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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160921
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SUMMARY:International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Semantic Web
DESCRIPTION:KESW 2016 will be the 7th conference in the series. KESW is a top international event dedicated to discussing research results and directions in the areas related to Knowledge Representation and Reasoning\, Semantic Web\, and Linked Data. Its aim is to bring together researchers\, practitioners\, and educators\, in particular from ex-USSR\, Eastern and Northern Europe\, to present and share ideas regarding Semantic Web\, and popularize the area in these regions. \nThe conference especially welcomes students\, postdocs\, and other early career researchers and encourages them to participate\, contribute\, and discuss research projects regardless of their maturity. \nAs last year\, all technical sessions (keynotes\, paper presentations\, posters\, etc.) will be held in English. \nMore information will be announced later\, stay tuned and follow on Twitter!
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/international-conference-on-knowledge-engineering-and-semantic-web/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Prague\, Czech Republic
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160923
DTSTAMP:20160626T204938Z
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SUMMARY:2016 Climate Knowledge Brokers Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Climate Knowledge Brokers Group (CKB) gathers the best climate knowledge brokers in the world to discuss tactics and strategies to use information to shift the world to a more climate compatible future. Join us in the Rocky Mountains in September to discuss how best to perform the role. \nThis workshop will be fully interactive – don’t expect lots of powerpoint presentations. If you come to CKB\, you come to work; to share; to think. \nThe objectives of this year’s CKB workshop are: \n\nConsider developments affecting climate knowledge brokering\nProvide networking opportunities and peer support to climate knowledge brokers\, (e.g. through ‘knowledge sharing clinics’)\nContribute to future development of CKB activities including capacity building for knowledge brokers and the Climate Knowledge Grid concept.\nBroaden the participation and increase understanding of the CKB group and the principles of climate knowledge brokering\n\nThe workshop offers a number of specific opportunities for you to shape your participation: \n\nVolunteer as a ‘patient’ in a ‘knowledge sharing clinic’; an intensive\, facilitated peer support exercise that offers the opportunity to present a specific current challenge or issue\, and receive support\, suggestions and advice from other participants acting as doctors;\nOrganise a session. Other participants will be able to choose from the options available;\nBring a poster to display at the Outreach Event to promote your organisation’s work.\n\nThe U.S. Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is hosting this year’s CKB Annual Workshop at its facility in Golden\, Colorado. During the workshop you’ll have the opportunity to tour the labs. \nFor further info see: CKB 2016 Workshop Background and Logistics note (PDF\, 650kb) \nAdditional info on access to NREL: NREL Golden Visitor Information (PDF\, 1Mb) \nN.B. The workshop is free to attend but you must register by Friday 2nd September in order to attend to gain entrance to NREL. Click here to register. \nThis workshop is made possible with the support of REEEP and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). It is kindly hosted by NREL.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/2016-climate-knowledge-brokers-workshop/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Golden\, CO\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160926
DTSTAMP:20160518T042247Z
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SUMMARY:CLIVAR Open Science Conference
DESCRIPTION:The collective voice and expertise of the international climate community is essential in shaping the international research agenda on the coupled ocean-atmosphere system. The World Climate Research Programme’s (WCRP) Core Project on Climate and Ocean – CLIVAR – invites the international climate community to review the state of the science\, to prioritize international research plans and to initiate new collaborations. In September 2016 CLIVAR will hold an Open Science Conference to engage the wider collection of scientists who work in this important area. \nThe objectives of the CLIVAR Open Science Conference are to \n\nReview progress toward improved understanding of the dynamics\, the interaction\, and the predictability of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system\nShape ideas to meet emerging ocean and climate science challenges\nEngage with the future generation of climate scientists\nIdentify key climate research and stakeholder issues\nDevelop and strengthen collaborations across nations\, disciplines and age groups and promote integrative studies\n\nIn addition to the main event\, an Early Career Scientists Symposium will take place on the weekends before and after the main Conference. \nFor regular updates\, join the CLIVAR email lists and follow CLIVAR’s Facebook and Twitter feeds.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/clivar-open-science-conference/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Qingdao\, China
