Events
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16 Sep 2011
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Digital AlterNatives book launchOn Friday the 16th of September Hivos will launch the Digital AlterNatives with a cause? book, which looks at the dynamics of a new generation that is growing up with digital technology. In 2011 the digital native generation has been all …
9 Sep 2011
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Screening of Partners in CrimeVikalp@Smriti Nandan along with Centre for Internet and Society invite you to a screening of 'Partners in Crime' by Paromita Vohra on Friday, September 9, 2011, followed by a discussion with the director.
9 Sep 2011
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Prime Security: The Mathematics of RSA EncryptionBased on simple properties of prime numbers, RSA encryption protects our money and digital identity. But how does it actually work? The Centre for Internet and Society invites you to a one-day workshop by Rohit Gupta on 9 September 2011.
12 Aug 2011
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The Mirror in the Enigma: How Germany lost World War II to a Mathematical TheoremToday we use encryption in pretty much everything — cellphones, Internet, banking, satellites, and spaceships. How far have we come since the days of the Enigma and how does it affect our daily lives? CIS invites you to attend a short …
6 Aug 2011
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'Privacy Matters' ChennaiPrivacy India invites individuals to attend “Privacy Matters”, a one day conference on August 6th 2011 at the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. Privacy India, Society in Action Group, IDRC, the Centre for Internet & Society, …
5 Aug 2011
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Framing an Alternative Approach to the Jan LokpalThe National Campaign for Peoples' Right to Information (NCPRI) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) are organizing a public talk on "Framing an Alternative Approach to the Jan Lokpal" on Friday, August 5, 2011 at CIS, Bangalore. …
8 Jul 2011
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Socio-financial Online Networks: Globalizing Micro-Credit through Micro-transactional Networked Platforms – A Public Lecture by Radhika GajallaThe Centre for Internet and Society invites you to a public lecture by Prof. Radhika Gajalla of Bowling Green State University. She will give a lecture on how microfinance online functions through the social networked online space and the …
27 Jun 2011
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Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar BowdenThe Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, invites you to a public lecture by Caspar Bowden*, the Chief Privacy Adviser of Microsoft’s Worldwide Technology Office, on Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?
26 May 2011
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Panel Discussion on UID – Its Feasibility, Utility and LegalityA panel discussion on "UID, its feasibility, utility and legality" is being organised by Citizen’s Action Forum, Grahak Shakti and the Centre for Internet and Society. It would be held at The Energy and Resources Institute (at TERI …
21 May 2011
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The Second IJLT-CIS Lecture Series at National Law School, BangaloreThe 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 …
30 Apr 2011
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The Task of the Translator after GoogleHans Verghese Mathews, a distinguished fellow with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) will give a public lecture on April 30, 2011.
18 Apr 2011
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Shadow Search Project (SSP) in CISCIS hosts an interesting line-up on the 18th of April with the Shadow Search Project (SSP).
16 Apr 2011
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Privacy, By DesignThe Centre for Internet and Society invites people and organizations in the business of 'privacy online' to engage with it in Privacy, By Design — an open space discussion that brings together coders, developers, users and entrepreneurs …
2 Apr 2011
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Facebook Resistance Workshop at CIS, BangaloreFacebook designing your online identity is like designing your rooms with furniture from the bazaar. The only individuality lies in your family pictures standing on the shelves. On Saturday, April 2, 2011, CIS is organising a workshop for …
30 Mar 2011
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Web Sites Accessibility Evaluation Methodologies: A New Imperative for State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesW3C-WAI, G3ict and CIS are joining hands to organise the 20th International World Wide Web Conference in Hyderabad, India on March 30, 2011 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Room H-01.
26 Mar 2011
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Privacy Matters - A Public Conference in AhmedabadOn behalf of Privacy India, and in partnership with the Research Foundation for Governance in India and Society in Action Group, the Centre for Internet and Society invites you to “Privacy Matters” a public conference focused on discussing …
21 Mar 2011
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Public Talk by Dr. Ian Brown on Privacy, Trust and BiometricsTrust 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 …
18 Mar 2011
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Design!publiCThe Centre for Internet and Society in partnership with Centre for Knowledge Societies, Venkataramanan Associates, Centre for Law and Policy Research and LiveMint is organising Design!publiC on March 18, 2011. Design Public is a …
16 Mar 2011
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Seminar on Open Access for Scientific InformationOpen-access provides free online access to quality scholarly material that can be defined as “open domain,” meaning publicly supported research information, and “open access,” so that it is copyrighted to be freely available scholarly …
6 Mar 2011
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Electronication: Ragas and the FutureWhat 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 …
4 Mar 2011
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Role of the Internet in Fostering Freedom of Expression and Strengthening Activism in India - A Workshop in DelhiThe 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 …
4 Mar 2011
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Global Challenges to Freedom of ExpressionThe 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 …
3 Mar 2011
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Tactical Tech's ONO Party!Tactical Tech has made friends with ONO Robot , a friendly Robot Guide and the star of four animated shorts of a series called Survival in the Digital Age, and we'd like to invite you to watch the series with us at our ONO Party.
5 Feb 2011
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"Privacy matters"Privacy India invites individuals to attend the second "Privacy matters" conference, a one-day event on the 5th February 2011 at the TERI Southern Regional Centre, Bangalore. Privacy India, Society in Action Group, and the Centre for …
23 Jan 2011
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Privacy mattersPrivacy India invites individuals to attend “Privacy Matters”, a one-day conference on 23 January 2011 at the WB National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) Law School in Kolkata. Privacy India, Society in Action Group and the Centre …
10 Jan 2011
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CIS to Screen Subasri’s film “Brave New Medium”The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) will host a screening of a film “Brave New Medium,” at 6 p.m. on Monday, 10 January 2011. The film is directed by Subasri Krishnan.
8 Jan 2011
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Myth/History/Irreverence: Flaneurs and Whores of Our TimeAs part of a longer discovery and reading of Walter Benjamin's work, Atreyee Majumder constructs an argument that the turgid notions of the new, the contemporary and the important are endless repetitions of nothing-new. Atreyee will give a …
3 Dec 2010
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Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson to lecture at Development Café meet-upDevelopment Café (DC) is hosting its second meet-up at the Centre for Internet and Society on Friday, 3 December 2010. Mr. Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson, serial entrepreneur and founder of Akvo, a non-profit foundation with focus on water and …
27 Nov 2010
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Identity, Identification and Media Representation in Video Game Play: An Audience Reception StudyAdrienne Shaw from the Annenberg School for Communication, who is a visiting fellow at MICA is giving a public talk on research on representation in video games on 27 November 2010 at the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore.
8 Nov 2010
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Network Culture: Archaeological and Artistic Interventions Public Seminar – Talk by Kristoffer Gansing and Linda HilfingKristoffer Gansing and Linda Hilfling will give a talk on Network Culture on 8 November 2010 in the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore.