Hi,
To be precise, the session that we attended yesterday was "Economic aspects of local
content creation and local Internet infrastructure" .
I was initially invited by Florence as a panelist to this session, but unfortunately, due
to miscommunication, it didn't happen. Anyway, on the panel we had some folks from
Google, UNESCO, Egypt and the Kenyan government -- each talking about their various
efforts to promote local content creation. I'll try and trace some of the meeting
notes and post them to the mailing list.
I've just arrived at the IGF today and I'm in a session on Emerging Issues. BTW,
I've also met Branton Obwari -- so he'll probably give us an update on the
sessions he's attending.
Sincerely,
Abbas Mahmood,
Learners' Voice 2011 Member: World Innovation Summit for Education
http://www.wise-qatar.org
From: wanjaustev(a)gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:07:50 +0300
To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] IGF
Hi Nice
People,
I am happy
to report to you some few details that were talked about at a session that I
was privileged to attend at the IGF (Internet Governance Forum). I am attending
the conference as an expediter and where it suites I double up as a
Wikimedian….: P
On that
notable note, there was a session that was about local content on the internet
.One of the participants described the internet as a key player in making
content available. To me I see it as Creation (writing articles uses internet),
preservation (saving on WMF servers, uses internet), dissemination (ISPs) and
utilization of data (internet users accessing the data).
But it was
noted that the internet is only relevant to the locals if we have home-grown
content on the internet.
Wikipedia
was also mentioned more than a few times where it was being used to survey the
article viewed per language and in what region.
The
grandfather of TCP/IP, Vint
Cerf was in the house and he closed the meeting after saying that;
“Purpose for measurement is not in numbers but
is on the inside.”
PS. Abbas in case I forgot anything from the session we attended please add.
Regards,
Stephen
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