Join fellow developers, open data enthusiasts and health specialists at EpiHack 2015 in Yangon, Myanmar, to uncover new ways to collect, track, and share data on emerging disease outbreaks. The event will held from January 18 till 22 2016.
What is <EpiHack/> ?
EpiHack is a health focused hackathon bringing together health and technology specialists to collaboratively produce ideas, tools and a network that can act as a first line of surveillance and response for disease outbreaks.
EpiHack Myanmar is the latest in a series of events implemented in partnership with the Skoll Global Threat Fund in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Tanzania and Brazil.
Why Myanmar?
Connectivity is quickly increasing across Myanmar with the arrival of new mobile providers and growing investments in infrastructure. Mobile and web technologies offer unprecedented opportunities to optimise and streamline the collection, dissemination, aggregation and visualisation of disease related information. EpiHack will build on such technologies to improve disease surveillance and outbreak response in Myanmar.
This event is by invitation only. Please register here. To keep informed on EpiHack Myanmar and EpiHack developments, follow @EpiHack on Twitter and join the EpiHack community on Facebook.
Also join the world's biggest unconference Barcamp Yangon right after Epihack 2015.
For many years now I had maintained a curated list of upcoming events on this blog. This was in response to problem of knowing what events are happening in South East Asia. Later I expanded the list to include events in Asia and Africa. The reason for this closing is due to problems with Lanyrd.com service that powered this events page. Perhaps one day I'll restart my curation of events when I find a suitable alternative service.
Announcing the next Phnom Penh Tweetup during the next Connect@coLAB event. If you have a Twitter account, you can contact us with hashtag #PhnomPenhtweetup in your message. You can also follow us using this twitter search page (#PPtweetup).
Don't worry if you don't tweet. Come and meet some great people at Phnom Penh Tweetup. :)
What is a Tweetup?
A tweetup is an organized, in-person gathering of people on Twitter. Normally we connect with our friends online after we have met them. At a tweetup you meet the people you might only otherwise know virtually. Like finally putting a name to a face, a tweetup is a great opportunity to really connect with the people who you follow on twitter.
When is it?
Thursday December 18, 2014
6pm till 9pm
Where is it?
CoLAB
#263 Street 163 Toul Tom Pong Phnom Penh
Cambodia
+855 (0) 16 777 631 – Samda
coLAB is located on street 163 near the corner of street 454. We are on the 1st floor above 7 Mart Convenience Store.
In my travels over the years people asked me 'Where are you from?'. It is a mundane, yet profound question. For a digital nomad, home is a transient concept. In my conversations with Dipika of Oranguntan Swing, I shared few ideas that inspired the 'Origin: talking about "Fromness' event. If you are based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Please join this conversation on July 23, 2014.
Mozcamp Asia 2011 was held in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 18-20 November 2011. The two day event was packed with interactive presentations, discussions on new products, engagement opportunities, and community building.
Mozilla communities from various Asian countries participated in this event. You view more information about various communities and their activities on the Mozilla Asia Community Quilt.
The event theme was "Many Voices, One Mozilla", and had three broad tracks of engineering, training and regionalization, the content for this MozCamp is now available online here
A lot can happen over a cup of Masala Chai. Sunday afternoon's are usually Indian food at Foodshop 45 in Tay Ho, Hanoi. After a good meal the conversation around the table turned to Bollywood movies. Hey, Next week lets do lunch and watch a Bollywood film. Now that sounds like fun. Lets do it!
Bollywood Afternoon @ PUKU, Hanoi
Do join us for some great Indian food and a Bollywood movie 'Kal Ho Na Ho (Hindi, with English subtitles)' at PUKU, Hanoi. Please don't forget to register for the event.
Registration: Send email to puku.hanoi(at)gmail.com. You can also respond using the Bollywood Afternoon event page on Facebook.com.
Watch the Trailer of Kal Ho Na Ho (Hindi with English Subtitles 2003)
Life of a very serious girl, Naina, changes on the arrival of her new neighbor, Aman, who teaches her a new way to live. Takes place mostly in
NYC - with parts in Mumbai. Starring: Preity Zinta, Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347304/
AEGIS project organizing its final Workshop and 2nd International Conference entitled “Accessibility Reaching Everywhere” on 30 November – 2 December 2011 in Brussels, bringing together both end-users (people with disabilities) as well as platform and application accessibility developers, representative organisations, the Assistive Technology industry, and policy makers. Since 2008, the AEGIS consortium (comprising companies such as Vodafone Foundation, Research in Motion, Oracle, and research groups from Cambridge University and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, etc.) has been developing an Open Accessibility Framework – comprising open accessibility interfaces, user interface components, developer tools, end-user applications and prototype accessibility solutions for desktops, rich Internet applications and mobile devices.
