Research, Knowledge, Policy and the Law
Friday 28^th September 2012
10 - 11am
Sarit Centre Expo Hall, Nairobi.

Following discussions at iHub in late August and the Storymoja Hay Festival in mid-September, Kwani Trust will hold an event on Friday 28^th September, 2012 from 10 - 11am at the 15th Nairobi International Book Fair at Sarit Centre, Nairobi. Panelists will discuss issues of research and knowledge in the online and digital use of creative content, and how national communications policy and legal frameworks are evolving because of the advent of digital and mobile platforms. The discussion features online policy experts, copyright lawyers, technology providers and content builders;

Speakers
Jimmy Gitonga, Kwani Trust  (@kwanitrust) – Presenting Findings From Kwani Trust’s Digital Pilot
Kaburo Kobia, Kenya ICT Board (@kenyaictboard) – National Policy and Legal Frameworks In New Digital Communications 
Will Clurman, eKitabu (@ekitabu) - Private Spaces, National Frameworks 
Marisella Ouma, Kenya Copyright Board(@kenyacopyright) - What The Law Says Re: Content And Online Technologies (TBC)

Kwani Trust is holding this event series as part of its “Telling Stories in Digital” project, which began with the digitization of Kwani? Content. This third session captures three of the four major challenges Kwani Trust has faced introducing its content to the digital and online market. An event later in the year will address the institutionalizing of digital technology & commercial practice, as well as challenge areas as outlined below;

- Current practical research on how artistic and literary narrative & expression is utilizing new online and mobile platforms
- Non-Profit Frameworks Within A Commercial Environment – How to integrate artistic and cultural institutional non-profit frameworks within a commercial technological environment
- National Policy Online, Digital Regulations & Legal Frameworks – What arts, culture and literary institutions need to know