The ubiquity of mobile devices makes it possible to instantly connect farmers to markets, deliver quality health care to the hard-to-reach, flip traditional education and extend basic financial services without building banks. Disruptive platforms – data, instrumentation, payment— challenge donors and implementers to embrace and keep pace with the vast opportunity mobile technology holds. Despite project and infrastructure investment, development actors must navigate pilot proliferation, gaps in evidence and lack of sector coordination. Explore and debate how to successfully take advantage of these ever-improving platforms to fulfill the mobile promise.
Session Description
Time & Location
Time:
14:00 - 15:45, Thursday, April 11, 2013 BSTLocation:
Lecture Theatre 5
Speakers
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SpeakerCo-Founder, Turn.ioGustav Praekelt is a technology founder, entrepreneur and advisor who is dedicated to leveraging emerging technologies for social impact across the Global South. Gustav founded Praekelt Foundation (now Reach Digital Health) in 2007 to make personal, uninterrupted healthcare available to all…
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ModeratorFounder, kiwanja.net, FrontlineSMSKen Banks, Founder of kiwanja.net and FrontlineSMS, devotes himself to the application of mobile technology for positive social and environmental change in the developing world. He has worked at the intersection of technology, anthropology, conservation and development for the past 20 years…
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SpeakerDirector of Mobile Solutions, USAIDPriya Jaisinghani serves as Senior Advisor to the Administrator and the Director of Mobile Solutions for the U.S. Agency for International Development. She has previously served as Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launching a $1 billion Global Development Program, and as…
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SpeakerSenior Director, GSMA Mobile for DevelopmentFiona Smith is a Senior Director at GSMA Mobile for Development which works with mobile operators to accelerate mobile solutions for people living under $2 per day. Fiona leads the service programme area which includes mAgriculture, mHealth, mobile for employment and digital inclusion. During…