This document discusses experiences with using Web 2.0 tools and technologies to address agricultural and development issues. It describes several projects and organizations that have utilized tools like wikis, blogs, SMS, and collaborative platforms to share information, engage communities, and support knowledge sharing. The document also reflects on challenges like internet access and capacity building needs, but emphasizes how Web 2.0 can help improve access to information, participation, and empowerment.
Virtual world technologies & new tools for supporting climate risk decision m...Helen Farley
Digital technologies already serve an important role in the delivery and communication of agricultural information, complementing and expanding the reach of conventional extension services. However, sophisticated digital platforms and their applications in learning environments offer new opportunities which may significantly enhance agricultural knowledge exchange.
This paper reports on a project that uses cutting-edge advances in virtual world technologies to develop web-based virtual ‘discussion-support’ tools for the rapid sharing of targeted climate information. These tools are designed to provide a stimulus for discussion, enhanced decision-making and improved climate risk management on farms. The project uses the Second Life virtual world environment to create customized scripted video clips (machinima). These feature real world settings and lifelike avatar actors who model conversations about climate risk and key farm operational decisions relevant to the lives and practices of specific groups of farmers. The system has been trialed with Indian cotton farmers and Australian sugarcane farmers. Further large scale evaluation in a range of agricultural systems will inform continual improvement of the approach.
With improved internet access and uptake of mobile technologies, these tools have potential to provide new cost-effective options for real-time information exchange at local, regional, national and even global scales. Such tools may enhance rapid and effective needs-based knowledge sharing, capacity building and online learning opportunities within the agricultural sector; provide increasing opportunity for discussion around risk, decision-making and implementation of sustainable farming practices; and enable agricultural industries to become lead innovators in blended digital and ‘in person’ extension and outreach. Improved climate risk decision-making and management in agriculture is critical to the well-being and long-term sustainability of farming communities and future global food security.
Presentation by Ms Hlamalani Ngwenya from GFRAS, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
The vision for systems analysis research within the Livestock and Fish resear...ILRI
Presented by Tom Randolph (ILRI) at the Livestock and Fish Expert Workshop on Systems Analysis for Value Chain Transformation, Amsterdam, 19 November 2014
Virtual world technologies & new tools for supporting climate risk decision m...Helen Farley
Digital technologies already serve an important role in the delivery and communication of agricultural information, complementing and expanding the reach of conventional extension services. However, sophisticated digital platforms and their applications in learning environments offer new opportunities which may significantly enhance agricultural knowledge exchange.
This paper reports on a project that uses cutting-edge advances in virtual world technologies to develop web-based virtual ‘discussion-support’ tools for the rapid sharing of targeted climate information. These tools are designed to provide a stimulus for discussion, enhanced decision-making and improved climate risk management on farms. The project uses the Second Life virtual world environment to create customized scripted video clips (machinima). These feature real world settings and lifelike avatar actors who model conversations about climate risk and key farm operational decisions relevant to the lives and practices of specific groups of farmers. The system has been trialed with Indian cotton farmers and Australian sugarcane farmers. Further large scale evaluation in a range of agricultural systems will inform continual improvement of the approach.
With improved internet access and uptake of mobile technologies, these tools have potential to provide new cost-effective options for real-time information exchange at local, regional, national and even global scales. Such tools may enhance rapid and effective needs-based knowledge sharing, capacity building and online learning opportunities within the agricultural sector; provide increasing opportunity for discussion around risk, decision-making and implementation of sustainable farming practices; and enable agricultural industries to become lead innovators in blended digital and ‘in person’ extension and outreach. Improved climate risk decision-making and management in agriculture is critical to the well-being and long-term sustainability of farming communities and future global food security.
Presentation by Ms Hlamalani Ngwenya from GFRAS, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
The vision for systems analysis research within the Livestock and Fish resear...ILRI
Presented by Tom Randolph (ILRI) at the Livestock and Fish Expert Workshop on Systems Analysis for Value Chain Transformation, Amsterdam, 19 November 2014
Role of innovation networks to support the livestock extension systems of Pak...CGIAR
This presentation was given by Hassan Mahmood Warriach (The University of Melbourne), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increasing use of fod...ILRI
Presentation to the FAP End of Project Workshop, Luang Prabang, Laos, 15-19 November 2010.
Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Dr. Nguyen Thi Mui (NIAS); Ms. Vo Thi Thin, Mr. Hoang Dinh Hieu (Ky Anh, Ha Tinh); Dr. Truong Tan Khanh, Mr. Van Tien Dung (Tay Nguyen University); Mr. Nguyen Van Ha, Mr. Hoang Van Nhien (Ea Kar, Daklak); Dr. Tassilo Tiemann (CIAT) ; Dr. Werner Stür (Consultant, former CIAT)
Towards a Digital Extension Framework in Post- Covid Context: Functional Tra...Shaik N. Meera
Glad to have delivered keynote address during the IFAD FAO joint zoominar on 14 May 2020. The world is struggling to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and the farmers are facing serious problems. While addressing the emerging challenges, many extension organizations in last five months have evolved to act as “bridging organizations” linking several actors. A closure look at digital extension strategies indicate functional transformation of EAS organizations making them more responsive. For more details write to meera.shaik@icar.gov.in and shaiknmeera@gmail.com
Global trends in Social media for Agricultural DevelopmentDishant James
Many agricultural professionals eschew social media because they don’t understand what it is and how to engage with it and learn. Social media platforms provide agricultural institutions the ability to communicate directly to the farmers and consumers, informing them about various aspects of agriculture (Saravanan and Suchiradipta, 2016).
Information communication technologies for sustainable agriculture_Dr Jiju Al...India Water Portal
This presentation by Dr Jiju Alex, Associate Professor, Kerala Agricultural University presented at the Kerala Environment Congress organised by the Centre for Environment and Development discusses the relevance of information technologies for sustainable agriculture
ICT in Agriculture, Reasons of Agricultural Information delay in rural India, Need of ICT in Indian Agriculture, Role of ICT in Indian Agriculture, ICT INITIATIVES FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
A proposed venture capitalist's Futuristic E-Agriculture viewpoint for India, Siddharth Bhattacharya's Vision for making India a strong indigenously self-reliant, developed nation by 2020 having realized vision 2020.
Role of innovation networks to support the livestock extension systems of Pak...CGIAR
This presentation was given by Hassan Mahmood Warriach (The University of Melbourne), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increasing use of fod...ILRI
Presentation to the FAP End of Project Workshop, Luang Prabang, Laos, 15-19 November 2010.
Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Dr. Nguyen Thi Mui (NIAS); Ms. Vo Thi Thin, Mr. Hoang Dinh Hieu (Ky Anh, Ha Tinh); Dr. Truong Tan Khanh, Mr. Van Tien Dung (Tay Nguyen University); Mr. Nguyen Van Ha, Mr. Hoang Van Nhien (Ea Kar, Daklak); Dr. Tassilo Tiemann (CIAT) ; Dr. Werner Stür (Consultant, former CIAT)
Towards a Digital Extension Framework in Post- Covid Context: Functional Tra...Shaik N. Meera
Glad to have delivered keynote address during the IFAD FAO joint zoominar on 14 May 2020. The world is struggling to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and the farmers are facing serious problems. While addressing the emerging challenges, many extension organizations in last five months have evolved to act as “bridging organizations” linking several actors. A closure look at digital extension strategies indicate functional transformation of EAS organizations making them more responsive. For more details write to meera.shaik@icar.gov.in and shaiknmeera@gmail.com
Global trends in Social media for Agricultural DevelopmentDishant James
Many agricultural professionals eschew social media because they don’t understand what it is and how to engage with it and learn. Social media platforms provide agricultural institutions the ability to communicate directly to the farmers and consumers, informing them about various aspects of agriculture (Saravanan and Suchiradipta, 2016).
Information communication technologies for sustainable agriculture_Dr Jiju Al...India Water Portal
This presentation by Dr Jiju Alex, Associate Professor, Kerala Agricultural University presented at the Kerala Environment Congress organised by the Centre for Environment and Development discusses the relevance of information technologies for sustainable agriculture
ICT in Agriculture, Reasons of Agricultural Information delay in rural India, Need of ICT in Indian Agriculture, Role of ICT in Indian Agriculture, ICT INITIATIVES FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
A proposed venture capitalist's Futuristic E-Agriculture viewpoint for India, Siddharth Bhattacharya's Vision for making India a strong indigenously self-reliant, developed nation by 2020 having realized vision 2020.
