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Type: The Future of MERL [clear filter]
Wednesday, September 4
 

9:00am EDT

Pre-Workshop: Operationalizing Responsible Data (Separate registration cost!) Greeley HallLinda 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

12:00pm EDT

Side Event: Open Source and Diversity Convening with GitHub (Separate Registration Required) Meeting RoomMala Kumar
 
Thursday, September 5
 

11:15am EDT

What's In a Name: Does Data Science Fit in the MERL Acronym? Academy Hall CKate Scaife Diaz • Tariq Khokhar • Brett Sedgewick

12:15pm EDT

ICT4Eval Book Launch! VistaPrashanth Kotturi • Michael Bamberger • Linda Raftree

2:30pm EDT

Confidence Not Competence: What is Holding Women Back from Embracing Tech in Development? Academy Hall BCarmen Tedesco • Jaclyn Carlsen • Patricia Mechael • Priyanka Pathak

3:45pm EDT

Digital Supply Chains and Data Trusts: Applied Data Governance in International Development Balcony DSean McDonald
 
Friday, September 6
 

9:15am EDT

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

10:00am EDT

Ethics and Unintended Consequences of Digital Programs and Digital MERL Academy Hall AJo Kaybryn • Ritse • Amos Doornbos • Melissa Persaud

11:30am EDT

Decolonizing Data and Technology in MERL Academy HallSilvia Salinas • Adeline Sibanda • Veronica Olazabal

12:35pm EDT

Understanding How DFID Makes Decisions: The Role of Portfolio-Level MERL Academy HallSarah Orton-Vipond

2:00pm EDT

Collecting Data in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: Approaches, Principles, and Tools Balcony DWill Lowrie • Giselle Lopez • Kathryn Rzeszut • Christopher Robert • Lindo Simelane

4:30pm EDT

Rights, Literacy, Control and Choice Academy HallAmos Doornbos

4:50pm EDT

Why MERL Needs Shared Knowledge Infrastructure -- And What It Can Learn from Open Science Academy HallMichael Lenczner

4:55pm EDT

The Face of a Fairer Future Academy HallAnindya Sharma