This year marks the fourth installment of ArabNet, the region’s meeting point for digital creatives. More than 80 speakers and 600 attendees will explore online entertainment, food and beverage, and social impact and citizenship. This year, SMEX is proud to be a supporting partner. Young creatives and entrepreneurs can benefit from numerous opportunities for funding, mentorship, and exposure for digital ... Read More »
From March 1–3, Mirada Madrid will host the very first Beirut Service Jam along with their partner, the Beirut Creative Cluster. The jam, to be held at the Berytech Building in the new Beirut Digital District, will bring together designers, business people, academics, students, and customers to think about and prototype exceptional customer experiences, a relatively new practice known as ... Read More »
عرب نت: تسلّط الضوء على الفرص الجديدة للمبدعين في القطاع الرقمي بيروت، 6 شباط: عكست التكنولوجيا الرقمية نمواً هائلاً في القطاعات التي تتطلّب قدرات ابداعية في كلّ دول العالم وخصوصاً في منطقة الشرق الأوسط. اذ من المتوقّع ان ترتفع أرباح قطاع “الموسيقى على الإنترنت” بنسبة 31% في العام 2015 عالمياً، لتصل حتى 7.7 مليار دولار، وذلك بمساعدة دول الشرق الأوسط ... Read More »
Many people from different places in the world are joining SHAREbeirut to share their knowledge, ideas and vision to topics related to Internet, Netculture, hacktivisn, Anonymity, Censorship, Future, Remix… You are going to be busy and having fun this weekend, because SHARE conference is not like any other conference, it’s full of youth, music, performances and debates! SMEX is proud ... Read More »
After six months of hard work and trainings, the participants of the Shou Osstik program celebrated their graduation on the 23rd of September 2012 at Nasawiya Cafe. A screening of all the digital stories produced through this program took place during the graduation ceremony. Don’t worry if you couldn’t attend, because we will be posting on our Facebook page one of these ... Read More »
TEDxBeirut is expanding beyond its name to spread inspiration all over Lebanon, starting with Tripoli and Hala Fadel (@halafrangie), as guest speaker, whose talk at last year’s TEDxBeirut about starting the MIT Enterprise Forum was one of the day’s most inspiring. TEDxBeirut salons aspire to bring together the local TED community together in a lead up to the main TEDxBeirut ... Read More »
Click Here to Register for Community Day for Free On March 31st, the region’s largest digital event, ArabNet Digital Summit 2012, is organizing Community Day, offering free activities for digital enthusiasts and professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and NGO and civil society staffers. Among the sessions on offer is a Digital Entrepreneurship BarCamp*, hosted by SMEX, AltCity and ArabNet, where you’re invited to engage ... Read More »
This month’s online dialogue at New Tactics in Human Rights is about fundraising for human rights. Here’s the lead-in: Protecting and promoting human rights is valuable and important work. In order to do this work, organizations need financial resources. Although there are many funders that recognize the value in financially supporting human rights efforts, many organizations struggle to find enough ... Read More »
More than 200 participants representing diverse youth groups, NGOs, social media enthusiasts, and activists from civil society in Lebanon, contributed to organizing and presenting sessions at Share the MADness BarCamp last Saturday. The BarCamp was marked by the diversity of its participants who came from various regions in Lebanon: Beirut, Akkar, Tripoli, Baalbeck, West Bekaa, Alley, Saida, Sour, Nabatiyeh, and Aita Chaab. This ... Read More »
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SMEX: Channeling Advocacy
