Perspectives on ICT4D Symposium
Channel: Victor de Boer
Date: 2014-05-17

On 16 May 2014, The Network Institute, Computer Science Department and International Office of VU organize a symposium on ICT4D, the quickly growing field of practice and study how Information and Communication Technologies influence and may contribute to social and economic development in the (developing) world.

http://w4ra.org/2014/04/14/symposium_ict4d/

Speakers (with video times):
0.00.00  Welcome and opening
0.02.36  Stefan Schlobach: ICT4D and Computer Science
0.35.55  Mirjam de Bruijn: Mobile Africa Revisited
1.14.34   Saa Dittoh & Wendelien Tuyp/Chris Reij: Communication and Knowledge Sharing For Food and Water Security in Africa
 2.27.38    Lunch (no speakers)
3.26.10  Amadou Tangara & Stéphane Boyera: Mobile and Voice Technologies For Social And Economic Development
4.39.10  Tim Unwin: Can ICTs really make a difference to the lives of poor people and marginalised communities?
5.56.29  Hans Akkermans: An Informatics and Networking Perspective on ICT4D