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17th World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
www.internetday.info
21-Apr-2008
to 18-May-2008
in world
The idea of an Internet day or diadeinternet emerged on the initiative of the Association of Internet Users, www.aui.es, and the first Internet day was organised on 25 October 2005. More than 400 events were arranged at over 8,000 venues in 31 provinces of the 17 Autonomous Communities. More …
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Grassroots Networking: International Telecentre Strategic Planning Conference
22-May-2008
to 25-May-2008
in Százhalombatta
Our goal is to develop a Telecentre Movement that supports grassroots initiatives such as Telecentres and Telecentre Networks which are appropriating Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) as tools for community self-reliance, empowerment and local sustainable development. We believe …
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Fifth East Africa Telecentre leaders Forum (EATLF) 8th - 10th June 2008
8-Jun-2008
in Kampala
The East Africa Telecentre leaders Forum (EATLF) is a biannual gathering of telecentre practitioners in the East African sub region. The EATLF is an initiative of UgaBYTES with support from telecentre.org a social investment of IDRC, Microsoft, and SDC. The fifth East Africa Telecentre Leaders …
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CATAC'08 Conference: ICTs bridging cultures? Theories, obstacles and best practices
24-Jun-2008
to 27-Jun-2008
in Nîmes
The biennial CATaC conference series – 10 years old in 2008 – provides a premier international forum for current research on how diverse cultural attitudes shape the implementation and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The conference series brings together …
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IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society
26-Jun-2008
to 28-Jun-2008
in Fredericton
ISTAS is the annual symposium of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology. The theme this year is Citizens, Groups, Communities and Information and Communication Technologies. Information and communication technologies (ICT) have social, cultural, political and economic …
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Indian Telecentre Forum 2008
29-Jul-2008
to 31-Jul-2008
in New Delhi
India is home to one of the largest numbers of ICT4D projects in the world. Most of them are ‘telecentre’ initiatives in rural contexts, based on public access to technology approach. Rural telecentre projects are exploring the contextual use of new ICTs do hold great promise, not …
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Investigating the Impact of Public Access to ICTs (Executive and International Advisory Committee Meeting)
7-Aug-2008
in Quebec
This meeting will be co-organized by telecentre.org and the University of Washington. The purpose is to hold strategic meetings with key research committees in the project to investigate the impact of public access to ICT. This will be a side event to IFLA 2008. It will take place in August …
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telecentre.org and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation panel at IFLA 2008
10-Aug-2008
in Quebec City
The panels at IFLA will be jointly organized between telecentre.org, the Acacia program, and the Research Information Management System Division (RIMSD) of IDRC. The telecentre.org panel will consist of key partners from the joint IDRC-Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation project to investigate the …
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Governance of new technologies: The transformation of medicine, information technology and intellectual property
29-Mar-2009
to 31-Mar-2009
in Edinburg
As part of its celebration of 5 years of success, SCRIPTed is pleased to host an international and interdisciplinary conference focusing on the governance of new and evolving technologies, and the consequences of these technologies for the law and for society more generally. Examples of …
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