[kictanet] [Fwd: [Researchers-space] IDRC supports mobileActive08]

[alice]

With our  experience, we should be able to submit quite a number of 
proposals for this conference.

best
alice
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Please forward to your partners the information about this
Johannesburg, South Africa, conference, Mobile Active 08, supported
by IDRC.  The deadline for applications is June 30, 2008.

http://www.mobileactive08.org/agenda
mobile active 08 is recruiting a whole cross-cut of themes including:


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Session Examples

Following is is a preliminary list of session ideas.  Detailed
sessions and plenary speakers will be posted here in the next few
weeks.  Please consider contributing your expertise by proposing a
session you would like to lead.

   * Cultural uses of mobiles influencing work for social impact in
developing countries
   * Women and Mobiles - A Path to Voice and Empowerment?
   * Mobile Phone Security and Privacy for Practitioners
   * Mobile Access in Rural Areas and Implications for NGO
   * Fundraising and Mobile Phones - What's possible around the
world?
   * Assessing the Uses of Mobile Phones to Plan Projects and
Campaigns
   * Needs Assessments for Mobiles in NGO Projects - Field Research
and Assessment Tools
   * Relevant Research for the Field and NGOs - What works, what do
we know?
   * Information and Education Via Mobile Phones - Case Studies in
Health, Education and Economic Development
   * Linux on the Handset and Implications for Civil Society
   * Entrepreneurial models for social enterprises in mobile
   * Integrating Mobile Phones into Your Organizations - Strategy
and Data
   * Mobile Phones in Humanitarian Relief - Tools and Strategies
   * The Mobile Web in Developing Countries
   * Social Application Development for Mobiles
   * Technical Sessions / Mobile Applications
   * Research Findindings in Using Mobiles in Health, Citizen
Engagement/Advocacy, Grassroots Media, and Economic Empowerment
   * Citizen Media
         o Strategies for Mobile Phones in Citizen Media
         o Security for Citizen Journalists
         o Tools and Tips for Mobile Citizen Media
   * Participation and Advocacy
         o SMS Campaign Strategies
         o SMS Campaign Tools - A Strategic Comparison
         o Election Monitoring and Getting Out the Vote with Mobile
Phones - Cases from the Field
         o M-Transparency - Mobiles in Government Accountability and
Anti-Corruption
   * Health
         o Collecting medical data via mobile
         o Mobile patient monitoring and treatment compliance
         o Mobile Phones in Aids Advocacy and Services
         o SMS Infolines for Health
         o Open MRS and Open Rosa Working Meetings
   * Economic Empowerment
         o Mobile Phones in Economic Development - Lessons to Date
         o Remittances and Mobile Payments - Potential for NGOs and
Civil Society
         o An Overview of Mobile Payments - Key Issues







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