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OpenSesame BarCamp February 2009 - Lebanon

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(FYI:  This is a collaborative website that anybody can edit to register, add sessions/ideas, volunteer for time slots, etc, HOWEVER, only one person can edit it at a time.  If you want to edit (for example, to register), but it shows that somebody else is editing it, please try again soon. Remember, you have to sign in to the website (upper right) first, and then click on "EDIT" on the upper left to make changes.  If you still have difficulty, you can contact us at <innovate (at) therootspace (dot) org> or at <sami.tueni (at) naharnet (dot) com>. Cheers!)

OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon (Beirut, Lebanon; February 28, 2009) 

  1. OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon (Beirut, Lebanon; February 28, 2009) 
  2. OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon Open Press Release
    1. Session Notes
    2. Pictures
    3. Schedule as determined by the group on Feb 28.
    4. Calling All Bloggers, Writers, Twitterers, Taggers, etc. (use tag: "barcamp-lebanon")
  3. Team
    1. Thanks RootSpace, Naharnet, AUB/OSB, VISP, Microsoft, Creative Commons, Youth Shadow Government, and __others?__!!! 
    2. Sponsor, Partner, Organizer logos :-) 
  4. Timeline
      1. Kickoff planning session: Wednesday, January 28 (RootSpace)
      2. Deadline for Free Pre-Registration: February 24
      3. Event: Saturday, February 28, 10am-5pm (registration also available on-site at $20... so pre-register!)
      4. Location: American University of Beirut, Nicely Hall 4th Floor (easiest to enter through AUB Main Gate on Bliss Street, by Malik's Bookshop and McDonald's, etc)
      5. What's next?  Good question... www.barcamp.org/BarCampLebanon is open for ideas. :-)
  5. Session Suggestions
  6. Project Needs (please sponsor, or help us find sponsors!) 
  7. Volunteer Slots on the Day of the BarCamp (to help with registration, information, etc)
  8. Participant Registration (also necessary for volunteers, etc...)
    1. How to Register
  9. Security & Voting System(by: Serge)?

OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon Open Press Release

http://www.barcamp.org/OpenSesame-BarCamp-Lebanon-press

 

Session Notes

http://www.barcamp.org/OpenSesame-BarCamp-Lebanon-notes

 

Pictures

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35846696@N02/

 

Schedule as determined by the group on Feb 28.

11am-noon: welcome session, setting the schedule of the day, etc...

 
 Room 410: Funkey Room 411: Einstein Room 412:Venus Room 416: Silent Room 417: Chlorophyl
Session 1 (12:15 -> 13:00 ) Writing a How To Startup for dummies (Samer N. K.) Intellectual property laws (Donatela, Mustafa) What exactly is Open Source? Functional programming / LISP (Makram) Archiving/Sharing content (Eugene)
Session 2 (14:00 -> 14:45) Using the web for advocacy/ICT and politics (Jumana, Eugene) Social media marketing (Gaith Saqer) Modern web frameworks, W3C standards, web templating (Tuomas,Samer,Ramsey) State of computer/software education in Lebanon and the Arab region (Makram) Regular, face-to-face meeting of hackers to discuss, compete, and collaborate (Raja Baz)
Session 3 (15:00 -> 15:45) Lebanese talent and expert knowledge/managing talent pool. (Samer N.K., Nassif) use of ICT in education/ survival guides for students (Eugene, Dima) Web and Network security and/or privacy (Christophe) Arabic web typography/Arabizing the web (Ramsey) 3D Games and graphics in Lebanon (Abdallah)
Session 4 (16:00 -> 16:30) Where to from here? (Munir)        

 

A6: We would love your help!  Check out the website and check out the "Volunteer" section and the "Needs" section... we have some volunteer slots to fill on the day of the event, plus still some things we need to get done beforehand.  (FYI... we are all volunteers for this event, so your help would be extra-appreciated!)  

 

 

"Openness" provides many benefits in education, society and social development, technology, innovation, government, the business world, civil society, arts and creativity, intellectual development, and much much more.  "Closed systems", "closed minds", obsessive protection, and hording of information and knowledge all slow down innovation, ideas, and development.

