Establishing Regional Centres of Excellence on the Blue Economy in the Indian...Isabelle Ramdoo
This presentation makes the case for the establishment of Regional Centres of Excellence on the Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean, to support African countries in making the most of their opportunities.
A regional engagement framework for biodiversity informatics, in response to ...Fatima Parker-Allie
Presentation to the GBIF-Africa Heads of Delegation to the GBIF Governing Board, GBIF Governing Board Meeting 18, Buenos Aires, Argentina (October 2011)
Establishing Regional Centres of Excellence on the Blue Economy in the Indian...Isabelle Ramdoo
This presentation makes the case for the establishment of Regional Centres of Excellence on the Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean, to support African countries in making the most of their opportunities.
A regional engagement framework for biodiversity informatics, in response to ...Fatima Parker-Allie
Presentation to the GBIF-Africa Heads of Delegation to the GBIF Governing Board, GBIF Governing Board Meeting 18, Buenos Aires, Argentina (October 2011)
Presentation on Involving stakeholders to ask the right questions, Heleen de Coninck, Radboud University, given at Session 3a at EPA H2020 SC5 Info Day 7.10.16
UNESCO: Capacity-building strategy for safeguarding intangible cultural heritageUNESCO Venice Office
SESSION 3
Eighth Annual Meeting of the South East European Experts Network
on Intangible Cultural Heritage
15-16 May 2014. Limassol, Cyprus
Presentation by: Matteo Rosati, Programme Officer, Culture Unit; UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy)
Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
Kenya Agricultural Information Network (KAINet)iaaldafrika
PowerPoint presentation on KAINet presented at the IAALD Africa Chapter session at the Joint Conference of IAALD, AFITA and WCCA, 24 - 27 August 2008, Atsugi, Japan
This poster was presented as part of the East African Learning Landscape Regional Knowledge Exchange, at the African Institute for Capacity Development at Jomo Kenyatta University on June 2-3, 2015.
For more information, see: http://bit.ly/1KtnN0S
Presentation on Social Sciences and Humanities across the SC5 WP 2016-2017 - Peter Brown, Deputy Director, Irish Research Council given at Session 2 at EPA H2020 SC5 Info Day 7.10.16
Presentation at the launch of the third series of workshops for the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme at the University of Namibia in June 2012
Presentation on Involving stakeholders to ask the right questions, Heleen de Coninck, Radboud University, given at Session 3a at EPA H2020 SC5 Info Day 7.10.16
UNESCO: Capacity-building strategy for safeguarding intangible cultural heritageUNESCO Venice Office
SESSION 3
Eighth Annual Meeting of the South East European Experts Network
on Intangible Cultural Heritage
15-16 May 2014. Limassol, Cyprus
Presentation by: Matteo Rosati, Programme Officer, Culture Unit; UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy)
Presentation during the 14th Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference and African Open Science Platform (AOSP)/Research Data Alliance (RDA) Workshop in Accra, Ghana, 7-8 June 2017.
Kenya Agricultural Information Network (KAINet)iaaldafrika
PowerPoint presentation on KAINet presented at the IAALD Africa Chapter session at the Joint Conference of IAALD, AFITA and WCCA, 24 - 27 August 2008, Atsugi, Japan
This poster was presented as part of the East African Learning Landscape Regional Knowledge Exchange, at the African Institute for Capacity Development at Jomo Kenyatta University on June 2-3, 2015.
For more information, see: http://bit.ly/1KtnN0S
Presentation on Social Sciences and Humanities across the SC5 WP 2016-2017 - Peter Brown, Deputy Director, Irish Research Council given at Session 2 at EPA H2020 SC5 Info Day 7.10.16
Presentation at the launch of the third series of workshops for the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme at the University of Namibia in June 2012
Presentation on mining regions and their cities made at the 11th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining in Levi, Lapland, Finland
31st October 2016. Presentation by Chris McDonald, Rural Development Policy, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism.
More information at: www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/mining-regions.htm
Presentation on mining regions and their cities made at the 11th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining, held on 30 October to November 2017 in Levis, Lapland, Finland. Presenation by Chris McDonald, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/mining-regions.htm
THE COMMON STRATEGY OF THE TWIST PROJECT AS A DRIVER FOR CAPITALISING RIS3 RESULTS.