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160904
DTSTAMP:20151025T221658Z
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SUMMARY:4S/EASST Conference
DESCRIPTION:The local committee welcomes you to the joint 2016 4S/EASST conference\, held in Barcelona from August 31-September 3. We will collectively explore the ways in which science and technology are increasingly performed ‘by other means’\, in a variety of exploratory activities that include the articulation of collectives that do not fit with the traditional actors in science and technology\, or in ways that problematize the established value systems involved in the production of knowledge and technologies. \nScience & technology by other means: Exploring collectives\, spaces and futures.\nThe joint 2016 4S/EASST conference in Barcelona will be an opportunity to share reflections\, ideas\, findings and projects on a variety of aspects characterizing these alternative ways to do science and technology: (a) such as the fact that\, for instance\, all of these transformations usually take place in blurred everyday spaces and not in those enclosed established spaces for science and technology development\, such as laboratories or industrial R&D departments; (b) or\, in a similar way\, the fact that research and innovation processes are increasingly organised in networked\, horizontal assemblages where the traditional hierarchies in science are put into question and where science and technology are being co-produced by different actors in different\, sometimes antagonistic\, ways; (c) and\, finally\, the fact that traditional boundaries between the public and the private are no longer confined to state and for-profit actors\, care practices taking a preeminent presence in most of these everyday situations. \nFor More Information: http://www.sts2016bcn.org/ \n 
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/4seasst-conference/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Barcelona\, Spain
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160817
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160820
DTSTAMP:20160518T042521Z
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SUMMARY:VIVO 2016 Conference
DESCRIPTION:The annual VIVO Conference brings together scholars\, scientists\, researchers\, developers\, publishers\, funding agencies\, research officers\, students\, institutional officials and those supporting the development of team science. Scientists across all disciplines learn from each other throughout various session types and networking activities at this three-day event. \nVIVO enables the discovery of researchers across institutions.  Participants in the network include institutions with local installations of VIVO or those with research discovery and profiling applications that can provide semantic web-compliant data.  The information accessible through VIVO’s search and browse capability will reside and be controlled locally\, within institutional VIVOs or other semantic web-compliant applications. \nVIVO is an open source semantic web application originally developed and implemented at Cornell. When installed and populated with researcher interests\, activities\, and accomplishments\, it enables the discovery of research and scholarship across disciplines at that institution and beyond. VIVO supports browsing and a search function which returns faceted results for rapid retrieval of desired information. Content in any local VIVO installation may be maintained manually\, brought into VIVO in automated ways from local systems of record\, such as HR\, grants\, course\, and faculty activity databases\, or from database providers such as publication aggregators and funding agencies.The rich semantically structured data in VIVO support and facilitate research discovery. Examples of applications that consume these rich data include: visualizations\, enhanced multi-site search through VIVO Search\, and applications such as VIVO Searchlight\, a browser bookmarklet which uses text content of any webpage to search for relevant VIVO profiles\, and the Inter-Institutional Collaboration Explorer\, an application which allows visualization of collaborative institutional partners\, among others. \n\nLearn more at http://vivoweb.org
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/vivo-2016-conference/
LOCATION:Denver Marriott City Center\, Denver\, CO\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160725
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160729
DTSTAMP:20160428T163631Z
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SUMMARY:Latinoamericana de Estudios Sociales Asociación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (ESOCITE)
