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Monday 21 February

February 21 7:00 AM UTC
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Opening meet and greet

Jason Hudson

One of the best things about face to face events is the social spaces outside of the formal programme. Here you get to meet with new people, discuss ideas and plan for connecting later. Above all it's a space for exploration, catching up with contacts and building new relationships.

Join us as we try and replicate that using https://gather.town and feel free to use the space outside of the scheduled times.

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February 21 9:00 AM UTC
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Demo
- Twitter @dasaptaerwin
Draw your research

Dasapta Erwin Irawan

I would like to share my view (and sort of skill) to visualize researches through simple drawing for a wider dissemination.

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February 21 12:00 PM UTC
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Discussion

:social entrepreneurs social enterprises law legal codes of conduct for-profit not for proit contracts copyright licences
- twitter @andrewrens_ria
The last 10%: help us get to 1.0 of the Guide for Social Entrepreneurs

Andrew Rens, Chris Mc

Together we will take a draft guide for Social Enterprises from 0.9 to 1.0, ready for release. We will share our experiences starting and running social enterprises to help others in a useable format.

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February 21 12:00 PM UTC
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Demo

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- Twitter and Instagram @luciaegana
visita guiada musea M.A.M.I.

Lucía Egaña

Una visita por la musea M.A.M.I. ambientada en el año 3021

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February 21 12:00 PM UTC
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Flash Skills

FlashSkills Problem Definition TheGovLab
- twitter @TheGovLab
Flash Skills: Problem Definition (Session 1)

Beth Noveck

In the face of increasingly complex challenges, community leaders must innovate in how we solve public problems. Before rushing to identify solutions, it is imperative to adequately define the problem. This session will focus on learning how to get past a vague statement of an issue to articulate an actionable problem that lends itself to concrete, implementable, and successful solutions.

Please register via: https://ffwd.flashgrants.org/flashskills.html

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February 21 2:00 PM UTC
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Discussion

artificial intelligence open education digital rights
Digital literacies and digital inclusion in contemporary (data-driven) society

Priscila Gonsales

We are facing a new context of digital culture, deeply marked by artificial intelligence technologies and the platformization of society. In this sense, it is urgent to review the concepts of digital literacy and inclusion from the perspective of open education, aiming to embrace the promotion of digital rights.

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February 21 3:00 PM UTC
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Open
- twitter @julielynnwong
Makers of the World Unite to Save Limbs and Lives!

Julielynn Wong, MD, MPH, FACPM

Join us if you'd like to get involved in a global Medical Make-A-Thon to use open-source 3D printing and open-access, self-assessed surgical simulation training to advance orthopedic education and care to prevent needless suffering, disability, and deaths for the estimated 127 million patients who sustain extremity fractures globally every year.

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February 21 3:00 PM UTC
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Demo

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- twitter @ivotedfestival
- instagram @ivotedfestival
#IVoted Festival

Many artists from all around the U.S.

#Ivoted festival directly activates fans to turn out and vote by engaging them with concerts and live entertainment.

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February 21 3:00 PM UTC
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Discussion

Open Innovation Open Source Software Open Source Hardware Open Access Publications
Your role in the Geneva Trialogue on Open Innovation for Education (17 March)

FRANCOIS GREY

Geneva has the highest concentration of International Organizations in the world. WHO, WTO, WIPO, UNHCR ... they are all here. The Geneva Trialogue is a unique brainstorming event, bringing together academia, International Orgs and public and private sector institutions, to reflect on Open Innovation for the SDGs. I'll describe the event, and its links with the Open Geneva Festival (17-27 March), in more detail. I'll answer your questions about how you might contribute to this unique event.

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Tuesday 22 February

February 22 1:00 AM UTC
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Flash Skills

FlashSkills Problem Definition TheGovLab
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Flash Skills: Problem Definition (session 1 repeat)

Anirudh Dinesh

In the face of increasingly complex challenges, community leaders must innovate in how we solve public problems. Before rushing to identify solutions, it is imperative to adequately define the problem. This session will focus on learning how to get past a vague statement of an issue to articulate an actionable problem that lends itself to concrete, implementable, and successful solutions.

Please register via: https://ffwd.flashgrants.org/flashskills.html

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February 22 9:00 AM UTC
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Breakaway space - Day 2

Jason Hudson

One of the best things about face to face events is the social spaces outside of the formal programme. Here you get to meet with new people, discuss ideas and plan for connecting later. Above all it's a space for exploration, catching up with contacts and building new relationships.

Join us as we try and replicate that using https://gather.town and feel free to use the space outside of the scheduled times.