A deeper explanation about how the TWIST Common Strategy has been developed with the aim of promoting mutual learning across all the regions participating in the project as well as taking advantage of the competitive strengths and opportunities included in the different Regional Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3).
Alec will introduce an overview of LCRIG and its aim to deliver practical solutions to help councils achieve net zero. Stressing the importance of removing silos both in the public and private sector, Alec will show how the lighting sector can team up with others. He will reveal the creation of a net zero working group which ILP members can get involved with.
Presented by Alec Peachey, Content Director, Local Council Roads Innovation Group.
The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Regional Program for Southeast Asia (CCAFS-SEA) recently concluded a collective engagement and communication program workshop at the Agricultural Genetics Institute in Hanoi, Vietnam on 29-30 May.
The workshop participants drew insights from best practices of CGIAR member-centers, developed a roadmap to actively engage partners, and draw an overall communication plan to support the implementation of CCAFS research agenda and priorities.
Presented by Dr. Rex Navarro
Presented by Chris Higgins at the Co-Design Workshop, Machynlleth, 16 October 2014. Half-way through a 4-year project to enable "citizen scientists" to use smartphones to upload crucial scientific data, this presentation shows the current state of progress on the COBWEB project.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...
Iclrd pres regional-assemblies-8may13(overview)
1. International Centre for Local and Regional
Development
Caroline Creamer, Researcher, NIRSA, NUI Maynooth
(Deputy Director, ICLRD)
Presentation to the Regional Assemblies
8th
May 2013, NUI Maynooth
The ICLRD: Promoting All-Island,
Regional, Local and Cross-
Border Collaboration in Spatial
Planning
2. 1. The ICLRD
• Dynamic and decentralised network
- cross-border, cross-campus, cross-disciplinary
• Working together since 2003;
Legally incorporated in 2006
• An all-island platform
- independent, expert, joined-up research
- capacity building on spatial planning &
local and regional development
- bridging information deficits.
• Aims to build strategic planning
capacity through:
- fundamental and applied research
- fostering collaboration among key
stakeholders
- advising policy-makers and practitioners
- training public/private sector practitioners
in good practice – nationally & internationally
4 Partner Institutes + Associates
4. 2. Research: An All-Island Focus
• Commissioned by
InterTradeIreland
• Led to development of
Cooperation Framework
by DRD and DoECLG
(currently in draft)
• Environment identified as
a core area for enhanced
cooperation, N & S
5. 2. Research: A Cross-Border Agenda
• Considers the implications of the proposed
governance and spatial planning reforms in
both jurisdictions on future collaboration
• Published 2010 : pre-’Putting People First’
• Yet, opportunities and challenges identified
still stand
- greater alignment of functions at local
government level ....opportunities to enhance
cooperation
- need to embrace the movement of people,
goods and services across the border...in
fact, take steps to make more fluid
- achieving efficiency agendas....but shouldn’t
be the only driver of reform!
6. 2. Research: The International Dimension
• Elbe International River
Basin District &
Connecticut River Basin
• Using regulatory and
non-regulatory measures
to integrate water quality
improvements with
regional land-use plans
- importance of negotiation and
engagement....not just compliance
- convergence of interests around
shared asset
7. 2. Research to Action: Strategic Alliance between
Newry & Mourne District Council & Louth Authorities
The sustained engagement through
joint-studies, workshops, training
and engaging policy and technical
expertise led to a MOU for
Cooperation in March 2011.
20062006 20092009 20102010
20112011
8. 3. Executive Training & Animation Programme
• A Real Need! ... Must always
be the starting point
• Training recognised as
integral element of the
package of services on offer
- With emphasis on ‘part of’.....not
stand alone!
• Recognition that interventions
required at various scales of
government ...and other
sectors
- Reform packages in both
jurisdictions demanding a new
way of working, and
- Increased capacity...recognition of
the need to do more with less!
Do you ever feel like
this?
9. 4. ICLRD’s Models of Executive Training
• Adjacency of Councils
- Newry & Mourne with Louth Local Authorities
• Sub-Regional Agglomeration
- Northwest Gateway
• Council Clusters
- ICBAN (grouping 10 councils)
With further models being developed under new funding
programme, CroSPlaN II.....