DESCRIPTION:A Associação Latino-americana de Estudos Sociais da Ciência e da Tecnologia (ESOCITE)\, a Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)\, a Universidade Tecnológica   Federal do  Paraná  (UTFPR)\, e  a  ESOCITE-BR  convocam a  todos  os investigadores relacionados com os Estudos Sociais da Ciência\, Tecnologia e Inovação a participar das XI JORNADAS LATINOAMERICANAS DE ESTUDOS SOCIAIS DA CIÊNCIA E DA TECNOLOGIA\, ESOCITE 2016: ESOCITE 21 Anos: Trajetórias plurais entre passados e futuros. \n— \nThe Latin American Association for Social Studies of Science and Technology (ESOCITE)\, the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)\, the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR)\, and ESOCITE-BR convoke all researchers related studies social Science\, Technology and Innovation to participate in the XI DAYS oF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES sOCIAL SCIENCE aND TECHNOLOGY\, ESOCITE 2016: ESOCITE 21 Years: Trajectories plurals between past and future. \nThe Latin American Conference on Social Studies of Science and Technology (ESOCITE) will be celebrated in Brazil in the city of Curitiba\, between 25 and 28 July 2016. This issue is of special importance because in addition to celebrate symbolically the age of social studies of science and technology in Latin America\, will be the first event in which the ESOCITE will present legally formalized. \nAlthough this is a minor factor before the reality of concrete articulation through networks\, research groups\, graduate programs and publications\, which occurred over the years\, it is significant to point out the new levels of institutionalization in the present and indicate potential future development. \nThis time of institutional formalization encourages us to reflect on the many research groups from several decades ago\, developed the thought of Science\, Technology and Society (STS) in the region\, calls us to examine the proliferation of perspectives and approaches in this and challenges us to think about the different CTS field of possible configurations in the future. \nTo discuss these and other issues\, ESOCITE 21 Years: Trajectories plurals between past and future \, inaugural conference will be held\, round tables\, symposiums organized in themes and thematic sessions. \n  \nMain Themes  \nET1 – 20 years of CTS trajectory in Latin America: history\, approaches\, methodologies \nET2 – current and counter-hegemonic practices in the production of S & T \nET3 – scientific controversies\, public participation and political decision-making in ST & I. \nET4 – formal education and non-formal in CTS. CTS universities. \nET5 – Science and Technology: gender\, ethnic and race relations\, culture and identities. \nET 6 – Technology and Innovation: applications\, risks and social problems \nET7 – ST & I policies and local and regional development \nET8 – Production techno-scientific and social issues \nET9 – dynamics of institutions and scientific fields \nET10 – International Dimensions of CT & I \nET11 – Perception and public communication of S & T \nET Free – receive jobs that do not fit in previous issues to build new thematic groups \n  \nFor more information\, visit the website of the congress: \nhttp://esocite2016.esocite.net/
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/latinoamericana-de-estudios-sociales-asociacion-de-la-ciencia-y-la-tecnologia-esocite/
LOCATION:UTFPR – CAMPUS CURITIBA – CENTER HEADQUARTERS\, Av. Sete de Setembro\, 3165\, Curitiba\, Brazil
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160721
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160724
DTSTAMP:20160615T044710Z
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SUMMARY:Sixth International Conference on Digital Information & Communication Technology & its Applications (DICTAP2016)
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to participate in The Sixth International Conference on Digital Information & Communication Technology & its Applications (DICTAP2016) that will be held in Konya\, Turkey\, on July 21 – 23\, 2016 The event will be held over three days\, with presentations delivered by researchers from the international community\, including presentations from keynote speakers and state-of-the-art lectures. \n\n\n\n\nThe conference welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) research topics:\n\n\nSecurity in Information and Telecommunication System\nCommunication Protocols\, Communication Systems\n\n\nNetwork Systems and Devices\nNetwork Management Techniques\n\n\nWireless and Optical Communications\nTelecommunication Business & Regulation\n\n\nAlgorithms\, Architecture\, and Infrastructures\nModeling\, Algorithm\, and Optimization\n\n\nInformation Content Security\nInformation Theory\, System\, and Technology\n\n\nCloud Computing and Computer Networks\nScientific Computing and Multimedia Processing\n\n\nSensor Networks and Embedded System\nTransmission\, Antenna & Propagation\n\n\nE-Learning\, E-Commerce\, E-Business and E-Government\nArtificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems\n\n\nData Exchange Issues and Supply Chain\nData Life Cycle in Products and Processes\n\n\nInformation Retrieval\nInformation Visualization\n\n\nWeb Services\, Web based Application\nWeb Metrics and its Applications\n\n\nData Grids\, Data and Information Quality\nData Models for Production Systems and Services\n\n\nData Warehouses and Data Mining\nData\, Text\, and Web Content Mining\n\n\nImage Analysis and Image Processing\nMultimedia and Interactive Multimedia\n\n\nManagement and Diffusion of Multimedia Applications\nCase Studies on Data Management\, Monitoring and Analysis\n\n\nMobile\, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Security\nMobile Data Management\n\n\nVideo Search and Video Mining\nComputer Graphics\n\n\nEnterprise Computing\nSoft Computing\n\n\nWeb Mining including Web Intelligence and Web 3.0\nNetworks Security\, Encryption and Cryptography\n\n\nKnowledge Management\nPeer to Peer Data Management\n\n\nCompression and Coding\nNatural Language Processing\n\n\nXML and other extensible languages\nHuman-Computer Interaction\n\n\nIntelligent and Robust System\nDistributed Information Systems\n\n\nICT for Social and Humanity\nTemporal and Spatial Databases\n\n\nSecurity and Access Control\nDigital Rights Management\n\n\nConstraint Programming\nQuality of Service Issues\n\n\nUbiquitous Systems\nSemantic Web\, Ontologies and Rules
