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Joshua Vincent

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Business Analyst
Thursday, September 5
 

8:30am EDT

Registration and Meet & Greet Reception Area

9:00am EDT

Welcome to MERL Tech Academy HallLinda Raftree

9:45am EDT

MERL Tech State of the Field Academy HallLinda Raftree • Zach Tilton • Alexandra Robinson • Kerry Bruce

11:15am EDT

No Data, No Problem: Extracting Insights from Data-Poor Environments Academy Hall BBob Lamb • Arpitha Peteru

12:15pm EDT

Lunch and Demo Tables Reception Area

1:15pm EDT

MERL Tech Dashboard Contest! Academy HallWayan 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 ASherri Haas • Christopher Robert • Vidya Mahadevan • Reid Porter Harnessing Low-Cost, User-Friendly Google Resources for MERL Academy Hall CLaura Cortés Obregón • Maria Lopez

3:30pm EDT

Short Break Reception Area

3:45pm EDT

Tech and Traditional MERL: A Rapid Scoping Review of the State of the Field VistaZach Tilton • Soham Banerji • Michael Harnar • Maliha Khan Digital Supply Chains and Data Trusts: Applied Data Governance in International Development Balcony DSean McDonald

4:45pm EDT

Short Break Reception Area

5:25pm EDT

Can You Keep It All Going? Academy HallKurt Moses

5:30pm EDT

Happy Hour and Fail Fest Academy HallKerry Bruce • Melissa Persaud • Wayan Vota
 
Friday, September 6
 

9:00am EDT

Welcome to Day 2 of MERL Tech! Academy HallLinda Raftree

9:15am EDT

Opening Talk: Ethical Tech Practices in Development -- How Can We All Do Better? Academy HallYvonne MacPherson

9:45am EDT

Short Break Reception Area

10:00am EDT

Building Bridges Between Data Scientists and Evaluators: A Review of Trends and Challenges in Recent MERL Tech Conferences Academy Hall BMichael Bamberger • Kecia Bertermann • Alexandra Robinson

11:00am EDT

Long Break Reception Area

12:30pm EDT

Network Nodes That Fit Your Data Style Academy HallJennifer Himmelstein

12:50pm EDT

Machine Learning to Measure Impact with Remotely Sensed Imagery and Vector Data Academy HallAlberto Nieto

12:55pm EDT

Stories from Our Litter Academy HallWekesa Zablon

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Reception Area

2:00pm EDT

From Words To Wisdom: Everyday Tools to Visualize Qualitative Data VistaSamhir Vasdev The Secret Life of Dashboards: How to Transform Your Data into Dashboards That Can Promote Data-Driven Decision-Making Academy Hall BMegan Philbin • Suzannah Dunbar • Tony Tseng