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Data
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Tech and Traditional MERL
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James Newton
IPPF
Senior Adviser, Institutional Data and Analytics
Collecting and managing data in global NGOs. DHIS2. Data culture.
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
Can We Measure Data Culture?
Balcony E
Samhir Vasdev • Agnieszka Rawa • Tatiana Rusu
Data Approaches in Hard-to-Reach Places
Balcony D
Mourice Barasa Wafula • Amanda Yembrick • Samantha Serrano • Jamie Frederick
12:15pm EDT
Lunch and Demo Tables
Reception Area
1:15pm EDT
MERL Tech Dashboard Contest!
Academy Hall
Wayan Vota • Amanda Makulec • Charles Guedenet • Christopher Robert • Siobhan Green • Carmen Tedesco • Kerry Bruce • Alberto Nieto • Dustin Homer • Ailsa Cook • Munir Mahomar • Celeste Brubaker
2:15pm EDT
Short Break
Reception Area
2:30pm EDT
Beyond "Make vs. Buy": Making MERL Tech Work for YOU
Academy Hall A
Sherri Haas • Christopher Robert • Vidya Mahadevan • Reid Porter
3:30pm EDT
Short Break
Reception Area
3:45pm EDT
Big Data, Big Responsibilities
Academy Hall B
Samuel Scarpino • Mollie Woods • Michael Roytman
Living Our Vision: Applying the Principles for Digital Development as an Evaluative Methodology
Academy Hall C
Allana Nelson • Christopher Neu • Laura Walker McDonald • Steve Ollis
4:45pm EDT
Short Break
Reception Area
5:00pm EDT
Paving over Digital Health "Pilotitis" in Nepal
Academy Hall
Ichhya Pant
5:05pm EDT
10-Day Handwashing Challenge: A Digital Tool for Habit Formation in a Low-Income Context
Academy Hall
Priya Kathpal
5:15pm EDT
Does Your Tech Spark Joy? The Minimalist's Approach to MERL Tech
Academy Hall
Kate Scaife Diaz
5:20pm EDT
Reading Schematics Before Designing Your Robot: The Story of BecaXR
Academy Hall
Steve DiPangrazio
5:25pm EDT
Can You Keep It All Going?
Academy Hall
Kurt Moses
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
11:30am EDT
Decolonizing Data and Technology in MERL
Academy Hall
Silvia Salinas • Adeline Sibanda • Veronica Olazabal
12:30pm EDT
Network Nodes That Fit Your Data Style
Academy Hall
Jennifer Himmelstein
12:35pm EDT
Understanding How DFID Makes Decisions: The Role of Portfolio-Level MERL
Academy Hall
Sarah Orton-Vipond
12:40pm EDT
How to Measure Local Ownership within Development Projects
Academy Hall
Rachel Dickinson
12:45pm EDT
Lessons from 'Aqoonta': Delivering a Digital Third-Party Monitoring Platform
Academy Hall
Giselle Lopez • Will Lowrie
12:50pm EDT
Machine Learning to Measure Impact with Remotely Sensed Imagery and Vector Data
Academy Hall
Alberto Nieto
12:55pm EDT
Stories from Our Litter
Academy Hall
Wekesa Zablon
1:00pm EDT
Lunch
Reception Area
2:00pm EDT
The Role of Tech in the Organizational Journey to Better Data Management and Use
Academy Hall A
Richard Tighe • Arlene Lozano • Arshak Hovanesian • Eric Barela
Ethics of Data: A Benefit/Risk Assessment Framework
Angle
Siobhan Green
From Words To Wisdom: Everyday Tools to Visualize Qualitative Data
Vista
Samhir Vasdev
Moving from Pretty Pictures to Data Informed Decisions with GIS
Academy Hall C
Eric Lovell • Hillary Eason • Martijn Marijnis • Melissa Persaud • Marianne Henry
The Secret Life of Dashboards: How to Transform Your Data into Dashboards That Can Promote Data-Driven Decision-Making
Academy Hall B
Megan Philbin • Suzannah Dunbar • Tony Tseng
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
4:40pm EDT
Let's talk about a MERL Open Source Marketplace
Academy Hall
Mala Kumar
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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