This might be of interest to some members on this group.
Best,
Gautam
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
DataDev 2012
1st International Workshop on Mobile
Data Collection in the Developing World
Co-located with MDM 2012
Bangalore, India
July 23-24, 2012
http://dataworkshop.org/
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 24, 2012
Ever wonder what REAL organizations need for data collection?
Organizations in the developing world have long been burdened by
managing large-scale data collection efforts. Today, the mobile
revolution has made possible new tools for data collection and
digitization, with the potential to radically transform the management
of data in resource-constrained settings.
The workshop will connect leading organizations, having field operations
in India, with an international cadre of researchers who are developing
the latest tools for collecting and managing data. Our goals are to
identify new research directions, to disseminate the latest technologies
from the lab to the field, and to forge new long-term collaborations
that are beneficial to both researchers and practitioners.
The workshop program will feature:
- short (10-minute) talks by leaders in the field
- a demo/poster session of tools for data collection
- open working sessions to discuss key problems in the domain
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Practitioners in the field:
- Anne Chappuis, VIStA (Integrated Child Development Services)
- Anup Roy and KB Prathap, Centre for Micro Finance / JPAL South Asia
- Anupam Varghese, Eko
- Gautam John, Akshara Foundation
- Kanav Kahol, Public Health Foundation of India
- Mayank Kedia, ICTPH
- Naresh Bala, SVYM
- Adhiraj Parthasarathy, Karvy Data Management
- Regina Estuar, Ateneo de Manila University
- Roshan Nair, Gram Vaani
- Srikanth Viswanathan and Swati Ramanathan, Janaagraha
- Sundeep Sahay, HISP
Providers of technology:
- Amarjeet Singh, IIIT Delhi
- Bill Thies, Microsoft Research India
- Jerome White, IBM Research India
- Kristina Pitula, Concordia University
- Kulsoom Ally, Nokia
- Matt Theis, DiMAGI
- Meena Natarajan, Local Ground (UC Berkeley)
- Melissa Densmore, UC Berkeley
- Michael Syson, Usbong (Ateneo de Manila University)
- Neil Patel, Awaaz.De
- Nicola Dell, mScan (University of Washington)
- Peter Lubell-Doughtie, formhub (Columbia University)
- Sameer Segal, Artoo
- Sharad Jaiswal, Bell Labs India
- Shashank Garg, Handsrel
- Suniti Gupta, Lateral Praxis
- Waylon Brunette, Open Data Kit (University of Washington)
- Zahir Koradia, IIT Delhi
ORGANIZERS:
- Sharad Jaiswal, Bell Labs, India
- Bill Thies, Microsoft Research India
- Gautam John, Akshara Foundation
- Mayank Kedia, ICTPH
Questions? Comments? Write to
datawork...@gmail.com.