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/sixth-international-conference-on-digital-information-communication-technology-its-applications-dictap2016/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Konya\, Turkey
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160715
DTSTAMP:20160518T042844Z
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SUMMARY:‘Sociology of Science and Technology’ at the 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology
DESCRIPTION:The WebForum is an experimental space for intellectual debate on the broadly conceived theme “The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World” and other matters of interest to the ISA’s Research Committees\, Working Groups\, Thematic Groups. It will feature cutting-edge contributions on forward-oriented sociology\, on the pertinent trends\, risks\, and opportunities of our time\, on scenarios of probable\, possible\, preventable\, or preferable futures. It is a virtual sphere for sharing thoughts on empirical\, theoretical\, and normative research across geographic\, linguistic\, and disciplinary boundaries.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Third ISA Forum will be convened in Vienna\, Austria\, 10-14 July 2016 on the theme “The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World.” This theme encourages a forward-orientation in empirical\, theoretical\, and normative research to tackle the problems and opportunities that often cut across borders. \nProtests around the globe have challenged inequality\, oppression\, and ecological destruction\, and have insisted on the possibility of another\, better world. Intensifying uncertainties demand innovations in methods and theories. Tomorrow no longer appears as pre-determined by inevitable trends but as a rather contingent outcome of complex\, typically multi-scalar dynamics that vary in their intensity of contentiousness. Social actors aspire\, desire\, envision\, expect\, fear\, imagine\, plan\, project\, reject\, sustain\, and wage war over futures. What can sociology contribute to these broader debates? How do assumptions and aspirations about the future influence daily routines and long-term collective lives? How are risks identified\, avoided\, mitigated\, transferred\, or shared? What closes and opens the horizons of social imaginaries? How are different forces positioned to shape futures? How can the making of futures be democratized? What can be learned by comparing struggles in different countries and settings? How do emancipatory movements and everyday practices at the grassroots overcome discipline\, exploitation\, and misrecognition? What visions for alternative futures are imaginable\, desirable\, and achievable? What are viable roadmaps for social transformation? \nThis general theme provides a platform for dialog among ISA’s many participating Research Committees (RCs)\, Working Groups (WGs)\, and Thematic Groups (TGs). It calls for research on the full range of sociological topics from the tiny worlds of micro situations to the broad macro dynamics affecting the entire planet. It encourages inquiries into the multiplicity of possibilities\, projects\, and visions. It welcomes diverse approaches\, including comparative and interdisciplinary collaborations.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/sociology-of-science-and-technology-at-the-3rd-isa-forum-of-sociology/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Vienna\, Austria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160705
DTSTAMP:20160425T164332Z
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SUMMARY:9th International Conference on ICT\, Society and Human Beings 2016
DESCRIPTION:The effects of ICT on human beings as well as the interaction between ICT\, individuals\, and society are all within the focus of this conference. Both analyses of interactions and effects are important. Changes in behaviour\, perspectives\, values\, competencies\, human and psychological aspects and feelings are all of interest. Reflections on past\, present\, and future challenges – especially planning to handle the future – are encouraged. \nThe conference pays attention to societal changes\, global and more local organisational and institutional changes\, changes in values and in lifestyles\, as well as individual cognitive effects and changes\, motivational and emotional changes. It also appeals to solution-building in terms of desirable goals and actions for reaching a Good Information Society. \nIn general all types of research strategies are encouraged\, and especially cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary studies. Case studies\, broader empirical field studies\, theoretical analyses\, cross-cultural studies\, scenarios\, ethnographic studies\, epistemological analyses may all be presented. For more details please check http://www.ict-conf.org/call-for-papers .
