Agenda
27 August 2019 | TechCamp Day 1
15:30 - 16:00 Registration and Networking
16:00 - 16:10 Welcome Remarks
16:10 - 16:20 What is TechCamp/Overview/What to Expect
16:20 - 16:45 Icebreaker
16:45 - 17:50 Speed-Geeking
18:0 - 19:00 Reception/Dinner
19:00 - 20:00 What’s your challenge: Brainstorming Groups: Pick a topic below and work as a group to brainstorm/discuss challenges in the field:
- Effective and Efficient Fact-Checking
- Reaching Rural or Isolated Communities
- Media Literacy in Education
- Credible and Trustworthy News Organizations
28 August 2019 | TechCamp Day 2
09:00 - 09:10 Morning Announcements
09:10 - 10:10 Design Thinking Plenary
10:10 - 10:20 Overview of Topics from Trainers
10:30 - 12:30 Interactive Discussion 1 (choose one topic from table below)
| Topic | Trainers |
Digital Storytelling |
Sian Gard, Chief of Staff at ABC Central Victoria |
| Audience Segmentation | Tony Cohn, Director of Strategy at Morgridge Family Foundation |
| Media Literacy through Interactive Games & Campaigns | Mimi van Dun, Program Manager at Dutch Media Literacy Centre |
| Creating Multimedia Stories with Open Source (and Mobile) Tools | Douglas Arellanes, Co-Founder of Sourcefabric
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| Data Journalism (Data Mapping/Data Visualization) | Kuek Ser Kuang Keng, Founder of DataN |
| Fact Checking and Verification | Wahyu Dhyatmika, Editor in Chief of tempo.co |
| Leaning into Innovation through Entrepreneurship and Leadership | Kiki Huckaby, Director of Learning at mindSpark Learning and Melissa Sayre, Chief Impact Officer at mindSpark Learning |
| Community Building/Online to Offline Engagement | Esra Arslan, Board Member of Needs Map
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| AI and Disinformation | Kim Glasgow, Senior Staff at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab |
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:40 - 15:40 Interactive Discussion 2 (choose one topic from table above)
15:40 - 15:55 Break
15:55 - 16:10 What is a Challenge Statement?
16:10 - 17:10 Challenge Statement Development
Participants will work in small groups with Trainers and Mentors to define a challenge statement they would like to work on solving as a team on Day 2. All challenge statements should be submitted to organizers.
17:15 End of Day Announcements
29 August 2019 | TechCamp Day 3
09:00 - 09:10 Day 2 Announcements
09:10 - 09:30 Present challenge statements (One representative from each challenge group will explain why their challenge statement is important)
09:30 - 11:00 Interactive Training Session 3
This is a third opportunity to choose a different trainer/session that participants have not yet visited. We will ask trainers to combine forces for a few power sessions on highly requested topics/natural crossovers.
11:00 - 12:30 Work on Solutions
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Continue Project Solutions/Work on Presentations
15:00 - 15:20 Break
15:20 - 16:30 Presentations
16:30 - 16:45 Surveys
16:45 - 17:00 Closing Remarks and Certificates
