Agenda
5 May
Day 1
Tbilisi Time (GMT +4)
11:00 - 11:30
Gregory M. Reichberg
Research Professor @ Peace Research Institute Oslo
Thinking ethically about autonomous weapon systems
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11:30 - 12:00
Gregory Asmolov
Researcher @ King's College London
Open war: generativity and crowd-based innovation in modern conflicts
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12:00 - 12:30
Michał "Czesiek" Czyżewski
Activist
Introduction to hacker culture
12:30 - 14:00
Break
14:00 - 14:30
Artur Papyan
Director @ Media Diversity Institute Armenia
How indiscriminate war-hacking endangers peaceful civilians and civil society in the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
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14:30 - 15:00
Aleks Lokhmutov
Legal analyst @ OVD-Info
Monitoring prosecution of anti-war activists: automation and application
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15:00 - 15:30
Jonathan D. Teubner
Founder and CEO @ FilterLabs.AI
How to leverage alternative open-source data to better understand Russian attitudes toward the war
15:30 - 17:00
Break
17:00 - 17:30
Jan Strozyk
Data Editor @ OCCRP
Exposing Russian Oligarchs' Assets through the tracker tool
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17:30 - 18:00
Karina Shedrofsky
Head of Research @ OCCRP
Research and data for reporting during war
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18:00 - 18:30
Eric Barrett
Data Desk Manager @ OCCRP
Enabling investigative journalism during wartime using flights data
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18:30 - 19:00
Break
19:00 - 19:30
Dada Lyndell
Data Person @ Teplitsa. Technologies for Social Good / The Insider
He Protec but He Also Attac: Open Source Tools to Protect Your Data and Talks During The Wartime
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19:30 - 20:00
Eto Buziashvili
Research Associate @ DFR Lab
How open-source data can predict and shape war
6 May
Day 2
Tbilisi Time (GMT +4)
11:00 - 11:30
Mediazona
How Mediazona tried to count Russian casualties in Ukraine
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11:30 -12:00
Narine Khachatryan
Researcher @ Bellingcat
Documenting and mapping incidents of civilian harm in Ukraine using open sources
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12:00 - 12:30
Illia Samoilych
Data Analyst @ Texty Ukraine
Monitoring Russian military bases through satellite monitoring
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12:30 - 14:00
Break
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14:00 - 14:30
Paul Imre
Founder @ IMRE
Facial Recognition in Ukraine: be careful what you wish for
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14:30 - 15:00
Ousman Noor
Government Outreach Manager @ The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
Stop Killer Robots: the need for a treaty on Autonomous Weapon systems
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15:00 - 15:30
Zak Kallenborn
Policy Fellow @ The Schar School of Policy and Government
The future of autonomous weapons: hopes and fears
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15:30 - 17:00
Break
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17:00 - 17:30
Lennart Landman
Senior Methodology Manager @ Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Covering crises: challenges in collecting event data in conflict settings
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17:30 - 18:30
Aleksandra Shalibashvili
Data Analyst and Trainer @ ForSet
From data to stories: a roadmap to participate in DataFest Online datathon
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18:30 - 19:00
Kasia GÄ…siewska-Holc
Tableau Public Ambassador & Data Visualization Consultant @ SageData
Behind the ‘(Refugees) Humans like us’ DataViz project
7 May
Datathons
Day 3
Tbilisi Time (GMT +4)
DataFest Online: Data & Technologies in Wartime hosts two datathon challenges:
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1. AskGov.ge Challenge for Georgian Participants
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2. Data Visualization Challenge
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Registration deadline:
7 May, 10:30 AM (GMT +4)
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You can participate individually or with your team (up to 5 people) in one or both datathons. As the time is limited, we advise you to prioritize just one challenge.
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11:00 - 11:30
Q&A Session
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11:30 - 13:00
Working on Challenges
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13:00 - 17:00
Mentorship sessions
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17:00 - 18:00
Working on Challenges
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18:00
Project Submissions
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19:00 - 21:00
Presentations
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