TechCamp Hyderabad

Agenda

Nov 27 (Sunday) | Day 0

• 12:00pm - Partners & Trainers Complete Registration at Leonia Resort
• 12:30pm - 1:45pm - Informal Outreach over Lunch
  Activity 1: Buddy Up
  2 Partners Team up with members of other countries / cities and break-the-ice over lunch
  Venue: Central Buffet
• 1:45pm - 2:15pm - Activity 2: Wall of Fame
  Partners will write notes/appreciation/gratitude about their fellow Partners on post-its and stick it on the ‘Wall of Fame.’
  Venue: Grand Hall
  
• 2:15pm - 2:45pm - TechCamp Hyderabad Overview
  Overview of the 2 Day Program: Schedule and Topics; Intro of TechCamp Organizers; Announcements: Logistics and Guidelines
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 2:45pm - 3:30pm - Huddle for Partners
  Partners break out into following groups for informal interactions: NGOs - Journalists, Religious Leaders - Social Media practitioners
  Venues: Grand Hall; Meeting Room 2; Meeting Room 3
• 3:30pm - Break for Tea
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 6:00pm - 7:00pm - Huddle for Trainers
  Quick catch-up with the Trainers - Introductions followed by the roadmap for the next 2 days of TechCamp.
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 7:15pm - 8:00pm - TechCamp Inauguration
  Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Salil Kader, US Consulate, Hyderabad
  Welcome Address: Bro. Varghese Theckanath, Jt. Secretary, COVA
  Messages:
  Prof. Faizan Mustafa, V.C. NALSAR
  Mr. K.R. Venugopal, I.A.S
  Mr. Gabriel Hons-Olivier ,US Consulate General, Hyderabad
  Ms. Jamie Findlater, TechCamp, US Dept. of State
  Ms. Linda Roth, TechCamp Trainer, Ex-CNN, USA
  Mr. Muhammad Ferdaus, TechCamp Partner from Bangladesh
  Dr. Mazher Hussain, Executive Director, COVA
  Vote of Thanks: Dr. Anand Raj Varma, Advisory Council, COVA
  Venue: Party Lawns
• 8:15pm - 10:00pm - Dinner & Sufi Night
  (Qawaali performance by Warsi Brothers)
  Venue: Party Lawns

Nov 28 (Monday) | Day 1

• 7:00am - Breakfast
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 8:00am - 8:45am - Sign-in, Networking, Coffee & Tea
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 9:00am - 9:15am - Welcome Address & What is TechCamp
  Jamie Findlater, U.S. State Department Team
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 9:15am - 9:45am - Spectrogram
  Partners take their position on a spectrum based on a set of statements to measure level of tech literacy
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 9:45am - 11:00am - Speed Geeking | Fast-paced Project Presentations
  Trainers present fast paced presentations that last for 5 mins where small Partner groups move from one Trainer to the next quickly, to learn about a range of opportunities and applications of technology, to advance their missions.
  (Details listed in Appendix-1: appended below)
  Venue: Grand Hall
  
• 11:00am - 11:20am - Coffee Break
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 11:20am - 11:30am - Explanation of Interactive Training/ Breakout Sessions
  Partners can choose only 2 sessions: Attend one in the morning and one after Lunch
  Partners can attend the same session twice
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 11:30am - 12:50pm - Interactive Training Sessions-1
  Interactive small group training on low-cost, easy to implement tech based tools and approaches
  (Details listed in Appendix-2: appended below)
  Venues: Grand Hall, Meeting Room 2, Meeting Room 3, Board Room
• 12:50pm - 1:00pm - Group Photo
• 1:10pm - 2:15pm - Lunch
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 2:15pm - 3:15pm - Interactive Training Sessions-2
  Trainers to continue in the same rooms
  Interactive small group training on low-cost, easy to implement tech based tools and approaches
  (Details listed in Appendix-2: appended below)
  Venues: Grand Hall, Meeting Room 2, Meeting Room 3, Board Room
  
