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Posts Tagged ‘interview’ICTD2010 - videos 2Some more videos from ICTD2010 we’ve uploaded to Youtube in the mean time. First day - opening panel: First day - pre-conference platform session: Third day - wrap-up: Interviews are constantly being uploaded, so check the ICT4D.at Youtube channel or watch them here: Tags: #ICTD2010, conference, event, ICT4D, ICT4D.at, ICTD, interview, london, video ICTD2010 - videos 2 was published on December 17th, 2010 by Florian Sturm.
Coop 2.0 interview: Anriette EsterhuysenThis post is part of a series of interviews collected at this years conference Coop 2.0 in Gijon. Anriette Esterhuysen is currently working at APC (Assosciation for Progressive Communications), an organization which aims to provide a free and open internet to everybody. Before that she was Executive Director of SANGONeT, a development information portal for NGOs in South Africa, active in the human rights movement and involved in the fight against Apartheid. Hear her talk about how she came to using ICTs, her criticism about ICT4D not considering the people with all their aspects - especially missing out in social terms. Also she talks about the activities of APC and the need to put pressure and regulation on the private IT sector and the industry to ensure positive outcomes for development. Tags: APC, Coop 2.0, ICT4D, interview, Sangonet Coop 2.0 interview: Anriette Esterhuysen was published on July 9th, 2009 by Florian Sturm. Coop 2.0 interview: Alexander WidmerThis post is part of a series of interviews collected at this years conference Coop 2.0 in Gijon. Alexander Widmer works for Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and has been Deputy Head of the Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Division until it was closed down in 2008. Now he is responsible for the efficient use of ICTs in the newly created Knowledge and Learning Processes Division. Hear him talk about the efforts of SDC in the follow up of the World Information Summits in 2003 and 2005, their present activities - which focus more on traditional development assistance - and his views on the potentials of ICTs. Tags: Coop 2.0, ICT4D, interview, SDC Coop 2.0 interview: Alexander Widmer was published on July 2nd, 2009 by Florian Sturm. Coop 2.0 interview: Jan BlomThis post is part of a series of interviews collected at this years conference Coop 2.0 in Gijon. Jan Blom works at Nokia Research in Bangalore, India and formerly helped to build up Nokia Design Studio there. He is leading a team of nomadic researchers which try to understand the ways users use their mobile devices. Hear him talk about his personal background of social sciences and HCI and his work at Nokia Design Studio. Tags: Coop 2.0, HCI, ICT4D, interview, nokia Coop 2.0 interview: Jan Blom was published on June 26th, 2009 by Florian Sturm. Coop 2.0 interview: Stéphane BoyeraThis post is part of a series of interviews collected at this years conference Coop 2.0 in Gijon. Stéphane Boyera has been working with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - the internet standardization consortium - since it was founded in 1995 and has been leading the Mobile Web for Social Development initiative there since 2006. Hear him talk about his work at W3C and the role of ICTs, especially the mobile phone, for development. Tags: Coop 2.0, ICT4D, interview, mobile phone, w3c Coop 2.0 interview: Stéphane Boyera was published on June 20th, 2009 by Florian Sturm. Coop 2.0 interview: Vikas NathThis post is part of a series of interviews collected at this years conference Coop 2.0 in Gijon. Vikas Nath is working with the South Centre - an intergovernmental organization of developing countries founded in 1995. It has 50 member countries and represents the interests of these countries on the international stage. Topics the South Centre works on include trade, intellectual rights or climate change. Hear Vikas talk about this organization, it’s aims and the technology used - such as a digital TV channel (South Centre Digital TV) or the South Centre blog. Tags: Coop 2.0, interview, South Centre Coop 2.0 interview: Vikas Nath was published on June 12th, 2009 by Florian Sturm. Coop 2.0 interview: Kentaro ToyamaThis post is part of a series of interviews collected at this years conference Coop 2.0 in Gijon. Kentary Toayama is working for Microsoft at Microsoft Research India (MSR India) and leader of the Technology for Emerging Markets research group which aims to find out about the needs and aspirations of inhabitants of emerging markets and of underserved communities. Hear him talk about projects his work group is involved in and the three step (immersion, design, evaluation) system of innovation for finding ICT4D solutions to problems in less developed countries. Tags: Coop 2.0, ICT4D, interview, Microsoft Coop 2.0 interview: Kentaro Toyama was published on June 5th, 2009 by Florian Sturm. Coop 2.0 interview: Juliana RotichThis post is part of a series of interviews collected at this years conference Coop 2.0 in Gijon. Juliana Rotich is a renowned and experienced Kenyan blogger, her blog is named after her alias - Afromusing - and as she is one of the co-founders of the “Crowsourcing Crisis Information” - mapping project Ushahidi she also blogs on the Ushahidid blog. Hear her talking about the Ushahidi project, the underlying infrastructure provided by FrontlineSMS and the conference Coop 2.0 in Gijon. Tags: Coop 2.0, interview, ushahidi Coop 2.0 interview: Juliana Rotich was published on May 30th, 2009 by Florian Sturm. Coop 2.0 interview: Ismael Peña-LópezThis post is part of a series of interviews collected at this years conference Coop 2.0 in Gijon. Ismael Peña-López is lecturer at the Open University of Catalonia and an important contributor to the ICT4D scene. On his blog ICTlogy he publishes his own research and covers conferences and events he attends. Personally speaking he influenced me very much in writing my thesis and it’s always enjoyable to read through his posts. We also met several times at events and are currently collaborating on an ICT4D calendar project. In the video you can hear him talking about his two lives concerning ICT4D and his PdH thesis dealing with e-Readiness. Tags: Coop 2.0, e-readiness, ICTlogy, interview Coop 2.0 interview: Ismael Peña-López was published on May 23rd, 2009 by Florian Sturm.
Coop 2.0 interview: Oleg PetrovAfter a one month break in our interview series, we continue with the interviews collected at this years conference Coop 2.0 in Gijon. This interview features Oleg Petrov of the eDevelopment thematic group of the World Bank. We met him there for he first time and agreed on a partnership - which is right now already successfully up and running. In the interview he expresses his personal views on the potentials of ICT in development and states that in his opinion ICTs are one of the most powerful tools in the last 2000 years. He has been working in the World Bank for a while and always promoted the usage of ICTs - both internal and external - right now with a series of workshops and seminars with international stakeholders, both from public and private sector. Make sure to watch the video - a strong call for new and innovative approaches towards development. Tags: Coop 2.0, ICT4D, interview, world bank Coop 2.0 interview: Oleg Petrov was published on May 14th, 2009 by Florian Sturm. |
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