The Power of Information: New Technologies for Philanthropy and Development
The Indigo Trust working with The Institute for Philanthropy and The Omidyar Network will be hosting a conference: “The Power of Information: New Technologies for Philanthropy and Development” on September 15th 2011. The conference, which will be held in central London will be invitation only.
The conference will explore the ways in which innovative developments in information and computer technology can aid development, improve service delivery, enhance communication and enable critical information to reach the most excluded communities in the developing world.
This conference will enable philanthropists and the donor community to gain an insight into the ways in which the emerging field of Information Computer Technology for Development (ICT4D) has the potential to enhance interventions in all sectors across the developed and developing world.
The conference will include an opportunity to meet with donors already funding in the field and to break out into the following sector specific break-out panels, where philanthropists and practitioners can explore how ICT can enhance their current work:
- Transparency, Accountability and Democracy
- Health
- Finance and Rural Development
- Youth empowerment and education
- Human Rights
- Fostering Innovation and Enterprise
- Amy Sample Ward (Independent)
- Anna Kydd (SHM Foundation)
- Ashifi Gogo (Sproxil)
- Bill Zimmerman (ActivSpaces – AfriLabs – VC4Africa)
- Bosun Tijani (Co-creation hub)
- Chris Locke (GSMA)
- David Edelstein (Grameen Foundation)
- Erica Hagen (Map Kibera)
- Erik Hersman (Ushahidi/ihub)
- Francesca Perrin (Indigo Trust)
- Gustav Praekelt (Praekelt Foundation)
- Ida Jooste (Internews)
- John Kipchumbah (Sodnet)
- Jon Gosier (HiveColab)
- Ken Banks (FrontlineSMS)
- Laura Walker Hudson (FrontlineSMS)
- Loren Treisman (Indigo Trust)
- Marjan Besuijen (Hivos)
- Martin Tisne (Transparency and Accountability Initiative)
- Matt Berg (Millennium Villages)
- Owen Barder (Aid Info)
- Patrick Meier (Crisis Mappers/Ushahidi)
- Philip Thigo (Sodnet)
- Rodrigo Baggio (CDI Brazil)
- Rose Goslinga (Syngenta)
- Rose Shuman (Question Box)
- Sameer Padania (Macroscope)
- Stephanie Hankey (Tactical Tech)
- Stephen King (Omidyar)
- Su Kahambu (iCow)
- Sunil Abraham (Centre for Internet and Society)
- Susan Kariuki (Youth Agenda)
- Tom Steinberg (mySociety)
- Uju Ofomata (One World)
- William Perrin (Indigo Trust)
There will also be a video message by Pierre Omidyar, Founder of eBay.
About the Omidyar Network
About The Institute for Philanthropy
This was announced on the Indigo Trust website on 15 September 2011, the original can be read here.