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Niko advised me to post this as she said it's better than today's posted one.. :p
At the Peacock Park at Sun Moon Lake:
"Ok, lets start the meeting... I'm chairing today..
hmm... what's the agenda? oh ya! "How to stop people from disturbing us in the hope of us spreading out our tails... "
"Yah... I'm going bald already..."
"ok.. who's going to start first"
Highscope Ireland Institute conference held in the Knockranny House Hotel and Spa, front l-r; Pamela Greevy, Ardnaree Community Playschool, Ballina, Mary Gaughan, Ardnaree Community Playschool, Ballina, Teresa Durban, The Neale Community Childcare Services and Jessica Mannion, Curious Minds Preschool Castlebar. Back l-r; Laura Clarke, Ardnaree Community Playschool, Ballina, Mary Joyce, The Neale Community Childcare Services , Deidre Ivers, Ardnaree Community Playschool, Ballina, Deidre Staunton, Curious Minds Preschool Castlebar, Grainne Cleary, Curious Minds Preschool Castlebar and Ann Halligan, Curious Minds Preschool Castlebar. Photo © Ken Wright Photography 2014
Metlstorm addressess the cyberwarriors attending Kiwicon 9
Kiwicon 9 - the 9th edition of the New Zealand Hacker conference - took place in Wellington on 10 and 11 December 2015. It was a great conference with substance in content and entertainment.
Lt. Governor Rutherford Addresses The Hispanic Business Conference by Joe Andrucyk at Bethesda North Marriott Hotel, Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852
Copyright © Kevin Cooper Photoline NUJ: Seamus McKee (BBC Radio Ulster) opened the conference and give context to the debate as chairperson of Business Rates Conference 2016 which took place on Tuesday, 12 January 2016 in Riddel Hall at Queen's University Belfast. Speakers included: Richard Johnston - Associate Director, NI Centre for Economic Policy, UU; David Sterling - Permanent Secretary, Department of Finance & Personnel; Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive, Manufacturing NI; Aodhán Connolly, Director, NI Retail Consortium, Seamus McAleavey â Chief Executive, NICVA, Derek McCallan â Chief Executive, NILGA, Followed by a panel discussion with David Sterling â DFP, Stephen Kelly â Manufacturing NI, Aodhán Connolly â NI Retail Consortium, Seamus McAleavey â NICVA, Derek McCallan â NILGA. After a short break the discussion continued with A system that it is fit for purpose: the practicalities involved: Brian McClure â Head of Rating Policy Division, Department of Finance & Personnel, Funding local services: a new system for securing businesses contributions: Martin McTague â Chairman, Local Government Committee, Federation of Small Businesses, Getting it right: the UK and international perspective:
David Magor OBE - Chief Executive, Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation. Finishing the final panel discussion was with: Brian McClure â Department of Finance & Personnel, Martin McTague â FSB and David Magor â IRRV. Seamus McKee, Chairperson of the conference made some concluding remarks before breaking for lunch. Business Rates Conference 2016, which was part of the Chambré Public Affairs âEye on the Hillâ series of policy events, provided participants with a unique insight into an important programme of reform. The conference offered context and analysis from the Minister, senior officials, sector leaders and noted experts, the conference is perfectly timed to inform responses to the consultation, which closes a fortnight later. On 26 October 2015, Finance Minister Arlene Foster launched a public consultation on a wide-ranging Review of Northern Ireland's Non-Domestic Rating System. The consultation asks questions that touch upon every sector in Northern Ireland, giving respondents the chance to provide imaginative suggestions to improve how revenue is raised locally. Key questions include whether the 100% exemption for charities should be maintained, and how the system could be changed to better suit the demands of local business. Because of the Departmentâs willingness to engage creatively with the business community and other stakeholders, this consultation represents a rare opportunity to influence major change. Business rating is a vital form of taxation, raising some £592m of revenue for regional and local Government in Northern Ireland. However, it is also a significant expense for the businesses that are the lifeblood of the local economy, and can act as a particular disincentive to smaller enterprises who want to invest and expand. At the other end of the spectrum, charities in Northern Ireland benefit significantly from the current rating system, enjoying a 100% rates exemption.
Governor O'Malley annunces jobs progress at John's Hopkins Hospital press conference by Tom Nappi at John's Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Michael Gove, Shadow Schools Secretary, speaks at the 2009 Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Wednesday October 7, 2009. (Photo by Paul Toeman)
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The conference „Digital Backyards Japan“ has been initiated by smal.jp and berlinergazette.de. It took place during three days of January 2013 (10th-12th) in northern Japan at the Sapporo Media Arts Lab. The aim was to explore future forms of networking in the field of knowledge production.
The awareness towards the digital monopolism of companies based in Silicon valley is growing all over the world. Also in Japan. But what are alternatives to Google and Facebook? The conference „Digital Backyards Japan“ claims: The answer can not be yet another internet giant of Japanese origin to rival Google and Facebook. A real alternative would be to empower diversity.
The resources for alternatives to an increasingly centralized internet landscape lie dormant in Japan's diversity itself: tinker garages, corporate hotbeds, grassroots hubs, institutional labs, hacker bedrooms, editorial outposts etc. In those digital backyards various stakeholders in the field of knowledge production have been pursuing their innovative work over the last decades. However its potential has not been exhausted yet.
What can be done about this? The conference invited open minded bloggers, entrepreneurs, researchers, cultural workers, journalists and programmers to explore synergies between their work. Here they discussed: Why do we network in the first place? What do we see as emerging trends? What are up and coming web services? What is the potential of decentralized strategies?
The motivation of the conference is to think and network beyond the given (e.g. infrastructures) and the dominant (e.g. cultures). Above all it is about exploring dormant potentials: How can Japan's digital backyards catalyse networking cultures in a sustainable way? How can they revitalize a country in deep crisis? And how can they help to connect Japan anew with world society?
„Digital Backyards Japan“ was a kick off event for more meetings in Japan/Asia and a follow up of a Berlin summit in October 2012. The spontaneous proliferation of the conference enables a fruitful process of cross-regional learning from: Insights from the debates in Europe are shared in Japan/Asia and vice versa.
documentation of the Berlin conference:
berlinergazette.de/digi-yards-documentation
program of the Berlin conference:
berlinergazette.de/digital-backyards
Photo Credit: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (Mayer Planning Office/ City of Sapporo, SMAL), Chris Piallat (Alliance '90/The Greens), Krystian Woznicki (berlinergazette.de)
Preparations behind the scenes, before the start of FerMUN: Model UN conference, ITU, Geneva. 9 January 2013.
© ITU/ M. Jacobson-Gonzalez