Announcements

Global Development Network (GDN)’s 18th Global Development Conference, titled ‘Science, Technology and Innovation for Development,’ will be held in New Delhi on 22-23 March, 2018.  The conference will be a forum where global actors from governments, research, private sector and civil society can share knowledge and practices on ...

The Mekong Tourism Forum 2018 will take place from 26-29 June 2018 at Nakhon Phanom University.  MTF 2018 continues its objective from MTF 2017 to be inclusive and experiential. Similar as in Luang Prabang, where over 50 travel operators and tourism organisations were part in making the destination ...

The 6th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit will be held at National Convention Center in Vietnam’s capital city of Ha Noi on 29 – 31 March 2018. The Sixth GMS Summit of Leaders, hosted by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, carries the theme “Leveraging ...

UNESCO Hackathon at FOSSASIA Summit will take place from Saturday March 24, to Sunday March 25, 2018 at the Lifelong Learning Institute, Singapore. The event aims to bring together forward thinking citizens with innovators, hackers, scientists, and makers from around the world in Asia, create open ...

The Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) is one of the key features of the 2018 Mekong Tourism Forum. The MIST, scheduled for 26-27 June 2018, covers: -Workshops for tourism startups (by invitation via MIST) (Request Invitation at MIST <link to http://mist.asia/contact/) -MIST Connect – for travel operator and ...

A new report provides investors with a breakthrough roadmap for measuring the effectiveness of system-level investing strategies, including measuring progress toward achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Access the report ...

An online exhibit by Focus on The Global South to commemorate women’s role in food provision on the International Day of Women and in observance of Women’s Month. More detail ...

Due to a blossoming of interest from tourism startups in Viet Nam post-Tết, MIST will be extending the application deadline for startups based in Viet Nam to March 24. However, applicants wishing to take advantage of the deadline extension must still email mist@mekongbiz.org before March 10 ...

Standards are documented, reusable agreements that affect us every day. Open standards for data make it easier for people and organisations to publish, access, share and use better quality data.  More detail   ...

Mozilla’s research uncovers important ways to promote diversity and inclusion in open source projects. Open source undoubtedly has a diversity problem. In fact, tech has a diversity problem. But this isn’t news — women, people of color, parents, non-technical contributors, gay, lesbian, transgender, and other marginalized people and allies have shared stories of challenge for years.  More detail   ...