Events/Copyright and Open Licensing Seminar

Seminar Particulars
Wikimedia Chapter invites you to a seminar on Copyright and Open Licensing
 * Date: 30 July 2011, Saturday
 * Time: 5PM to 8PM
 * Venue: TERI Auditorium, Domlur, Bangalore, Map to reach the venue

Objectives of the Seminar
To educate attendees about Copyrights and Open licensing, Wikimedia copyright policies and how one can become a better contributor to Wikimedia projects.

About Speakers
Sudhir Krishnaswamy: Sudhir was a Professor of Law at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata India where he taught Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence. He studied law at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore (BA LLB 1998) and the University of Oxford (BCL 2000 and DPhil 2008). Before NUJS he taught at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and Pembroke College, University of Oxford. He has engaged with the Government at various levels including the Prime Minister’s Committee on Infrastructure and the Kasturirangan Committee on Bangalore’s  Governance. Pranesh Prakash: Pranesh Prakash is a graduate with a degree in Arts and Law from National Law School, Bangalore, with a keen interest in the law, economics, and culture of intellectual property rights. He helped found the Indian Journal of Law and Technology, and was part of its editorial board for two years. He is most interested in interdisciplinary research on IP and property law, freedom of speech, and privacy. He has worked with practising lawyers, civil society organizations, and law firms. Danish Sheikh: After 5 years of worrying about the ways in which law school irreversibly damaged him, the Alternative Law Forum in Bangalore in their infinite wisdom has given Danish a place to work.

Registration
Free on first come first served. Pre registration recommended by editing this section (click the edit button next to Registration line or any one of the subsections and write your name or sign with your user name and then save it). You can also send an email to events@wikimedia.in to pre register.

Attending

 * 1) Gautam John 07:33, 26 July 2011 (CEST)
 * 2) Arjunaraoc 08:02, 26 July 2011 (CEST)
 * 3) ସୁଭ ପା (Subhashish Panigrahi) 08:47, 26 July 2011 (CEST)
 * 4) Sajeer Fazil
 * 5) Naveen Raj B
 * 6) Somsing Rathod
 * 7) Joy Thomas (via email)
 * 8) ansuman
 * 9)   Snehashish
 * 10) Chandan DM (via email also)
 * 11) Swapnil Talekar
 * 12) Vishwanath (via email)
 * 13) Dilip Srinivas (via email)
 * 14) Sumukha TV (via email)
 * 15) Rakesh N B
 * 16) Madheswaran P (via email)
 * 17) Abhishek Umashanker (via email)
 * 18) Prem Chander (via email)
 * 19) Premkumar
 * 20) Kiran NH (via email)
 * 21) Sreechand Tavva
 * 22) Puneet Sardana
 * 23) Saurabh Kesari (via email)
 * 24) Anirudh asokan (via email)
 * 25) Nikhil Ravindra
 * 26) Kiran Dhanwada (via email)
 * 27) Anoo (via email)
 * 28) Anil Pinto (via email)
 * 29) Ashok Nagarajan (via email)
 * 30) Manoj Hoskeri (via email)
 * 31) Santhosh D (via email)
 * 32) Sanjivrao Katakam (via email)
 * 

May be able to attend

 * 1) Akash H Puthraya
 * 2) Sateesh Kalidas
 * 3) Ajay K Yadav
 * 4) Ajit Maharana
 * 

Regret

 * 1) Sridhar Gutam
 * 2) Jayanta Nath
 * 

For more information
Gautam K John, Secretary, Wikimedia Chapter: gkjohn@wikimedia.in Wikimedia Chapter, No.194, 2nd C Cross, Dommaluru 2nd Stage, Bangalore-560071. http://wikimedia.in, Email: chapter@wikimedia.in

Sponsored by

 * Centre for Internet and Society Bangalore.

About Wikimedia Chapter
Wikimedia Chapter is a not for profit Society registered on 3 Jan 2011 with Office of Registrar of Socities, Bangalore Urban District with the objective of educating Indian public about availability and use of free and open educational content and build capacity to access and  contribute to such resources in various Indian languages. It has over 64 members who are passionate about Wikipedia and sister projects from all over India, representing several Indian languages. Wikimedia Chapter is an autonomous entity and works in close coordination with Wikimedia Foundation.

Photos and Video

 * 1) Album on Picasa