Global Voices Citizen Media Summit: My Own Private Internet

Welcome to the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2015!

On January 24-25 we’ll be bringing together the most innovative and inspiring digital activist and citizen media communities from the many corners of the globe to explore the connections between the open Internet, freedom of expression and online civic movements around the world.

See the draft Summit program below, and stay tuned as we refine the schedule and locations.

My Own Private Internet

The internet has made it possible to hear news and opinions from every corner of the world. But the internet also gives us almost unlimited choice, and most of us choose to pay more attention to news and events we already know and care about - usually local events - than those in other countries. In this panel, we will examine the ways the internet and social media have connected - or disconnected - communities around the world into global conversations.

Moderators

Ethan Zuckerman

Director, Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab

The future of Global Voices. Streaming video. Honoring volunteers. Sustainability.

Speakers

Abdoulaye Bah

Undocumented immigrant for over a decade in Italy in the sixties and seventies! Guinean origin, husband, father and grandfather of Italians. Former UNIDO (Vienna) and Peacekeeping missions (Cambodia, Haiti and Rwanda) staff member. Member of the Italian Nonviolent Radical Transnational... Read More →

Violeta Camarasa

I write, I draw, I paint, I travel. I also teach a seminar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Global Communication.

Mildred Galarpe

managing editor, sunstar publishing inc

a digital immigrant but a true blue journalist.

Lova Rakotomalala

Francophone Editor, Global Voices

I am the editor of the Francophone region for Global Voices, I am trained as a researcher in biomedical engineering and Public Health. Raised in Madagascar, I now live in Paris after living for 13 years stateside. I am passionate about current events in Africa, statistical trends... Read More →

Victoria Tinta

Editor, Global Voices in Aymara

Victoria is Editor of Global Voices in Aymara, and also a member of Jaqi Aru, a collective based in El Alto, Bolivia promoting the use of the Aymara language on the Internet.

Saturday January 24, 2015 16:30 - 17:30
Cebu Provincial Capitol - Social Hall

Plenary

Global Voices Citizen Media Summit