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Geekup on Open Data in Bangalore
Jan 25, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Centre for Internet and Society, 194, 2nd C Cross, Domlur II Stage, Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka, — by Prasad KrishnaHasGeek in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society invite you to a talk by Hapee de Groot on 25 January 2012 at CIS office in Bangalore.
Wikipedia turns 11 today
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 16, 2012 09:41 AMThe world's largest free encyclopaedia turns 11 on Sunday. To mark the occasion, the Wikipedia community will host events in seven cities across the country. The community is also celebrating the first anniversary of the Wikimedia India chapter.
Design!PubliC — Innovation and the Public Interest
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 16, 2012 08:48 AMOn the 14th of October, 2011, the Center for Knowledge Societies organized the second edition of the Design Public Conclave, a conversation on how innovation can serve the Public Interest. The conclave was held at the lovely premises of the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bangalore.
Know your Users, Match their Needs!
— by Rebecca Schild — last modified Feb 27, 2012 03:06 PMAs Free Access to Law initiatives in the Global South enter into a new stage of maturity, they must be certain not to lose sight of their users’ needs. The following post gives a summary of the “Good Practices Handbook”, a research output of the collaborative project Free Access to Law — Is it Here to Stay? undertaken by LexUM (Canada) and the South African Legal Institute in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society.
The Wikimedia India Program Trust
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 13, 2011 07:58 AMA new entity, the “Wikimedia India Program Trust”, has now been formed and registered (in Delhi.) This will be the organization that will eventually drive India programs and house the team in India.
Western Ghats Portal: Workshop on Biodiversity Informatics
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 08, 2011 05:01 AMThe Western Ghats portal team is organising a one-day workshop to explore the contemporary state on biodiversity informatics on 25 November 2011 at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore.
Open Access Week begins in Bangalore
— by Tom Dane — last modified Aug 03, 2012 11:04 PMOn Monday 24 October, the National Aerospace Laboratories in Bangalore held an event to mark the beginning of Open Access Week 2011
Can Innovation Solve the Grand Challenges of Indian Society?
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 07, 2011 12:45 PMIt’s nearly time again for Design Public the event, a high-level conclave on design, innovation, and the public interest. Our up-coming event will be in Bangalore on the 14th of October, and will be held at the National Gallery of Modern Art, which is housed in a century-old Manikyavelu mansion, which was once the property of the Mysore royal family.
Design!publiC - II
Oct 14, 2011 from 04:30 AM to 12:00 PM — National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore, — by Prasad KrishnaThe Centre for Internet and Society in partnership with the Center for Knowledge Societies, Venkataramanan Associates, Center for Law and Policy Research, Headstart Foundation, Chaia Innovation Accelerator, MXV Consulting, Mint Newspaper and Confederation of Indian Industry is organising the second edition of Design Public on October 14, 2011 at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bangalore. There will be a series of pre-conference research outings on October 13, for which participants may register in advance.
The Impact of Regulation: FOSS and Enterprise
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