. </p>
<p>To apply please send a brief intro about yourself and why you think you will benefit from this to yelena@cis-india.org. Selected participants will be notified shortly.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/free-arduino-workshop'>https://cis-india.org/openness/free-arduino-workshop</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessEvent TypeWorkshopVideo2012-04-28T04:07:50ZEventCartonama Workshop
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cartonama
<b>HasGeek presents an intensive, hands-on training for managing and building location based services at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), Bangalore on 2nd and 3rd March, 2012. CIS is a partner for this event.</b>
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<p>Around 95% smartphone users around the world - which translates to about <a class="external-link" href="http://blur-marketing.com/blog/trends-and-statistics-in-location-based-services/">468 million people - are using Location Based Services</a> to look for points of interests, ATMs, restaurants, hotels and many other services. They are checking traffic status, and sharing locations and check-ins with friends on various social networks. In the last four years, this industry has grown six times, to a whooping $6 billion.</p>
<p>Cartonama Workshop will provide developers, neo-geographers and entrepreneurs working on location based services with hands-on training on advanced tools to manage and represent their geographic data.</p>
<p>The trainers will help participants to learn use of tools such as databases, tile servers, tile studios, Geocoding APIs, search APIs and JavaScript libraries through an application building exercise. The learning process is interspersed with lectures and discussion sessions on issues such as quality of geographic data, commercialization, licensing and privacy. For more details about the workshop sessions, <a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/">visit the HasGeek funnel</a>.</p>
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<td><strong>Schuyler Erle</strong><br />Free Software developer and evangelist for over fifteen years. He was a co-author of 'Mapping Hacks' and 'Google Maps Hacks'. He was also a co-founder of the OpenLayers and TileCache projects, and is a charter member of the OSGeo Foundation. He also works in the fields of wireless networking, intelligent search engines and the Semantic Web and was the lead developer of NoCatAuth which is an open source wireless captive portal. He built geocoder.us, which is an open source United States. address geocoder. More recently, Schuyler helped found the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and serves on its Board of Directors. He currently resides in San Francisco.</td>
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<td><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/mikel_maron.jpg/image_preview" title="Mikel Maron" height="100" width="100" alt="Mikel Maron" class="image-inline image-inline" /></td>
<td><strong>Mikel Maron</strong><br />Programmer and geographer working for impactful community and humanitarian uses of open source and open data. He is co-founder of Ground Truth Initiative, and of the Map Kibera project. He’s on the Board of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, and President of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, having helped to facilitate the OSM response to the Haiti earthquake. He’s travelled widely, organizing projects in India, Palestine, Egypt, Swaziland, and elsewhere. Previously, he co-founded Mapufacture and worked on collaborative platforms, and geoweb standards, with a wide spectrum of organizations from UN and government agencies to anarchist hacker collectives.</td>
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In 2008, Mikel Maron and Schuyler Erle conducted <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India/Events/Free_Map_India_2008" class="external-link">a series of workshops in India</a>. From Delhi to Ludhiana, Pune, Mumbai, Kerala and Bangalore. The workshop series poked people like <a class="external-link" href="http://twitter.com/planemad">Arun Ganesh</a>
and inspired them to map and build applications. Arun and his friends
mapped Chennai extensively and created beautiful maps. They also put the
data together into <a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/busroutes.in" class="external-link">busroutes.in</a>
<p>.
BusRoutes.in remains as one of the best examples of using crowdsourced
geographic information to create applications that are useful.</p>
<h2>Sessions</h2>
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<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/194-introduction-to-openstreetmap"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/osm.jpg/image_preview" alt="OpenStreetMap" class="image-inline image-inline" title="OpenStreetMap" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/195-gps-surveying-for-osm"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/GPS.jpg/image_preview" alt="GPS Surveying" class="image-inline image-inline" title="GPS Surveying" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/196-downloading-from-gps"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Down.jpg/image_preview" alt="Downloading from GPS" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Downloading from GPS" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/197-editing-data-in-osm"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Edit.jpg/image_preview" alt="Editing Data" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Editing Data" /></a></td>
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<td align="center"><strong>Introduction to OpenStreetMap</strong><br /></td>
<td align="center"><strong>GPS Surveying for OpenStreetMap</strong><br /></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Downloading from GPS</strong><br /></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Editing Data for OpenStreetMap</strong><br /></td>
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<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/198-tagging-and-map-features"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/tag.jpg/image_preview" alt="Tagging" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Tagging" /></a><br /></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/199-geo-file-formats"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Geographic.jpg/image_preview" alt="Geographic file formats" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Geographic file formats" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/200-geo-enabled-databases"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Geoenabled.jpg/image_preview" alt="Geo-enabled Databases" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Geo-enabled Databases" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/201-processing-osm-data"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/process.jpg/image_preview" alt="Processing" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Processing" /></a></td>
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<td align="center"><strong>Tagging and Map Features</strong><br /></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Geographic File Formats</strong><br /></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Geo-enabled Databases</strong><br /></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Processing OpenStreetMap Data</strong><br /></td>
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<td align="center"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/swiss.jpg/image_preview" alt="Data Swiss Army Knives" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Data Swiss Army Knives" /><br /></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/203-create-shapefiles-from-collected-data"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/shape.jpg/image_preview" alt="Creating Shapefiles" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Creating Shapefiles" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/204-tiles"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/tiles.jpg/image_preview" alt="Tiles" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Tiles" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/205-tilemill"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/tilemill.jpg/image_preview" alt="Tilemill" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Tilemill" /></a></td>
