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Events Listing 15 June 2012
15 June 2012 - 17 June 2012
In exactly 2 weeks, a group of entrepreneurs and programmers will gather at OpenIt4Africa, an event aimed to help launch new innovative projects for Africa.
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OpenIt4Africa
Date :
15 June 2012 - 17 June 2012
Time of the event : Friday, June 15, 2012 at 1:30 PM - Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 8:00 PM (ET)
Event type :
Workshops
Description of the activity : In exactly 2 weeks, a group of entrepreneurs and programmers will gather at OpenIt4Africa, an event aimed to help launch new innovative projects for Africa.
In the past 10 years, there’s been significant growth in many parts of Africa, with the continent experiencing the highest economic growth in the world, even beyond China and other Asian countries. The growth has been supported by the exploitation of natural resources, although it’s mainly fuelled by the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and organizations who see immense needs and opportunities. Ghana, Kenya, Angola, South Africa and Senegal are such countries where new and innovative solutions have been built, with good examples of projects that are unique, such as Ushahidi, or mpesa. It’s estimated for instance that a quarter of financial transactions in Kenya are done through mobile, numbers that are hard to imagine in Canada. Behaviours regarding mobile gaming, mobile communication, and mobile banking are also inherently different.
To help see those new opportunities, and at the same time gather talent and make teams work on new projects, OpenIt4Africa will be launching a conference on Friday afternoon, on June 15th, and then a hackathon in the following days. Technical experts, but also experienced mentors from various fields will also be there to help teams. As in most hackathons, all teams will be invited to present at the end of the weekend to present their solution to a jury.
The organizing team has already announced there will be teams from Nairobi (Kenya), Accra (Ghana), Dakar (Senegal) which will be participating globally in the event, making it an international event, with programmers getting connected through livestreaming. There will be also speakers participating through video-conference. As of right now, the team is also looking for participating teams in France, UK, and other countries such as in North African countries, South Africa, and also in countries such as Nigeria.
Event location : Notman House
51 Sherbrooke west
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
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07 August 2012
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Event type :
Conferences
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Description of the activity : Test
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Adobe Create The Web Tour
Date :
22 January 2013
Time of the event : 4:00 PM
Event type :
Workshops
Speaker/Lecturer : Terry Ryan's job at Adobe entails helping developers using Adobe technologies to be successful. His focus is on web and mobile technologies including HTML, JavaScript and CSS.
Description of the activity : Event Details
The next generation of HTML and CSS offers powerful new features for creating content that is graphically rich. It’s never been easier to leverage animation, motion graphics and sophisticated graphical techniques when building for the modern web. Come along and see what Adobe is doing to move the web forward in these areas by working on new W3C specifications, tools that help designers create content and services for testing content across screens.
Topics
Enhancements to the browser will bring layout and graphic possibilities that haven’t been possible on the web before. Discover how new tools and services from Adobe will help you leverage HTML to build mobile applications, and take advantage of advancements in web fonts.
Event location : Point Hotel Conference Centre
34-36 Bread Street
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH3 9AF
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