# Global Congress 2015


- Released on: 29-May-2015
- Organisation: The Centre For Internet & Society
- Services: Design, Development
- Industries: Software and Technology, Activism and Advocacy, Digital Rights, Event
- URL: https://miranj.in/work/global-congress-2015



  
Now in its fourth edition, the Global Congress is an academic conference that brings together research, civil society, industry and regulatory and policy-making communities from all over the world to discuss how intellectual property policy can best serve public interest. This year's event is being held in Delhi and co-ordinated by the [Centre for Internet & Society][cis]. We have always appreciated the work CIS does for our digital rights and freedoms, and were glad to collaborate with them on this project.

The [Global Congress website][gc] project had two major components. The first was to present information about the event, which includes basic details such as dates, [venue][] and [news][], as well as a fully featured [conference programme][cp] with [speakers][], [tracks][], [sessions][] and the [schedule][]. The second component was the [application process for participating][app] in the Congress, with a private section for reviewers to evaluate submitted proposals.

We employed the MIT licensed [Bolt CMS][b] for tying these together into a cohesive website authoring system. Bolt offered us flexibility to craft content types based on the requirements of this event. The [programme section][cp] in particular is completely relational and interlinked across the site, while Bolt's classification system in the form of [_Topics_][t] let us tag different types of content under a single umbrella. For the type, [Nevis][n] was paired with [Source Sans Pro][ssp] for titles and body text respectively.

[gc]:http://global-congress.org/
[t]:http://global-congress.org/topics/
[venue]:http://global-congress.org/venue/
[news]:http://global-congress.org/blog/
[speakers]:http://global-congress.org/people
[tracks]:http://global-congress.org/tracks
[schedule]:http://global-congress.org/schedule
[sessions]:http://global-congress.org/sessions
[app]:http://global-congress.org/participate
[cp]:http://global-congress.org/programme
[b]:https://bolt.cm/
[n]:http://tenbytwenty.com/?xxxx_posts=nevis
[ssp]:https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans-pro
[cis]:http://cis-india.org/