Hi,

    After the summer hiatus the Change Seminar is looking for speakers for the fall quarter.  As usual we are scheduled to meet in CSE 203 at 12pm on Tuesdays.

    Please contact me if you are interested in speaking at Change and I can get you on the schedule.  Right now we have several openings for the beginning of October.

    Additionally, if you know of anyone in your department – or who might be passing though Seattle – who would be interested in sharing their ideas with the Change community please let me know and pass along the below information about the seminar. 

Some Background On Change

Change meets at noon each Tuesdays during the quarter. We try to be as interdisciplinary as possible and include students, faculty and staff from around UW. We cover topics such as global health, education, micro finance, agriculture, and communication, and look at how technology can be used to support development in each of these areas. The idea is for us to learn from each other and collaborate where appropriate.

Generally talks are between 30 and 40 min long with time for questions and answers at the end. It is a very informal setting share and exchange ideas about technology for developing regions. Over the last year the Change Seminar has grown to a weekly average of 30 people and that is in large part due to the excellent speakers we have had.

Thanks,

- Trevor Perrier