10. 4. CroSPlaN II: An Overview
• A 24 month project
- 1st
February 2013 to 31st
January 2015
• Part of wider Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) Project
- Ireland-Northern Ireland Cross-Border Cooperation Observatory (INICCO II)
• Initiative aimed at increasing and strengthening cross-border
cooperation and responding to need for sustained support to
territorial cooperation in Irish border region
• Three key elements:
- Shared Services Programme
- Executive Training and Animation Programme
- Evidence-Based Planning (incl. data analysis and mapping)
• Total Budget of Stg£388,435.76
11. 4. Other Aspects of ICLRD’s Work
• Partnering with like-minded organisations
• Networking – facilitating and nurturing connections
- North West Partnership Board (Derry & Donegal)
- Armagh & Monaghan Councils – developing an MOU
- Ongoing support to Newry/Mourne & Louth Local Authorities on MOU
-Supporting the three cross-border networks
• Hosting of conferences, seminars and technical
workshops
• Briefing Paper Series
• Annual Journal: Borderlands: The Journal of
SpatialPlanning in Ireland
- Always looking for contributors!
12. 5. Future Work Programmes
• Sustainable Development (incl. environment)
- Resilient Communities
- Local Government: The REAL Cost of Decisions Made
- Shared Services
- Aligning Spatial Planning Policy with IRBDs Measures
• Spatial Planning
- Developing Cross-Border Town Plan
- Planning for Kids
- All Island / All Active
• Evidence-Informed Planning
- CroSPlaN II: All-Island Digital Atlas and All-Island Deprivation Index
• Networking / Soft Supports to Local and Regional
Government
• Tailored Executive Training / Animation
The ICLRD.... A network of academic and research institutions located in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the U.S....and to which NIRSA was a founding member. ICLRD works to an all-island and cross-border development agenda; and we engage in a wide range of activities – including research, technical assistance and the development and roll-out of executive training programmes --- all of which have an emphasis on spatial planning and balanced development.
A critical aspect of technical cooperation is research....research that bridges the policy-practice divide and explores the challenges and opportunities for cooperation in specific sectors and in turn leads to action. To this end, organisations such as the ICLRD have been to the core is carrying out research which supports joined-up thinking and action in the Irish border region – and in an all-island context. Topics include: the preparation of cooperative frameworks; the inter-relationships between border towns and villages; the delineation of urban functional areas; opportunities for cooperation in health and education, and shared services in local government; and the challenges of integrating river basin management policy with spatial planning.
Commissioned by Inter Trade Ireland (2006) Considered options for advancing a more collaborative and strategic approach to planning and infrastructure investment across the Island Led to development of ‘All-Island Cooperation Framework’ by DRD and DoECLG (currently in draft) Environment identified as a core area for enhanced cooperation, N & S
All Change But Any Alignment? The Impact of the Proposed Governance and Planning Reforms Across the Island of Ireland on Inter-Jurisdictional Planning . Published at the end of June 2010, this report considers the implications of the proposed governance and spatial planning reforms in both jurisdictions on future collaboration. Traces the history of the proposed reforms in both jurisdictions from their point of origin to their current state of play (as of time of publication).... Review of Public Administration (RPA), and the planning and governance reforms proposed for the Republic of Ireland under the Planning and Development Bill 2009 and the Green Paper on Local Government Reform. Report captures many of the opportunities and challenges associated with the reform of governance and planning systems. E.g.: it notes that scope exists for greater engagement on spatial planning issues either side of the border; and that the extent to which this can happen is dependent on the nature and form of governance structures and systems in place It argues that planning policy in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland must recognise, and indeed embrace, the movement of people, goods and services across the Irish border so as to ensure the vitality of the island’s economy and, in the current climate, drive forward an efficiency agency Sounding a note of caution, however, it warns that the achievement of economies of scale should not be the only reason used to ‘sell’ any reform process.
International dimension to ICLRD’s research programme.....examples of good practice from which the island of Ireland can draw In case of IRBDs, looked to Elbe International River Basin District & Connecticut River Basin Both use regulatory and non-regulatory measures to integrate water quality improvements with regional land-use plans - importance of negotiation and engagement....not just compliance - convergence of interests around a shared asset Perspectives to bear in mind as move into new preparation phase for new RBD plans (post-2015)
A quick example of how we bring these various strands together into comprehensive work programmes resulting in real change..... Through research and workshops – together with executive training – this has led to positive collaborative action between the neighbouring cross-border councils of Newry/Mourne (in the North) and Louth (in the South)... Since 2007, we worked very closely with these councils --- the emphasis of this work being on determining how they could most effectively and efficiently come together so as to share resources and build on the opportunities that existed in this sub-region. Out of this, a formal Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the councils in 2011 – thus giving the councils the backing they need to work together on renewable energy / green technology; tourism and recreation; sustainable economic growth and job creation; and emergency planning.