The workshop on 30 November will focus on the realisations of the AEGIS (Open Accessibility Everywhere: Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards) project and provide attendees the opportunity to try out all outcomes of the project. The demonstrated products offer barrier-free access to desktop, mobile and web applications, are open source based and will be freely available.
The conference on 1-2 December will gather a wide array of experts and users in the area of Assistive Technology to discuss scientific and policy developments in accessible technology; showcase relevant projects and initiatives in the area of assistive technology.
Access to both events will be free, but places will be limited.
This event comes ahead of the European Day of People with Disabilities that is marked by the European Commission via a policy conference in the first week of December each year, in close cooperation with the European Disability Forum (EDF).
Invitations for registration, scientific papers and exhibitors will be issued soon.
Both events take place at the Diamant Conference and Business Centre, Boulevard A. Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Brussels. More information is available under www.aegis-project.eu, or contact Ms. Julie Buttier at julie.buttier@epr.eu.
About AEGIS Project
AEGIS is an Integrated Project (IP) within the ICT programme of FP7 and aims, through user research and prototype development with current and next-generation ICT, to develop and validate the necessary infrastructure and accessibility frameworks needed for deeply embedding accessibility into the desktop, smart phones and rich Internet applications; with a focus on the needs of users with mild, severe or complex disabilities served via assistive technologies; and to propose these results to the appropriate standards organisations for adoption, as well as to make them available through open source as much as possible.
You can now view the AEGIS project video online here.
JVSE 2010 is the third joint workshop on
software engineering aiming to further strengthen the progressive
R&D collaboration between Japan and Vietnam. This workshop intends
to exchange on-going research topics in software engineering and
related fields as well as to find possible research collaboration of
all participants. In particular, theoretical researchers are encouraged
to present the research results that would be implemented as tools.
Graduate students and young researchers are encouraged to present their
on-going research and initial results, and to participate to obtain new
ideas and overview of current trends. JVSE 2010 is a special event to
celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Establishment of Faculty of
Information Technology, University of Engineering and Technology, VNU
Hanoi.
The workshop is about all aspects related to software
engineering. The topics include but are not limited to the following
categories:
Software specification and verification
Software testing
Formal methods and industrial case studies
Component-based development
Software evolution
Software metrics and measurement
Software process improvement
Real-time and fault-tolerant software
Modern software architectures
Multi-agent systems
Software services and cloud computing
INVITED SPEAKERS
Keijiro Araki, Kyushu U., Japan
Zhenjiang Hu, NII, Japan
Hiroyuki Iida, JAIST, Japan
Atsushi Ohori, Tohoku U., Japan
Kazuhiro Ogata, JAIST, Japan
Mizuhito Ogawa, JAIST, Japan
Koichiro Ochimizu, JAIST, Japan
Masahiko Sakai , Nagoya U., Japan
Hiroyuki Seki, NAIST, Japan
Akihiko Takano, NII, Japan
Shoji Yuen, Nagoya U. , Japan
Event Details
Event Name: Japan-Vietnam Workshop on Software Engineering 2010 (JVSE 2010)
Date:
Thursday, December 9, 2010
11:00p - Friday, December 10, 2010 12:00am
SahanaCamp 1.2 will be held from November 2-5, 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam, sponsored by IBM Vietnam
SahanaCamp 1.2 is a 4 day event to show participants how information technology can help with Disaster Management through the Sahana Eden Open Source Disaster Management Platform. Sahana Eden has been deployed in numerous disasters including the 2010 Haiti Earthquake and Pakistan Floods. SahanaCamp will be an intensive, interactive and participatory event, where participants will get hands on experience using the Sahana Eden Platform. The event will be facilitated by Fran Boon and Michael Howden from the Sahana Software Foundation, who have extensive experience in using technology for Disaster Management and have run similar SahanaCamps in India and Taiwan. SahanaCamp will contain general sessions for people interested in using Sahana Eden for disaster management and technical sessions for people who are interested in supporting the use of Sahana Eden in Vietnam and contributing to the Sahana Eden project.
