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daily12014-08-28T07:22:48ZDiscussion on Open Standards with Bernd Erk and Jiten Vaidya
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/discussion-on-open-standards-with-bernd-erk-and-jiten-vaidya
<b>Rootconf organised a discussion on open standards at CIS Bangalore office. Zainab Bawa, Karan Saini and Anwesha Das coordinated and organised the event.</b>
<p>The discussions created awareness on:</p>
<ol>
<li>Consequences of building your applications around non-open standards.</li>
<li>Risks associated with non-open standards.</li>
<li>How to build your applications around open standards.</li>
</ol>
<p>Open standards are important for:</p>
<ol>
<li>Business</li>
<li>Application development</li>
<li>Communications</li>
<li>Open internet</li>
</ol>
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<div id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: justify; "><span>The event kicked off with Bernd Erk talking about how the convenience of availing services from a few 'cloud' providers is killing open standards in the space. </span>Jiten Vaidya then discussed his experience running a successful open source product and business, and the future of open standards in the space. Kiran Jonnalagadda and Gurshabad Grover contributed to and moderated the subsequent discussion.</div>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/discussion-on-open-standards-with-bernd-erk-and-jiten-vaidya'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/discussion-on-open-standards-with-bernd-erk-and-jiten-vaidya</a>
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No publisherAdminOpen StandardsOpennessEvent2019-07-04T16:53:37ZEventTalks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/talks-by-richard-abisla-and-kaliya-young
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society will be hosting public talks by Richard Abisla and Kaliya Young, who are both 2019 India-U.S. Public Interest Technology Fellows at New America at its Bangalore office on March 4, 2019.</b>
<p>The event is over. <a class="external-link" href="https://twitter.com/cis_india/status/1102863819288666112">Pictures of the speakers were posted on Twitter</a>.</p>
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<h3>Agenda</h3>
<ul>
<li>4:30 - 5:10 p.m.: "Open Data from Below: Civil Society and Open Data" by Richard Abisla</li>
<li>5:10 - 5:50 p.m.: "Exploring the Domains of Identity and Emerging Open standards for Decentralized Identity" by Kaliya Young</li>
</ul>
<h2>The Talks</h2>
<h3>"Open Data from Below: Civil Society and Open Data" by Richard Abisla</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Often NGOs and Civil Society Organizations' roles in the Open Data movement are considered to be solely last mile training with citizens. This talk will give examples from the TechSoup Global Network of how NGOs act to prioritize, organize, and create open data sets that can exist alongside official data sources, or become official government data. The talk will explore barriers to opening up data, both from within government and civil society, and possible solutions. For more info <a class="external-link" href="https://meet.techsoup.org/about-us/techsoup-global-network">click here</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">"Exploring the Domains of Identity and Emerging Open standards for Decentralized Identity" by Kaliya Young</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In this seminar she will share two significant pieces of her work firstly the Domains of Identity that provides a clear picture of all the different domains individual's data ends up in databases. This can serve as the basis of a dialogue about the proper relationship between different domains. Secondly she has been at the heart of a community developing new Decentralized Identity Technology standards and will share more about them and how they can enable a many-to-many exchange of verifiable credentials between individuals and the institutions they interact with.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">The Speakers</h2>
<h3>Richard Abisla</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Richard Abisla is a 2019 India-U.S. Fellow at New America. Abisla is currently the Portfolio Manager for the Americas at Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup. Abisla has a long history of working alongside local communities to help them access digital information and education and integrate technology into both their work and lives. He has created and directed technology education and adoption programs in Honduras, Jamaica, Chicago, and San Francisco, all the while focusing on increasing access to digital resources for those who need them most. Most recently, Abisla has focused on working with librarians and library users in Brazil to create applications and processes that help solve local problems through open data resources, as well as training librarians to integrate human-centered design principles into their work in order to plan more impactful programming.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Kaliya Young</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Kaliya Young is a 2019 India-U.S. Fellow at New America. Young is one of the world’s leading experts on decentralized or self-sovereign identity technology. She is the author of A Comprehensive Guide to Self-Sovereign Identity and currently holds the position of adjunct professor at Merritt College where she is developing a curriculum about identity. For the last 15 years, she has worked within the industry to catalyze the formation of a new layer of the internet designed to serve individuals. She began sketching out distributed social networks in 2003 and co-founded the Internet Identity Workshop in 2005 with Doc Searls and Phil Windley. More details can be <a class="external-link" href="https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/kaliya-young/">found here</a>. She is also known as <a class="external-link" href="https://www.identitywoman.net/">Identity Woman</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/talks-by-richard-abisla-and-kaliya-young'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/talks-by-richard-abisla-and-kaliya-young</a>