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February 22 12:00 PM UTC
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Flash Skills

FlashSkills Problem Definition TheGovLab
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Flash Skills: Defining the Problem through Fast Field Scanning (Session 1)

Beth Noveck

Fast field scanning - or rapid evidence review - refers to the skill of quickly getting up to speed on existing solutions to a problem. You will learn how to find solutions that have been tried before, how to assess the success of those solutions, and better evaluate whether solutions that worked elsewhere may help you in your work.

Please register via: https://ffwd.flashgrants.org/flashskills.html

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February 22 12:30 PM UTC
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Discussion

safety open data open access community knowledge
- twitter @TheSafecityApp @elsamariedsilva Instagram
Safe spaces in the Phygital world

Dr Andrea Adams, Bishakha Datta, Nappinai NS, James Felton Keith

As technology becomes more integrated in our lives, there is a blurring of the physical and digital worlds, creating many possibilities and opportunities. However as we design and develop the "phygital" world, we must address safety and security concerns so that it can be inclusive for all. Our speakers can share practical experiences from their work in developing solutions for and with communities.

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February 22 1:00 PM UTC
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Demo

Open Content Digital Humanities Open Access Reproducibility Fact checking
- twitter @ingmmo
- github @sirmmo
Know the past to predict the future

Marco Montanari

Today data science is the buzzword. And everyone is looking at data science about shopping carts, playlists and other day-to-day stuff. We are going to look at data from a different point of view, and at very different data. During this session I would love to share with you the project I have been working on the last years and get feedback from you all in a session about how we can use data about the past to make present and future choices relevant.

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February 22 1:30 PM UTC
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Decentralize WEB3 "Proof of learning" Peer-to-peer learning
- twitter @BodoHoenen
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bodohoenen/
Todays Proof of learning sucks, we can fix it and remove the middlemen too!

Bodo Hoenen

This is bigger than it sounds. The way we learn and then do cool things have been separated for too long. I don’t want to be stuck in school for the first 20 years of my life before I go out and do something REAL. let's discuss this, and I'll share what I'm doing on it (first 10 minutes) and see where it takes us.

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February 22 5:00 PM UTC
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machine learning deep learning machine translation
- twitter @bonadossou
- instagram @bona.dossou
Machine Translation for African Languages

Bonaventure Dossou

Machine Translation for African Languages.

Who is the session for? This session is for anybody who has an interest in AI applied in the context of African Languages, for their promotion and preservation.

I want to expose a problem, a societal one: the fact that current AI is still English-centric, while our languages in Africa are endangered to extinction. Then expose solutions and efforts I, and other talented people are putting in place to tackle this challenge and put Africa on the NLP map. Finally, I hope to inspire others, find people to support us in our works.

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Meeting ID: 769 2546 6812, Passcode: 6hJA6z
February 22 8:00 PM UTC
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Open

Open Data Open Source Open Process Open Science Open Workflows Open Documentation Open Collaboration FAIR Data Data Curation
- twitter @EvoMRI
Integrating Wikidata into open science workflows

Daniel Mietchen

Wikidata is a database that anyone can edit and that forms a key component of the semantic web. In this session, we will explore how it intersects with open science workflows from the perspectives of community, content and infrastructure.

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We will use https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/FlashForward-2022-Wikidata-Open-Science for shared notes and for connection details.
February 22 9:00 PM UTC
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Fireside Chats

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- twitter @katyaabaz
Finding the gaps in local data and tech systems

Katya Abazajian

In October 2021, I launched a newsletter called Civic Source to share stories about common gaps in US local governments' use of data and technology to shape communities. Since then, I've been in dialogue with people developing startups, organizing with their communities, building data tools, and studying civic data and technology infrastructure in cities.

Across the board, people want to meet others who are working with local data and public technology to close the gaps in our public systems. Join this space to hear a little bit about my work and be prepared to join in on a fireside chat as I ask participants to share local data and tech challenges in their communities.

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Wednesday 23 February

February 23 1:00 AM UTC
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Flash Skills

FlashSkills Problem Definition TheGovLab
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Flash Skills: Defining the Problem through Fast Field Scanning (Session 1 repeat)

Graham Simpson

Fast field scanning - or rapid evidence review - refers to the skill of quickly getting up to speed on existing solutions to a problem. You will learn how to find solutions that have been tried before, how to assess the success of those solutions, and better evaluate whether solutions that worked elsewhere may help you in your work.

Please register via: https://ffwd.flashgrants.org/flashskills.html

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February 23 7:00 AM UTC
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Discussion
Providing Weather information in understandable language and using it effectively.

James Kirika

Providing weather information and taking appropriate action by sharing to community members who are affected by extreme weather conditions in Kibera slums.