Spaces are limited. Applications close Thursday, 14 October. Register for SahanaCamp 1.2
W3C India office and Yahoo! India Research & Development is organizing a Workshop on Web Accessibility Initiative
in India: Technology, Standards and Implementation on 11 December
2010, Bangalore. Workshop would provide the technology developers, web
service and solution providers, Policy makers, NGOs and users a unique
platform for understanding the common needs and implementation issues.
The special focus of workshop will be on multilingual requirements in
web accessibility area and capturing the requirements for Indian
languages as per W3C WCAG 2.0 Standards.
The thunderstorm lasted all night, it was raining all sunday afternoon. The lake water is rising again, I resist the idea of going for a swim. First I need to finish the discussion about cultural diversity. We wrap up at 5:30 pm and its getting dark fast. I decide to head to town for evening of music and cultural at Swathi Sangeethotsavamn instead. The music festival is held every year in the magnificent courtyard of Kuthira Malika palace in Thiruvananthapuram.We spent the evening listening to carnatic vocal concert by Mavelikara P. Subramaniam. Sitting in the courtyard of the ancient palace, listening to the music from stage glittering with oil lamps, the sweet smell of flowers and the cold rain laded wind added magic to the evening.
Most action happens on conference sidelines PyCon India 2009 is no expection. You can always watch the recordings of talks later on. Catching up with friends comes first. Sharing ideas about projects, events and just talking all things geek. Good to hear that Santhosh was interested about integrating dhvani with speech dispatcher for Orca screen reader. Sharing experiences of working with non-profits with Sayamindu and talking about accessibility issues on OLPC SUGAR. And exploring possibilities of doing Ubuntu Karmic release parties in Chennai and Bangalore with Parthan (technofreak), Renuka and Debayan.
I did catch few of the lectures of Ramakrishna on Enterprise Linux, Parthan and the presentation by the FOSSEE team.
Parthan Python newbie talk
The Mallu Gang !
Praveen shows his Android G2Baij T-shirt with topsy turvy logo
What's Reappy ?
Jinesh checking out Samsung mobile (Q2?)
Hiran hacking my T-shirt with a pen :)
The Food was Good!
Where are the crowds ? Ah! 75 students took off to see the city!
Prabhu Ramchandran charms the crowds
The feedback !
Delivered a lecture about Ubuntu accessibility features and Orca screen reader at the National Workshop on Web Accessibility here in Trivandrum. I had to wrap up the usually hour long talk quickly so that I can catch the train to Bangalore to be at the Pycon India 2009 the next day.
The two day Web Accessibility workshop hosted by SPACE and Centre for Internet and Society concluded at Christ Nagar International School today. 43 participants from various Government departments and private firms took part in the workshop. The aim of the workshop was to educate web developers of Government and non Government agencies on how to develop websites that are equally accessible to people with disabilities.
We want to take this workshop to other cities in India. If you are interested leave a comment or email me.
Announcement of National Workshop on Web Accessibility
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment (SPACE) are organizing a workshop on web accessibility for web developers from the public and private sector from September 25 to 26, 2009. The workshop will take place at Christ Nagar International School, Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram, between 09:30-17:30 hours each day.
The workshop seeks to bring together practitioners from Government Departments, as well as from small and medium enterprises across the country. The primary aim of this workshop is to demonstrate the importance of creating accessible web sites and to educate the developers of government and private web sites on how to incorporate accessibility features into new as well as existing web sites.
The training comprises both theory-oriented and practical sessions.The trainers are specialists in various aspects of web accessibility. The main focus will be on WCAG 2.0 guidelines. The workshop is for persons already involved in developing web sites with good knowledge of HTML, XML, CSS, etc. In addition to training web developers in accessibility, the workshop will also serve as a platform for capacity building by training potential accessibility trainers.
The programme is supported by Kerala State IT Mission, which runs INSIGHT - ICT Centre for the differently abled in association with SPACE.
Hurry! Interested persons are requested to register immediately as seats are limited.
A four-day workshop on the essentials of using open-source software for non-profit uses. Workshop content will not be demanding in terms of existing skills and will require only curiosity, enthusiasm and openness for successful participation. This workshop will act as a catalyst for concerned individuals, resources and urgent needs in the field of web technology for non-profit use. The potential for non-profits to use the potential of web-publishing, social networking, online communities and SMS will be explored through case-studies and examples as well as rapid hands-on exercises.
