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This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. Code for Columbus and Open Data Delaware received funding through the mini-grant scheme by Mapbox to organise events under the Open Mapping theme.

Nach dem Studium der Germanistik, Theater-, Film- und Fernsehwissenschaft sowie Politologie in Köln und St. Louis/USA (Master 1994 an der Washington University in St. Louis) wurde Brigitte Weingart 1999 an der Universität zu Köln promoviert ("Ansteckende Wörter. Repräsentationen von AIDS"). Von 1999 bis 2004 war sie als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Forschungskolleg "Medien und kulturelle Kommunikation" der Universitäten Köln, Bochum, Bonn und Aachen tätig, von 2004 bis 2010 an der Universität Bonn.

El acuerdo busca consolidar y coordinar el trabajo de ambas instituciones para lograr un avance sustancial en el ámbito espacial nacional. Éste permitirá, entre otros aspectos, el trabajo integrado y colaborativo en ámbitos como la formación profesional, la investigación y el desarrollo de tecnología aeroespacial.

#LaChileDonaVida es el lema que acompañará a la iniciativa entre marzo y junio, cuyo propósito es concientizar, informar y educar sobre el procedimiento. Además, el espacio contará con un cuerpo médico especializado para atender a las y los donantes.Este miércoles 20 de marzo se realizará la primera actividad del año en el marco de la campaña de donación de sangre, organizada por la Dirección de Bienestar y Desarrollo Estudiantil (DIRBDE) en alianza con el Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile (HCUCH).

Durante los últimos días la propuesta del gobierno de presentar un proyecto de ley que autorice el control de identidad a menores de entre 14 y 18 años se ha tomado el debate público, con cuestionamientos sobre la real utilidad de la medida, y denuncias de su aplicación ilegal durante el último año.

No dia 26 de março de 2019, foi aprovada pelo Parlamento Europeu a Diretiva Sobre Direitos do Autor no Mercado Único Digital. Popularmente apelidado de “lei anti-memes”, esse documento promete uma série de repercussões preocupantes para a internet, tanto no cenário europeu como no global. Este texto busca realizar uma análise da versão final do documento e abordar as recentes notícias sobre erros de voto por parte de diversos eurodeputados, atualizando nossa análise inicial sobre o projeto.

From time immemorial, human beings have obsessed over knowledge. It’s one of our most precious resources, and our most jealously guarded. We’ve accumulated it gathering in circles under trees and squeaky chairs in sloped lecture halls, distributed it in etchings on stone tablets and inky letters on paper pages, even sought to hide it by blindfolding interlopers and erecting paywalls out of code.

This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

We’re excited to announce that we’re becoming a member of the W3C, the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web.

The Brazilian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization15h30O Evento: O Programa Alumni FGV Direito Rio e Harvard Law School Association of Brazil convidam para palestra com David  B. Wilkins, Diretor do Center on the Legal Profession e Vice Diretor for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession da Harvard Law School sobre o tema “The Brazilian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization”.
Opening Remarks:
Sérgio Guerra (Diretor da FGV Direito Rio)
Max Fontes (Harvard Law School Association of Brazil)
 

In 2017, touch customers began reporting that they erroneously received a $.90 surcharge for sending SMS messages to numbers 1084 and 1013. (Screenshot from al-Jadeed report)
 

One of the most common lines you’ll hear in the virtual halls of the Internet Society is that the Internet’s success is due to its open, distributed, and global nature.

Think about it. A
network of voluntarily-connected networks changed the course of history in a
matter of decades because people agreed to work and innovate together. It’s a
deeply profound source of inspiration about the power of humankind.

It practically begs the question: can we replicate even a portion of its success by embodying the “the Internet way” of working in North America?

Die Untersuchung solcher Fragen erfordert häufig extremen technischen Aufwand – wie kilometerlange Teilchenbeschleuniger am europäischen Forschungszentrum CERN oder riesige Teleskope für die Astronomie. Prof. Stephan Schiller, Ph.D. geht dagegen einen anderen Weg: Mit Experimenten von Tischgröße, aber größtmöglicher Feinheit, will er die Eigenschaften von Materie untersuchen.

This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019.

Das CEDUS Startup-Speed-Dating ist DAS Event für Startups. Hier stellen Gründungsinteressierte jeweils in nur wenigen Minuten ihre Geschäftsidee vor und profitieren von dem Know-how der Partnerinnen und Partner des CEDUS. Zu Ihnen zählen potentielle Investorinnen und Investoren, erfahrene Gründerinnen und Gründer sowie Expertinnen und Experten aus verschiedenen Branchen. Von Ihnen kommt direkt Feedback: spontan, kurz und kompakt.