February 2009 - change - Mailing Lists

black change shirts
by Yaw Anokwa 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

the t-shirt company accidentally printed a handful of women's change shirts in black. if you would like a women's change shirt in black for $5, let me know asap. if you already have one of the grey ones and you would like one in black, we can do an exchange. if you did not order a shirt, but would like to get a unisex shirt (in black or grey), let me know. yaw

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tech museum award - nominations open
by Yaw Anokwa 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

The Tech Awards program inspires global engagement in applying technology to humanity's most pressing problems by recognizing individuals, organizations, and companies that are utilizing innovative technology solutions to address the most urgent issues facing our planet. http://www.techawards.org/nominate/criteria/

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thanks!
by Yaw Anokwa 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

hello all, thanks for coming out for last night's poster session. it was great to see so many people in ictd sharing their work! and special thanks go to natalie for organizing the event and sunil and clint for building the new site at http://change.washington.edu/ we've got some exciting stuff planned for the next few months so stay tuned! yaw

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Change Event NOW!
by Natalie Linnell 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Change is a group of faculty, students, and staff at the University of Washington who are exploring the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in improving the lives of underserved populations, especially in the developing world. We will be hosting a poster session with light refreshments on Thursday, February 26 from 5:00-7:00 PM in the atrium of the Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering. In addition to helping network those interested in this field, the event will also kick off a speaker series on ICTs in Development that will start March 5. When: Thursday February 26, 5:00-7:00 PM Where: Atrium, Paul Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html?CSE

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Set-up for the event tomorrow
by Natalie Linnell 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Hey everyone, Please let me know if you'd be available at 4:00 tomorrow to help set up for the event. Thanks! Natalie

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Change Event Tomorrow!
by Natalie Linnell 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Change is a group of faculty, students, and staff at the University of Washington who are exploring the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in improving the lives of underserved populations, especially in the developing world. We will be hosting a poster session with light refreshments on Thursday, February 26 from 5:00-7:00 PM in the atrium of the Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering. In addition to helping network those interested in this field, the event will also kick off a speaker series on ICTs in Development that will start March 5. When: Thursday February 26, 5:00-7:00 PM Where: Atrium, Paul Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html?CSE

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CSE 590f
by Richard Anderson 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Late notice - but Lakshminarayanan Subramanian is speaking now. CSE 403.

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change shirts are here!
by Yaw Anokwa 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

i just got an email from the t-shirt company and the change shirts will be ready for pickup at the change poster session tomorrow. available payment options are cash, check and paypal. if none of these payment options work for you, send me an email and we can arrange the details. - cash: the cost is $5.00. find me at cse590f or the next few change events (poster session, msr talks, etc). - check: the cost is $5.00. make the check payable to 'yaw anokwa' and put it in my cse mailbox or find me. - paypal: the cost is $5.45. send the payment to 'yanokwa(a)gmail.com'. we do accept credit cards. finally, a few of you generously offered to pay more than we were asking for the (gaetano subsidized) shirts. any extra money received will go to fund more change related things. thanks and see you all at 590f today and the poster session tomorrow! yaw

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Fwd: Agenda of W3C workshop on the role of mobile technologies in development
by joe michiels 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Info on the W3C MW4D workshop below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephane Boyera <boyera(a)w3.org> Date: Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:59 AM Subject: Agenda of W3C workshop on hte role of mobile technologies in development To: public-mw4d(a)w3.org Dear All, FYI, the agenda of the w3c workshop on the role of mobile technologies in development (http://www.w3.org/2008/10/MW4D_WS/ ) has just been released. it is available at http://www.w3.org/2008/10/MW4D_WS/agenda.html there are still few seats available. let me know if you are interested to participate Stephane -- Stephane Boyera stephane(a)w3.org W3C +33 (0) 5 61 86 13 08 BP 93 fax: +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 22 F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France

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Workshops Invitation - ICTD2009 Conference
by Yaw Anokwa 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

We invite you to participate in one of the special parallel workshops to be held on Friday 17 April at the IEEE/ACM ICTD2009 conference in Qatar (http://www.ictd2009.org) Details of these are attached. There is no additional cost for those attending the ICTD2009 conference, but you will need to take action in order to participate in one of the workshops: - ICTD Research Workshop: email the organisers as soon as possible (first-come-first-served up to a maximum of 40 participants) - ICTD Curriculum/Teaching Workshop: email the organisers as soon as possible (first-come-first-served up to a maximum of 50 participants) - Young/Early Researchers Workshop: email the organisers by March 1st, if you wish to make a presentation We may have some travel, accommodation and fee waiver scholarships available for workshop participants. To apply, fill the following form by February 25th: http://ictd2009.org/scholarships.html With good wishes Joyojeet & Joe Workshops & Panels Co-Chairs, ICTD2009 Email: workshops(a)ictd2009.org

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