Intelligent Choices: Opportunities in Non-Traditional Information Technology Areas
Friday, April 4, 2008 10:25DATE: Tuesday, April 8 2008
TIME: 2:00 - 5:00 pm
VENUE: Mahnoor Room, Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi
Vickram Crishna talks about the world of fascinating opportunities that have opened up in applying IT and communications technologies inclusively. Addressing the needs of communities currently less well served, such as rural dwellers, urban persons who do not use computers, and persons for whom computers are inaccessible primarily because of physical design issues. Accessing business needs in such circumstances can be rewarding in many ways - both commercial and non-commercial.
AGENDA:
The Need for Professionals in ICT for Development
Using Technology to Solve the Problems of the Disadvantaged - How, Why?
Case Studies of Successful Business Models
Nextenders
NeuroSynaptic
Djursland
Some Key Innovative Application Examples for Discussion
Local Area VoIP
Keyboardless Data Entry
Portable Data Projectors
Low Cost Personal Computers
The Way Forward
Promoting Entrepreneurship in ICT4D
Morphing Current Business Opportunities to the Social Development Environment
Follow-Up: Creation of a Focus Group to Further this Agenda
REGISTRATION IS FREE
Kindly register at secretariat@pasha.org.pk giving the names of the people who will attend, the name of your organization and an email contact.