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February 23 8:00 AM UTC
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Demo

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Creating access to robotics in South Africa

Michael Ettershank [coach]

In this interactive QnA type session Coach Michael will describe the successes and challenges he encountered in trying to create access for robotics education for all while at University of Johannesburg TechnoLab where he started a robotics competition open to all South Africans

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February 23 9:00 AM UTC
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Open tech IP COVID TRANSPARENCY
Pandemic Transparency Pandemic Technology - Open Up !

HJI SOUTH AFRICA

This pandemic has been beset with closeness and non sharing of basic data, IP, TECH, and agreements. How do we crack that open, globally. We will share expereinces in SA and seek to learn from others.

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February 23 10:00 AM UTC
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Open

Open Science Social Medicine GNU Health Libre Software
- twitter @meanmicio
A talk about Social Medicine and Open Science

Luis Falcon

I usually finish my talks with Virchow's aphorism, "Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale". Traveling around the world for last 20 years, and seeing the burden social inequality generates on the underprivileged has reinforced my mission to advance on Social Medicine. Science, without compassion, is not science. Our societies must evolve on the basis of equity, freedom, solidarity and open science. That is what the GNU Health project tries to deliver. I'd love share with you the history of the GNU Health project, a social project with a bit of technology behind.

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February 23 11:00 AM UTC
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Discussion

Open Access Repair Café.
- Twitter @mathduckson
- Instagram @mathewdukson
- Facebook @Mathewdukson
Repair and Reuse in Refugee Context

Mathew Lubari

I will sharing about our work as Community Creativity For Development(CC4D) in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement.

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February 23 12:00 PM UTC
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Flash Skills

FlashSkills Problem Definition TheGovLab
- twitter @TheGovLab
Flash Skills: Designing Your Theory of Change (Session 1)

Beth Noveck

Theory of Change is the skill of mapping how a solution is designed to respond to and address the problem. Theory of change asks you to work backwards from the solution to identify the necessary steps for change to happen and to lay out the underlying assumptions you’ve made. In the process, participants develop a more detailed understanding of the workflow needed to implement change and any potential risks that might arise as a result of incorrect assumptions.

Please register via: https://ffwd.flashgrants.org/flashskills.html

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February 23 12:00 PM UTC
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Breakaway space - Day 3

Jason Hudson

One of the best things about face to face events is the social spaces outside of the formal programme. Here you get to meet with new people, discuss ideas and plan for connecting later. Above all it's a space for exploration, catching up with contacts and building new relationships.

Join us as we try and replicate that using https://gather.town and feel free to use the space outside of the scheduled times.

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February 23 12:00 PM UTC
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Discussion

Open Data Democracy Transparency Accountability
- Twitter @Cecillia
- Instagram @Olliveira_Cecilia
Transparency, open data and democracy

Luiz Toledo is the co-founder of Fiquem Sabendo, a Brazilian NGO that finds, organizes and releases relevant public data for free. Our work and expertise is being used as a source of data by every major news outlet in Brazil, both at local, national and international levels. He is also one of the Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji) directors and develop different projects there to help journalists get and use public data. He serves as an education and public administration reporter. In this job, he became specialized in the Brazilian freedom of information act (called Lei de Acesso à Informação - similar to FOIA).

Fernanda Campagnucci is the Executive Director of Open Knowledge Brazil. She is a former member of the public management career at São Paulo City Hall and, from 2013 to 2019, implemented policies related to transparency, innovation, open government and digital transformation in the city. Served as Head of Integrity at the Comptroller General’s Office and led the Open Government and Digital Transformation Initiative at the Education Department – Pátio Digital.

Cecilia Olliveira is an investigative journalist who focuses on drug and arms trafficking and violence. In 2016, frustrated with the lack of publicly available data, she began mapping every shooting in Rio de Janeiro. This idea turned into Fogo Cruzado, an open data platform on armed violence that is spreading to every major city in Brazil. She was the only Latin American finalist in Reporters Without Borders’ 2020 Press Awards, which celebrates intrepid and courageous voices in global media.

We'll talk about how Brazilian freedom of information has changed in the last years and how Brazilians journalists are fighting to have information - and how this damage the democracy

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February 23 1:00 PM UTC
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Fireside Chats

Copy Right law copy right exemptions persons who are blind or visually impaired
Challenging South Africa's copyright law to stop discrimination against persons who are blind or visually impaired

Demichelle Petherbridge

For many people, getting hold of their favourite magazine or reading the latest book on their must-read list only means a trip to the nearest bookstore or library. However, for persons who are blind or visually impaired, the struggle is much greater. As the majority of published books are not available in formats like Braille or large print, persons who are blind or visually-impaired often need to take additional steps on their own to obtain a book in an accessible format. In South Africa, if an individual wants to convert a book into Braille, for example, part of that process includes adhering to the requirements of the Copyright Act. Unfortunately, this Act does not include any exemptions for people with disabilities, and ultimately places unfair and excessive burdens on individuals wanting to convert materials into accessible formats, especially those who don't have the resources or support to do so. SECTION27, a public interest organisation based in South Africa, successfully challenged the Copyright Act in the High Court last year for the way it discriminates against persons who are blind and visually impaired, and is now asking the Constitutional Court (the highest court in the country) to confirm the High Court's decision. This fireside chat, presented by the attorney on the case, aims to elaborate on why the Copyright Act is problematic for persons who are blind or visually impaired, what needs to be done to change this law, and how the Court can help.