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/9th-international-conference-on-ict-society-and-human-beings-2016/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Madeira\, Portugal
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160617
DTSTAMP:20160518T043035Z
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SUMMARY:7TH AFRICA AGRICULTURE SCIENCE WEEK
DESCRIPTION:The Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) and FARA General Assembly (GA) is the principal forum for all stakeholders in African agriculture Science\, Technology and Innovation (STI) to reflect on their achievements and craft strategies and actions aimed at enhancing the contribution of agriculture STI towards accelerating the continent’s economic and social transformation. This event is organized every three years. The last such event\, the sixth AASW and FARA GA\, was held in Accra\, Ghana in July 2013. \nThe overall theme of the 7th African Agriculture Science Week and FARA GA: is “Apply Science\, Impact Livelihoods”. The program of the Science Week is organized around the following five key sub-themes: 1. Institutional systems and policies for making science work for African agriculture; 2. Sustainable productivity growth\, value chains and profitable agribusinesses; 3. Human capital development and the Youth; 4. Sustainable financing of Science\, Technology and Innovation for African agriculture; and 5. Megatrends in African Agriculture. \nThe AASW and FARA General Assembly is the principal forum for all stakeholders in African agriculture science\, technology and innovation to take stock of their collective achievements over the past three years and craft a common agenda along with modalities for achieving their collective targets over the next three years. You are invited to the 7th AASW and FARA General Assembly which will take place in Kigali\, Rwanda\, 13-16 June 2016.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/7th-africa-agriculture-science-week/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Kigali\, Rwanda
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160617
DTSTAMP:20160414T161549Z
CREATED:20160414T161549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160414T161549Z
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SUMMARY:Open Repositories (OR) 2016 Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories\, OR2016\, will be held on June 13th-16th\, 2016 in Dublin\, Ireland. \nAs previous Open Repositories have demonstrated\, the use of digital repositories to manage research\, scholarly and cultural information is well established and increasingly mature. Entering our second decade\, we have an opportunity to reflect on where we’ve been and\, more importantly\, where we’re heading. New development continues apace\, and we’ve reached the time when many organizations are exploring expansive connections with larger processes both inside and outside traditional boundaries. Open Repositories 2016 will explore how our rich collections and infrastructure are now an inherent part of contemporary scholarship and research and how they have expanded to touch many aspects of our academic and cultural enterprises. \nThe theme of OR2016 is “Illuminating the World.” OR2016 will provide an opportunity to explore the ways in which repositories and related infrastructure and processes:\n• bring different disciplines\, collections\, and people to light;\n• expose research\, scholarship\, and collections from developing countries;\n• increase openness of collections\, software\, data and workflows;\n• highlight data patterns and user pathways through collections; and\n• how we can organize to better support these – and other – infrastructures. \nThis year’s conference agenda is available here.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/open-repositories-or-2016-conference/
LOCATION:Trinity College\, Dublin\, Ireland
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160613
DTSTAMP:20160518T043353Z
CREATED:20160518T043353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160518T043353Z
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SUMMARY:NASIG 31st Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:NASIG is an independent organization working to advance and transform the management of information resources. The ultimate goal is to facilitate and improve the distribution\, acquisition\, and long-term accessibility of information resources in all formats and business models. \nThe annual conference provides a casual venue for preconferences\, formal sessions\, practical workshops\, special events\, and networking. An emphasis on thoughtful discourse and informality promotes an intensity of purpose not always possible at other conferences.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/nasig-31st-annual-conference/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Albuquerque\, NM\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160610
DTSTAMP:20160414T161731Z
CREATED:20160414T161731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160414T161731Z
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SUMMARY:International Conference on Electronic Publishing
