DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT

Lift12 Session

February 22, 2012 - 17:00

Vint Cerf, considered the "father of the internet", wrote in a recent column that Internet is not a human right, but an enabler of rights. The capacities it gives us - to communicate, organize and publicize everywhere - have been used for business and fun, but also for development and crisis response. This session will explore these last two aspects, and show the possibilities and the limitations too.


Presentations


Steve Song's picture

Networking for the Unexpected: Building resilience and innovation with Village Telco

Steve Song (Village Telco, South Africa)

What are the desirable qualities in a communication network? Affordability, ubiquity, reliability, privacy, convenience. In the developing world, mobile networks are delivering ...
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An update on Project Dreamschool

Marcel Kampman (happykamping, Project Dream School, Mastermundo Creative Gathering, Netherlands)

Marcel Kampman presented his Project Dreamschool at Lift in 2011. Lots has happened since, and the project is getting more and more concrete. Marcel will give us a quick update, and show the first pictures of the school.

Farida Vis's picture

Reading the riots on Twitter

Farida Vis (University of Leicester, UK)

Farida Vis has studied 2.6M tweets sent during the UK riots. She will give us a detailed and documented account of what happened. You will see that the early conclusions governing bodies jumped to are not very accurate...

Kevin Anderson's picture

Social media in humanitarian and political crisis

Kevin Anderson (Freelance, UK)

Kevin Anderson and Lift founder Laurent Haug will discuss social media's use for humanitarian disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti. The discussion will then center on ...
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David Rowan's picture

Startup entrepreneurs should move to Africa now

David Rowan (Wired UK, UK)

David Rowan thinks Africa is the next place where great technological innovations will happen. He will explain how startup entrepreneurs should move there.

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