[open-government] Civic Hacking Workshop in Bangalore

[Pranesh Prakash]

http://cis-india.org/advocacy/openness/blog/civic-hacking-workshop/

The UK Government's Foreign Office and the Cabinet Office Team for
Digital Engagement, Google India and the Centre for Internet and
Society, Bangalore are organizing a 'Civic Hacking Workshop', bringing
together civic-minded technologists who've been working with
governmental data in India and Britain.

The workshop will discuss the problems of obtaining data, especially in
India, the technological solutions that these various groups have
encountered, the difficulties of technology as a mass-based civic
solution, and the visions that these groups have for a more engaged
civil society and the contributions they seek to make to the public.

The people attending are, from India (Bangalore):

   1. Alok Singh (Akshara Foundation)
   2. Shivangi Desai (Akshara Foundation)
   3. Arun Ganesh (Geohackers / National Institute of Design)
   4. A. Pandian (Mapunity)
   5. Sridhar Raman (Mapunity)
   6. S. Raghavan Kandala (Mapunity)
   7. Thejesh GN (Janaagraha / Infosys)
   8. Sushant Sinha (IndianKanoon.com / Yahoo)
   9. Vijay Rasquinha (Mahiti)
  10. P.G. Bhat (SmartVote.in)
  11. Pranesh Prakash (CIS)
  12. Raman Jit Singh Chima (Google)


And from Britain:

   1. David McCandless (Information Is Beautiful)
   2. Harry Metcalfe (TellThemWhatYouThink.org / Open Rights Group)
   3. Tim Green (Democracy Club)
   4. Edmund von der Burg (YourNextMP)
   5. Rohan Silva (Special Adviser to the PM)

-- 
Pranesh Prakash
Programme Manager
Centre for Internet and Society
W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283

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