DESCRIPTION:The International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB) reaches its 20th anniversary! ELPUB 2016 continues the tradition\, and brings together scholars\, publishers\, lecturers\, librarians\, developers\, entrepreneurs\, users and all other stakeholders interested in issues regarding electronic publishing in widely differing contexts. \nELPUB 2016 will have a fresh look on the current ecosystem of scholarly publishing including the positioning of stakeholders and distribution of economic\, technological and discursive power. ELPUB will also open the floor for emerging alternatives in how scholars and citizens interact with scholarly content and what role dissemination and publishing plays in these interactions. Questions to be raised include: What is the core of publishing today? How does agenda setting in emerging frameworks like Open Science function and what is the nature of power of the referring scholarly discourses? How does this relate to the European and world-wide Open Science and Open Innovation agenda of funders and institutions\, and how does this look like in publishing practice? \nThe conference will investigate the position and power of players and agents\, – e.g. scholars and their networks\, legacy and academia-owned publishers\, research institutions and e-infrastructures – as well as their respective agendas. When looking at these interlinked topics\, we aim to sharpen the view for current challenges and ways forward to reshape the publishing system. You are most welcome to join us in this exciting discussion!
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/international-conference-on-electronic-publishing/
LOCATION:Göttingen State and University Library\, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1\, Göttingen\, Germany
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160607
DTSTAMP:20160518T041408Z
CREATED:20160518T041408Z
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SUMMARY:Information Communication Technologies in Development (ICTD) 2016
DESCRIPTION:ICTD2016 features an exciting program with 26 Papers presented in plenary sessions\, 36 Notes presented as posters\, 32 interactive Open Sessions\, and two incredible keynotes: Deepak Mishra is co-director of the World Bank’s 2016 World Development Report: Digital Dividends; and Tererai Trent is the Drexel University global health professor featured in “Half the Sky” who began her adult life as a rural Zimbabwean mother of three with no formal education. \nThe conference schedule is available at https://ictd2016.info/schedule/. \nRecommendations for accommodations\, with discounted rates are available at https://ictd2016.info/accommodations/. (Book early\, as the rooms being held will be released in late April / early May.) \nEarly registration will close on April 30\, so register early! (Note also that standard registration will end on May 30\, several days before the conference; on-site registration is extremely expensive\, so we encourage you to register in advance.)
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/information-communication-technologies-in-development-ictd-2016/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Ann Arbor\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160514
DTSTAMP:20151023T214705Z
CREATED:20151023T214705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151023T214705Z
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SUMMARY:IST-Africa Research Conference
DESCRIPTION:IST-Africa 2016 (11 – 13 May\, South Africa) is the eleventh in an annual series of Ministerial level Technology Research Conferences\, supported by the European Commission and African Union Commission. The 6th Annual IST-Africa Living Lab Thematic Working Group Meeting will take place on 10 May as a pre-conference event. \nIST-Africa provides a platform in Africa to strengthen Innovation\, Science and Technology related policy dialogues within Africa and between Africa and Europe\, supporting the goals of Africa-EU Strategic Partnership. It also provides an opportunity to identify potential partners for future research cooperation under Horizon 2020. IST-Africa is a unique community that brings together cross disciplinary stakeholders from public\, private\, education and research\, societal sector with end user communities focused on ICT and STI Research and Innovation. \nFor more information\, visit the event website.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/ist-africa-research-conference/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Durban\, South Africa
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SUMMARY:Symposium on Technology\, Innovation and Inclusive Growth: Future Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Information and communication technologies have facilitated disruptive innovations\, affecting fundamentally opportunities for productivity improvements and economic growth and also for enhanced wellbeing. \nThis emerging digital economy poses multiple challenges for policy as it places into question received views on the key underpinnings of economic growth and global competitiveness for developed\, emerging and developing countries alike. \nIn a context of growing income inequalities across the OECD and beyond\, the question of what opportunities the new emerging economy holds for different groups in society\, and what policy can do\, also needs addressing. \nThe organizers welcome experts’ participation at the 28-29 April 2016 Symposium\, as well as their contribution to the event’s online blogs\, where they can share their views on the topics of discussion ahead of the Symposium. \nAttendance to the symposium is by invitation only. To request an invitation and submit a contribution to the event’s blog\, please contact inno4dev@oecd.org by 15 April 2016\, indicating your name\, position\, institution and country. 