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) adalah lembaga swadaya masyarakat (LSM) international yang mengkoordinasi lebih dari 70 LSM lokal di dunia. FoEI percaya bahwa pemanasan global yang disebabkan oleh penggunaan dan eksploitasi bahan bakar fosil dapat dihentikan melalui aktivitas kampanye yang mendunia dan menyeluruh dengan menggunakan media komunikasi yang beragam. FoEI memanfaatkan banyak saluran komunikasi dalam kampanye mereka, mulai dari poster dan pamflet sampai penyebaran surat elektronik dan penyediaan informai di situs organisasi. Sayangnya, pada saat tulisan ini dibuat,FoEI belum pernah melakukan penelitian secara serius berkenaan dengan efektivitas ketergunaan situs mereka yang dianggap sebagai pusat informasi online yang dapat dirujuk oleh anggotanya, sehingga dapat berfungsi sebagai sarana aktif dalam pertukaran pengetahuan dengan menerapkan acuan Manajemen Pengetahuan. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis mengambil dua LSM anggota FoEI sebagai sampel. yaitu MIlieudefensie (Belanda) dan Wahana lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Indonesia) Data diperoleh dari wawancara dan observasi. Rekomendasi yang penulis berikan adalah tidak bersifat teknis, namun lebih kepada “apa” yang seharusnya FoEI dapat lakukan untuk ketergunaan situs mereka. Pertama, FoEI dapat mentransformasi situs yang ada menjadi situs jejaring sosial, tentu tanpa harus mengubah ide dasar atau prinsip seperti visi dan misi organisasi dan sebagainya. Penggunaan web 2.0, misalnya, bisa juga menjadi alternatif yang layak dicoba. Kedua, komunikasi dua arah merupakan suatu keharusan sehingga dapat mendorong terjadinya pertukaran informasi yang luas dan terbuka bagi organisasi anggota foei
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) adalah lembaga swadaya masyarakat (LSM) international yang mengkoordinasi lebih dari 70 LSM lokal di dunia. FoEI percaya bahwa pemanasan global yang disebabkan oleh penggunaan dan eksploitasi bahan bakar fosil dapat dihentikan melalui aktivitas kampanye yang mendunia dan menyeluruh dengan menggunakan media komunikasi yang beragam. FoEI memanfaatkan banyak saluran komunikasi dalam kampanye mereka, mulai dari poster dan pamflet sampai penyebaran surat elektronik dan penyediaan informai di situs organisasi. Sayangnya, pada saat tulisan ini dibuat,FoEI belum pernah melakukan penelitian secara serius berkenaan dengan efektivitas ketergunaan situs mereka yang dianggap sebagai pusat informasi online yang dapat dirujuk oleh anggotanya, sehingga dapat berfungsi sebagai sarana aktif dalam pertukaran pengetahuan dengan menerapkan acuan Manajemen Pengetahuan. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis mengambil dua LSM anggota FoEI sebagai sampel. yaitu MIlieudefensie (Belanda) dan Wahana lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Indonesia) Data diperoleh dari wawancara dan observasi. Rekomendasi yang penulis berikan adalah tidak bersifat teknis, namun lebih kepada “apa” yang seharusnya FoEI dapat lakukan untuk ketergunaan situs mereka. Pertama, FoEI dapat mentransformasi situs yang ada menjadi situs jejaring sosial, tentu tanpa harus mengubah ide dasar atau prinsip seperti visi dan misi organisasi dan sebagainya. Penggunaan web 2.0, misalnya, bisa juga menjadi alternatif yang layak dicoba. Kedua, komunikasi dua arah merupakan suatu keharusan sehingga dapat mendorong terjadinya pertukaran informasi yang luas dan terbuka bagi organisasi anggota
Open Data per il riuso della PSI: l'Europa spinge sull'economia del futuroMatteo Brunati
Presentazione portata all'evento "Hack4Med and roadmap to Veneto Open Data" per dare un po' di visione sulla questione europea riguardo alla PSI, e raccontare anche qualche contesto di riuso in chiave business. Il lato da incentivare e da comunicare maggiormente.
Presentation given by Stuart Macdonald at the International Workshop on ICT and e-Knowledge for the Developing World in Shanghai International Convention Center, Pudong, Shanghai.
