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| Bridging
the Divide brings together scholars, practitioners, government and
corporate policy makers and leaders of non-profit organizations to
focus on the use of technology to accelerate industrial development
in the world's developing economies.
Leaders in new technology, education, business and economics in the developing world will share their thoughts and experiences at the conference and lead workshops and panels in the following subjects. There will be ample opportunity for discussion and networking. |
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Note:
All presentations are pdfs |
| Keynote Speakers: |
| Bernardo Mendez-Lugo, Consul for Trade and Business Promotion, Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco |
| Junzo Kawakami, President, Hitachi Worldwide R&D |
| Carol A. Dahl, Director, Global Health Technologies and Chief of Staff, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Peter Dodd, Director International Economics, Department of Trade & Industry, London |
| Panel Presentations: |
| Panel 1: Scaling Microfinance and Micro-enterprise Lending Through ICT Innovations |
James Dailey, Technical Project Manager, Grameen Technology Center |
Janine Firpo, Chair, Sevak Solutions |
Jessica Jackley Flannery, Co-Founder, Kiva and Premal Shah, President, Kiva |
| Tapan Parikh, Computer Science, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington |
| Robert Bradley, Senior Associate, Climate, Energy and Pollution Program, World Resources Institute (WRI) |
| Dr. Suani Teixeira Coelho, Deputy Secretary,São Paulo State Department for Environment |
| Sunil Ghose, Senior Consultant, Nexant Inc. |
Panel 3: National and Corporate ICT Strategies in Emerging Economies |
| Khairul Akmaliah Adham, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
| Atiba Phillips, National Executive Manager, eCommerce for the Government of Trinidad & Tobago |
Panel 4: Innovative, Entrepreneurial Mechanisms for Improving Health in Developing Countries |
| Dr. Arwa Almodwahi, School of Public Health, Venture Strategies, UC Berkeley |
| Professor Martha Campbell, PhD, President, Venture Strategies for Health and Development and Lecturer; Co-director, Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development (CEIHD) School of Public Health |
Panel 5: Design and Implementation Strategies for Emerging Regions |
| Dr. Marcel Crul, Research Coordinator, Design for Sustainability Programme, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands |
| Harriet Mucunguzi, Executive Director, Science and Technology Enterprise Development Organization (STEDO), Uganda |
| Doug Steinberg, Senior Program Officer, The Lemelson Foundation |
| Professor Jan Carel (JC) Diehl, Design for Sustainability Programme, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands |
| Professor Ashok Gadgil, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Adjunct Professor, Energy and Resources Group |
| Xiaodong Wang, PhD, Energy Specialist, The Africa Energy Sector Unit, The World Bank |
Panel 7: ICT Case Studies: Designing and Implementing Appropriate Technologies |
| Melanie Edwards, CEO, MobileMedia |
| Bob Marsh, Co-founder and VP Engineering, Inveneo |
| Victor Grau Serrat, Project Manager, United Villages |
Panel 8: Smart Tools for Addressing Health Pandemics in Emerging Economies |
| JoAnn Dunaway, Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development (CEIHD) |
| Dr. Michael Free, Vice President and Senior Advisor for Technologies, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) |
| Aimee Gauthier, Africa Regional Director, Institute for Transport and Development Policy (ITDP), Access Africa Program |
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Note: All
presentations are in Microsoft PowerPoint format |
| ICT Panel: Wireless |
| Competing Standards for Wireless Communications |
| Energy and Resources: Water |
| The Potable Water Divide - Tralance Addy, WaterHealth International |
| Independent Water Suppliers: SSIPs - Tova Maria Solo, World Bank |
| Urban Water and Sanitation Panel - Dr. John D. Skoda |
| Water Privatization: Protecting the Public Interest - Meena Palaniappan, Pacific Institute |
| Financial Plenary |
| Financing Investment In Technology - The Center for Global Development |
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