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No publisherAdminOpen DataEventOpenness2019-03-07T23:59:25ZEventNASA Space Apps Challenge 2017
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/nasa-space-apps-challenge-2017
<b>The NASA Space Data Challenge (Hillhacks Pre-event) will be hosted at the Centre for Internet & Society's Bengaluru office on Saturday, April 22, 2017 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.</b>
<p><img alt="Pre-event Banner" class="full-width richtext-image" height="331" src="https://sa-media-2017.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/Pre-Event_Banner.width-800.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJQG3YOIUOOAQEQ4Q&Signature=ZJtdQM31dRzmEALLngJXVjH3p2U%3D&Expires=1492710139" width="664" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Calling all hackers, designers, makers, the open source community, space enthusiasts and the ones who will join us for the main NASA Space Apps Challenge Hackathon.</p>
<p>We are thrilled to share with you that members of <a href="https://hillhacks.in">Hillhacks</a> would join us to talk about the amazing work they have done so far and about their upcoming hill hacks too.</p>
<p>Also joining would be OpenCube Labs to share their experience of their projects in previous editions of the NASA Space Apps Challenge.</p>
<p>This pre-event will be a great place for you to get your doubts out of the way about the main hackathon.</p>
<p>You possibly can meet potential team members who can give you additional dimensions for your project. You can learn how you can best leverage the data available from NASA and tackle the challenges by them.</p>
<p>See you there!</p>
<p>Participant registration is now open! <a href="https://2017.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/">Click here</a> to view Space Apps 2017 locations to find an event near you and sign up.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/nasa-space-apps-challenge-2017'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/nasa-space-apps-challenge-2017</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaSpace AppsOpennessOpen ScienceEvent2017-04-20T16:53:35ZEventCoinFest 2016
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/coinfest-2016
<b>Coinsecure and India Bitcoin have joined hands to organize to organize CoinFest at the Centre for Internet & Society's Bangalore office on Saturday, April 10, 2016, from 4.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.</b>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">CoinFest 2016</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CoinFest 2015 was a stunning success, taking Canada’s crypto holiday to countries around the world. CoinFest 2016 is building on that momentum, preparing a series of events for April with over two dozen cities planning to participate. This year's CoinFest will celebrate Bitcoin & educate participants about its uses & benefits. Come learn about bitcoin, blockchain, and other digital currencies! Find out how to use them and how this technology is having a positive impact globally!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Speakers</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CoinSecure.in/">Coinsecure</a><span> - Benson Samuel & team will be talking about journey of Bitcoin in India.</span></li>
<li><span> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/airbitz/">Airbitz</a><span> - Meghan Kellison-Lords & </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FactomProject/">Factom</a><span> - Paul Snow will also be participating via Hangouts.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><b><a class="external-link" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/653126684826814/">Follow the event on Facebook</a></b></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/coinfest-2016'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/coinfest-2016</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessEvent2016-04-04T15:19:28ZEventSeminar on Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/teri-seminar-on-open-access-in-research
<b>The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi, is organising a seminar on open access in research on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. The seminar will focus on: 1) wider access to scientific publications and research data, 2) access to scientific information, and 3) challenges and opportunities of research data. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting the event as a Knowledge Partner.</b>
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<h2>Background</h2>
<p>Open Access has become central importance to advancing the interests of researchers, scholars, students, business, and the public as well as librarians. Increasingly, research institutions require researchers to publish articles that report research findings openly accessible in open domain.</p>
<p>Open Access pursues to yield scholarly publishing to spread knowledge and allow that knowledge to be built upon. Price barriers should not stop researchers from getting access to research data. Open Access, and the open availability and search ability of scholarly research that it entails, will have a significant positive impact on everything from education to the research practice in various fields.</p>
<p>To explore why Open Access is so important to a number of groups, TERI Library along with The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as Knowledge Partner is organizing a half day seminar on <em>Open Access in Research Areas: a Strategic Approach</em> on December 22, 2015 at TERI Seminar Hall, IHC, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.</p>
<p>The Seminar will focus on:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>wider access to scientific publications and research data</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>access to scientific information, and</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>challenges and opportunities of research data.</p>