To help promote "openness" in various contexts, we are organizing our very own "OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon" in Beirut on February 28.  (More info below.)  Through this event we are providing a forum to discuss open source technology initiatives (like Linux, Apache, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, OpenOffice, OpenSocial, etc), collaborative problem solving, Creative Commons and intellectual property in Lebanon and the region, open business models, Arabic on the web and collaborative sites (like Wikipedia, etc), and more.  Please join us!

Who should come?  Technology developers, entrepreneurs, students, lawyers, teachers, artists, bloggers, journalists, product and graphic designers, and anyone interested in social, political, or economic development wanting to learn more, share knowledge, and meet interesting people.  (We are also looking for some talented lawyers to help with a Creative Commons translation/adaptation project for Lebanon. Please let me know if you might be interested, or know of someone who might be interested.  It takes a bit of volunteer work, but it is also a great way to promote a lawyer or firm interested in intellectual property rights law.)

Exciting competitions, with prizes, are in the works for the BarCamp on Feb 28!  Door prizes and giveaways are also in the works, so be sure to sign up below, and be sure to come to the event early that day!  Also, be sure to put your shirt size on the registration form below so we can order enough shirts for everybody...

... and YES!  Shirts+Giveaways+Lunch+Great Company+Great Ideas+Good Time=Free, but only for those who sign up below before Feb 24.

 

Calling All Bloggers, Writers, Twitterers, Taggers, etc. (use tag: "barcamp-lebanon")

In order to make all blog/twitter/facebook postings related to this event searchable, please tag everything with: "barcamp-lebanon".  Thanks!

Team

Initiating Organizers David Munir Nabti (RootSpace) and Sami Tueni (Naharnet)
Co-Organizers Youth Shadow Government (IT/Telecom emphasis); Creative Commons (Donna, MidEast Rep); (some others tentative... and you?)
Sponsors Microsoft, VISP (others coming soon... have a suggestion?  ... let us know... ) 
Host Dr. Tony Feghali, AUB/Olayan School of Business (LOCATION CONFIRMED: AUB Nicely Hall) 
Volunteers and Others... Special thanks to all the volunteers!  (Chantal, Ingrid, Fadi, Jessica, Tony, Mir, Denys, + others listed below...)  :-)

Thanks RootSpace, Naharnet, AUB/OSB, VISP, Microsoft, Creative Commons, Youth Shadow Government, and __others?__!!! 

Sponsor, Partner, Organizer logos :-) 

    

Timeline

  • Kickoff planning session: Wednesday, January 28 (RootSpace)

  • Deadline for Free Pre-Registration: February 24

  • Event: Saturday, February 28, 10am-5pm (registration also available on-site at $20... so pre-register!)

  • Location: American University of Beirut, Nicely Hall 4th Floor (easiest to enter through AUB Main Gate on Bliss Street, by Malik's Bookshop and McDonald's, etc)

    Come at 10am... give a call if you have any difficulty (03-138-770, or 03-311-588).

  • What's next?  Good question... www.barcamp.org/BarCampLebanon is open for ideas. :-)

Session Suggestions

Make your interests known by suggesting discussion sessions you would like to have or voting for existing suggestions. To do so, edit this page and modify the table below.  (You can suggest sessions for things you know about, or for questions you have, or just for people interested in a certain topic to discuss, etc...)

# of Fans Suggested sessions Description Suggested by
7 "Arabizing" the web

Getting more people in Lebanon (and Arab World) involved/contributing to wikipedia and other open/collaborative projects (in Arabic, English, etc... esp Arabic).

 David Munir Nabti
3 Building the Cluster...  what needs to be done to have open source (development, use, etc) flourish in Lebanon?  where are some of the key gaps? DMN
4

Survival Guides

 		 Developing a Lebanese student resource and survival guide website (a collaborative mini wiki ex. http://students.wikia.com/wiki/Students_Wikia) where they could find practical tips/answers/ideas to succeed in their first years at university (how to take notes, how to do a quick/efficient online research, how to write a bibliography, how to write a research paper, how to build a good reading list, how to prepare for a final exam, etc…)    
 Dima Saber
3 Promoting Open Source

shows the critical value of using open source software to develop Arab media , and begin a concerted effort to promote open source software in the Arab media, to help create centres of excellence.

