Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:41:23 -0400 From: emma brunskill <emma@csail.mit.edu> Subject: [Ict4dev] Computing at the Margins symposium, Georgia Tech To: ict4dev@csail.mit.edu Message-ID: <eb56a0aa0903291841l34127886h109f6d3e4a0c8129@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- You Are Cordially Invited Finding shelter for the homeless and displaced...??Enabling access to emergency services for the visually and hearing impaired... Liberating the voice of an oppressed population...??Monitoring the spread of disease so emerging nations have a chance to thrive. "Computing for good" has the potential to improve the human condition, locally in our own communities and globally throughout the world. By reaching beyond those who have traditionally benefited from technological advances, we reveal problems that require different kinds of solutions; by addressing these problems we stand to benefit individuals, communities, and societies that have been outside the reach of mainstream technology for too long. On May 6 and 7, 2009, Georgia Tech will host the Computing at the Margins symposium. The symposium is aimed at understanding the technology needs of under-served communities, both domestically and abroad, and exploring the role of innovative technology in serving and empowering these communities. The symposium will bring together leaders from the nonprofit sector, academia, industry and government to discuss the scientific challenges that we must address when creating technology aimed outside the affluent, well-connected, infrastructure-heavy settings that have been the focus of so much computing research. The symposium aims to impact the way the broader computing community approaches social impact, influence the way we educate the next leaders in computing, and help set the national agenda for computing research. Please join us for the symposium, by registering at: www.computing-margins.org/registration SYMPOSIUM INFO Registration Agenda Background External Relations: Vivian Chandler chandler@cc.gatech.edu +1 404.385.1252 Symposium Organization: Keith Edwards keith@cc.gatech.edu +1 404.385.6783 HOSTED BY The GVU Center School of Interactive Computing www.computing-margins.org May 6 & 7, 2009 On the Georgia Tech Campus Forward email This email was sent to tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu by info@computing-margins.org. Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe? | Privacy Policy. Email Marketing by School of Interactive Computing | Georgia Institute of Technology | 85 5th ST NW | Atlanta | GA | 30308