Location: iruWay Farm, Janastu Basecamp, Devarayanadurga,

Tumkur, Karnataka

Day 0: Thursday; 12 December 2019 Pre- CNX 2019

Time Description
10.00 am to 4.00 pm Tech Demo

  • By DEF showcasing START kit, the binary language to unbind digital literacy for illiterate & Barefoot Wireless Engineers (BWE) toolkit.
  • By Janastu showcasing community radios to become wireless mesh radio
  • LibreRouter
4.00 pm to 8.00 pm Full moonlight watch & dinner

CNX 2019

Day 1: Friday; 13 December 2019

9.00 am to 11.00 am Registration, introduction of participants, context & setting up the expectations

 

Facilitators

  • Ritu Srivastava, Consultant DEF
  • Osama Manzar, DEF
11.00 to 11.30 am Tea
11.30 am to 1.00 pm Session 1: Combining synergies of CN & CR to create accessible ‘internet for all’

Based on the last year recommendations, the session will have representatives from community networks and community radios share views on how they can help create accessible ‘internet for all’ in a sustainable manner.

 

Discussion leads:

    • Mohammad Abdul Haque, Secretary General Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum
    • Suraj Adhikari, Vice President, ISOC Nepal, Kathmandu
    • Representative from IdeoSync
    • Osama Manzar, DEF

Each discussant will have 5 minutes to lead the discussion and share their experiences and it will be followed by question and answers by participants.

1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm to 3.30 pm Session 2: Technological trends around community networks

The session will identify new technological trends around community networks to make the cost-effective and affordable last mile access to the network. The session will bring the frugal innovations and models and that are used at community level (including offline vs online) to make the connectivity accessible.

 

Discussion leads:

    • TB Dinesh, Janastu
    • Nico Pace, APC
    • Senthil Kumar, SevaMom
    • Gustaff Harriman, Common Room

Each discussant will have 5 minutes to lead the discussion and share their experiences and it will be followed by question and answers by participants.

4.00 pm to 4.30 pm Tea
4.00 pm to 5.30 pm Session 3: Gender lens to community networks

The session will highlight the role of women in community networks and how women are engaging in building up these networks beyond technology.

 

Discussion leads

    • Cynthia El Khoury, APC
    • Ritu Srivastava, Consultant DEF
    • Shalini A, Janastu
    • Claire Barela, Community Cellular Networks in Rural Aurora, University of the Philippines

Each discussant will have 5 minutes to lead the discussion and share their experiences and it will be followed by question and answers by participants.

Location: Protovillage, Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh

Day 2: Saturday; 14 December 2019

6.30 am to 10.00 am Travel to community space, ProtoVillage & breakfast
10.00 am to 1.00 pm Session 4: Do it yourself and make your community networks

The session will deliberate on different models that community networks have developed to create their own ‘network’. The session will also discuss methods and courses available which can be used by community to make their own community networks.

This will be hands-on session where participants will be divided in three groups to identify and create campus-wide network at Protovillage and its surrounding villages.

1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm to 3.30 pm Session 5: Manage your network – enable community networks to create and manage ‘Internet of People’ platform

The session will highlight how community spaces (CN & CR) can looked at as an alternative to the ‘Internet of People’s communication system’. The session will be divided into groups to discuss different aspects of operational and management.

Discussion leads

    • Ramprasad, BAIF
    • Nisarat Tansakul, Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab)
    • Saurabh Srivastava & Ritu Srivastava, DEF
    • Nico Pace, APC

Each discussant will have 5 minutes to lead the discussion and share their experiences and it will be followed by question and answers by participants.

3.30 pm to 4.00 pm Tea
4.00 pm to 5.30 pm Session 6: Combating misinformation and fakenews @ community radio and community networks to manage community internet

Facilitator

  • Kriti Singh, DEF
5.30 pm to 8.00 pm The Protovillage annual sustainability festival of dance, music, arts, science and sport

Day 3: Sunday; 15 December 2019

10.00 am to 11.00 am Recalling Day 1 & Day 2
11.00 am to 11.30 am Tea
11.30 am to 1.00 pm Session 7: The way forward for CNX Asia Pacific Summit

The session will highlight two-day discussion points and how community networks and community radios can not only make the internet available & affordable but accessible for all. It will discussions collaborations formed this year and decide the theme for the next year.

1.00 pm to 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm to 6.00 pm Closing of the CNX Summit and showcasing the Proto Village community network