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/symposium-on-technology-innovation-and-inclusive-growth-future-perspectives/
LOCATION:OECD Headquarters\, Paris\, France
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160420
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SUMMARY:FORCE 2016 Conference
DESCRIPTION:FORCE11 is a community of scholars\, librarians\, archivists\, publishers and research funders that has arisen organically to help facilitate the change toward improved knowledge creation and sharing. Individually and collectively\, we aim to bring about a change in modern scholarly communications through the effective use of information technology. FORCE11 has grown from a small group of like-minded individuals into an open movement with clearly identified stakeholders associated with emerging technologies\, policies\, funding mechanisms and business models. While not disputing the expressive power of the written word to communicate complex ideas\, our foundational assumption is that scholarly communication by means of semantically enhanced media-rich digital publishing is likely to have a greater impact than communication in traditional print media or electronic facsimiles of printed works. However\, to date\, online versions of ‘scholarly outputs’ have tended to replicate print forms\, rather than exploit the additional functionalities afforded by the digital terrain. We believe that digital publishing of enhanced papers will enable more effective scholarly communication\, which will also broaden to include\, for example\, the publication of software tools\, and research communication by means of social media channels. We see FORCE11 as a starting point for a community that we hope will grow and be augmented by individual and collective efforts by the participants and others. We invite you to join and contribute to this enterprise. \nThis year’s annual meeting agenda is available here.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/force-2016-conference/
LOCATION:The Armory\, 128 NW 11th Avenue\, Portland\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20160218T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20160218T180000
DTSTAMP:20151216T182040Z
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SUMMARY:Open Science & Inclusive Innovation
DESCRIPTION:The “Open Science and Inclusive Innovation” Symposium\, co-hosted by NIA and OCSDNet\, will discuss the role of openness and collaboration in science and innovation as a framework for development thinking and practice. Approximately 100 stakeholders related to Science\, Technology\, and Innovation in Thailand and ASEAN\, as well as visiting members of 12 OCSDNet research project teams from over 10 countries (Kyrgyzstan\, Kenya\, Senegal\, Argentina\, Brazil\, South Africa\, Costa Rica\, Lebanon) will be in attendance. The event will also mark the launch of the Open & Collaborative Science in Development manifesto. \n 
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/open-science-inclusive-innovation/
LOCATION:C-Asean\, Cyber World Tower (10th Floor)90 Ratchadapisek\, Huai Khwang\, Bangkok\, 10310 \, Thailand
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151120
DTSTAMP:20151106T184950Z
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SUMMARY:Sci-GaIA Open Science Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Sci-GaIA Open Science Workshop will occur on November 18-19\, 2015 in Maputo\, Mozambique. The workshop will be organised under the aegis of the European Commission (EC\, DG CONNECT) and in association with the UbuntuNet Connect 2015 Conference. \nThis first Sci-GaIA workshop main objectives are to: \n\nStrengthen collaboration among African and European scientists;\nProvide a forum for discussions and debates on open science issues;\nEngage key local community stakeholders and reach African policy makers;\nPromote the uptake of Science Gateways and e-Infrastructures in Africa;\nSupport African Communities of Practice;\nCreate synergies with similar projects and initiatives.\n\n \nAt this scope\, the workshop will include the following sessions: \n \n\nAn opening session honored with the participation of high-level policy makers from Africa and Mozambique in particular and of representatives from UbuntuNet Alliance;\nTwo sessions with presentations related to Open Science and Open Data Infrastructure;\n“Bird-of-a-Feather” (BoF) sessions with thematic group discussions ;\nA session on the Sci-GaIA directions of development;\nA Workshop on the identification of possible synergies with similar projects like TANDEM\, MAGIC and AfricaConnect2.\n\n \nThe first day will include the above-mentioned sessions\, while the second day will propose tutorials and demonstrations on science gateways\, repositories and other applications. \n \nThis Open Science workshop is organised by UbuntuNet with the support of all Sci-GaIA project partners. \nFor information on the Sci-GaIA Project\, please visit www.sci-gaia.eu.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/sci-gaia-open-science-workshop/
