iCommunity FOSS Workshop 09, Syria
Ziad Maraqa, co-Project Lead from CC Jordan, spoke on 3 February 2009 in Damascus at the iCommunity FOSS Workshop, a notable gathering for the Syrian Free Software community.
King Stresses Support for Future Judges
His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday emphasised the need to support the Future Judges programme in order to upgrade the judicial system.
Julie E. Cohen Free Public Lecture on Copyright and Creativity
On Monday 25 May 2009, CCi will host Professor Julie Cohen, Professor of Law at Georgetown University and Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School 2009.
Creative Commons Technology Summit 2009-06-26
Creative Commons holds its third technology summit on June 26, 2009 at Aula Magna Lingotto – Politecnico di Torino in Turin, Italy. Creative Commons Technology Summits are a forum for exploration of technology built upon and enhanced by Creative Commons licenses and work in the Semantic Web arena.
New centre to help transform Jordan into hub of intellectual activity – Queen
Scholars and researchers in the country will have the opportunity to carry out research on several essential topics, benefiting from expertise of global experts and academicians from Columbia University, thanks to a new centre launched in the capital yesterday.
Report on CC-Al Jazeera day, 14 March 2009, Doha, Qatar
The meeting of CC in the Arab world, which was hosted by Al Jazeera was successful in bringing together enthusiasts from across the Arab world with various backgrounds to discuss the development of the movement in the region.
IT resellers predict gloomy outlook for the region
IT resellers in the Middle East and Turkey expect the economic outlook to deteriorate throughout 2009 and revealed IT budget stability against the backdrop of the declining economy, according to research released by IT management software company Computer Associates.
CC Al Jazeera Day
CC and Al Jazeera will host a joint day on the first day of a three-day Al Jazeera Forum.
Fourth Al Jazeera Annual Forum, 14- 16 March 2009, Doha, Qatar
AL Jazeera has invited Creative Commons Organization (CC) to its Fourth Annual forum scheduled to be held in Doha, Qatar on the 14-16 March 2009. There will be a regional meeting for CC Arab world in which there will be a discussion of the latest challenges, opportunities and future developments of the movement in the region.
Global Consumer Dialogue on A2K issues, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17 February 2009
I attended recently a Global consumer Dialogue on Access to Knowledge (A2K) issues (17 February 2009) regional meeting sponsored by Consumers International (CI) Asia Pacific and Middle East office (please see the agenda of the program below).