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<td align="center"><strong>Data Swiss Army Knives</strong><br /></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Creating Shapefiles</strong><br /></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Tiles</strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Tilemill</strong></td>
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<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/206-javascript-mapping-apis"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/java.jpg/image_preview" alt="Javascript Mapping APIs" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Javascript Mapping APIs" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/207-serving-tiles"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/serve.jpg/image_preview" alt="Serving Tiles" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Serving Tiles" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/208-geocoding-and-location-queries"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Geocoding.jpg/image_preview" alt="Geocoding" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Geocoding" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://funnel.hasgeek.com/cartonama-workshop/209-putting-it-all-together"><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/putting.jpg/image_preview" alt="Putting" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Putting" /></a></td>
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<td><strong>Java Script Mapping APIs<br /></strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Serving Tiles<br /></strong></td>
<td><strong>Geocoding and Location queries<br /></strong></td>
<td align="center"><strong>Putting it all together<br /></strong></td>
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<h2>Why You Should Attend the Workshop?</h2>
<p>The workshop is only open to 30 participants. This is to ensure that the trainers can pay individual attention to each participant.</p>
<p>The workshop will train you with both back-end as well as front-end tools necessary for developing functional location based services and will enable you to build maps which can be used on devices ranging from phones to tablets to computers. It is aimed at teaching you the entire technology stack, right from managing the data to deploying the data on the server, and finally presenting it to your end user. During the hands-on sessions, you will develop web-based location services and learn how to manage your geographic data by creating interactive maps.</p>
<p>Mikel and Schuyler have extensive experience working with interactive maps, open data, Open Street Maps (OSM) and diverse communities on the ground. Participants will benefit immensely from the knowledge, experience and expertise of the trainers.</p>
<h2><a class="external-link" href="http://cartonama.doattend.com/">Registration</a></h2>
<p>Tickets are priced at Rs. 10,000. Participants can register through the DoAttend portal. Or, you can pay offline through cheques and DD. Your ticket price covers workshop facilities and the facilitators' travel to India. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has sponsored part of the workshop expenses.</p>
<p>Participants are expected to bring their own GPS devices / mobile phones and computers for the application building exercises.</p>
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If you have any queries, write to <a class="external-link" href="mailto:sajjad@hasgeek.in">Sajjad Anwar</a>.</p>
<p align="center"><a class="external-link" href="http://cartonama.doattend.com/"><strong>Buy Tickets Now</strong></a></p>
<h2>Venue</h2>
<p>The workshop will be held at the Centre for Internet and Society
(CIS), Bangalore. The congenial atmosphere at CIS facilitates both
formal and informal interactions, and peer-to-peer learning.<br />
<img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_logo.png/image_preview" title="CIS" height="72" width="164" alt="CIS" class="image-inline image-inline" /></p>
<p>No. 194, 2nd C Cross, 4th Main<br />
Opposite Domlur Club<br />
Domlur 2nd Stage, Bangalore - 560 071</p>
<h2>The Centre for Internet & Society</h2>
<p>The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a Bangalore-based independent, non-profit research organisation. CIS is primarily involved in research on the Internet and its relationship to society. Through its academic and research programmes, campaigns, and advocacy, CIS brings together scholars, academics, students, programmers and scientists to engage in a large variety of issues concerning the Internet: from histories of the Internet to enhancing accessibility for persons with disabilities, openness, telecom and Internet governance, among others.</p>
<p>CIS is supporting the Cartonama Workshop by providing the venue and hosting the workshop facilitators in Bangalore.</p>
<h2>HasGeek</h2>
<p><a href="https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/www.hasgeek.com" class="external-link">HasGeek </a>was initiated in September 2010 to create discussion spaces for developers around emerging technologies. Our events are developer-focused. We began by organizing five editions of the DocType HTML5 conference in Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.</p>
<p>
In 2011, we organized a series of events in Bangalore starting with the Android Camp in April, PHP and Cloud Computing in June, JSFoo in October, and Droidcon India in November. Each of these events had an open talks submission and voting system, which made every event more participant-focused. <br />
<br />
In 2012, we are attempting to reach out to a wider audience of developers, entrepreneurs and students, across large and small Indian cities, by addressing interesting technology problems such as UI Engineering, Data Science, SMS and email notifications, among others.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cartonama'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/cartonama</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaEvent TypeWorkshopInternet Governance2012-02-14T10:21:16ZEventEssay Review: Digital AlterNatives with a Cause
https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/events/essay-review
<b>Hivos and the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) are pleased to announce the monthly essay review event. It starts from the midnight of February 17 and ends on the midnight of February 26. Hurry! Pick any essay from the four book collective of Digital AlterNatives with a Cause? and send us your reviews.</b>
<p>Hivos and CIS have consolidated their three year knowledge inquiry into the field of youth, technology and change in a four book collective “Digital AlterNatives with a cause?”.</p>
<p>This collaboratively produced collective, edited by Nishant Shah and Fieke Jansen, asks critical and pertinent questions about theory and practice around 'digital revolutions' in a post MENA (Middle East - North Africa) world. It works with multiple vocabularies and frameworks and produces dialogues and conversations between digital natives, academic and research scholars, practitioners, development agencies and corporate structures to examine the nature and practice of digital natives in emerging contexts from the Global South.</p>
<p>The event invites readers from around the world to pick any one essay from the books and review it in the week of 17-26 February 2012.</p>
<p>Previously found reviews can be found <a href="https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/media-coverage" class="external-link">here</a>.</p>
<p>For submission guidelines, please get in touch with: Nilofar Ansher (<a class="external-link" href="mailto:nilofar.ansh@gmail.com">nilofar.ansh@gmail.com</a>)</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/events/essay-review'>https://cis-india.org/digital-natives/events/essay-review</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaEvent TypeDigital Natives2012-02-10T05:53:30ZEvent