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Community Informatics: Successfully Applying Information and Communications Technologies as a Support to Local Economic and Social Development
by Prasad Krishna published Feb 22, 2010 last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:13 AM — filed under:
Dr. Gurstein will present a talk on the current state of development in Community Informatics and facilitate a broader discussion on community based ICTs for local development and community empowerment as are currently applied in India and worldwide.
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Digital humanities: How social sciences may benefit from the digital revolution?
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 07, 2010 last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:06 AM — filed under:
Centre for Contemporary Studies in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society presents a talk on Digital Humanities by Dominique Boullier, Professor at Sciences Po Paris on 9 July, 2010 at the Centre for Contemporary Studies.
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Electronication: Ragas and the Future
by Prasad Krishna published Feb 24, 2011 last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:18 AM — filed under:
What more is better than listening to music and later on getting into a discursive conversation with its composers to better understand the transformative power of high-energy music. CIS is pleased to invite you to an evening conference followed by a concert by Charanjit Singh, Samrat B. and Imaad Shah playing improvised versions of Charanjit Singh's “Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat”.
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Role of the Internet in Fostering Freedom of Expression and Strengthening Activism in India - A Workshop in Delhi
by Prasad Krishna published Feb 22, 2011 last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:18 AM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet and Society (India) and the Central American Institute for Studies of Social Democracy DEMOS (Guatemala) have the pleasure to invite you to a day-long workshop on the role of the Internet in fostering freedom of expression and strengthening activism in India. The workshop will take place in the Constitution Club in Delhi on 4 March 2011.
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Freedom of Expression or Access to Knowledge: Are We Taking the Necessary Steps Towards an Open and Inclusive Internet?
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 19, 2010 last modified Apr 05, 2011 03:59 AM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet and Society is co-organising a workshop on Freedom of Expression or Access to Knowledge: Are We Taking the Necessary Steps Towards an Open and Inclusive Internet? at the Internet Governance Forum on
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Global Challenges to Freedom of Expression
by Prasad Krishna published Feb 24, 2011 last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:17 AM — filed under:
The Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, Human Rights Law Network, Delhi and the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore are pleased to invite you to a public lecture by Mr. Frank La Rue, President of the Central American Institute for Studies of Social Democracy and UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression on March 4, 2011, 6 pm at the Constitutional Club in New Delhi.
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Public Talk by Dr. Ian Brown on Privacy, Trust and Biometrics
by Nishant Shah published Mar 20, 2011 last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:15 AM — filed under: ,
Trust is hard to build, but easy to lose. What factors affect individuals' trust in new technologies? How can governments create citizen trust in biometric security tools? Can biometrics be designed to be privacy-friendly? And how did these questions lead to the cancellation of the UK's national identity scheme, after a decade of development costing tens of millions of pounds? About the speaker: Dr Ian Brown's research is focused on public policy issues around information and the Internet, particularly privacy and copyright. He also works in the more technical fields of communications security and healthcare informatics.
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ICTs for Improving Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods
by Radha Rao published Aug 19, 2009 last modified Oct 21, 2011 06:48 AM — filed under:
CIS is co-hosting a talk by Mr. Michael Riggs (FAO) covering the topic on Information and Communication Technology and e-Agriculutre and how Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture can benefit from ICTs.
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The Second IJLT-CIS Lecture Series at National Law School, Bangalore
by Prasad Krishna published May 13, 2011 — filed under:
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology and the Centre for Internet and Society, present the second IJLT- CIS Lecture Series, an event comprised of an intensive series of lectures by luminaries with expertise in law and technology to give students, professionals and anyone interested in a comprehensive idea about the theme, "Emerging Issues in Privacy law".
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Improving Collective Intelligence
by Radha Rao published Nov 27, 2009 last modified Apr 05, 2011 04:19 AM — filed under:
CIS in collaboration with iMorph, Inc. and Program For the Future, is organizing a Tweetup on Dec 20th, 2009 at TERI from 4pm to 7pm.
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