http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/7884 en_GB_DOC http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/78285 May 17 marks the inception of Information and Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN agency that works to develop telecommunications networks and services to bridge the digital divide. Following the World Summit on the Information Society, the UN has now declared the same date as World Information Society Day. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/127917/1/7884 The 7th Agricultural Ontology Service (AOS) Workshop on Ontology-based knowledge discovery: Using metadata and ontologies for improving access to agricultural information, in collaboration with the AFITA - 2006, will be held in India in November this year. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/125555/1/7884 Jeevika, a documentary film festival, showcases films which focus on peoples’ struggles in earning a living in a vocation of their choice. Experience 21 documentary films that depict legal and regulatory restrictions as well as social-cultural norms and religious practices that prevent or constrain people from earning an honest living in the vocation of their choice. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/125542/1/7884 ERMIS Africa is organizing a GIS-based Watershed Management Training from the 9th to 20th January, 2006. The training targets PGIS practitioners from the region who are working with local communities towards Sustainable Watershed Management in Africa. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/125334/1/7884 Dataquest is organizing the second edition of it's Regional e-Gov Summit. Moving on from the first summit in 2005, the Dataquest e-Governance Summit 2006 will look at how various departments are going about their e-Governance business. Continuing with last year's trend, the conference will focus on presentations that address the key segments for implementing e-governance including best practices and case studies from across India. The theme of this year's Summit is "Digital India: Vision 20:20