</li></ul>
<p> </p>
<h2>Schedule</h2>
<p>No registration is required to attend the seminar. Seats are limited, and will be provided on first-come-first-served basis.</p>
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<table>
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<td>13:45 - 14:00</td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><strong>Registration and Networking</strong></td>
</tr>
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<td>14:00 - 14:10</td>
<td><br /></td>
<td>Welcome Address - <strong>Mr. Prabir Sengupta</strong>, Distinguished Fellow and Director, Knowledge Management Division, TERI</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:10 - 14:20</td>
<td><br /></td>
<td>Special Address - <strong>Sumandro Chattapadhyay</strong>, Research Director, The Centre for Internet and Society</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:20 - 14:35</td>
<td><br /></td>
<td>Keynote Address - <strong>Dr. K.R. Murali Mohan</strong>, Advisor, Big Data Initiatives Division, Department of Science and Technology</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14:35 - 14:50</td>
<td><br /></td>
<td>Inaugural Address - <strong>Dr. Chandrima Shaha</strong>, Director, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi</td>
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<td>14:50 - 15:00</td>
<td><br /></td>
<td>Setting the Theme and Vote of Thanks - <strong>Dr. P.K. Bhattacharya</strong>, Fellow and Area Convenor, Knowledge Management Division, TERI</td>
</tr>
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<td>15:00 - 15:30</td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><strong>Tea and Refreshments</strong></td>
</tr>
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<td>15:30 - 17:15</td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><strong>Plenary Session</strong><br />
Chair: <strong>Dr. Ramesh Sharma</strong>, Director, CEMCA<br />
<ul>
<li><strong>Puneet Kishor</strong>, Researcher and Independent Consultant - "Science, Data, and Creative Commons"</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Beth Sandore Namachchivaya</strong>, Associate Dean of Libraries and Professor University of Illinois - "Developing Services, Infrastructure, and Best Practices to Conserve and Provide Access to Research Data: Challenges and Opportunities"</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi</strong>, Librarian, Indian institute of Public Administration</li></ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/teri-seminar-on-open-access-in-research'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/teri-seminar-on-open-access-in-research</a>
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No publishersumandroOpen DataFeaturedOpen ResearchOpen AccessOpennessEvent2015-12-22T05:37:44ZEventMini Unconference on Openness in Development, Bangalore
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/mini-unconference-on-openness-in-development-bangalore
<b>Singapore Internet Research Centre and the Centre for Internet & Society are partnering together to hold a mini unconference session on Openness in Development on Day 2 of SIRCA III workshop. </b>
<p><span>For registration, please visit <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18PH8TL84yN24vRM9p6N-HmakNE2fjz0Ggld5MmRxVe0/viewform">here</a> or click on the image below.</span></p>
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<h3>Poster of the Event</h3>
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<th><a class="external-link" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18PH8TL84yN24vRM9p6N-HmakNE2fjz0Ggld5MmRxVe0/viewform"><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_Openness.png" alt="Openness" class="image-inline" title="Openness" /></a></th>
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<p>Contact: <b><span>Sandy PEK Sin Yee (Ms) </span> </b><span>| Project Officer (SiRC) | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information | Nanyang Technological University, 31 Nanyang Link, #04-22, Singapore 637718 </span></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/mini-unconference-on-openness-in-development-bangalore'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/mini-unconference-on-openness-in-development-bangalore</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessEvent2015-09-18T01:49:43ZEventSoftware Freedom Day 2015, Bengaluru
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/software-freedom-day-2015-bengaluru
<b>We are celebrating Software Freedom Day in Bengaluru this 19 September 2015.
Time & Date: 3 pm, 19 September 2015
Venue: Centre for Internet and Society,
194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur 2nd Stage,
Bengaluru 560071</b>
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<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Qdb-P7rPv98IMdGa5U2axPHZn1Kd2lycOqCKzVrrZsE/viewform?embedded=true" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" height="500" width="760">Loading...</iframe>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/software-freedom-day-2015-bengaluru'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/software-freedom-day-2015-bengaluru</a>
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No publishersubhaOpenness2020-05-02T16:38:31ZEvent"Sau Dhuni Teen" project: Wikipedia workshop in TISS, Mumbai
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/sau-dhuni-teen-project-wikipedia-workshop-in-tiss-mumbai
<b>A two-day multilingual Wikipedia workshop is being planned to be organised at the Women's Studies Department of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai during the 22nd through the 24th August.</b>
Under the scope of the "<a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K_/Projects/Sau_Dhuni_Teen">Sau Dhuni Teen</a>" project, student and faculty volunteers of TISS will contribute in creating/editing Wikipedia articles in about notable people, books and concepts relating to women's studies, gender studies, and more broadly, interdisciplinary social sciences.
