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Melody Mendonca
World Renew
Program Coordinator, International Disaster Response
mmendonca@worldrenew.net
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
Tech Is Easy, People Are Hard: Behavioral Design Considerations to Improve Mobile Engagement
Vista
Boris Maguire
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
Using Cutting-Edge Technology to Measure Global Perceptions of Gender-Based Violence Online
Balcony D
Paulina (Paula) Rudnicka • Chai Shenoy • Mercedes Fogarassy
3:30pm EDT
Short Break
Reception Area
3:45pm EDT
Smartcards for MERL, Worth the Money?
Angle
Nirinjaka Ramasinjatovo • Nicole Chao
4:45pm EDT
Short Break
Reception Area
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
5:25pm 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
Messaging Platforms: Best Practices, Costs, Security and Privacy
Balcony E
Maurice Sayinzoga • Boris Maguire • Christoph Pimmer • Charles Copley
11:00am EDT
Long Break
Reception Area
11:30am EDT
Decolonizing Data and Technology in MERL
Academy Hall
Silvia Salinas • Adeline Sibanda • Veronica Olazabal
12:35pm 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
1:00pm EDT
Lunch
Reception Area
2:00pm EDT
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
Collecting Data in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: Approaches, Principles, and Tools
Balcony D
Will Lowrie • Giselle Lopez • Kathryn Rzeszut • Christopher Robert • Lindo Simelane
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
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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