 

Eqbal Q.


 
3 Entering Sesame Networking media professionals, trainers, organizations, funders; aggregating, translating training materials Jessica Dheere
3 Creating synergies how can startups, developers and entrepreneurs in lebanon and the region help each other out by sharing and benefiting from each other's ressources: office space, infrastructure, technology, experience, contacts, costs ... Sami Tueni
3 Placing Lebanon on the Digital Map With the exponential growth of the web, use of open source technology, access to "free/open" data and knowledge, everyone now has the tools to compete in this global market. The region is increasingly active online and startups are spurring all over with very exciting and innovative services. What needs to be done to turn Lebanon into a regional online powerhouse? How do we stimulate innovation? How do we attract investments? How do we bring talent back to the country? Sami Tueni
2 OpenStreetMap Lebanon

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative mapping initiative to create a free ediable map of the whole world (think wikipedia for geographic data), using GPS devices, aerial photography or other map sources. OSM has been active in Lebanon for two years now, and the map is starting to take shape. I intend to give a short crash course introducing the attendees to the project, performing live mapping operations and showcasing some common gadgets we use. Will follow a discussion regarding topics such as 'can we trust the wisdom of the crowds', 'what does freeing public mapping data infer' and 'what are potential ramifications of the project for Lebanon'.

 Michel Barakat
1  Attract Foreign Companies 

- Push foreign companies to give conferences in Lebanon (à la Facebook Developer Garage http://tinyurl.com/FBGarage ) and recruit local talent.

- Involve Lebanese expatriates abroad in these types of collaborative events.

- Showcase and assist Lebanese entrpreneurship

 Fadi Salloum 
1 Intellectual Property Laws /Copyright reform/Creative Commons licenses for beginners

 

What does copyright mean in the digital media? how can we protect our work while sharing it legally?how can we improve innovation and creativity on the Internet by encouraging sharing -and legal protection of our work at the same time-?

 

Donatella Della Ratta
1 Where to from here?  Assuming this BarCamp is an amazing AMAZING success, as I'm sure it will be... ;-) where to from here?  There are already discussions around future BarCamps around (in no particular order) (1) education (fostering critical thinking, creative problem solving, tech, and innovation in Lebanon's  system (development of a knowledge-based, tech-enabled, innovative population); (2) human rights and technology (possibly to coincide with a large HR-Tech conference in May hosted at UC Berkeley, linked up by videoconference....); (3) green-tech, green energy.  Which ideas do you like?  What other ones should be considered?  Since BarCamp is an open platform, and since anyone can organize a BarCamp anywhere, how could/should we proceed? (also, def want to organize some outside of Beirut) (we already set up http://barcamp.org/BarCampLebanon ... what else?) David Munir Nabti
1 Creative Commons for the media: how can broadcasters, filmakers and film schools use the licenses?

Creative Commons for professionals and amateurs in the media. How the licenses can be used by broadcasters and filmakers. What are the advantages for film schools and educational institutions in the media field.

Focus on case studies coming out from the Arab region, like the Al Jazeera Creative Commons footage repository.

 Donatella Della Ratta
2 The sad state of Arabic web typography Fonts are difficult to manage on the web regardless of language, but Arabic fonts are in a particularly disappointing state. The ugliness of the few available fonts combined with the lack of standardization across platforms makes it almost impossible to ensure a consistent (or even predictable) user experience on Arabic websites. What can we, as Arabic speaking developers, do to put the Arabic internet on par with the rest of it? Ramsey Nasser
2 Standards based web template engine Large websites generated by PHP scripts often use some kind of template engine for long term maintainability. I have developed my own tool to this effect that I would like to share with the development community. My engine promotes web standards and uses syntax taken from existing web technologies such CSS, jQuery and XML DOM in an effort to "recycle knowledge" and make it easy to learn. It is still in alpha and a bit rough around the edges, although it is stably deployed on several of my clients' sites and my own. It can be found atcode.ramseynasser.com/fiddle/ Ramsey Nasser
2 Why is Lebanese broadband internet so crippled? Compared to connections in other countries, Lebanon's DSL plan is disappointing to say the least. Not only are speeds well below western averages, users are constrained by two different limits: we pay monthly, but our bandwidth is capped as well! Is there any good reason for this? Maybe someone in the shadow government could shed some light on the issue (no pun intended) Ramsey Nasser
1 An Open (or More Open) Political System in Lebanon?  Tech tools to the rescue (at least partially?)? A special look (or a separate session?) on ELECTION TECH.
 We need a more effective, accountable, transparent political system in Lebanon.  How is the government shaping up, improving, and applying tech tools to help in the process? What are some big gaps? What tech tools are being used by civil society in Lebanon to promote these efforts? Some already exist (such as the Leb Parliamentary Monitor), but what more could be done to promote a fair, clean, balanced, efficient, and effective government? How could such technologies be used to expand the participation and impact of citizens and civil socity? What models can we look to elsewhere in the world? (Also check out eDemocracyCamp2).  With Parliamentary Elections around the corner (June 7), let's maybe take a special look at election/tech tools... David Munir Nabti
  State of computer/software education in Lebanon and the Arab region Across the globe all technological hubs spur around universities but such a phenomenon is yet to appear in Lebanon or in any Arab country for that matter. Could the situation stem from a lacking educational system? Specifically how well prepared are the students that are coming out when it comes to fundamentals be it in hardware or software theory/paradigms? Should a new approach be tackled and if so how? Your experiences in the workforce might shed light on what we should be pushing for. Mackram Raydan
2

Lebanese Talent & Expert Knowledge

(unclogging the brain drain)

 Bla bla bla, and then some more, although I agree with all the above, the biggest issue i'm facing (day in day out in everything from photography, to banking, to web development, to senior management, to women) is the lack of talented or specialized or expert Lebanese.  Wars and cowardice has left this country dry of people who really push the envelope (who are not consultants).  How do we locate such people?  How do we bring them to / back to Lebanon if need be?  How do we challenge them?  How do we keep their egos in check? ... bla bla Samer Karam
3 Writing a How To Startup for Dummies
 Perhaps with the coming of great minds we could write a quick 'How-To' on setting up a Startup in Lebanon.  This could involve, IP, Legal, Funding, Talent, Infrastructure, Support, Etc.  We could publish this as an artifact of the first BarCamp, and opensauce it on a wiki for continuous refinement. Samer Karam
1 Quick Workshop on Brainstorming A quick how to on Brainstorming in order to make the best of this first BarCamp.  Involves techniques first seen with IDEO (www.ideo.com)  Samer Karam
1  IPTV & DRM (Digital Rights Management)  Distribution of television programs and other content over the Internet and digital rights management (DRM), how are media companies guaranteed that the content is protected?  Ramzi G. Baramki 
1  Social Media Marketing  A quick intro in how to use social media for FREE in marketing. Gaith Saqer 
       
       
       
       
       

 

Project Needs (please sponsor, or help us find sponsors!) 

What
 Status Responsible
Location - AUB Nicely Hall 4th Floor (confirmed) done! David Munir Nabti
Design logo (temp logo) done! Sami Tueni (also looking into event stickers)
Cash/Food sponsor for lunch in process... (Sami Tueni looking into this)
Cash/Food sponsor for snacks, breakfast in process... (Sami Tueni looking into this)
Cash/drink sponsors (coffee, tea, juice, sodas...) in process... (Sami Tueni looking into this)
Shirts in process... Sami/DMN
Basic needs sponsor (pens, markers, tape, etc) in process Somebody?? 
Exploring partnerships/partnerships... :-) David Munir Nabti
Outreach/promotion in process...  everyone can help with this!
Volunteers outreach...   Chantal looking into student volunteer/participation outreach
Media outreach/promotion in process... Samer Faissal@YSG, Lama@MS, Donatella@Creative Commons.org (+others)
Streaming options (to allow participation from abroad)   Fadi Salloum
Exploring connections abroad....   San Francisco (DMN, Kevin B.); Paris (Sami); Dubai (Fadi)
Other Internet options? done! DMN
Figure way to have collaborative documentation of event/sessions (live blogging? recordings?  etc...)  

For blogging, I suggest you use a collaborative Google Docs document; and publish the whole thing at the end. - Michel Barakat

?  ... ideas welcome...
Equipment... a projector, video camera (+ a microphone to connect to it), audio equip, etc?  maybe? Please help.... this is a must for presentaions
Casual photography of The Event (first person perspective) done! Samer Karam - will give the photographs to the hosts at the end of the day - this is not a formal photography job, it's just me and my 30D documenting what I see.
other needs?   (what? who?)
laptop for the sessions  not started 

my laptop died and I need to borrow a laptop to live blog during the event. (Who wrote this? Please put your name. -DMN) 'DMN' sounds too much like DMZ, does it stand for de-militarized n00b? hehe  if all else fails, i can lend a laptop, but it is clean formatted. needs a full OS install (can't be bothered) (Samer Karam) (DMN: "DeMilitarized Nabti?" Sounds accurate, but strange! ;-)  )

I have an old(5 year-ish) dell latitude available. It runs gentoo linux, has a hard drive that is about to die and has awful battery life(as in 20min or so). It does however connect to the internet quite fine. I can bring it along with my thinkpad(a T400, couple of months old). I am fine with using the dell if battery life is an issue for you. The thinkpad runs ubuntu and has about 3 to 4hr of battery life. Let me know if I should bring the dell and if battery life is an issue - Raja
Sheets of paper Done (Sheets of Paper done ... actually got a blank newspaper roll ... plenty of meters for ideas, brainstorming, drawings, grafiti... Sami)
     
     
     

 

  • In-kind sponsorships welcome!  ... or donate cash to cover the above items.  (FYI, all organizers/etc are volunteers, so all donations go to this event, ... any extras go to support the next event.)  See needs above...  (please contact us for information about cash sponsorships... 03-138-770, <innovate (at) therootspace (dot) org>.; it is definitely worth your while! (sponsors will be well-rewarded!  (depending on the level, signs/flyers at event, blog posts, on our website and facebook group, emails, and online globally as the FIRST BAR CAMP IN THE ARAB WORLD, as far as we know, though correct us if we are wrong) 
  • Sponsors... please write your name/contact info (and what/how you are sponsoring the event) 

Volunteer Slots on the Day of the BarCamp (to help with registration, information, etc)

Saturday Set-up: 9am-10am (4 people) 

  • David Munir Nabti
  • Sami Tueni
  • Jumana Nabti
  • Tuomas Toivonen
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Sign-In Shift 1: 9:30am-10:30am (2 people)

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Sign-In Shift 2: 10:30am-11:30am (2 people) 

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Saturday Close-down: 4pm-6pm (4 people)

  • Sami Tueni
  • Jessica Dheere
  • Samer Faissal
  • Dima Saber
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The volunteer schedules were changed I see but the number of people needed were not updated to reflect this. So, is the change valid, is there a need for all the open slots available or are the numbers correct and the additional slots bogus? I can help with the close down but I previously thought all the slots had been filled. Let me know if I should update the numbers to reflect the amount of open slots and add myself to the volunteers for the close-down or remove the bogus slots.

- Raja

 

Participant Registration (also necessary for volunteers, etc...)

(free if you register by Feb 24;  on-site registration is just $20... still a great deal)

... and we will have food/drinks/shirts/etc as much as we have sponsors for.  (leave your email on this page or on one of the GoogleGroups listed here so we can inform you of any final details.) (no spam, announcements only)

 

How to Register

The best/easiest way to register for OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon is to sign in to this site (on the upper right corner of this page), come to this page, and click on the "EDIT" button on the upper left corner of this page.  Then you can add your name (and other information) to the list below.  You can also add sessions suggestions, or sign up for a volunteer slot! (If you have difficulty, feel free to contact us at 03-138-770 or <innovate (at) therootspace (dot) org>.)

