TechCamp Riga

Agenda

May 18th, 2015 | TechCamp Day 1

• 8:00am - 9:00am - Registration, networking, coffee / tea
• 9:00am - 9:10am - Overview of TechCamp & Logistics Info
• 9:10am - 9:30am - Welcome Remarks:
  Sharon Hudson-Dean, Chargé d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Riga
  Macon Phillips, Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
• 9:30am - 9:40am - What is a TechCamp and Why Do I Care:
  Raheel Khursheed, Twitter and Luisa Ortiz Perez, Nova Mexico
• 9:40am - 10:30am - Fast-paced Project Presentations (Case Studies) also known as “Speed-Geeking” Session

• TechCamp Riga 2015 - Speed Geeking Sessions

  Team Number	Topic	Tech-Trainer/s and Organization/s
  1	Rapid Response by Informal Networks via Social Media	Vitaliy Moroz - Internews
  2	Fact Checking for Photos/Videos	Iggy Ostanin - Bellingcat
  3	Digital Storytelling for Fundraising	Luisa Perez Ortiz - Nova Mexico
  4	FOIA/Data Gathering	Gavin Sheridan - VizLegal
  5	Research, Engage & Promote your Work Online	Sarah Granger, The Digital Mystic
  6	Practice of TV- investigations	Dmytro Gnap - Personal Democracy Forum
  7	Innovative/Effective Videos	Marko Zoric - BBC News
  8	Digital Security	Carol Waters - Columbia School of Journalism
  9	Twitter for Investigative Journalism	Raheel Khursheed - Twitter
  10	Building Networks with Matryoshka	Joachim Ciecierski - Polskie Radio
  11	Data Verification	Ravin Sampat - BBC News

• 10:30am - 10:40am - Coffee break
• 10:40am - 10:45am - Facebook Group Announcement
• 10:45am - 11:15am - Interactive Session with journalists:
  Journalists share their challenges/stories guided by the results of the pre-survey
• 11:15am - 11:30am - Interactive Training Explained
• 11:30am - 12:30pm - Interactive Training Sessions 1 on the Following Topics:

• TechCamp Riga 2015 - Interactive Training Sessions 1

  Team Number	Topic	Tech-Trainer/s and Organization/s
  1	Rapid Response by Informal Networks via Social Media	Vitaliy Moroz - Internews
  2	Fact Checking for Photos/Videos & Data Verification	Iggy Ostanin - Bellingcat; Ravin Sampat - BBC News
  3	Digital Storytelling for Fundraising	Luisa Perez Ortiz - Nova Mexico; Valdis Pornieks - IT House
  4	FOIA/Data Gathering	Gavin Sheridan - VizLegal
  5	Research, Engage & Promote your Work Online	Sarah Granger - The Digital Mystic; Marta Cerava
  6	Practice of TV- Investigations	Dmytro Gnap - Personal Democracy Forum; Sandijs Semjonovs - Freelance
  7	Innovative/Effective Videos	Marko Zoric - BBC News; Uldis Stīpnieks - Freelance
  8	Digital Security	Carol Waters - Columbia School of Journalism; Agris Krusts - ITCentrs
  9	Twitter for Investigative Journalism	Raheel Khursheed - Twitter

• 12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch Break
• 1:30pm - 1:40pm - Interactive Training 2 Explained
• 1:40pm - 2:40pm -  Interactive Training Sessions 2
• 2:40pm - 3:00pm - Coffee / Tea Break
• 3:00pm - 3:15pm - Rick Tulsky, Director of Medill Watchdog (Former Philadelphia Inquirer, LA Times & San Jose Mercury News Reporter) - Pulitzer prize winner in investigative reporting
• 3:15pm - 3:30pm - Discussion: How Might We?
• 3:30pm - 4:30pm - A particular technological tool/concept is paired with a specific challenge/issue:

• TechCamp Riga 2015 - Technological tool/concept paired with a challenge/issue

  Team Number	Topic	Tech-Trainer/s and Organization/s
  1	Challenges that can be solved by Rapid Response by Informal Networks via Social Media	Vitaliy Moroz - Internews
  2	Challenges that can be solved Fact Checking for Photos/Videos & Data Verification	Iggy Ostanin - Bellingcat; Ravin Sampat - BBC News
  3	Challenges that can be solved by Digital Storytelling for Fundraising	Luisa Perez Ortiz - Nova Mexico; Valdis Pornieks - IT House
  4	Challenges that can be solved by FOIA/Data Gathering	Gavin Sheridan - VizLegal
  5	Challenges that can be solved by Research, Engage & Promote your Work Online	Sarah Granger - The Digital Mystic; Marta Cerava
  6	Challenges that can be solved by Practice of TV- Investigations	Dmytro Gnap - Personal Democracy Forum; Sandijs Semjonovs, Freelance
  7	Challenges that can be solved by Innovative/Effective Videos	Marko Zoric - BBC News; Uldis Stīpnieks - Freelance
  8	Challenges that can be solved by Digital Security	Carol Waters - Columbia School of Journalism; Agris Krusts - ITCentrs
  9	Challenges that can be solved by Twitter for Investigative Journalism	Raheel Khursheed - Twitter

• 4:30pm - 4:45pm - Brief announcements. Setting the tone for day 2 (emcees)
• 4:45 pm - 5:30pm - Tech-trainer meeting/discussion with organizers

May 19th, 2015 | TechCamp Day 2

• 8:00am - 9:00am - Networking, coffee & tea (Solution Sign-up Time)
• 9:00am - 9:15am - Opening
• 9:15am - 9:45am - Discussion on the problem statements / challenges brainstormed on Day 1
• 9:45am - 10:30am - Remarks & Q&A
  Richard Stengel, Under Secretary for Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• 10:30am - 10:45am - Coffee Break
• 10:45am - 12:00pm - Small Group Work on Identifying Solutions
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch
• 1:00pm - 1:15pm - Plenary / Instructions and Announcements (if required)
• 1:15pm - 3:00pm - Small Group Problem Definition Refinement and Action Planning
• 3:00pm - 3:15pm - Coffee / Tea break
• 3:15pm - 4:30pm - Final Presentations – Groups present the outcomes
• 4:30pm - 5:00pm - Closing Remarks:
  Sharon Hudson-Dean, Chargé d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Riga
  Richard Stengel, Under Secretary for Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• 5:00pm - “TechCamp Riga Group Photo” with all participants