HADOOP based Recommendation Algorithm for Micro-video URLdbpublications
In the recent years usage social media applications pervade in our daily life which makes the Social Networking Sites (SNSs) being dependent on users for content generation. Considering user interest, contents produced by individual SNSs significantly leaves some of the interest based content undiscovered. This led to facilitate features such as “like”, “share”, “hashtags” functions to deliver the content from one platform to another platform. These allowed users to interact with multiple SNSs but limited to receive contents for separate SNSs. Although Open Identity allowed users for single sign-in in multiple platforms, it still remained to target multiple platforms. A Unified Access Model is proposed to internet-based-content modeling where the content for the users could be images or videos or text. Videos of short length termed as “micro-videos” are more popular both for the viewers and also the producers. The work carried out provides a recommendation algorithm for micro-video url, which compared to traditional recommendation algorithms such as content based recommendation, the big data uses parallel computing framework. High performance computing is achieved by using slope one algorithm that uses Mapreduce and Hadoop techniques. Hence, the proposed recommendation system for micro-video url can achieve high performance parallel computing, which can be used by the producers and viewers.
Putting the L in front: from Open Data to Linked Open DataMartin Kaltenböck
Keynote presentation of Martin Kaltenböck (LOD2 project, Semantic Web Company) at the Government Linked Data Workshop in the course of the OGD Camp 2011 in Warsaw, Poland: Putting the L in front: from Open Data to Linked Open Data
Presentation 1: Web 2.0 - Leading Applications in Government
Presenters:
Eric Bristow - Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting
Doug Shoupp – Principal, Deloitte Consulting
Formación para desarrollar la organización: entornos complejos, personas abie...Ismael Peña-López
Share4Value: Universidades Corporativas, 18 de abril de 2024
Châteauform’ Campus La Mola: Cegos, Repsol, Châteauform.
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Programa formativo de ciencia ciudadana 2024, 15 de marzo de 2024
Granada: Medialab UGR Universidad de Granada.
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Transformación de la Administración Pública catalana. El rol de la EAPCIsmael Peña-López
Misión académica internacional Barcelona sobre gestión pública avanzada, 25 de noviembre de 2023, UPC Lima
Más información en:
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Innovació a la Funció Pública: oxímoron, paradoxa o tautologiaIsmael Peña-López
Grup de treball de polítiques de serveis personals locals ICPS, 15 de novembre de 2023
Més informació a:
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I Curso Internacional de Educación Digital Democrática y Open EdTech. 13 de Julio de 2022
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Sessió pràctica a Administració i Polítiques Públiques, 23 de febrer de 2022.
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Jornada sobre ètica, bon govern i contractació pública, 31 de gener de 2022
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L’ecosistema català de participació ciutadana: el paper de la tecnologiaIsmael Peña-López
Curs Participació i tecnologia. Les possibilitats del Decidim. 20 d'abril de 2021
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La gestión integral del talento en la Administración centrada en la política ...Ismael Peña-López
Comunicación en el Simposio "De la función pública al Servicio público: hacia un nuevo modelo de aprendizaje y desarrollo" del VII Congreso Internacional EDO 2023, 18/05/2023
Aprendibilidad: por qué y cómo. El Modelo de aprendizaje y desarrollo de la E...Ismael Peña-López
Máster en Desarrollo del Talento y Employee Experience. Módulo 6. Learnability: la nueva competencia, 20/04/2023
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Good practices and challenges in e-learning. From training to lifelong learni...Ismael Peña-López
Current trends in professional development of civil servants, 14 November 2022. Tbilisi: Civil Service Bureu Georgia, ESCape / European Commission
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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.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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.
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
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
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All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
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.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
De-mystifying Zero to One: Design Informed Techniques for Greenfield Innovati...
Web 2.0 and the Digital Divide
1. Web 2.0 and the Digital Divide
Ismael Peña-López
School of Law and Political Science
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Trieste, December 4, 2007
3. GFIS
GFIS: information service that stores metadata on
forestry “under the same roof”, providing accurate
search results and reliable information.
The system interacts with other databases all over the
world using RSS format, and using the Open Search
specification as a standard interface for search engines.
Multilingual search aggregator, where content comes
from RSS feeds generated through searches.
5. VASAT Wiki
Semantic Wiki Tool to Build a Repository of Re-usable
Information objects in Agricultural Education and
Extension
Being able to connect knowledge not only by
keywords/tags, but also through content itself, linking
fragments of information and knowledge through
meanings, concepts and interlinking of concepts.
