Grants:TPS/nasirkhan/Creative Commons Global Summit 2015/Report

Event name

Creative Commons Global Summit 2015

Participant connections

On the first day there was pre conference only for the Creative Commons affiliate members. Affiliates form about 80 countries attended this year. I had discussions with many of them and from the CC staff i can mention the names of Ryan Merkley, CEO, Cable Green, Director of Global Learning, Paul Stacey, Associate Director of Global Learning, Rob Myers, Software Developer, Alex Gakuru, Regional Coordinator – Africa, SooHyun Pae, Regional Coordinator – Asia-Pacific, Tobias Schonwetter, Regional Coordinator – Africa. I had a long discussion with Rob Myers about the upcoming and ongoing tech projects.

Outcome

I wrote a blog post about the event which was published on the en:Prothom Alo, a newspaper who have the largest circulation within the country as well as the online version. The links are the following. Along with this i arranged a small meetup with the volunteers who are located at Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• http://www.nasirkhn.com/articles/62-creative-commons-global-summit-2015
• http://www.prothom-alo.com/technology/article/677965

Finances

• Plane fare: $1100
• Local transport: $180
• Food: $60
• Total: $1340