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Global Voices Summit 2012 » Program： July 2 Schedule, July 3 Schedule, and Full List of Summit Talks
The Global Voices summit will include plenary discussions, topic-based breakout groups, and open sessions using an “unconference” format in which participants can propose discussions topics and hands-on training workshops.
We are facilitating online, real-time participation and will be capturing, translating, and publishing the knowledge and conversations coming out of the meeting as part of the process.
Please see below for the schedule plan for the Global Voices Summit 2012.
Swahili For Summiteers
This guide is part of your welcome kit to the Global Voices Summit 2012. It aims at providing you with words and expressions that might be useful during your stay in Nairobi. Karibu!
Global Voices Summit 2012 » Introducing the Swahili for Summiteers Guide
Unlike most tourist guides, in this file you'll find some citizen media terms and expressions to get you acquainted with Swahili blogging terms.
The Guide was built collaboratively with the helping hands of Deogratias, Njeri, Ndesanjo, Ika, Christian, Collins, Thalia and Luis Henrique.
Print it or download it to your devices. Works fine as flight entertainment!
Global Voices Summit 2012 (official website)
A meeting of bloggers, activists and technologists for public discussions and workshops about the rise of online citizen media movements worldwide.
Global Voices is ... on Vimeo
A description of Global Voices, from the voices of the community itself. Filmed at the 2010 Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Santiago, Chile.
Global Voices Summit 2012 » Announcing the 2012 Global Voices Summit in Nairobi, Kenya
We're delighted to announce the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2012! Our gathering takes place this year in Nairobi, Kenya on July 2-3, 2012, in partnership with Nairobi's iHub.
Over the next days and weeks we'll be fleshing out the program, adding speaker bios, a list of attendees and more — and do keep checking in at the site for blog posts and commentary from Summit participants and others, as well as to join in the conversation.
iHub 1 Year FINAL - YouTube
*iHub_ – Nairobi’s Innovation Hub for the technology community is an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area. This space is a tech community facility with a focus on young entrepreneurs, web and mobile phone programmers, designers and researchers. It is part open community workspace (co-working), part vector for investors and VCs and part incubator.
Photo from Global Voices Summit 2010 | by GVO2010
Santiago, Chile. May 06, 2010- A conversation about digital media in Chile: Enzo Abbagliati (Fundación Democracia y Desarrallo), Jorge Dominguez (L. Diarios Ciudadanos), Paloma Baytelman (social medi consultant), Felipe Heusser (Fundación Ciudadano Inteligente) and moderator Claudio Ruiz during the first day of GV Summit 2010 which takes place in Bibliteca de Santiago. The Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2010 is held in Santiago, Chile on May 6-7. The theme of the meeting is "Next generation citizen media, public access and citizen participation.” This year's program includes plenary discussions, topic-based breakout groups, open “unconference”-style sessions and hands-on training workshops. (Photo by Krzysztof Pawliszak/GV)
Photo from Global Voices Summit 2010 | by Luigiluib
Santiago, Chile. May 06, 2010- Final countdown. Let's get the Summit started
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