• 3:15pm - 3:35pm - Coffee Break
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 3:35pm - 3:55pm - Framing ‘Challenge’ statements - Explanation
  IIP Team
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 4:00pm - 5:00pm - Trainers & Partners Frame Challenge statements
  Small group discussions to identify specific challenges faced by Partners in their fields of work that technology might be able to address, both by looking at options available, and by focusing on specific topic areas.
  Trainers to continue in the same rooms.
  Venues: Grand Hall, Meeting Room 2, Meeting Room 3, Board Room
• 5:00pm - 5:10pm - Discussion on Follow on activities and Strategies for development of solutions to Challenge Statements
  IIP Team
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 5:10pm - 6:00pm - Townhall: Understanding Trolling
  Panelists: Venkataraman Ramachandran, Ayeshea Perera, Mazher Hussain
  Venue: Grand Hall
• End of Sessions for Partners
• 6:00pm - 6:15pm - Trainer Debrief
  Catch-up for Trainers to understand what support they would need to address the Challenge Statements that were framed. To be facilitated by IIP
  Venue: Meeting Room 3
• Close for Day 1

Nov 29 (Tuesday) | Day 2

• 7:00am - Breakfast, Coffee & Tea
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 8:15pm - 8:30am - Announcements
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 8:30am - 9:00am - Partners Choose a Challenge statement from Day 1 to solve
  Venue: Foyer of Grand Hall
• 9:00am - 10:30am - Small Group Work on Identifying Solutions - Session 1
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 10:30am - 10:50am - Coffee Break
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 10:50am - 12:50am - Small Group Work on Identifying Solutions - Session 2
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 12:50pm - 1:30pm - Lunch
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 1:30pm - 1:40pm - Videos - Presentations from previous TechCamps
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 1:40pm - 1:50pm - Mannequin Challenge!
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 1:50pm - 2:45pm - Developing Project Solutions & Making Presentations
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 2:45pm - 4:20pm - Final Presentations
  4 min per team, 8-10 teams (min. 3 per team)
  Presentations should be creative
  Explain the challenge & the solution developed at TechCamp
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 4:20pm - 4:30pm - Coffee Break
• 4:30pm -  4:45pm - TechCamp Survey
  IIP Team
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 4:45pm - 5:00pm - Closing Remarks
  1 Trainer + 1 Partner to be invited beforehand
  Vote of Thanks by Organizer (COVA/IIP/US Consulate)
  Venue: Grand Hall
• 5:00pm - 5:15pm - Mementos
  Venue: Grand Hall

• TechCamp Hyderabad 2016 - Speed Geeking Sessions (Appendix 1)

  Team Number	Topic	Trainer
  1	Preventing Violent Extremism through Online Learning techniques	Sayeed MA - Swift Software
  2	Online/Offline Engagement	Vishwarath Reddy - Recruiterbox
  3	Storytelling via Digital & Mobile Tools	Linda Roth - Formerly CNN
  4	Social Media Marketing/Engagement/Creating Compelling Content	Ammar Kanchwala - Accenture/Google
  5	Hero's Journey: Narratives in Countering Online Radicalization in Digital Age	Venkataraman Ramachandran - Cognizant Digital Engagement Practice
  6	Build Mobile Apps with Zero Coding Knowledge	Harish Kotra - Deep Red Ink
  7	Online Learning	Aigerim Khafizova - Amal Academy
  8	Online/Offline Campaigns	Katie Parsons - 270 Strategies
  9	Online Campaign Against Violence	Camelia Nistor - NoHateSpeech Campaign
  10	Reaching Rural Populations using SMS or Voice Messages	Rohit Singh - OnionDev
  11	Identifying Real News from Fake news	Ayeshea Perera - BBC
  12	Preventing Violent Extremism through Online Learning techniques	Sayeed MA - Swift Software

• TechCamp Hyderabad 2016 - Interactive Training Sessions (Appendix 2)

  Team Number	Topic	Trainer/s
  1	Distinguishing Real News from Fake news	Ayeshea Perera - BBC
  2	Reaching Rural Populations using SMS or Voice Messages (SMS/IVR)	Rohit Singh - OnionDev
  3	Digital Storytelling tools	Linda Roth - Formerly CNN
  4	Hero's Journey: Narratives in Countering Online Radicalization in Digital Age	Venkataraman Ramachandran - Cognizant Digital Engagement Practice
  5	Online to Offline Engagement	Katie Parsons - 270 Strategies; Vishwarath Reddy - Recruiterbox
  6	Online Campaigning as a Tool	Ammar Kanchwala - Accenture/Google; Camelia Nistor - NoHateSpeech Movement
  7	Data Visualization, Mobile Apps	Harish Kotra - Deep Red Ink
  8	Online Learning Tools & Techniques	Aigerim Khafizova - Amal Academy; Sayeed MA - Swift Software