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Mobile Tech Salon: Women and Mobile Phones

Thursday, September 23, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (ET)

New York, NY

Mobile Tech Salon: Women and Mobile Phones

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 We do hold Mobile Tech Salons regularly, so please visit MobileActive.org for updates on our future events.

 

 

Hosted by MobileActive.org, Mobile Tech Salons are a regular gathering of people passionate about mobile technology for social change.

Motto:  We bring the beer (and wine)!  You bring your projects, passions, tools, and conversation!

This month's theme:

Mobiles for Women & Women in Mobile


Join us on Sept. 23rd for a discussion on women and mobile tech in development.  How do we respond to the particular societal needs of women, improve women's livelihoods, and reduce barriers to access? You will hear short talks from women working in this field and their projects on improving women's lives using mobile tools.

We will also discuss the integral role of women leaders in the mobile tech for social impact and international development community.

6pm - 6:30 - Welcome, Drinks & Mingling

6:30 - 7:30 - "Ignite Talk" Presentations

7:30-8:30 "Speedgeek" Marketplace (demos of projecs & research) 

 

Ignite Talk Presenters

Patty Mechael, Director of Strategic Application of Mobile Technology, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Trina DasGupta, mWomen Program Director, GSMA Development Fund

Erica Kochi, Co-Lead, UNICEF Innovation

Anne Roos-Weil, CEO, Pesinet

Priyanka Matanhelia, Faculty/Program Coordinator, John's Hopkins University

Linda Raftree, New Technology Advisor, Plan International-Plan West Africa


Marketplace Presentations

Jacob Korenblum, Katie Highet & Amber Houssian, SoukTel

Abby Goldberg, Digital Democracy & Rachel Leventhal, Nomadic Stories

Kokoevi Sossouvi & Karen Doyle Grossman, Mercy Corps

Aliya Walji, MoTech/Grameen Foundation

Rowena Luk, Dimagi

Bukeni Waruzi, WITNESS

Adele Waugaman, UN Foundation/Vodafone Foundation Partnership

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The event is free, but attendance is limited to keep the discussion flowing.

Thank you to Open Plans (http://openplans.org/) which is co-hosting this month's Salon in their beautiful space in SoHo.

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