change.jpg 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> 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> http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html?CSE) WHEN: Thursday, March 5th, 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. Box 354985 Seattle, WA 98195 Tel 206.616.9101 Fax 206.616.5149 <mailto:cisinfo@u.washington.edu> cisinfo@u.washington.edu <http://www.cis.washington.edu> www.cis.washington.edu