For past three years, ICLD has moved into the space of providing executive training and animation programmes... Why enter this space? Increasingly, key actors in the fields of spatial planning and governance recognise that they must be creative and, as such, utilise their resources to the maximum so as to meet the needs of their communities in terms of delivery of services. This necessitates the establishment of multi-disciplinary teams to ensure an holistic and integrated approach is adopted...and to do this properly...this means Training ..... Or..... Retraining! The ICLRD recognises that such interventions are required at various scales across local and regional government, the community sector and indeed, the business sector.... understanding that the ongoing and proposed reforms in governance and spatial planning in both jurisdictions demands a new way of working, heightened capacity within organisations to deliver the same level and quality of service but often with less staff and resources ....and as such have to do more with less!
The ICLRD have, to date, tested three different models of Executive Training Firstly, the Adjacency Model …..working with two neighbouring cross-border councils on the issues and opportunities they are grappling with…..this model was developed with Newry & Mourne District council and Louth Local Authorities Secondly, the Sub-Regional Agglomeration Model ….working with a small grouping of neighbouring cross-border councils ….again on issues that are topical to them at that point in time….this model having been developed with the councils that constitute the North West gateway And finally, the Council Cluster Model ….working with a regional network of cross-border councils on the challenges and opportunities that the diversity within such a large region brings to the table…..this model developed with the ten cross-border councils that make up the Irish Central Border Area Network – or ICBAN – Region.
So what is involved in our new funding programme, CroSPlaN II...... CroSPlaN II is a 24month project. As with our previous funding, CroSPlaN II is one element of a wider application put together by the Centre for Cross Border Studies – albeit a significant part of that application. The overall objective of INICCO II is to address key information and data gaps which are barriers to cross-border cooperation, cross-border mobility and the delivery of public services in the cross-border region...and to develop and maximise the potential of new tools to support cross-border cooperation in the region. CroSPlaN II very much sits with and supports this objective. There are three key elements to CroSPlaN II: A shared services programme Executive Training and Animation Programme (building on CroSPlaN I, a programme of executive training and animation/capacity building supporting the government reform agendas in both jurisdictions) Evidence-Based Planning (incl. mapping and analysis of Census 2011 in both jurisdictions – and the production of an on-line and hard copy all-island atlas with commentary)....in collaboration with AIRO
Increasingly partnering with like-minded organisations to carry out research / hold events.....partnership is the future in challenging funding environment....plus it is just good common sense (e.g. Co-operation Ireland, IBIS, etc.) Networking – facilitating and nurturing connections; committing time and resources to building relationships Hosting of conferences, seminars and technical workshops Briefing Paper Series Annual Journal: Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland - Always looking for contributors!
ICLRD’s future work programme (funding permitting!) ....under four very closely related headings includes: Sustainable Development - Resilient Communities (border communities....post-troubles work –’Fostering Mutual Benefits’...and now, mid-austerity) - Local Government: The REAL cost of Decisions Made (for elected and council officials, understanding the real cost implications of policies made / planning decisions, etc. - Shared Services (sharing of specialised services / staff; buildings; equipment; etc.) - Aligning Spatial Planning Policy with IRBDs Measures Spatial Planning - Developing Cross-Border Town Plan (in association with Border Regional Authority) - Planning for Kids (part of age-friendly agenda...role of children in planning process) - All Island / All Active – led by UCC and UU ....role of build environment in our health and well-being Evidence-Informed Planning - CroSPlaN II: All-Island Digital Atlas and All-Island Deprivation Index Networking / Soft Supports to Local and Regional Government - includes on-going supports to the Newry/Mourne and Louth Councils on their MOU - support to NWPB in NW and development of priority action plan for future collaboration - working with Monaghan and Armagh councils to develop MOU - supports to Irish Central Border Area Network (ICBAN) in translating their Regional Vision Plan into ‘ on the ground’ programmes Executive Training / Animation - Government and Planning Reform Agendas, North and South - Aligning spatial planning policy with IRBD measures - Shared Services
