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> From: [email protected] > Subject: Auto-discard notification > Date: December 6, 2012 7:16:19 AM GMT+03:00 > To: [email protected] > > The attached message has been automatically discarded. > From: Kathryn Mirembe <[email protected]> > Subject: MEDIA AND MAKERS, JUBA CONFERECE > Date: December 6, 2012 9:17:21 AM GMT+03:00 > To: [email protected] > Cc: I-Network Uganda <[email protected]>, Uganda Linux User Group > <[email protected]>, [email protected] > > > Greetings All, > > > > I hope this finds you all doing well. It's been a while,huh?! But guess what > a lot has been cooking. We are absolutely in for great things come 2013. > Before I fill you in on what's coming up for our chapter, here is something > really cool taking place in South Sudan this next week, everything you would > love to know about Open Knowledge and sustainable media, its all here! (See > below) Otherwise, I hope we have come up with a number of awesome ideas to > even make our chapter a more phenomenal one. > > Kind Regards, > Kathryn Mirembe > Hacks/Hackers Lead, Kampala > > > > > MEDIA & MAKERS JUBA 2012: > Open Knowledge and Sustainable Media Forum > > Dec 11 - 13, 2012 > Juba- South Sudan > > MEDIA & MAKERS: JUBA 2012 aims to develop scenarios for sustainable media and > innovation-driven open knowledge sectors in South Sudan, with an emphasis on > collaboration, accessibility and transparency. > > MEDIA & MAKERS: JUBA 2012 will explore the elements and means of implementing > functional independent media structures and innovative 'open source' > mechanisms in South Sudan that can tackle the challenges of post-conflict > transformation, open ICT and access to quality information and knowledge, > effective resource management, policy transparency and economic development. > The process will examine established and prospective South Sudanese open > data, development and cultural collaboration projects with the aim to create > a strong, sustainable and open civil society. > > A Model of Open Development - South Sudan as the world's first Open Source > Country? > > The 'Open Knowledge' thematic at MEDIA & MAKERS JUBA 2012 brings together key > players - policy makers, journalists, researchers, open source developers, > and civil society stakeholders involved in shaping South Sudan's future. As > ‘Makers’ the event participants are active and hands-on people who innovate > by creating, testing and implementing new solutions to complex challenges. > They will collaborate on creating a strategic vision, identifying needs and > opportunities around the practice and implementation of ‘open’ solutions to > build sustainable, transparent and accountable media and civil society > sectors in South Sudan. These are fundamental elements of the global 'open > source' and 'free culture' communities including FOSSFA, the Open Knowledge > Foundation (OKFN), and Open Government Partnership (OGP) which fuel > innovation, education and social development, enable and support citizen > participation, access to information and freedom of expression. > > Confirmed participants at #MMJUBA include leading African and international > open source, open knowledge and open technologies protagonists; government > and civil society leaders from South Sudan and abroad; and key > representatives of social, digital and traditional media including: > > Dorothy Gordon FOSSFA, Accra, Ghana; Philip Thigo Social Development Network > (SODNET) Nairobi, Kenya; Peter Lasu Ladu Civic Engagement Centre, Juba; Peter > Marino Modi Pitya Director General for Physical Planning at the Ministry of > Housing & Physical Planning, Juba; Jay Cousins, icecairo/GIZ innovation hub, > Cairo, Egypt; Asteway Negash, FOSSFA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Ela Kagel > supermarkt, Berlin, Germany; Stuart Campo, Technology for Development, > Innovations Team, UNICEF, Juba; David Chan Thiang, National Bureau of > Statistics, Juba; Eugenio Tisselli, Open Source Systems Developer, Mexico > City, Mexico; Mark Kaigwa Afrinnovator.com Nairobi, Kenya. > > MEDIA & MAKERS: KHARTOUM 2013 is planned to take place next year in the > Sudanese capital. > > The 'Open Knowledge' or 'Makers' stream at MEDIA & MAKERS JUBA 2012 builds on > the groundwork of #OSJUBA and TEDxJuba in exploring the means to access and > apply public domain knowledge, develop effective user driven tools such as > crowdsourcing, eLearning and social networking that strengthen communication > while supporting innovative economic and social development, allowing > citizens to have a greater say in their future. > > About the organizers > > Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) is an NGO specialized in media > capacity building in crisis regions with a focus on the Middle East, Africa > and Central Asia. With support from the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, > MICT has been running journalism training projects, voter education and > cultural programs in both Sudan and South Sudan since 2008. In collaboration > with MICT, Stephen Kovats (r0g_agency for open culture and critical > transformation), formerly director of Berlin's transmediale festival, held > the first #OSJUBA (Open Source City Juba) event in Berlin last June > (http://r0g-media.org/osjuba/). > > The MEDIA & MAKERS event is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, > and supported by UNESCO and UNICEF South Sudan. > > > > Programme updates will be published on the website: > (http://media-and-makers.tumblr.com) > > How to register: Registration is free of charge, but please note that the > participants need to pay for their travel, accommodation and food. A short > statement on the motivation and areas of interest is requested, and should be > sent to Dominik Lehnert ([email protected]). The conference will > take place on December 11, 12 and 13 at the Hotel Juba Grand, in Juba, South > Sudan. The language in the working groups is English. Please send your > registration to: > > More information: > Website: http://media-and-makers.tumblr.com) > Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/482451018455628/?fref=ts > Hashtag: #MMJUBA > > Contact: > Georgia Nicolau (PR #OSJUBA / r0g_agency) > [email protected] > > Join us on twitter this Friday 1300 - 1500 GMT on the special #FOSSFA / > #OSJUBA ict@innovation Tweetup (#FOSSFA, #OpenSF, #OSJUBA, #MMJUBA) > > > > > >
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