This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.
When you belong to a worldwide community such as the Open Knowledge Network, travelling to other countries means you can meet like-minded people by just knocking on the door of a local branch. That is exactly what I did last year when I lived in Brussels. I signed up as a volunteer for the Open Belgium 2016, a yearly community-driven conference.
European Data Portal Report: “…the second in a series of annual studies and explores the level of Open Data Maturity in the EU28 and Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein – referred to as EU28+. The measurement is built on two key indicators Open Data Readiness and Portal Maturity, thereby covering the level of development of national activities promoting Open Data as well as the level of development of national portals.
University of the Witwatersrand organized a talk by Sumandro Chattapadhyay on Derugulation by Code on March 8, 2017 in Johannesburg.
The Global Unconference of the Internet Freedom Communities took place at Valencia in Spain from March 6 to 10, 2017. The event was organized by the IFF. Vidushi Marda on behalf of CIS took part in the event.
This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.
The workshop was organized by the Inter University Centre for IPR Studies in association with Cochin University of Science and Technology from February 8 to 10, 2017 in Cochin. Pranesh Prakash was the resource person for a copyright workshop for LL.M. students.
Pranesh led and guided student discussion on:
Vanya Rakesh was a speaker at a Google hangout discussion held on Friday, March 24th, 2017 on "Technology and Jobs" as part of a project that ICRIER is doing with World Bank headquarters and several institutions across the world, titled “Jobs for Development”.
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For more details visit http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/google-hangout-on-technology-and-jobs
Can an algorithm hurt? Polish experiences with profiling of the unemployed
By Jędrzej Niklas, March 2017
A CIHR fellow explains how an algorithm is used by Polish job centres to sort the unemployed into three profiles. He analyses how lack of transparency of the algorithm and safeguards against errors of the system creates tension with the human and social rights of the unemployed.
Las profesoras Medina, Herrero y Urgellés publican un libro sobre la competencia en los mercados televisivos
FOTO: Manuel Castells
29/03/17 10:22
Blanca Lara
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Date: Wed, 03/29/2017
Anubha Sinha was a speaker at the Indo-French workshop on Open Access at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on March 15, 2017. The event was organized by the Digital Studies Group.
Anubha Sinha broadly spoke on the state of open access in India, the features of the DBT-DST policy, ICAR policy, how to shape the future of open access movement in India and what are the obstacles in the same.
See the workshop schedule here
Japreet Grewal was a speaker at a conference on safety against online child sexual abuse which was jointly organized by CID, Telangana and the Department for Women Development and Child Welfare, Telangana on March 16 and 17, 2017 in Hyderabad.
Japreet spoke about the existing legal framework in India on online child sexual abuse and the challenges in implementing the preventive and response mechanisms to address this problem. Various stakeholders including media, police, school educators and child protection organisations attended this event.
An interactive seminar on internet freedom was organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands and Adaan Foundation on March 21, 2017 at the India International Centre in New Delhi. Saikat Dutta and Amber Sinha were panelists.
The seminar was coincident with the inauguration of the World Press Photo Exhibition 2016. In total there were four panelists. Read the agenda here.
Amber Sinha took part in a discussion on Aadhaar aired by NDTV on March 27, 2017.
Sumandro Chattapadhyay participated in the authors' workshop organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town in South Africa on March 11 and 12, 2017.
Sumandro Chattapadhyay attended an event organized by Carnegie India on March 28, 2017. The aim of the initiative was that inclusive and sustainable regulations require constant interaction between policy makers and industry.
By Thilo Klein (OECD- Paris21) and Stefaan Verhulst (The GovLab)
La abogada de la U. de Chile y académica con más de 50 años de trayectoria en la Facultad de Derecho, es la nueva Condecoración al Mérito Amanda Labarca por su aporte a la disciplina y la formación que ha entregado a generaciones de profesionales. La profesora María Angélica Figueroa está en su oficina en la Facultad de Derecho.
El grupo de ingenieros, conformado por cinco profesionales de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas más un colega francés, busca democratizar el acceso a la energía en el país de manera sustentable, aportando al desarrollo de una matriz energética sustentable y orientada a las necesidades de Chile, y también abrir un nuevo horizonte en la forma de hacer ingeniería, generando puentes con diferentes universidades.El ingeniero eléctrico Alex Echeverría, ex estudiante del Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica (DIE) de la Universidad de Chile, es uno de l