Agenda

4:00pm - Organizers conduct a walk-through at the venue
6:45pm - Trainers meet with organizers in hotel lobby and walk over to reception at Galleria Italiana

Venue Location: University of Georgia
TechCamp Hosts: Yoon Nam and Etia Zavrashvili

7:45am - Vans depart Rooms Hotel for University of Georgia
8:00am - 9:00am - Registration, networking, coffee/tea (5th floor)
9:00am - 9:30am - Welcome Remarks: (5th floor)
Courtney Austrian, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Tbilisi
Deputy Chief of Mission Nicholas Berliner, U.S. Embassy Tbilisi
9:30am - 9:40am - Overview of Techcamp & Logistics Info (5th floor)
9:40am - 10:00am - Icebreaker (5th floor)
10:00am - 11:05am - “Speed-Geeking” Session- Fast-paced Project Presentations (5th floor)

Team Number	Topic	Trainer
1	Dealing with Online Trolls	Vitaliy Moroz, Internews
2	Mobile Video and Live Reporting Tools	Marko Zoric, BBC
3	Radio and Podcast Strategies	David Bailey
4	Online Security and Identity Protection	Ryder Cobean, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
5	Google News Lab Research Tools	Samaruddin Stewart, Google News Lab
6	Collecting, Analyzing, Fact Checking Data	Lejla Camdzig, OCCRP
7	The Digital Newsroom	Douglas Arellanes, Sourcefabric
8	Tech Tools for Broadcast Journalism	Iain Collins, BBC
9	Data-based Research and Analysis	Friedrich Lindenberg, OCCRP
10	Apps & Social Media as Reporting Tools	Linda Roth, Fern Strategies
11	Data Research/Verification	Aric Toler, Bellingcat
12	Crafting a Persuasive Narrative	Justin Burke, Elizabeth Owen, EurasiaNet
13	Coloring Information: Data Visualization	Eric Barrett, Nino Matcharashvili, JumpStart Georgia

11:05am - 11:15am - Coffee/Tea Break (5th floor)
11:15am - 11:30am - Interactive Session Introduction
11:30am - 1:00pm - Interactive Training Sessions 1 on topics below (8th floor)

Team Number	Topic	Trainer
1	Dealing with Online Trolls	Vitaliy Moroz, Internews
2	Mobile Video and Live Reporting Tools	Marko Zoric, BBC & Douglas Arellanes, Sourcefabric
3	Google News Lab Research Tools	Samaruddin Stewart, Google News Lab
4	Tech Tools for Broadcast Journalism	Iain Collins, BBC & David Bailey
5	Data-based Research & Analysis	Friedrich Lindenberg, OCCRP
6	Apps & Social Media Reporting Tools	Linda Roth, Fern Strategies
7	Collecting, Analyzing, Fact Checking Data	Aric Toler, Bellingcat & Lejla Camdzig, OCCRP
8	Crafting a Persuasive Narrative	Justin Burke, Elizabeth Owen, EurasiaNet
9	Coloring Information: Data Visualization	Eric Barrett, Nino Matcharashvili, JumpStart Georgia

1:00pm - 2:00pm - Lunch Break (5th floor)
2:00pm - 3:30pm - Interactive Training Session 2- same topics (8th floor)
3:30pm - 3:45pm - Coffee/Tea Break (5th floor)
3:45pm - 4:00pm - How to define a “Problem/Challenge Statement” (5th floor)
4:00pm - 5:00pm - Solving a Specific Challenge with a Tech Tool
5:00pm - 5:15pm - Wrap up for Day 1
5:30pm - Vans depart University of Georgia for dinner at restaurant Shemoixede Genacvale

Venue Location: University of Georgia
TechCamp Hosts: Yoon Nam and Etia Zavrashvili

7:45am - Vans depart Rooms Hotel for University of Georgia
8:00am - 9:00am - Networking, coffee & tea (5th floor)
9:00am - 9:25am - Special Presentation (5th floor)
“The Best Policy Research at Your Fingertips” from Dr. Hans Gutbrod of Transparify
9:30am - 9:45am - Discussion on the problem statements/challenges brainstormed on Day 1 (5th floor)
9:45am - 12:00pm - Small Group Work on Identifying Solutions (8th floor)
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch (5th floor)
1:00pm - 1:15pm - Plenary/Instructions and Announcements(5th floor)
1:15pm - 3:00pm - Small Group Problem Definition Refinement and Action Planning (8th floor)
3:00pm - 3:15pm - Coffee/Tea break (5th floor)
3:15pm - 4:30pm - Final Presentations – groups present the outcomes (5th floor)
4:30pm - 4:45pm - Surveys (5th floor)
4:45pm - 5:00pm - Closing Remarks & Follow-on Announcements (5th floor)
5:00pm - “TechCamp Georgia Group Photo” with all participants (5th floor)