 

# Name
 Email / OpenId (optional)
 Company / Organization
 Interested in T-Shirt Size
1 Sami Tueni sami (dot) tueni (at) naharnet (dot) com Naharnet Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Web, Mobile, Media, Networking, Open Source, Med
2 David Munir Nabti innovate (at) therootspace (dot) org RootSpace social entrepreneurship/innovation; open source; open business models; ict4dev; fostering collaboration; knowledge-based econ dev't, and dev't policies Med
3 Jessica Dheere jessica (at) smex (dot) org SMEX Media development to strengthen civil society in Lebanon and the Middle East Med
4 Dima Saber dsaber (at) ndu (dot) edu (dot) lb NDU Media research and means of fostering media literacy in Lebanese schools and universities XS
5 Eqbal Q. eqbal (at) admin (dot) naharnet (dot) com Naharnet  Open Source , Web Developement , Programming , Mobile App Developement .  
6 Bassam Tueni   Naharnet

 

 

  
7 Samer
  
    
  
8 Joan N. jnassif (at) chicmeout (dot) com Chicmeout Creative Director, Web Design - Project Manager   
9 Waheed Barghouthi waheed[at]watwet[dot]com Watwet.com Innovation, Creativity, Mobile, Web, Opensource, Mobilization   
10 Mireille Raad mireilleraad [at] gmail [dot]com LebGeeks a Community for Lebanese Technology Enthusiastics  
11 Maroun Farah  maroun.farah[at]gmail[dot]com N/A    
12 Erick Knaider  knaider [at] gmail [dot] com  N/A  Open Source Technology, Programming, Intl' Business / Affairs, Diplomacy.   
13 Ziad Badawi ZiadR.B[at]gmail[dot]com UOB Innovation, Techonology, Programming, Networking, Open Source. Large
14 Saadi Ajam  Saadi.Ajam @ gmail.com  Intelligile Inc.  IT Management, Networking, System Analysis, Consultancy Medium
15 Samer Faissal samerf[at]lebjournal[dot]com Youth Shadow Government ICT Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property  
16 Donatella Della Ratta donatella at creativecommons.org Creative Commons Open source, media, intellectual property reform, innovation, content creation, networking Small
17 Mansour Aziz  aziz.mansour @ gmail.com  Al-Akhbar Design, social networks, history of knowledge, public domains, media   
18 Moustafa Ghaddar estores @ gmail . com YallaDomains Social Networks, Usability, Mobile Applications.  
19 Wissam El-Kik  wissamelkik@gmail.com  N/A  Open Source, Web Design, Usability, Web Development  L 
20 Nassif Kazan nassifkazan@brighti.tv Bright I Media training, Intellectual property rights,  social networks, format development, content creation, technology, social networks  
21 Ramsey Nasser ramsey [at] ramseynasser [dot] com N/A Web development (server- and client-side) and design, web standards (W3C, microformats etc.), promoting openness and the web locally Med
22 Raja Baz raja.baz [at] lau.edu.lb N/A Programming, Open Source, Networking  Large
23 Tuomas Toivonen  toivotuo at scred dot com  Scred
 		 Entrepreneurship, startups, open source, Internet in the MENA region.  Large 
24  Jumana Nabti  jumana (at) gmail (dot) com  n/a  public/community participation, urban planning and transport, collaborative spaces (physical, virtual), community radio med 
25  Manal Shihab  shihab.manal@hotmail.com  TRA  Web development and design, Mobile applications.  med 
26 Rana El Zinnar  rana_elzinnar@hotmail.com  MUREX  Automation Development  Med 
27 Salah al-Hidiq   NOCC    
28 Sossi Bakalian   TRA     
29 Alaa Salman alaa@codedemigod.com AUB Free and open source software, IT in healthcare  
30 Mackram Raydan mackram@gmail.com N/A Free Software, Programming languages, Distributed computing Large
31 samar ismail  samar0081@hotmail.com  RHUH IT Management, Networking ,Web development and design,System Analysis Med
32 Amal El Arid  aaa106@aub.edu.lb  AUB  Telecommunication, Consultancy, Software Design and Application, Networking Small 
33 Samer Karam   BloggingBeirut.com Sizing the Crowd; Sharing Knowledge; Learning a thing or two... and eating pizza (this thing has gotto have pizza or we're not geeks) Med
34 Makram Saleh makramsaleh@gmail.com Born Interactive Web-related open source projects, mainly Drupal, Rails and Django Med
35 Abd Allah Diab mpcabd (at) gmail (dot) com Damascus University - iCommunity Web Development, Open Source, Free Software, Linux OS, Math, Reading and Programming of course. Large
36 Joe Abi Raad joe.abiraad@gmail.com Maze Solutions Web Development, Open Source, Entrepreneurship, Linux Med
37 Karine Chalhoub karine@naharnet.com Naharnet.com Arts - Creative Design S
38 Zeina Ouais  zouais@hotmail.com Naharnet  Graphic Design  Small 
39 Anis Jradah  anisij@yahoo.com  AUB  IT Management, Networking , System Analysis, Web development and design Med.
40 Firas I. Kassem  firas at hypersource dot org  iCommunity   Web 2.0 development, Algorithms, Unix, Distributed computing, Information retrieval.    M 
41 Elie El Khoury elie @ ekhoury.com Woopra Web 2.0, Entrepreneurship, Mac Development. M
42 Youssef Chamoun youssef.chamoun@elementn.com Element^N Open Source Software, Security, AI, Java Large
43 Abdallah Chamas abdallah.chamas@elementn.com element^n Computer Graphics, Open Source, AI, Development Automation Large
44 Fadi Bitar fadi.bitar@elementn.com Element^n Web Development, Intelligent Systems Small
45 Maher Berro mberro [at] hotmail [dot] com   Best Practices, Usability, Accessibility, UCD, UX, Web Standards, Web Design and Development XL
46 Humam Al Hawasli hawasly (at) gmail (dot) com iCommunity Networking and OS, Linux, Free and Open source software, IT managenent, Telecommunication. Large
47 Michel Barakat

