the IRAK SOCIAL FORUM opening ceremony will take place today, 26th of September, from Baghdad University Campus, at 12:00 Baghdad Time GMT/UTC +3h . A live stream of the whole day will be available online (at www.iraqsf.org). If internet connection at the campus is good enough, we will have two streaming channels, one in English and one in Arabic, otherwise you will only hear the audio on the stage (mainly Arabic, with speeches of internationals in English).
Concerning workshops on 27 and 28 September, we should be able to have 5 streaming channels at the same time. For some events there will be two streams: one in Arabic and one in English.From abroad you can also participate in the workshops via Google Hangout, so you can text chat below the streaming window! To do this, please follow these simple steps:
- Download Google Hangout (Google Plus). You will need a Gmail account.
- A link will be online at
www.iraqsf.org to access the hangouts, an hour before each workshop. Click on this link and you will be in the Google Hangout text chat of the ISF livestream, for the workshop you've selected.
- You can then chat and leave live comments with regars to the Forum.
The following 18 workshops will be livestreamed, plus opening and closing , if internet doesn't betray us :-)
http://openfsm.net/projects/iraq-social-forum/isfbaghdad-enlarged-on-internet-what
In addition, you can contact the Skype address isf.extensionteam to chat with some iraqi activists while you are organizing activities abroad, if you signal it in advance writing to ISF Extension Team isf.extensionteam@gmail.com.
Till now about 10 skype appointments have been confirmed during the forUM