[WSIS CS-Plenary] Webcast: How the Internet & New Media are Reshaping Tsunami Relief Efforts

[Andy Carvin]

Hopefully, if we can get around some technical problems uploading large 
audio files...

ac

Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> 
> The webcast sounds very interesting.  Will the webcast be available on the
> website for those of us who cannot attend on Wednesday?
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> Focal Point to WSIS
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
> Chair, Media/ICT Working Group,
> UN NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Andy Carvin
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:00 AM
> To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Webcast: How the Internet & New Media are
> Reshaping Tsunami Relief Efforts
> 
> 
> Webcast: How the Internet & New Media are Reshaping Tsunami Relief Efforts
> 
> Wednesday,  January 12, 10:00 EST/ 15:00 GMT
> http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/disaster-relief/
> 
> (please feel free to circulate this announcement)
> 
> You are cordially invited to participate in a live webcast hosted by the
> Digital Divide Network this Wednesday, January 12 at 10am EST (15:00
> GMT, 7:00 California time) on the role of the Internet  and new media in
> tsunami relief efforts. The webcast will examine how blogs, RSS feeds,
> SMS text messaging and other tools are being used in response to the
> tsunami, their strengths and limitations, and the role these
> technologies may play in future natural disasters.
> 
> Guest Speakers:
> 
> Dina Mehta, co-founder of tsunamihelp.blogspot.com, Mumbai, India
> 
> Dina Mehta is a qualitative researcher and ethnographer based in Mumbai.
>   In the hours following the tsunami, she and a group of South Asian
> bloggers created the Southeast Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog
> (http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com), the Internet's largest
> volunteer-driven portal for tsunami relief news and resources. For the
> last 16 years she has been a market researcher with a special interest
> in youth markets and in longitudinal ethnographic research and
> user-design studies.
> 
> Taran Rampersad, Internet activist and coordinator of Alert Retrieval
> Cache (ARC), Trinidad & Tobago
> 
> A former hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy, Taran Rampersad is an
> Internet activist and writer based in Trinidad & Tobago.  Taran serves
> as editor of the Linux Gazette and contributor to WorldChanging.com,
> among other blogs and online magazines . As part of the team of
> volunteers contributing to the tsunamihelp blog, Taran proposed the
> development of a tool that would allow SMS text messages from mobile
> phones to be routed to email lists and other SMS users, using key words
> to connect relief workers on the ground with sources of materials and
> supplies. This led to the development of Alert Retrieval Cache (ARC),
> which has been covered by the BBC and other media in the last week.
> 
> Moderator: Andy Carvin, Digital Divide Network
> 
> Andy Carvin is director of the Digital Divide Network
> (http://www.digitaldivide.net), the Internet's leading online community
> for news and information on the digital divide. In late December, Andy
> published Tsunami-Info.org, a news website that aggregates
> tsunami-related headlines from blogs and news wire feeds from around the
> world. On September 11, 2001, Andy created SEPT11INFO, the first online
> discussion group for sharing resources and information on the terrorist
> attacks that had occurred that morning. For the first 24 hours, the list
> processed emails at a rate of one new messages a minute, one of the
> highest-traffic discussion groups to date.
> 
> The webcast is free and open to the public. To participate, please visit
> http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/disaster-relief/ and click on the
> link "Virtual Meeting Room." You'll then be asked to enter your name; at
> this point, the website will download the e-conference tool onto your
> desktop. The process may take several minutes, so participants are
> advised to enter the virtual meeting room 15 minutes prior to the event.
> Users experiencing technical problems are encouraged to email
> help at learningtimes.net for assistance.
> 
> 
> 
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> Andy Carvin
> Program Director
> EDC Center for Media & Community
> acarvin @ edc . org
> http://www.digitaldivide.net
> http://www.tsunami-info.org
> Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://www.tsunami-info.org
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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