Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to visa issues

Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by sandGorgon on Saturday November 24, 2018 @05:40AM (#18521412)

not sure why they dont do India - has significant consular presence in African countries (african medical tourism is huge in India) as well as being much easier to reach from Western countries. We also have constitutional protection for LGBT communities and privacy - something that Ethiopia lacks.

The Indian govt will throw money at you if you do something like this here.

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by _jgdh on Saturday November 24, 2018 @05:45AM (#18521424)

I don’t know that the Indian govt throws money at anything, so I’m not sure about that part.

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by sandGorgon on Saturday November 24, 2018 @05:59AM (#18521451)

here's a single point link to access all funding agencies - https://www.india.gov.in/research-development-funding-scheme...

here's the govt budget for AI - https://inc42.com/buzz/budget-2018-ai-ml/

NITI specifically recommends collaborative programs for funding (as well as ethics organizations) - http://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/document_publication/...

there's a crap ton of govt funding for initiatives like this. I interact with the NITI Aayog personally on this.

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by _jgdh on Saturday November 24, 2018 @06:00AM (#18521454)

Good to know.

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by Markoff on Saturday November 24, 2018 @09:43AM (#18522200)

India has viavisa even for EU citizens and i had personal interview with consul to get tourist visa, heck even Iran was easier

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by denzil_correa on Saturday November 24, 2018 @10:28AM (#18522407)

When did you last travel to India? This has changed in the last 3 years or so. You can get a visa sitting in front of your computer.

https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by Markoff on Sunday November 25, 2018 @09:16AM (#18526943)

more than 3 years ago, but why not visa free Malaysia for instance? KUL it's also pretty big transit hub

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Re:Major AI conference is moving to Africa in 2020 due to vi... by SJetKaran on Saturday November 24, 2018 @10:31AM (#18522423)

Also, ASEAN countries are another option

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