For this workshop the OpenSpace Pune website will be taken up and as an exercise and as a project and in the four days we will learn quick and effective ways of using free and open source software to address the needs of a network based organization like OpenSpace. Tools for networking, discussion, mass-action, advocacy and activism will be explored. Enthusiastic workshop participants will have the opportunity to continue an engagement (with a stipend and other benefits) with OpenSpace for the technology projects.
To apply email Renu Iyer at renu@openspaceindia.org with the required information requested on the events page.
Theo and me braved the thunderstorm to attend the opening day of 24th National Convention of SPIC MACAY here in Thiruvananthapuram. The evening started with Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Santoor concert, it brought back so many memories. It was pure delight to hear the maestro play raag megh to the sound of the rain outside. Certainly, it is an experience that I would cherish for a long time to come.
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has been a forerunner in advocating for a national policy for electronic and web accessibility for persons with disabilities. In addition to seeking a policy reform in this matter, we are also bolstering our advocacy efforts by organising trainings and workshops at no cost for web developers across the country to spread awareness and build capacity in this area in both the public as well as the private sectors. Our first workshop, which was organised jointly with UN Solution Exchange and supported by the NIXI, took place in Ghaziabad earlier this year.
We are organising our second workshop on web accessibility for developers at Bangalore from June 5th-7th, 2009. The workshop will take place at the CIS office on Cunningham Road. Registration is free of charge. If you or any of your colleagues are involved in developing websites and are interested in making your websites accessible to all
groups in society, including persons with disabilities (approximately 71 million Indians and 6% of the total world population), please register for this workshop at the earliest.
The trainers are experts in this field from Delhi and Bangalore and have been working in the field of accessibility for many years.
For more information and registration, please mail Nirmita Narasimhan:nirmita@cis-india.org or call: 080 40926283.
2nd International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
19th - 25th June, 2009 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
The Kerala State Chalachitra Academy announces the 2nd International Documentary and Short Festival of Kerala to be conducted from the 19th-25th June 2009 at Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum), Kerala, India. The festival, a unique venture in India is being organized by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy for the Dept of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Kerala as part of its endeavor to catalyze a vibrant documentaryand short film movement. Increasing accessibility and affordability of film and other media technology has led to a boom in the production and scope of films. The media is now used by image-makers from all walks of life to express, experiment, learn and as an effective tool to conscientise and bring about social change. The festival aims to map and reflect the exploding nature of the medium in its many facets of creativity and resistance. To participate in this unique event please read the rules and regulations and download the entry form and submit before 1st May 2009 to
Secretary
Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
Mani Bhavan
Sasthamangalam
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695010
Ph: 0091 471 2310323
Fax: 0091 471 2310322
iffkoffice@yahoo.co.in, ivfkoffice@gmail.com www.keralafilm.com
You can download the Entry Form and
Rules & Regulations.
Free Software Workshop for NGOs and Civil Society Groups
Effectively compute and communicate in your local language
using free and open source software tools and techniques
NGO In a Box Workshop
June 5-6,2009,Delhi and NCR,India
Call for Participation
What is NGO in a Box?
NGO-in-a-box is a collection of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools selected for use by non-profit organizations,along with workshops conducted to help users effectively deploy the software in their organizations.The software is distributed in down-loadable form and as a physical box set of cd's. Several customized editions of NGO-in-a-box exist to provide organizations with the software they need in relation to different topics and requirements.
This is a Call for participants for our 8th workshop.Make use of this free software workshop to enrich your knowledge and help your organization effectively leverage free software without the licensing hassles.Learn about free software components and methodologies and how to enable it in your everyday work.
Limited accommodation can be arranged for out-of-station people, on a first-come, first-serve basis. All participants will be expected to bear their own travel costs.
For details of our previous workshops, visit http://ngoinabox.mahiti.org
Organizers: This workshop is being organized jointly by Sarai,Delhi and Mahiti Infotech,Bangalore.
I discovered this video on my phone yesterday. Ivan was messing around with my phone in the FSFS.in media room last year (BTW Ivan is the cute kid in the video). He captured me chuckling when I heard Raji referring to Juan Carlos as the Santa Claus in our office. I know Juan hates to be called that, lets hope he doesn't read this post. :P