Medium to educate and support a critical mass of rural
women and men spread across vast geographical areas
by informing them about good agricultural practices to
drought and desertification
7. IFPRI 2.0
Goal: extend web presence beyond institutional
website
Goalk: establish dialogue on food policy issues: Blog
World Hunger
Goal: help dispersed teams work more effectively:
CGVlibrary
Goal: Quickly and collaboratively crate a list of best
resources, e.g. by using del.icio.us
8. IFPRI 2.0
Goal: increase participation, open communication,
and create community: Let’s blog IFPRI, a blog on
IFPRI’s intranet
Goal: to simplify the entry of content into IFPRI’s
Intranet: using wikis as a content management system,
avoiding bottlenecks, fostering initiative on the content
creator/responsible
Goal: IFPRI staff participate in external research-
related dialogues, to increase participation
11. SIST
Meta search engines for syndicated search
A single question to ask several databases, open
access archives, websites, RSS feeds, etc.
A single RSS format for results representation.
Systematic access to the original source of data.
SIST also serves not only as a search engine, but also
as a way of monitoring news and everything that’s
happening on the Internet.
13. TRADENET
Tradenet is open source software product to manage
information: realtime SMS uploads from markets,
database customized for agricultural data, multi-
currency, etc. Specifically designed to get market data
for farmers.
The system is not only passive — you get data
updates — but active: you can query the system
through the mobile phone by means of SMS messages
with specific codes.
15. CELAC
Agricultural information in Uganda.
Some Web 2.0 tools used:
Information websites
Blogs
Google Maps, to geolocalize resources
Wiki [login/password protected wiki], as a training
materials repository
SMS, sent through a website
Podcasts
FlickR, discussion groups, Skype, e-Learning tools
etc.
21. CROPFORGE
Is a collaborative software development site, providing
tools and a centralized workspace for developers to
control and manage software development.
The difference being with SourceForge is that it hosts
all kind of information about projects and software
related to development, food and food security, hunger,
etc., including fora and communication spaces where
collaboration, support takes place
24. Random Thoughts
The importance of ICTs in leapfrogging
Proliferation of online content, along with
language/translation tools
Web 2.0 removes the barriers on the consumers,
creators of content
25. Random Thoughts
Engagement
Empowerment
Availability of ICT infrastructures and tools ensures
people’s empowerment and social inclusion
Web 2.0 applications ensure participatory
development communication
Participation, decision making, human rights… are
new dimensions on development that the Web 2.0 can
include on the development debate
26. Random Thoughts
Improve quality of information by linking information
from multiple data sources
Reduce cost of content creating and deployment
Better access through multiple devices
Richer content using collective intelligence
Effective information exchange and knowledge
management across geography through collaborative
platforms
27. Random Thoughts
Integration of data from multiple sources will be
required to provide meaningful information and content
Computers is just not enough: connectivity, content,
services, B2C, B2B, G2B, etc
28. Random Thoughts
New costs to working
Need for training and awareness
Capacity building a need to be approached
Capacity development should be tied to information
strategies
29. Random Thoughts
Find the appropriate communications (system) for the
appropriate content. And the contrary: if e.g. mobile
phone is the platform, think of the appropriate content
(and not only the format, but the content itself) to be
delivered through it
To contribute: policy at the local level, resources and
founding, technical expertise, infrastructure, access to
relevant data / data sources, etc.
30. Random Thoughts
Relevancy, quality control, suitability are difficult or
just impossible to design ex ante, so give the
practitioner, the user the ability to comment on
resources, so you can help in the evaluation of this
resource
31. Random Thoughts
Government-led public information portals are also
adopting Web 2.0 applications for more actions and
interactions
Organizational challenges: open web, open content
requires open institutions, open organizations.
Knowledge transfer, knowledge sharing needs
connected people, transparency
32. Random Thoughts
Advantages of Web 2.0
Knowledge gets documented
Enhanced community sharing, which sometimes does
not happen offline but does online, and then they
cannot stop!
Improved livelihoods
33. Random Thoughts
Challenges of Web 2.0
Requires Internet: Internet’s expensive; electricity is
bad scheduled in the whole country; differing peoples’
susceptibility to change
Information hoarding
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