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February 23 3:00 PM UTC
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Demo

open science open publishing
- twitter @chartgerink
ResearchEquals demo - publish step by step

Chris Hartgerink

ResearchEquals is a new open access publishing platform. In this session, you'll get up and running with the platform and ready to publish your latest work with the world. Come join us!

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February 23 4:00 PM UTC
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Open

open hardware open software open design distributed design
- twitter @eco_interact
- instagram @ecological.interaction
Ecological Indicators for technology choice

Jonathan Minchin

Sharing open source technology that helps us to observe and interact with ecosystems.

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February 23 5:00 PM UTC
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Open

agroecology open technologies agriculture global south
- gitlab @nanocastro
Open labs for agrecological transition

Nano Castro

I will be presenting our Open Agroecology Lab and talking about why and how open source practices and technologies can contribute to the agroecological transition of farms and farmers

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February 23 6:00 PM UTC
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Discussion

open innovation digital health self-management DIY open software inequalities policy coherence AI wearenovewaiting free innovation social stigma
- twitter @bumpy_man
- instagram @coachdrepano
Reducing health inequalities through patient-led innovation: the case of sickle cell disease

David-Zacharie Issom

Health inequalities have a significant impact on many aspects of society, such as lost productivity, decreased life expectancy, or poor Quality of Life (QoL). Particularly neglected, are the over 25 million people with Sickle cell disease (SCD), a genetic and chronic disease that affects populations who are particularly exposed to various disparities (e.g., access to healthy environment, wealth, racism). This disease kills most affected people before their 5th birthday, and survivors are left-alone to self-manage various precipitating of potentially lethal symptoms and complications. Mobile health apps have shown some potential to support self-management for people with chronic diseases. However, only a minority of patients use such apps for more than a week. As a result, the people who would benefit most from these apps often underuse them. The objective of this thesis was to investigate whether radical patient-centered approaches, namely Patient-Led Research (PLR), could encourage the design, the development and the adoption of apps that would support patient-important self-management needs and patient empowerment. Several studies were conducted with patients using a mixed methods approach, and following this PLR approach. As a demonstrator, a digital companion in the form of a chatbot has been developed and evaluated by different groups of patients, who agreed on the usefulness and usability of the companion. This patient-led approach to innovation allowed to point out various patient-important aspects such as robustness, easy integration in day-to-day life in order to not add any additional burden to already hectic daily self-care practices, health data interoperability and data security. This approach also allowed to emphasize the importance of patients’ voices and experiential knowledge in designing system which take into action various disparities, so they do not increase health inequalities.

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David Issom (HUG-UNIGE) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Reducing health inequalities through patient-led innovation: the case of sickle cell disease Time: Feb 24, 2022 19:00 Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna

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Thursday 24 February

February 24 1:00 AM UTC
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Flash Skills

FlashSkills Problem Definition TheGovLab
- twitter @TheGovLab
Flash Skills: Designing Your Theory of Change (Session 1 repeat)

Henri Hammond-Paul

Theory of Change is the skill of mapping how a solution is designed to respond to and address the problem. Theory of change asks you to work backwards from the solution to identify the necessary steps for change to happen and to lay out the underlying assumptions you’ve made. In the process, participants develop a more detailed understanding of the workflow needed to implement change and any potential risks that might arise as a result of incorrect assumptions.

Please register via: https://ffwd.flashgrants.org/flashskills.html

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February 24 9:00 AM UTC
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Discussion

Open Science Citizen Science Biodiversity Commons Clean Water Inclusion
- twitter @I_Vinodh
- instagram @vinodh.i
An oppressed community empowers as citizen scientists

Vinodh Ilangovan

Labdemic is an initiative to generate and preserve multidimensional knowledge of communities that is excluded in the current system. In this session, I will share a proposal to empower members of an oppressed community in Tamil Nadu, India to harvest water sustainably and preserve biodiversity using citizen science and commons approach. Join me to learn more and share your ideas on access to clean water for inclusive future.

