lectures

Our friends at CERN are presenting a very interesting lecture on Oct. 26th in Geneva:

The Citizen Cyberscience Lectures

Mobile phones and Africa: a success story
Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Time: 14:00-15:30, 26 October 2009
Place: Main Auditorium, CERN

The Citizen Cyberscience Lectures are hosted by the partners of the Citizen Cyberscience Centre, CERN, The UN Institute of Training and Research and the University of Geneva. The goal of the Lectures is to provide an inspirational forum for participants from the various international organizations and academic institutions in Geneva to explore how information technology is enabling greater citizen participation in tackling global development challenges as well as global scientific research.

The first Citizen Cyberscience Lectures will welcome two speakers who have both made major innovative contributions in this area.

Dr. Mo Ibrahim, founder of Celtel International, one of Africa’s most successful mobile network operators, will talk about how the introduction of mobile phones in Africa has created jobs and enriched the social lives of citizens, as well as supporting civil society and advancing the cause of democracy.

Dr. Alpheus Bingham, founder of InnoCentive, a Web-based community that solves industrial R&D challenges, will describe examples of citizens outside a targeted field of expertise providing unique solutions to challenging scientific problems.

The Citizen Cyberscience Lectures are open and free of charge. Participants from outside CERN must register to be able to access CERN.

To register contact Yasemin Hauser (Yasemin.Hauser [at] cern.ch).

For more information visit the lecture's website.