The event is being organised in collaboration with Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE).
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/sau-dhuni-teen-project-wikipedia-workshop-in-tiss-mumbai'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/sau-dhuni-teen-project-wikipedia-workshop-in-tiss-mumbai</a>
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No publishergaruleOpennessWikipediaWikimedia2016-03-16T11:31:36ZEventInternational Open Data Charter, Consultation Meeting, Bengaluru, July 28, 5:30 pm
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/international-open-data-charter-consultation-bengaluru-28072015
<b></b>
<p> </p>
<p>This is to invite you to a consultation meeting on the first public draft of the International Open Data Charter organised by CIS with <a href="http://www.datakind.org/howitworks/datachapters/datakind-blr/" target="_blank">DataKind</a> and <a href="http://datameet.org/" target="_blank">DataMeet</a> at the CIS office in Bengaluru, on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at 5:30 pm.</p>
<p>The Charter is being developed by the Open Data Working Group of the Open Government Partnership in consultation with a number of international organisations. Meant for approval and implementation by national governments, the Charter has five key principles:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open by Default;</li>
<li>Quality and Quantity;</li>
<li>Useable by All;</li>
<li>Engagement and Empowerment of Citizens; and</li>
<li>Collaboration for Development and Innovation.</li></ul>
<p>The first public draft of the International Open Data Charter was published in end of May 2015 at the International Open Data Conference in
Ottawa, and can be accessed here: <a href="http://opendatacharter.net/charter/" target="_blank">http://opendatacharter.net/charter/</a>.</p>
<p>Organisations and individuals are invited to submit comments directly on the Charter page, before July 31.</p>
<p>We are organising this meeting to discuss the context, the drafting process, and the objectives of this document, and to encourage the participants to comment on the existing text of the Charter.</p>
<p>We keenly look forward to your participation in the consultation meeting on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The CIS office address is Number 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560071 (opposite Domlur Club and near the TERI building).</p>
<p>Please share this invitation with all relevant individuals, organisations, and networks.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/international-open-data-charter-consultation-bengaluru-28072015'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/international-open-data-charter-consultation-bengaluru-28072015</a>
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No publishersumandroOpen DataInternational Open Data CharterOpenness2015-08-21T05:45:53ZEventInternational Open Data Charter, Consultation Meeting, Delhi, July 09, 5:30 pm
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/international-open-data-charter-consultation-delhi-09072015
<b></b>
<p> </p>
<p>This is to invite you to a consultation meeting on the first public draft of the International Open Data Charter, at the CIS office in Delhi, on Thursday, July 09, 2015, at 5:30 pm.</p>
<p>The Charter is being developed by the Open Data Working Group of the Open Government Partnership in consultation with a number of international organisations. Meant for approval and implementation by national governments, the Charter has five key principles:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open by Default;</li>
<li>Quality and Quantity;</li>
<li>Useable by All;</li>
<li>Engagement and Empowerment of Citizens; and</li>
<li>Collaboration for Development and Innovation.</li></ul>
<p>The first public draft of the International Open Data Charter was published in end of May 2015 at the International Open Data Conference in
Ottawa, and can be accessed here: <a href="http://opendatacharter.net/charter/" target="_blank">http://opendatacharter.net/charter/</a>.</p>
<p>Organisations and individuals are invited to submit comments directly on the Charter page, before July 31.</p>
<p>CIS, acting as a general steward of the Charter and a consultation lead, is organising this meeting to discuss the context, the drafting process, and the objectives of this document, and to encourage the participants to comment on the existing text of the Charter.</p>
<p>We keenly look forward to your participation in the consultation meeting on Thursday.</p>
<p>The CIS office address is G 15, Top floor, behind Hauz Khas G Block Market, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016.</p>
<p>If you are coming down Aurobindo Marg from AIIMS and towards IIT, then take the left turn into Chaudhary Dalip Singh Marg and come towards the Hauz Khas Police Station, stop when you see a Southy outlet on your right, and enter through the gate on your left (opposite Southy). The CIS office is on the top floor of the first house on your left. <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/kcJoq" target="_blank">Location on Google Map</a>.</p>
<p>Please share this invitation with all relevant individuals, organisations, and networks.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/international-open-data-charter-consultation-delhi-09072015'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/international-open-data-charter-consultation-delhi-09072015</a>
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No publishersumandroOpen DataOpen Government DataInternational Open Data CharterOpenness2015-07-07T12:12:50ZEvent