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February 24 10:00 AM UTC
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Technology Design Human Computer Interaction Interaction Design Co-design; Participatory Design Nature Connection Environmental Education Ecology Citizen Science Open Science Wildlife Conservation Planetary Health
- Twitter @JessieLOliver
- LinkedIn jessieloliver
- Research Gate Jessica-Oliver-2
From ecological to design thinking: How design research revealed technology needs to support people connecting with nature and science

Jessie Oliver

If you are interested in nature or design, then come along and learn about my journey transitioning from an ecologist, to also becoming a technology design researcher. I will share the methods I used in my design research, as well as how my thinking about science and design changed over time. Lastly, I will highlight how my new ways of thinking have been invaluable in my work beyond my PhD research.

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February 24 11:00 AM UTC
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Conservation Wildlife Sustainable use natural resources
- Twitter africa_resource
- Facebook @theresourceafricanetwork
PROTECTING OUR RIGHT TO MANAGE AND SUSTAINABLY USE OUR WILDLIFE.

Lesle Jansen,

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights recently announced Resolution 489 that recognises and protects the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) to use and manage their natural resources. Resource Africa celebrates this announcement, as it calls on African governments to strengthen their commitment to uphold the rights of IPLCs to manage and sustainably use their natural resources for their benefit. This Resolution must be seen in context with draft legislation and policies beyond Africa that stand against the sustainable use of wildlife.

What does this resolution mean for communities engaged in conservation?

How do they protect their livelihood from the impact of government policies abroad?

Join us for a discussion with Lesle Jansen of Resource Africa and Dr. Rodgers Lubilo of the Community Leaders Network.as they unpack Resolution 489.

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Register and join via: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L2A3X4wiR5m09Q_vy2FRpQ
February 24 12:00 PM UTC
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Flash Skills

FlashSkills Problem Definition TheGovLab
- twitter @TheGovLab
Flash Skills: Solving Public Problems with Open Innovation (Session 1)

Beth Noveck

Open innovation describes the distributed process of working across organizational boundaries to accelerate innovation. Open innovation enhances both the effectiveness and legitimacy of problem solving. You will learn more about collective intelligence methods and understand how you may incorporate collective intelligence into an upcoming project.

Please register via: https://ffwd.flashgrants.org/flashskills.html

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February 24 2:00 PM UTC
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Breakaway space - Day 4

Jason Hudson

One of the best things about face to face events is the social spaces outside of the formal programme. Here you get to meet with new people, discuss ideas and plan for connecting later. Above all it's a space for exploration, catching up with contacts and building new relationships.

Join us as we try and replicate that using https://gather.town and feel free to use the space outside of the scheduled times.

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February 24 3:00 PM UTC
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Discussion

datos abiertos autocuidado memoria justicia seguridad digital acompañamiento
- twitter @anamhoo
Cuidados digitales para dateros sensibles

Mayeli Sánchez Martínez

Esta sesión busca facilitar un diálogo sobre tema de la importancia del autocuidado y los cuidados colectivos en las comunidades que trabajan con datos relacionados con las violencias con énfasis en la seguridad digital. Partiremos de nuestras experiencias para generar un mapa de emociones, daremos un recorrido sobre riesgos al usar tecnologías de las relaciones, la información y la comunicación, compartiremos estrategias y finalmente se crearemos un kit de herramientas para cuidarnos.

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February 24 3:00 PM UTC
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anti-racism white privilege public intellectual activism Black Lives Matter
- Twitter @postphdtheblog Insta
What does it mean to be a white person fighting white supremacy? On navigating anti-racism while melanin-deficient

Allison Harbin

Join Allison Harbin as she discusses finding her place, and then knowing her place, as she navigates the work of anti-racism in education. In this fireside chat, I'll talk about what I've learned, and what BIPOC peoples wish white people would understand. I'll talk about the pitfalls of white saviorism, and how to keep fighting against racism.

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February 24 4:00 PM UTC
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:social entrepreneurs social enterprises law legal codes of conduct for-profit not for proit contracts copyright licences
- twitter @andrewrens_ria
Launching the Guide for Social Enterprises

Andrew Rens, Chris Mc

We will celebrate the launch of the Guide for Social Enterprises. A draft guide will be workshopped during the week, and this will be an opportunity to take a look at what is in 1.0 of the guide, and share about our challenges starting and running social enterprises

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February 24 5:00 PM UTC
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STEM education conservation technology
Inspiring tomorrow's generation with STEM in conservation

Andy Moore, Alasdair Davies

We'll discuss how Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) can be applied in wildlife and environmental conservation by developing engaging activities for tomorrow's generation of young minds.

