Thanks a lot to Heikki Patomäki for the stimulating proposal for “A World Political Party”.
I am sceptical for a number of reasons but primarily because I do not see a organic connection with anything that is unfolding on the ground. What I see unfolding is quite different, and I believe our solutions must be in harmony with these more grassroots trends.
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“Sharing Society. The Impact of Collaborative Collective Actions in the Transformation of Contemporary Societies”
Bizkaia Aretoa, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao (Spain)
May 23-24, 2019
Call for Papers and Poster Presentations
1. Context and Rationale
Authors: Iva Nenadić and Marko Milosavljevič
Am Donnerstag, den 31. Januar 2019 wurde Frau Prof. Dr. Katharina de la Durantaye an der juristischen Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität Berlin die Lehrbefugnis für Zivilrecht verliehen. In ihrem Habilitationsvortrag sprach sie über „Die Ehe für alle und das IPR“.
In the fifth part of the blog article series, we present a traditional media company headquartered in Oldenburg, Germany, which was able to expand its existing product portfolio with a digital advertising platform. The digitisation project was triggered by a participation in a start-up. The online ad platform later evolved into a successful white label…
Speciaal evenement: 19.02.2019 > Tijd: 19:30 — 23:00 uur
Locatie: West, vml. Amerikaanse ambassade, Alphabetum / Lange Voorhout 102, Den Haag
Tickets: 5,- euro / bestellen via: https://tinyurl.com/demuur-virilio
Meer info: www.westdenhaag.nl
Government hacking: Japanese government workers will be able to hack into residents’ Internet of Things devices in an attempted survey of IoT insecurity, ZDNet reports. The Japanese government recently approved an amendment that allows the survey by employees of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.
Am Dienstag, dem 12. Februar 2019, erfahren Interessierte ab 15:00 Uhr im Haus der Universität alles Wichtige und Wissenswerte über die Gasthörerschaft an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität zum kommenden Sommersemester. Vor Ort informiert der Studierendenservice über Einschreibung, Ablauf und Möglichkeiten sowie Kosten. Es ist keine Anmeldung erforderlich:
Dienstag, 12. Februar 2019
von 15:00 Uhr bis 16:00 Uhr
im Haus der Universität, Schadowplatz 14, 40212 Düsseldorf
Open Data Day 2019 is closer each day! We’re excited to see the events map slowly coming together in different parts of the world.
For those of you who are not familiar with the event, Open Data Day is the yearly event where we reach out to new people and build new solutions to issues in our communities using open data. To make sure some of those events have everything they need, we provide mini-grants to cover for some of the expenses of organising this kind of event.
Die Humangenetik hat in den letzten 140 Jahren eine rasante Entwicklung genommen: 1953 beschrieben Watson und Crick, um nur wenige Beispiele zu nennen, die DNA-Struktur als Doppelhelix und 2001 wurde das Humangenom durch Craig und Venter aufgeschlüsselt.
Heute sind mit den neuen Hochdurchsatz-Sequenziertechnologien („next generation sequencing“, NGS) bioinformatische Verfahren und Datenbanken sehr wichtig geworden.
In this video, American technology consultant Jerry Michalski shares his thoughts on ‘abundance’ in the face of artificial scarcity. The ExO Foundation’s MTP (Massive Transformational Purpose) is Migrating Society to Abundance. Michalski explores exactly what abundance means in that context. Jerry Michalski is the former managing editor of Release 1.0, a technology newsletter. He is the... Continue reading →
The following podcast and text are reposted from The Wakeman Agency.
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Is it merely an exercise in nostalgia? Or is it providing fodder for facial recognition algorithms on ageing?
The blog post by Devarsi Ghosh was published in Scroll.in on January 18, 2019. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
In collaboration with India Internet Engineering Society (IIESoc), CIS hosted the a 'RFCs We Love' meetup, where we discussed some IETF specifications and standards. The event was held on January 19 at the CIS office, Bangalore.
The theme of the meetup was data centres and service providers. The agenda was:
MediaNama hosted one policy round-table on Intermediary Liability protections in Bangalore and another round-table in New Delhi, to discuss inputs sought by MEITY on the amendments to Safe Harbor for platforms (payments services, content services, ISPs, etc.) in India. Centre for Internet & Society is a community partner for the event.
In 2010, a year after the UIDAI was constituted, three of its functionaries visited internationally-renowned developmental economist Professor Reetika Khera.
The article by Partha P Chakrabartty was published in First Post on February 2, 2019.
Google is pouring an additional $3.1 million into Wikipedia, bringing its total contribution to the free encyclopedia over the past decade to more than $7.5 million, the company announced at the World Economic Forum Tuesday.
The article was published by WIRED on January 22, 2019.
The following article is reposted from CECOP-CICOPA Europe.
CECOP-CICOPA Europe has decided to give a voice directly to young people and those working with them. Here is the result! Three videos illustrating employment and entrepreneurial opportunities that cooperatives in industry and services provide to young people across EU.
Piracy continues to be a huge concern among filmmakers but it can also be a marketing strategy for small-budget films.
The article by Surupasree Sarmmah was published in Deccan Herald on January 23, 2019. Akriti Bopanna was quoted.
Did you know that UIDAI provides a facility that allows users to lock/unlock their Aadhaar biometric data online?
The blog post by Vidya Raja was published in the Better India on January 24, 2019. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
