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Angela Boss
World Renew
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Wednesday
, September 4
9:00am EDT
Pre-Workshop: Operationalizing Responsible Data (Separate registration cost!)
Greeley Hall
Linda Raftree • Alexandra Robinson • Kelly Church • Rebecca Saxton-Fox • Lynn Yoshikawa • Gigi Gatti • Amos Doornbos • Anindya Sharma • Richard Tighe • Sara Baker • Laura Walker McDonald • Adeline Sibanda • Jo Kaybryn • Samuel Scarpino
Thursday
, September 5
8:30am EDT
Registration and Meet & Greet
Reception Area
9:00am EDT
Welcome to MERL Tech
Academy Hall
Linda Raftree
9:45am EDT
MERL Tech State of the Field
Academy Hall
Linda Raftree • Zach Tilton • Alexandra Robinson • Kerry Bruce
10:15am EDT
Opening Talk: What’s next for data science in development?
Academy Hall
Tariq Khokhar
10:45am EDT
Long Break
Reception Area
11:15am EDT
No Data, No Problem: Extracting Insights from Data-Poor Environments
Academy Hall B
Bob Lamb • Arpitha Peteru
12:15pm EDT
Lunch and Demo Tables
Reception Area
ICT4Eval Book Launch!
Vista
Prashanth Kotturi • Michael Bamberger • Linda Raftree
2:15pm EDT
Short Break
Reception Area
2:30pm EDT
Harnessing Low-Cost, User-Friendly Google Resources for MERL
Academy Hall C
Laura Cortés Obregón • Maria Lopez
3:30pm EDT
Short Break
Reception Area
3:45pm EDT
Big Data, Big Responsibilities
Academy Hall B
Samuel Scarpino • Mollie Woods • Michael Roytman
4:45pm EDT
Short Break
Reception Area
5:15pm EDT
Does Your Tech Spark Joy? The Minimalist's Approach to MERL Tech
Academy Hall
Kate Scaife Diaz
5:30pm EDT
Happy Hour and Fail Fest
Academy Hall
Kerry Bruce • Melissa Persaud • Wayan Vota
Friday
, September 6
8:30am EDT
Registration and Meet & Greet
Reception Area
9:00am EDT
Welcome to Day 2 of MERL Tech!
Academy Hall
Linda Raftree
9:15am EDT
Opening Talk: Ethical Tech Practices in Development -- How Can We All Do Better?
Academy Hall
Yvonne MacPherson
9:45am EDT
Short Break
Reception Area
10:00am EDT
Ethics and Unintended Consequences of Digital Programs and Digital MERL
Academy Hall A
Jo Kaybryn • Ritse • Amos Doornbos • Melissa Persaud
11:00am EDT
Long Break
Reception Area
12:40pm EDT
How to Measure Local Ownership within Development Projects
Academy Hall
Rachel Dickinson
1:00pm EDT
Lunch
Reception Area
2:00pm EDT
Ethics of Data: A Benefit/Risk Assessment Framework
Angle
Siobhan Green
4:00pm EDT
Long Break
Reception Area
4:30pm EDT
Rights, Literacy, Control and Choice
Academy Hall
Amos Doornbos
4:35pm EDT
Turning Data into Meaningful Information
Academy Hall
Bolanle Olapeju
4:45pm EDT
A Blockchain Success Story: Global Food Safety
Academy Hall
Matt Nelson
4:50pm EDT
Why MERL Needs Shared Knowledge Infrastructure -- And What It Can Learn from Open Science
Academy Hall
Michael Lenczner
4:55pm EDT
The Face of a Fairer Future
Academy Hall
Anindya Sharma
5:00pm EDT
Closing Session
Academy Hall
Linda Raftree • Maliha Khan
5:45pm EDT
Side Event: Happy Hour with DevResults
Across the Pond
Aasit Nanavati
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