---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bill Thies <thies@microsoft.com> Date: Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 08:30 Subject: DataDev 2012 - Call for Participation To: Bill Thies <thies@microsoft.com>, "Jaiswal, Sharad (Sharad) (sharad.jaiswal@alcatel-lucent.com)" <sharad.jaiswal@alcatel-lucent.com> 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 dataworkshop2012@gmail.com.