Technology for Innovation and Education in Developing Countries

TEDC/APPFRICA at Makerere University

When: July 31, 2008 through August 2, 2008

Where: Kampala, Uganda

Attendees: 50+

Schedule: Download the TEDC Schedule of Panels and Events

Registration: To register email us here.  Registration is currently on hold but will open up again in late June after we can reasess space and resources.

Price: Researchers, industry leaders, businesses, educators, entrepreneurs, governmental and non-governmental organizations gather to discuss novel uses of web technology for innovation and education in the developing world.

Cost: It is $300 for international attendees. Any native Africans and African students can apply for a scholarship which will allow them to attend for free, travel costs not withstanding.  This is meant to encourage local participation although non-natives can make a case for receiving a scholarship by emailing j.gosier@appfrica.org. 

Scholarship money is being paid by donations and sponsorships from larger companies.  For information on sponsoring attendees, email sponsor@appfrica.org

TEDC KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 

Warner Woodworth

Social entrepreneur and professor at the Marriott School, Brigham Young University, and consultant to major corporations, governments and trade unions.

Tim Unwin

Professor of Geography and UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, Director of the World Economic Forum‘s Partnerships for Education programme with UNESCO.

APPFRICA PANELISTS

Megha Agrawal

Megha is a member of the Assetmap Project, a web based tool to help local actors harness the information about assets and needs that otherwise remains fragmented and locked within individual organizations. With this system, local civil society actors in northern Uganda and around the world will be able to quickly and effectively access information.

Ory Okolloh

Ms. Ory Okolloh is a lawyer, a political activist and a blogger. She is the co-founder of Mzalendo a website that tracks the performance of Kenyan Members of Parliament, and the co-founder of Ushahidi, a website that grew out of the political crisis in Kenya and that maps both incidents of violence and peace efforts.  UPDATE Mrs. Okolloh had to drop out due to pregnancy restrictions on travel.