September 24 - Pre-conference Web 2.0 Taster Day

For selected applicants only

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The Pre-conference Web 2.0 Taster Day aims to provide participants to the Conference, who have less practical knowledge and experience on using Web 2.0 or Social Networking tools and applications, with a foundation on which the rest of the conference can build.  

September 25-27 – Web2forDev Conference

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Keynote speakers

Anriette Esterhuysen (watch the video)

Joel Sor (watch the video) (presentation)

Ethan Zuckermann (watch the video) (presentation)

Plenaries

• Welcome Address - Anton Mangstl; Hansjörg Neun; E. Ritto (watch the video)

• Agric Market Information Systems 2.0: Making It Private, Profitable and Peer2peer – Mark Davies (watch the video)
  
  
• Empowering Journalists with Online Tools: Making a Case for Online Training - Kwami Ahiabenu (watch the video)
  
  
• Leveraging Web 2.0 to Develop Better Applications for Rural Communities -  Amit Dasgupta (watch the video)
  
  
• Open Collaboration in an Institutional Context - Thomas Metz (watch the video)
  
  
• Open Training Platform -  Armelle Arrou (watch the video)
  
  
• Portal 2.0: Using Social Software to Connect Geographically Dispersed Teams -  Eric Gundersen (watch the video)
  
  
• Promoting Information and Knowledge Sharing through Vlogging - the GINKS Experience -  Prince Deh (watch the video)
  
  
• Euforic2 – Putting Web 2.0 Applications to Work in a Development Community - Chris Addison; Pier Andrea Pirani (watch the video)
  
  
• Sharing Knowledge, Exchanging Solutions and Community Information Updates through Blogs and Social Networks: Case Study from India - Anup Kumar Das (watch the video)
  
  
• The Creative Commons Project: Sharing Knowledge in the Digital Age - Enrico Bertacchini (watch the video)
  
  
• Using Web 2.0 to Reduce Data Input and Maximize Output: a Case Study of the CAPRi Web Site - Peter Sheldon; Stephan Dohrn (watch the video)
  
  
• The Story of Web2ForDev - Giacomo Rambaldi (watch the video)

• Interactive Session (watch the video)

Panels

• The Core Aims of Knowledge Exchange and the Challenges of Using New Technologies to Meet Them – Mike Powell; Mike Pereira; Jennifer Heney; Dorothy Mukhebi; moderator: Roxanna Samii (watch the video)
  
  
• Web 2.0 for Rural Development and Community Empowerment, Opportunities and Barriers - Moses Kisembo; Christian Kreutz; Kado Muir; Williams Ezinwa Nwagwu; moderator: Jon Corbett (watch the video)

Parallel sessions

• Drylands Resources Knowledge and Practice Network: The Use of Web-based Technologies to Facilitate Networking and Knowledge Sharing in Africa - Pauline Maingi
  
  
• Web 2.0 avant la Lettre: An Action Research Project on the Development Impact of Dgroups - Sarah Cummings
  
  
• Anti Social-computing: Indigenous Language, Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Video - Jon Corbett; Tim Kulchyski (watch the video)
  
  
• Appropriation d’une Technologie de Publication en Ligne par un Réseau d’Acteurs du Développement Rural Africain : le Système de Publication pour l’Internet Partagé (SPIP) des Projets du FIDA Regroupés dans le Réseau FIDAfrique - Gilles Mersadier (watch the video)
  
  
• Cairo Concept: Village to Village Knowledge Sharing - Caleb Wall
  
  
• Climate Change Mashups - Michael Saunby
  
  
• Collaboration on the Edge of Network - Damir Simunic
  
  
• Connecting Jalisco parks in a Web Site, a Multi-region Project - Ana Ramírez-Quintana-Carr
  
  
• Accès à l'Infornation Scientifique et Technique: Dispositif (SIST) du Sénégal - Alioune Thioune; Fatou Dieng Sarr (watch the video)
  
  
• Dgroups: Past, Present and Future Opportunities - Michael Roberts
  
  
• EGFAR Webspace: Using Web 2.0 Technologies to Electronically Mimic GFAR -Ajit Maru; Valeria Pesce
  
  
• Engaging the Pacific Community in E-agriculture through the Use of Web 2.0 - Anju Mangal; Makelesi Kora-Gonelevu (watch the video)
  
  
• Enhancing Knowledge Sharing in the Rural Community through Adoption of Web 2.0 Tools - Ednah Karamagi
  
  
• Evaluation of Google Coop and Social Bookmarking at the Overseas Development Institute - Paul Matthews; Arne Wunder
  
  
• FRAME: Knowledge Sharing among a Global NRM Community (the USAID FRAME Program) - Denise Mortimer; Anna van der Heijden
  
  
• Geonetwork OpenSource - Patrizia Monteduro
  
  
• Global Partnerships for Sharing Forest Related Information through the GFIS-Gateway at www.gfis.net - Juha Hautakangas
  
  
• How Web 2.0 is helping the development workers - Bryan Cheung
  
  
• Le Web 2.0, une Technologie Prometteuse pour Défendre les Causes des Personnes Marginalisées - Dimitri Ange Niossobantou (watch the video)
  
  
• Linking Farmers to Markets through Modern Information and Communication Technologies in Kenya - Wycliffe Ochieng Arua
  
  
• Outback Movement for Cultural Survival Using Web 2.0: An Australian Aboriginal Case Study - Kado Muir; Jon Corbett; Guy Singleton
  
  
• Oxfam’s Experience in Using Social Networking Platforms to Support its Work- Pete Cranston (watch the video)
  
  
• Projet de Réalisation d’une Plateforme Web sur les Politiques Régionales de Commercialisation de Produits Agricoles -  Ndèye Diop (watch the video)
  
  
• The Global FFS Network: Pilot Experiences with Internet-based Tools for Knowledge Sharing - Arnoud Braun; Edwin Adenya
  
  
• The Personal Research Portal: Web 2.0 driven Individual Commitment with Open Access for Development - Ismael Peña-López
  
  
• Use of Semantic Wiki Tool to Build a Repository of Re-usable Information objects in Agricultural Education and Extension: Results from a Preliminary Study - Jayanta Chatterjee
  
  
• Using Web 2.0 to Overcome Geographic, Cultural and Linguistic Barriers in the Amazon: USAID’s Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative - Lauren Sorkin
  
  
• Web 2.0 and IFPRI: Looking Out and Looking In - Luz Marina Alvaré; Nancy Walczak
  
  
• Web 2.0 Tools and Other Open-source Technologies for Strengthening Information Sharing within Eastern and Central Africa Region - Julius Muchemi
  
  
• Wikis, Blogs and Online Profiles for African NGOs at Kabissa – Space for Change in Africa - Tobias Eigen