microsoft Research's Technology for Emerging Markets group

WHAT: Microsoft Research will be presenting a two-hour series of 15-minute talks on some of their projects (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/groups/tem). Food and drinks will be provided.

WHERE: Gates Commons (Rm 691) of the Allen Center (http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html?CSE)

WHEN: Thursday, March 5^th, 2009, 11am-1pm

SPEAKERS:

· Kentaro Toyama: ICT4D research strategies, featherweight computing, and UIs for semi-literate users

· Indrani Medhi: UIs for non-literate users, free-access PCs for slum households, mobile banking UI, and UI options for delivering services over mobile phones

· Bill Thies: Electronic pillbox, UI options for delivering services over mobile phone, and DVD-based interactive multimedia

· Aishwarya Ratan: Technology for microfinance, free-access PCs for low-income workers, and value of digital literacy

· Saurabh Panjwani: PC+projector in a classroom, ICT in education, and pedal-power generators

· David Hutchful: MultiPoint templates for easy content creation, and connecting NGOs via the Internet

· Nimmi Rangaswamy: ICT in Indian slums, middle-class TV consumption in emerging markets, and Internet cafes

SPONSORED BY: Center for Information & Society (CIS) with support from the iSchool, HCDE, CSE, and Change.

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