Mekong ICT Camp is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong sub-region.
Expected participants are hackers (technology enthusiasts who love making stuffs), journalists, and social workers. Participants are welcome from every countries and territories, although large of the allocation will goes to Mekong sub-region, which including Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
See what we’ve achieved in 2008: Mekong ICT Camp 2008.
Mekong ICT Camp 2010
Mekong ICT Camp 2010 is to be held in June 7-12, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The camp is organized by Thai Fund Foundation and Opendream, in collaborations with partners.
Two main themes for this year are:
1) Open mobile technologies for community communication, disease surveillance and disaster relief; and
2) DIY information activism and citizen journalism.
Ultimately, we hope this camp will bring on hackers, journalists, and social workers in the region to meet up and start making changes together. Watch this presentation by Bicyclemark.
Please kindly contact us if you willing to organize a workshop module, like to fund a mini-workshop, a resource person, or a participant, or have any suggestion.
Detailed information on Mekong ICT Camp 2010, with backgrounds, outlines, date, venue, information about organizers, and contact details. [updated: 2010.03.10] NOTED the date has been changed to June 7-12.
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Communications
Mailing list: mekongict@googlegroups.com
Twitter: @mekongict
Facebook: facebook.com/mekongict
Web: mekongict.org
Contacts
Curriculum
Arthit Suriyawongkul
arthit (at) opendream.co.th
Sponsorship and Logistics
Puangchomphu Rammuang
chomphu (at) tff.or.th
Applications and Finance
Neriga Yakaew
neriga (at) tff.or.th