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February 24 6:00 PM UTC
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Open

Open Knowledge Open Science Open Education Open Data Global South Non-profit
- twitter @everton137
- LinkedIn @everton137
How to create an Open Knowledge Organization in the Global South from scratch

Everton Zanella Alvarenga

This will be a short presentation about the challenges, mistakes and successes on how a civil society organization promoting access to open knowledge was created. The idea was born while backpacking in Europe in 2011 during the Open Knowledge Conference, in Berlin, to create a hosting organization that could build tools to foster access to open knowledge, from public government data, educational resources, access to scientific knowledge to open source software.

The organization was led by me for three years after taking two years to gather a community around this idea, and next year it will complete 10 years of existence. Today I am part of the board of Open Knowledge Brazil, which I am glad to see growing and becoming each day more professional and relevant in a disinformation society.

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February 24 7:00 PM UTC
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Factchecking The Gambia's Presidential Elections

Sang Mendy

This session will be a short one detailing how Inspire Communications and FactCheck Gambia the only indigenous and first independent digital fact-checking platform collaborated to curbing false/fake news from politicians and their sympathizers before, during and after the presidential elections.

Our desire was to close the palpable market gap for an independent, non- partisan fact-checking programme in The Gambia.

An online digital platform was set up to curb the spread of dis/misinformation on both traditional and social media by target and correct false or misleading claims or statements.The corrected versions were translated by staff of Inspire Communication in three local languages and aired in at least 12 community and private radio stations to reach the mass audience.

This initiative comes at a time when the growing menace of information disorder is gradually undermining trust in the Gambian media and the country’s burgeoning democracy.

Through this collaboration, the media houses share all verified and fact checked content produced by FactCheck Gambia. The ultimate goal was to help promote accuracy in all political engagements on social media, rebuild trust in news, journalism/media and safeguard Gambia’s democracy.

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Friday 25 February

February 25 12:00 AM UTC
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Open Software Maya Language Automatic Interpreter
Ma’asab makachi (No more silent)

Silvia Fernández Sabido, Laura Mayorga Peniche

First steps for the creation of simultaneous automatic interpreters for the native languages of America, starting with the Mayan language of Yucatán.

This session will be presented in Spanish and English simultaneously. This is because our topic is about simultaneous interpreters, so we think it's a good idea to make a dynamic presentation in two languages to ilustrate certain ideas.

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February 25 1:00 AM UTC
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Flash Skills

FlashSkills Problem Definition TheGovLab
- twitter @TheGovLab
Flash Skills: Solving Public Problems with Open Innovation (Session 1 repeat)

Edward Paulino

Open innovation describes the distributed process of working across organizational boundaries to accelerate innovation. Open innovation enhances both the effectiveness and legitimacy of problem solving. You will learn more about collective intelligence methods and understand how you may incorporate collective intelligence into an upcoming project.

Please register via: https://ffwd.flashgrants.org/flashskills.html

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February 25 6:00 AM UTC
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TAKA NI PATO (Waste is a resource)

Sam Dindi, David Kamau

Taka ni pato is a swahili phrase meaning waste is a resource. We are working with 200 young people in Kibera in a solid waste management social enterprise. The activities involve garbage collection at House hold level, upcycling of Plastic, glass and organic waste and selling of recyclable materials for further processing

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February 25 7:30 AM UTC
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- twitter @bro_slovo
Using Virtual Reality for Subversive Storytelling/ Social Justice

Dylan Valley

How can Virtual Reality be used to challenge dominant narratives and to enable social justice? Using my VR documentary Azibuye- The Occupation as a case study, I will discuss the possibilities and limitations of the medium. This will be framed as a conversation, and inputs from participants are welcome.

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February 25 8:00 AM UTC
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Internet Freedom Internet Censorship Circumvention Open Software
2 minutes to create an Android app: To help people avoid censorship

Emily Brown, Charlie Smith, Martin Johnson

AppMaker is a tool that allows anyone to easily create a customized Android app in minutes, with circumvention technology built in.

AppMaker is free and useful for anyone working on content and information distribution under an internet censorship environment (e.g. China). If your websites or apps are blocked by censors, try creating a censorship resistant app with AppMaker. It only takes 2 minutes.

For more information: https://appmaker.greatfire.org/

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February 25 8:30 AM UTC
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WomenInTech OpenSource OpenCommunities InclusiveTechnology gender inclusion
- twitter @bhuvanakotees1
Engaging Women in technology spheres: Women In Tech collectives, India

Bhuvana Meenakshi Koteeswaran, Gayathri, Shanthi, Harshna, Reshma

Mahatma Gandhi once said India lives in its villages. But women in these villages lack the opportunities women in cities currently have in the tech field. To address this issue, Women in Tech collective (WITc) has started a program by creating a platform for training and employment of these women from their remote locations. DEWI (Develop and Empower Women Impact in tech) is an academy established for providing training and placement of women from rural backgrounds. Coko Foundations has collaborated with WITc in India to establish this academy from a service provider to product owner which will ensure that DEWI will be able to support more women interested in a career in technology. WITc is a small, community-led organisation that helps women and marginalised communities who don’t have access to the infrastructure or guidance that they need to develop their skills. Coko and WITc are collaborating to develop a curriculum to support a cohort of women with coaching, work experience, and ongoing mentoring.

