Full coverage: Knowledge

30.05.2008 SAP, the world's largest business software company, is organising its annual summit from June 4 – 6, 2008 in Mumbai. The event offers unique opportunity to small and large enterprises to explore innovative business and technology solutions and strategies with professionals from varied Industries.

26.05.2008 The Journal of Community Informatics calls for submissions for its forthcoming special edition on Gender and Community Informatics. The issue will focus on the interplay between gender and information society by examining new technologies, issues of identity, social hierarchies, citizenship and politics of knowledge.

26.05.2008 The Journal of Community Informatics calls for submissions for its forthcoming special edition on Gender and Community Informatics. The issue will focus on the interplay between gender and information society by examining new technologies, issues of identity, social hierarchies, citizenship and politics of knowledge.

23.05.2008 International Telecommunications Organisation (ITU) is organising a Symposium on ICT and Climate Change from June 17-18, 2008, in London, UK. The event will look at the potential role that ICTs can play in monitoring climate change and its impact in some of the most vulnerable parts of the globe.

21.05.2008 The University of Delhi, one of India's premier institutions of higher education, is all set to start online teaching from the next academic session. To make learning more interesting, syllabi for popular subjects will be uploaded on the website, supplemented by flash animation and video snippets.

19.05.2008 Marking the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, the UN's International Telecommunications Union awarded DAISY Consortium for its efforts to enable equal access to information and knowledge by the disabled. DAISY is a worldwide organisation of libraries and ICT companies representing 35 countries including India and Bangladesh in South Asia.

19.05.2008 Marking the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, the UN's International Telecommunications Union awarded DAISY Consortium for its efforts to enable equal access to information and knowledge by the disabled. DAISY is a worldwide organisation of libraries and ICT companies representing 35 countries including India and Bangladesh in South Asia.

16.05.2008 To help companies adopt better energy management practices, an online Virtual Energy Forum will be held from June 10-11, 2008. Using live video presentations by alternative energy experts, the event will provide a discussion platform on how to use clean technology.

16.05.2008 Low levels of literacy make it difficult for families in Pakistan to access information on post-natal care, contraception and medical attention. With only two percent of its GDP allocated to education, the country risks achieving the Millennium Development Goals, says UNESCO.

15.05.2008 Walter Fust, former Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) envisions a knowledge safety net where human values go beyond the statistics of the Gross National Product (GNP). He acknowledges telecentre.org’s work in enabling people to benefit from the transformative power of technology.

13.05.2008 Commonwealth of Learning is organising the fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF5) from July 13-17, 2008 in London. The Forum will explore how open and distance learning can help achieve education for all through widening educational access and bridging the digital divide.

12.05.2008 At the third annual National Digital Inclusion Conference held in London last week, stakeholders from government, industry and voluntary sectors acknowledged the need to make digital technologies an equaliser rather than a divider through radical interventions that reach excluded citizens.

09.05.2008 World Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences is organising an International Conference on Communications and Information Technologies from August 13-15, 2008 in Vienna, Austria. The event is a premier forum for researchers, scientists, engineers, and scholars to present technological advances and research results in the fields of ICT.

08.05.2008 Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives – the South Asian Scenario released by UNESCO, New Delhi illustrates South Asian initiatives to bridge knowledge gaps in the region. The book is a useful source for building up necessary information infrastructure for development.

07.05.2008 NEW YORK, May 6 (OneWorld) - Women's rights advocates in the United States have launched a novel global initiative aiming to help millions of women across the world who face violence at the hands of men.

06.05.2008 Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives – the South Asian Scenario released by UNESCO, New Delhi illustrates South Asian initiatives to bridge knowledge gaps in the region. The book is a useful source for building up necessary information infrastructure for development.

05.05.2008 Africa today presents the most promising opportunities and perspectives for the ICT industry. International Telecommunication Union is organising Telecom Africa 2008 which will bring together technologies, topics, leaders, speakers and networking opportunities for growth and investment in the continent.

02.05.2008 The Department of Education in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, an Indian Union Territory, is introducing IT hobby centres in 24 schools during the summer vacation. The free of cost centres will encourage use of computers in the learning process.