Agenda

November 18, 2015

• 6:30pm - Tech-trainer meeting with the organizers. Location TBD.

November 19, 2015 | TechForum, Day 1

• Location – America House, Kyiv
• 8:00am - 9:00am - Registration, networking, coffee / tea
• 9:00am - 9:10am - Overview of TechForum & Logistics Info – Olena Pravylo and Jamie Findlater
• 9:10am - 9:40am - Welcome Remarks / Keynote:
  • Representative from Ukrainian Government’s Anti-Corruption Bureau
  • Macon Phillips, IIP Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
• 9:40am - 10:00am - Icebreaker
• 10:00am - 10:45am - Fast-paced Project Presentations (Case Studies) - “Speed-Geeking” Sessions

• TechForum Ukraine 2015- Speed Geeking Topics

  Team Number	Topic	Tech-Trainer and Organization
  1	Open Data/Government	Denis Gurskiy – SocialBoost, Ukraine
  2	e-Governance	Villem Alango – eGovernance Academy, Estonia
  3	Data scraping/collecting/organizing	Damian Ortellado - Sunlight Foundation, USA
  4	Free/Open-Source tools for Investigative Journalism + Analytics	Beata Biel - Google News Lab, Poland
  5	Data Mapping / Visualization	Anatoliy Bondarenko – Texty.org, Ukraine
  6	Mobiles / SMS / Apps	Vadim Georgienko, Ukraine
  7	Online-Offline Engagement	Matt Ipcar – Blue State Digital, USA
  8	Digital Communication Strategies	Artur Gurau - Granat, Moldova

• 10:45am - 11:00am -  Coffee / Tea Break
• 11:00am - 12:30am - Interactive Training Session 1 on the following topics:

• TechForum Ukraine 2015 - Interactive Training Sessions

  Team Number	Topic	Tech-Trainer/s and Organization/s
  1	Open Data/Government	Denis Gurskiy – SocialBoost, Ukraine; David Arakhamia – People Project Volunteer Platform, Ukraine
  2	e-Governance	Villem Alango – eGovernance Academy, Estonia; Yanika Merilo – ICT Competence Center, Ukraine
  3	Data scraping/collecting/organizing	Damian Ortellado - Sunlight Foundation, USA; Timofey Aleksandronets – Lviv City Council, Ukraine
  4	Free/Open-Source tools for Investigative Journalism + Analytics	Beata Biel - Google News Lab, Poland; Andrey Bashtoviy - Gromadske, Ukraine
  5	Data Mapping / Visualization	Anatoliy Bondarenko – Texty.org, Ukraine
  6	Mobiles / SMS / Apps	Vadim Georgienko, Ukraine; Boris Khodorkovsky – Netocrat, Ukraine
  7	Online-Offline Engagement	Matt Ipcar – Blue State Digital, USA; Dymitry Sherembey – “Patients of Ukraine,” Ukraine
  8	Digital Communication Strategies	Artur Gurau - Granat, Moldova

• 12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch Break
• 1:30pm - 2:45pm - Interactive Training Session 2 (Same Training Topics as Interactive Training 1)
• 2:45pm - 3:00pm - Coffee / Tea Break
• 3:00pm - 3:15pm - How to define a “Problem/Challenge Statement”?  - Olena Pravylo and Jamie Findlater
• 3:15pm - 4:15pm - A particular technological tool/concept is paired with a specific challenge/issue:

• TechForum Ukraine 2015 - Technological Tool/Concept Paired with Specific Challenge/Issue

  Team Number	Topic	Tech-Trainer/s and Organization/s
  1	Challenges that can be solved by “Open Data/Government”	Denis Gurskiy – SocialBoost, Ukraine; David Arakhamia – People Project Volunteer Platform, Ukraine
  2	Challenges that can be solved by “e-Governance”	Villem Alango – eGovernance Academy, Estonia; Yanika Merilo – ICT Competence Center, Ukraine
  3	Challenges that can be solved by “Data scraping/collecting/organizing”	Damian Ortellado - Sunlight Foundation, USA; Timofey Aleksandronets – Lviv City Council, Ukraine
  4	Challenges that can be solved by “Free/Open-Source tools for Investigative Journalism + Analytics”	Beata Biel - Google News Lab, Poland; Andrey Bashtoviy - Gromadske, Ukraine
  5	Challenges that can be solved by “Data Mapping / Visualization”	Anatoliy Bondarenko – Texty.org, Ukraine
  6	Challenges that can be solved by “Mobiles / SMS / Apps”	Vadim Georgienko, Ukraine; Boris Khodorkovsky – Netocrat, Ukraine
  7	Challenges that can be solved by “Online-Offline Engagement”	Matt Ipcar – Blue State Digital, USA; Dymitry Sherembey – “Patients of Ukraine,” Ukraine
  8	Challenges that can be solved by “Digital Communication Strategies”	Artur Gurau - Granat, Moldova

• 4:15pm - 4:30pm - Brief announcements, setting the tone for day 2 - Olena Pravylo and Jamie Findlater.

November 20, 2015 | TechForum, Day 2

• Location – America House, Kyiv
• 8:00am - 9:00am - Networking, coffee & tea (Solution Sign-up Time)
• 9:00am - 9:15am - Opening – Olena Pravylo and Jamie Findlater
• 9:15am - 9:45am - Discussion on the problem statements / challenges brainstormed on Day 1
• 9:45am - 12:00pm - Small Group Work on Identifying Solutions
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch
• 1:00pm - 1:15pm - Plenary / Instructions and Announcements
• 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 - 4:45pm -  Closing Remarks - TBD
• 4:45pm - “TechForum Ukraine Group Photo” with all participants