ICANN 57 is being hosted by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India from November 3 to 9, 2016 in Hyderabad at Hyderabad International Convention Centre. Vidushi Marda participated in the event as a speaker.
Transparency, at best, makes for unity and positive development in democracies around the world. There are elaborate commentaries on what transparency entails, but for me, transparency translates to open. Think open doors. In any given building in a public space, an open door often turns to an invitation to come in and look around, while a closed one would often need a ‘we are open’ sign to convey the same message.
Six researchers of the institute have been be at the Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association ECREA2016, which took place from November 9 - 12 in Prague. Furthermore, they attended the Pre-Conference "Children, Youth and Media". The European Network EU Kids Online, which is co-ordinated by the Hans-Bredow-Institut, also met at the conference to discuss an upcoming comparative survey.
Hans-Bredow-Institut, Dec 7, 2016, 4-6.45 pm. Interactive Workshop in Englisch lanuage with our guest researchers Hamid Reza Akrami und Marta Portalés as well as Prof Dr. Uwe Hasebrink and Dr.
Ananya Bhattacharya in Quartz: “The internet is as open as people make it. Often, people limit their Facebook and Twitter circles to likeminded people and only follow certain subreddits, blogs, and news sites, creating an echo chamber of sorts. In a sea of biased content, Wikipedia is one of the few online outlets that strives for neutrality. After 15 years in operation, it’s starting to see results
SDN: “In our study we have identified five different areas that are relevant for service design: policy making, cultural and organizational change, training and capacity building, citizens engagement and digitization.
I had initially assumed that I would be unable to attend the International Open Data Conference (IODC) 2016 due to lack of funding. Fortunately, Open Knowledge International (OKI) chose me to join the IODC unconference (and thank you IDRC/OD4D for sponsoring my trip) to represent and share the perspective of Sinar Project, one of our collaborative projects.
Quentin Hardy in the New York Times: “…Sharing data, both among the parts of a big police department and between the police and the private sector, “is a force multiplier,” he said.
Book by Gry Hasselbalch and Pernille Tranberg: “…describes over 50 cases of mainly private companies working with data ethics to varying degrees
Professor Sérgio Guerra vai participar do eventoO Vice-diretor de Ensino, Pesquisa e Pós-graduação da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro, Professor Sérgio Guerra, participa, no dia 8 de novembro, às 19h, do IV Colóquio Brasileiro de Direito da Regulação. O evento é organizado pela Advocacia Geral da União (AGU) e será realizado no salão nobre da UFRGS, em Porto Alegre (RS), contando com a participação de autoridades, acadêmicos e especialistas no assunto.
La lucha por una educación al servicio de las necesidades del país, por la profundización de la democracia, y el impulso de la cultura han sido rasgos permanentes en la extensa historia de la organización estudiantil. Fundada el 21 de octubre de 1906, en su trayectoria ha sufrido el saqueo de sus locales y el asesinato de sus dirigentes, ha sido ilegalizada, ha contribuido a la caída de dos dictaduras, ha organizado trabajos voluntarios y ha impulsado la lucha por la educación pública, gratuita y de calidad.
Desde 1996, cerca de 5 millones de personas en todo el país se han inscrito para rendir la prueba de selección universitaria. En el marco de la conmemoración de su vigésimo aniversario, el Departamento de Evaluación, Medición y Registro Educacional (DEMRE) abordará los cambios del sistema de admisión a la Educación Superior en Chile durante un seminario que se realizará el 25 y 26 de octubre.
Integrantes del Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia (CR)2 serán parte, por tercer año consecutivo, de esta conferencia anual que reúne a gobiernos, sociedad civil, científicos, entre otros actores sociales de distintos países del mundo.La ciudad de Marrakech será antitriona de la vigésimo segunda Conferencia de Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP22), que se realizará desde el 7 al 18 de noviembre con una asistencia esperada de 30 mil personas entre delegados gubernamentales, oficiales de Naciones Unidas, organizaciones d
Ricardo Hausmann at Project Syndicate: “Public-private cooperation or coordination is receiving considerable attention nowadays.
Paper by Amy K. Glasmeier and Molly Nebiolo in Sustainability: “… explores the unique challenge of contemporary urban problems and the technologies that vendors have to solve them. An acknowledged gap exists between widely referenced technologies that city managers utilize to optimize scheduled operations and those that reflect the capability of spontaneity in search of nuance–laden solutions to problems related to the reflexivity of entire systems.
New report by the Institute for Government (UK): “Making a Success of Digital Government, says that after five years of getting more services online, government is hitting a wall. But despite some public services still running on last century’s computers, the real barrier to progress is not technology but the lack of political drive from the top.
Tony Scott at the White House: “Today we’re launching Code.gov so that our Nation can continue to unlock the tremendous potential of the Federal Government’s software.
Book by Nicholas A. John: “Sharing is central to how we live today: it is what we do online; it is a model of economic behavior; and it is also a type of therapeutic talk. Sharing embodies positive values such as empathy, communication, fairness, openness and equality. The Age of Sharing shows how and when sharing became caring, and explains how its meaningshave changed in the digital age.
FLAME University had invited Centre for Internet & Society to join a colloquium to delve into the opportunities and challenges of digital studies in India, with particular emphasis on pedagogy and the archive.
P.P. Sneha represented the Centre for Internet & Society in the event held at Pune on October 16, 2016. Asian Art Archive, Ashok Ranade Music Archive, National Film Archives of India, and National Museum also participated in the dialogue.