This conference may be of interest to the change community! Cheers, -mj -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [TIER] [REGISTRATION OPENED] EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 11:00:39 -0500 From: Assane Gueye <assane.gueye@gmail.com> To: tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu [Apologizes for multiple postings] Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce that registrations are opened for the First */EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas, /**/April 11-12, 2017 in Dakar, Senegal./* Please goto the registration webpage: http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/registration <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/registration> * * *Note*: if you are registering from/within the African continent, you are eligible for a discount. Please contact the conference manager @: lenka.laukova@eai.eu <http://eai.eu/>. Please find below some highlights for the conference: *Workshop* *InterSol2017 will be co-located with the 6^th Annual CNRIA Workshop.* The CNRIA conference is a highly interactive conference that enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, industry, and product developers. .Read more… <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/cnria> * * *Special Session* *Special Session on **Development Innovation Learning and Innovation in Learning**.* Development discourse emerged in the 1940s alongside the idea of innovation. Innovation meant technology transfer from particularly Western countries to non-Western countries and Africa in particular. Since then learning approaches have been developed to support the diffusion of foreign technologies. Read more… <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/news> * * *Roundtable* InterSol2017 will offer a *roundtable that brings together researchers and socio-economic actors* in underserved areas to exchange and enable interdisciplinary research projects. This roundtable is aimed at community organizations, farmers’ and fishermen’s associations, women’s NGO as well as inventors, researchers and students interested in interdisciplinary research projects targeting underserved areas. Read more… <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/home> * * *Poster Session* *PhD Poster Session* We invite PhD students to submit extended abstract of their research for poster presentation during the InterSol2017 Conference. This will offer a unique opportunity for students to share their work with an international audience. Read more… <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/cf-posters>* * * * *Keynote Speakers* *InterSol2017 is also a panel of outstanding keynote speakers including (see details <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/keynotes>):* * *Prof. Eric A. Brewer* <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/keynotes>*:* Professor of Computer Science, UC Berkeley, VP Infrastructure, Google * *Dr Abdella Battou* <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/keynotes>*: *Division Chief, Advanced Network Technologies, National Institute of Standards and Technology * *Prof. Sanjay Misra* <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/keynotes>: Professor of Computer Engineering at Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria * *Dr. Arame Tall <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/keynotes>*: GFCS Regional Coordinator for Africa, Dakar, Senegal * * * *Prof. Mammo Muchie <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/keynotes>:** *Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa * * *Social Program* *InterSol is also a social program guided by the Senegalese “Teranga” (hospitality) (see details <http://interdisciplinarysolutions.org/2017/show/program-preliminary>):* * *Welcome mini-Cocktail at the hall of Novotel Hotel,* Monday, April 10, 2017, 6:30pm: * *Tour at the historic Goree Island followed by reception dinner,* Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 4pm: * *Visit at the "**Monument de la Renaissance Africaine", *Tuesday, April 12, 2017, 5:30pm