This academy focuses on upskilling and identifying the streams of interest of the students across various publishing technologies viz., front and backend development, document conversion, UI/UX design, QA processes, deployment technologies, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and many more. These students are from all types of different backgrounds and all of them are united to create a change in their society with hands-on training to develop live deliverable industry based projects. We believe that this program will help them find their passion and support them to achieve what they desire to take up as a career for a living.

As part of the International Women’s month we are rolling out our first cohort of “Train the Trainers” program. In this event we will train the trainers who will receive mentoring from experienced mentors on 4 themes and tech stacks each week throughout March. Google India, Coko Foundation and GeekyAnts India have come forward to help us to provide support and mentors to share their skills with 20-30 trainers. These trainers from the WITc community will in turn train 100-150 women student developers from each of their regions. The initiative is hoping to train a minimum of 500-600 students over the course of this program. We hope that this initiative will enable more women student developers (beginners to tech) to get trained in various technologies like cloud management, open publishing technologies, Native base and other fundamentals topics.

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February 25 9:00 AM UTC
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internet freedom internet blockage censorship correlation and causation
- twitter @SueletteD
Is internet freedom actually good?

Dr Suelette Dreyfus suelette@unimelb.edu.au

We all assume access to an uncensored internet is good for us, and good for society. But is that true? Where is the evidence? In the wake of the violence in the US Capitol in January 2021, and the misinformation spread about COVID and its vaccines, is there more than just mantras saying 'unfettered access to the internet is a good thing'? There is data showing internet access is a positive thing for economic growth, but being able to login to the internet is not the same as internet freedom. We are on a hunt for data sets that answer the question of whether internet freedom is correlated with 'positive things' in a society. Right now, we are going to use existing data sets on things such as Internet 'freedom' (Freedom House), internet shutdowns and restrictions (Access Now). These might also include 'well being of people' in a country, 'good governance' or perceived lack of corruption (TI Index), economic development, and rating on the Fragile States index (The Fund for Peace). Using these, and other data sets, we want to learn, what if any correlation exists. Where is the correlation strongest? And weakest? It's early days in an academic research project I'm kicking off with my PhD student; please come along to share thoughts and critiques of how to answer this sticky question.

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February 25 10:00 AM UTC
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Open-Source Software Animation Open Movies
- twitter @morevnaproject
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Transparency in Animation Production

Konstantin Dmitriev

In this talk we will look how Morevna Project animation studio applies principle of transparency to animation production.

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February 25 11:00 AM UTC
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English, Japanese,

DIY bio open source cultured meat citizen science
- twitter @shojinmeat
Cultured meat factory at VRChat and intro to open-source DIY cultured meat

Yuki Hanyu

We brew meat at home and lead the public toward a transparent and democratized cellular agriculture

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February 25 11:00 AM UTC
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Biotechnology Synthetic Biology Open Wetware Open Hardware Open Software Commons Open License Frugal Science Biofoundry Wetware Library Enzyme Manufacturing
FreeGenes and Friendzymes: Let's Democratize and Globally Distribute the Means of Biotechnological Production

Isaac Larkin

We need to massively expand and globally distribute biotechnological productive capacity over the next couple of decades in order to help build a sustainable, carbon-negative, and climate-resilient human civilization. However, we are not currently growing bioengineers or global biotechnological productive capacity anywhere near fast enough to achieve this transformation in time to dodge ecological collapse and mass extinction. FreeGenes and Friendzymes have been trying to address this by helping to build a global biotechnological commons that massively lowers the financial, legal, and knowledge/skill-based barriers to learning and making useful things with biotechnology. In particular, this session will open with a short (~10-15 min) talk covering FreeGenes' and Friendzymes' work to develop and leverage free and open wetware libraries and low-cost/open-source scientific equipment toward making strain engineering and enzyme manufacturing as cheap and scalable as possible, as well as some of the challenges we still face. Then, the session will open up for questions and discussion aimed at (1) learning more about these initiatives and how to contribute to democratizing the means of biotechnological productions; and (2) exploring the challenges facing the democratization and expansion of global biotechnological productive capacity, and how to overcome them.

This session is for people interested in learning more about open source biotechnology, biotechnological production, and frugal science aimed at global sustainability; as well as for anyone already working on any of these things.