bmichel (at) gmail (dot) com

 HiØ Crowd Sourcing, Cloud Computing, Social Mobile Applications, Open Standards Medium
48 Mohamed Moubarak mohd.moubarak (at) gmail (dot) com AUB Open Source Development, Web Standards, Hardware Programming Medium
49 Joseph Husseini  joseph_husseini@lbcgroup.tv  LBC  Broadcast Media, Media Production & Distribution  
50 Karen Klink klinkka [att] gmail [dottt] com - Digital Artist S
51 walid bakkar legatoloco @ yahoo.com     XL
52 Chady Kassouf chady @ chady.net Element Creative Communications Open Source, Linux, Web 2.0, Multimedia and Flash Medium
53 Samer Chidiac  samerc {at] Microsoft ]d0t[ com  Microsoft    L 
54 Ramzi G. Bramki  ramzi(dot)Baramki(at)orbit.net  Orbit Sat TV & Radio Network  Broadcast Media, DRM  XXL 
55 Sarah Panossian  sapanossian@ndu.edu.lb  LERC, NDU  Web Development, Research Tools and Media  Small 
56 Christophe Melki  christophe.melki (at) gmail (dot) com LebGeeks, AUB  Mainly everything that relates to technology  L 
57  Stéphanie Aoun  aounstephanie@gmail.com  USJ   M 
58 Jihad Miramo jihad.miramo@gmail.com NDU Telecommunication, IT Management, Networking, System Analysis, Consultancy, Web Development, Technology. M
59 Dima Dabbous-Sensenig   LAU    
60 Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous   NDU    
61 Baramki, Ramzi   ORBIT    
62 Youssef FARHAT  yfarhat17@hotmail.com  NDU     
63 Gaith Saqer  editor(at)arabcrunch.com  ArabCrunch from Jordan 

Startups, Entrepernuers, Tech, Web 2.0,

mobile 2.0, entreprise 2.0, PR 2.0,social media, Open Source, PHP, New media, blogs, SaaS. 

