[open-government] Civic Hacking Workshop in Bangalore

Wed Jul 28 08:45:03 UTC 2010

This sounds great Pranesh! Just to clarify: when and where will it take place?

All the best,

Jonathan

2010/7/28 Pranesh Prakash <pranesh at cis-india.org>:
> 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)
>
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> Pranesh Prakash
> Programme Manager
> Centre for Internet and Society
> W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283
>
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