This session hopes to get people excited about democratized biotechnology, connect people who might be able to collaborate in the effort to democratize and globally distribute the means of biotechnological production, and to surface potential solutions to the challenges that inhibit the speed of biotechnological democratization and distribution.

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February 25 12:00 PM UTC
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Flash Skills

FlashSkills Problem Definition TheGovLab
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Flash Skills: Creating the Killer Memo (Session 1)

Beth Noveck

To implement your projects, you will need to persuade people at every step of the process. Memos can help pitch your projects to participants, funders, and managers. You will learn strategies for persuasive memo writing to help you advance your work, a current project or a new idea.

Please register via: https://ffwd.flashgrants.org/flashskills.html

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February 25 3:00 PM UTC
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Open Technologies Biotechnology Open Hardware Biomanufacturing Bioeconomy
- twitter @openbioeconomy
Convergence of open in the bioeconomy: a new future post-COVID

Jenny Molloy, Thomas Mboa, Louise Bezuidenhout, Aneth David, Gameli Adzaho, Belay Tilahun, Nano Castro, Isaac Larkin

COVID-19 has brought the power of biotechnology to the world stage: from PCR tests to vaccines, billions of people have seen its direct impact in their lives. However, COVID also highlighted the broken supply chains, inequitable access to technology and lack of inclusive designs that mean fewer people benefit from these technologies that are shaping our lives and futures. In this panel, a diverse group of open scientists will discuss what has changed in open biotech in the last two years, the triumphs, failures, awakenings and missed opportunities. We'll also look to the future of the bioeconomy and how a convergence of open technologies, open governance and open data could make that future more equitable and sustainable for both people and the planet.

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February 25 4:00 PM UTC
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Open Access Open Publishing México Angola
Hacia la democratización del acceso y generación del conocimiento: Colaboración México - Angola

Arianna Becerril, Eurico Wongo Gungula

Este evento mostrará los resultados del proyecto de colaboración entre la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México y la Universidad Oscar Ribas apoyado por UNESCO para establecer una estrategia nacional de Acceso Abierto en Angola.

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February 25 5:00 PM UTC
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Global People Power Activism Creativity Open Resources + Content Games Methodologies Strategy
- twitter:@BTroublemakers instagram @beautifultroublehq FACEBOOK
BeautifulTrouble for the Win: New resources for people power

Nadine Bloch

Are you an activist, organizer, or simply Interested in building more creative and effective people powered civil resistance movements? Join us to explore the universe of BeautifulTrouble’s Toolbox, including the new Movement Compass and BATMo! Curriculum for trainers. Leave with new understanding of people power strategy & tactics and how BeautifulTrouble's creative commons resources can support your work.

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February 25 6:00 PM UTC
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democracy facilitation post-polarization
scaling deliberation

Liz Barry

linking collective intelligence with binding power

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February 25 7:00 PM UTC
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open data open source ostrom commons governance
Governing the commons: applying Ostrom's principles to software and data

Greg Bloom

Commons are resources that people share. Famously, commons are vulnerable to tragic outcomes – as people's rational self-interest can lead to actions that endanger the resource. Elinor Ostrom demonstrated that tragedy is not inevitable: commons can be successfully governed, and there are common principles that characterize successful resource sharing systems. Last year, we discussed a draft of a framework for applying Ostrom's principles of commons governance to open source software communities; in the past year, these principles have also been applied to data commons. We'll discuss both efforts and workshop iterative improvements on these frameworks for governance design.

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February 25 8:00 PM UTC
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networking breakout social water cooler informal
Closing session

Jason Hudson

Join us for a low-key closing session where we will just hang out and chat in the social space we created.

One of the best things about face to face events is the social spaces outside of the formal programme. Here you get to meet with new people, discuss ideas and plan for connecting later. Above all it's a space for exploration, catching up with contacts and building new relationships.

Join us as we try and replicate that using https://gather.town and feel free to use the space outside of the scheduled times.

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Saturday 26 February

February 26 12:00 AM UTC
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Buscando a nuestrxs amadxs desaparecidxs

Graciela Perez Rodriguez, Tamar Hayrikyan

El fortalecimiento de la accion ciudadana para disminuir la violencia en México

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February 26 1:00 AM UTC
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Flash Skills

FlashSkills Problem Definition TheGovLab
- twitter @TheGovLab
Flash Skills: Creating the Killer Memo (Session 1 repeat)

Kate Cummings

To implement your projects, you will need to persuade people at every step of the process. Memos can help pitch your projects to participants, funders, and managers. You will learn strategies for persuasive memo writing to help you advance your work, a current project or a new idea.

Please register via: https://ffwd.flashgrants.org/flashskills.html

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