  
64 Chantal Souaid  chantal_souaid@hotmail.com  RootSpace    XS 
65 Elisabetta Costa  elisabettacosta1@gmail.com  n/a  Media research in Lebanon and Middle East S 
66 Yara Semaan yara_semaan@hotmail.com NDU Open Source Technology, Programming, Intl' Affairs,Diplomacy.  medium
67 Caroline Akhras   NDU    
68 emile Cheaib emilecheaib@hotmail.com USJ industrial property, economics  
69 stephanie bassil zubilubilube88@hotmail.com USJ intellectual property, economics, innovation XS
70 Elena Habre  elena_habre@hotmail.com  ALBA  interior architecture, industrial design, Art direction S 
71 Christophe Zeitouny christophezeitouny {at} <gmail> [dot] (com) TICH, LebGeeks Networking, FOSS, Programming, copyright. S
72 cyril bassil cyrilbassil@hotmail.com USJ filmmaking and acting S
73 Christian Doumit christian.doumit[at]gmail.com USEK Architecture, Blogging, Music, Technology L
74 Abeed Abu Fakhr dabada1984 at hotmail.com    student University of Damascus M
75 Leduina Petrone leda.petrone at gmail.com SKY media  
76 Firas Talabani firas.serajaldeen@hotmail.com NDU    
77 Serge Jerkezian tricky_sert@hotmail.com NDU Web Deveploment, Technology,Uniting & Educating , Showing the full potential of Lebanon L
78 Raghad Majid   NDU    
79 Abeed Abu Fakr "Aabed Fakher" dabada1984 (at) hotmail (dot) com      
-- the point is now. "Free Registration" has ended. Registration is STILL OPEN... but those who register after this point will need to pay $20 (still a great deal!) at the entrance (except for those who already sent me (DMN) or Sami emails before about registering; or if you have some extenuating circumstances. Registration fee may be waived if you volunteer to help out in some way, a volunteer shift, etc.  Email with questions. <innovate (at) therootspace (dot) org>.  ALSO, don't add your name above this line. All names/info have been recorded.  :-)  However, add your name BELOW this line, and then send an email with any questions, etc. Cheers.)
80 Mona Chammas  monachammas@gmail.com  Impact BBDO  Digital & interactive adoption within advertising communications. Integration of digital within traditional advertising. Web 2.0 in Lebanon. Online media research in Lebanon.   XS 
81 Hiba Othman hothman (at) aust (dot) edu.lb university professor mathematics and technology  
82 Wadih Renno wnr01@aub.edu.lb AUB    
83 Mohamad Najem mohamad(dot)najem(at)gmail.com Smex Tech, internet, media, entrepreneurship  
           
           
           

 

Security & Voting System(by: Serge)?

This is just a comment from a user of this site.  Am really wondering about the Security of this site and how easy it is to actually turn this into a scrap whole.  I think the user has to much power under his wing.  One bored user can turn this website into scrap in seconds.  The voting system is quite lame no offense ^_^. You can add any number why increment it by one ? Add to it 9347598437 :D your topic is a winner ^_^.  That's all from me, am not sure if your working on a new website and this one is just to get the idea moving and stuff.  Anywayz i like to thank the peoplewho are making this possible.  I would like to thank all the users that are backing them up as well. Good day everybody ^_^ 

~Serge

Serge: You are right, this site has no security, and we are going by trust, supporting open collaboration, etc.  Four things... (1) I have made several backups. (2) Changes are registered (see the page history button upper right). (3) There is nearly no incentive for someone to lie, since (for example) it makes no difference what your topic ranking is, anyway... the schedule will be created the morning of the event, regardless of what is on the list above. And lastly, (4) People have more incentive to be distrustful if you exhibit distrust for them (within limitations, of course, and along with reducing the incentives to be distrustful).  And I guess (5) is, yes, this is an experiment!  We'll see how it goes, but 74 people signed up, no blatant signs of people trying to cheat the system... so far so good!   Hope to see you on Saturday! Cheers, DMN

 

 

 

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