LOCATION:VIP Grand Maputo Hotel\, VIP Grand Maputo Hotel - Avenida 25 de Setembro\, Maputo City\, Mozambique
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151109
DTSTAMP:20151018T182048Z
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SUMMARY:Mozilla Festival
DESCRIPTION:MozFest is an annual celebration of the open Web. MozFest is about improving the open Web with new ideas and creations and sharing the open philosophy. There are several different sessions\, including one on Open Science. \nIn the “Science Space” session\, participants learn\, tinker\, explore and hack at the intersection of science and the Internet\, and learn how the Web can advance scientific work. Topics to be covered include citizen science\, open data\, open mapping and open research\, all the while learning news skills and tools. The Science Space is open to everyone including hobbyists\, researchers\, librarians\, data scientists\, developers and all others.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/mozilla-festival/
LOCATION:NM
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151107
DTSTAMP:20151023T214135Z
CREATED:20151006T013028Z
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SUMMARY:Launch Event: Centro STEPS Alternativas Sustentables para AMERICA LATINA
DESCRIPTION:Centro STEPS América Latina is an interdisciplinary research group based at the Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación (CENIT) which is associated with Tres de Febrero University (UNTREF). We work on issues of science\, technology and sustainable development in Latin America. We are part of a network of centres located in the UK\, USA\, China\, India\, Kenya and Sweden. We want to open up and help renew development agendas in Latin America\, based on the idea that their exist diverse development pathways. We draw on numerous experiences in the region that\, with varying levels of visibility and influence\, seek to promote alternative forms of change. Our research\, intervention and communication activities are aimed at supporting development pathways that integrate social inclusion\, environmental integrity and economic development. \nLaunch Event\n Centro STEPS Alternativas Sustentables para AMERICA LATINA\n Dates: November 5th and 6th 2015 \nOur launch event will create a space for debate and interaction between policy-makers\, academics\, civil society organizations\, and the public interested in the themes of sustainable development\, innovation and inclusion.\nThe objectives of the event are to:\n•  Promote discussion between different perspectives on development\, inclusion and sustainability.\n•  Incorporate sustainability as a dimension that cuts across other areas of the analysis of development.\n•  Discuss policies for sustainable development and explore new processes for formulating policy and intervention.\n•  Stimulate exchanges between actors with distinctive experiences and knowledge.\n•  Create a research and action network on alternative technologies for sustainable development from the perspective of the global south.\n•  Create channels for dialogue between research centres working on sustainable development in different regions of the world.\n•  Present STEPS América Latina\, its areas of research and the global network that it represents in the region. \nAreas of discussion\nThe event will discuss and integrate four themes of enormous relevance to policies for science\, technology and sustainable development in the region: open science\, innovation for social inclusion\, horizontal innovations for sustainability\, and natural resources and development. \nTentative workshop program available for download (in English): STEPS Launch event programme 5th-6th November \nFor more information (in Spanish)\, visit the STEPS website.
URL:http://ocsdnet.org/event/launch-event-centro-steps-alternativas-sustentables-para-america-latina/
LOCATION:NM
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