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09:00 IST

Welcome and Introductions Hall 3Schuyler Thorup

09:05 IST

Telangana's Digital Transformation Hall 3K. T. Rama Rao

09:30 IST

Digital India: Development Implications of India's Evolving Digital Economy Hall 3Jayant Sinha

09:55 IST

Learning from India’s eGovernment Transformation to Advance ICT4D Innovation for the SDGs Hall 3Jayesh Ranjan • Kate Wilson

10:20 IST

Panel: The Intelligent Cloud and Inclusive Transformation Hall 3Dr. Shaun Ferris • Prashant Gupta • Dr. B V R Mohan Reddy • Ajay Vij

10:55 IST

Enabling and Strengthening a Culture of Data Use Hall 3Schuyler Thorup

11:15 IST

Coffee & Tea Break Hall 4

11:45 IST

Advancing a data-centric ICT4D strategyFULL G.04Steve Hellen Empowering organizations worldwide with collective intelligenceLIMITED G.03Erick Ngwiri Moving beyond scale in digital solutions: what works and what doesn’t?FULL G.02Sara Chamberlain • Melissa Johns • Hillary Miller-Wise • Chilunga Puta Beyond aid: ICT solutions for educating refugee youthLIMITED G.05Frank Schott Implementation of a weather forecast SMS system in rural MongoliaLIMITED G.06Erkhes Batbold Monitoring migration and internal displacement - filling the data gaps with innovationLIMITED 1.01Leonardo Milano Overcoming obstacles: Implementing technology at Kakuma Refugee CampLIMITED G.01Gillian Javetski • Emily Taylor Bridging digital divides: Community partnerships & near to peer learningLIMITED 1.03Chris Benner • Yesenia Torres Digital inclusion of young aspirantsLIMITED 1.05Dr. PS Gohil Solar Media Backpack: Bringing multimedia to low-resource settingsLIMITED 1.04Bowden Percival Application of digital tools to accelerate community health in UgandaLIMITED 2.02Alex Muhereza Enhanced management information systems to support public health commodityLIMITED 2.01Christopher Opit • Mattias Wiklund OpenSRP: innovative features to revolutionize mHealth & primary health careLIMITED 2.03Rana Islamiah Zahroh Using ICT4D to increase accountability in the delivery of malaria servicesLIMITED 1.06Eric Hubbard Utility of a call centre and social messaging for health communicationLIMITED 2.04Dr. John Mark Bwanika CE3: An ecosystem approach to SDG promotionLIMITED 2.05Thomas Loughran Digital initiatives to empower citizens and against corruptionLIMITED VIP Lounge (2nd floor)Laeticia Klein Distributed ledger technology in the humanitarian / development sectorLIMITED 1.08Ric Shreves Multi-stakeholder collaborative for Sierra LeoneLIMITED 1.09Magnus Mordu Conteh The Big Discussions: Agriculture & Environment, Digital Financial InclusionLIMITED Hall 2Dr. David Bergvinson • Dr. Shaun Ferris • Anne Miglarese • Natalia Pshenichnaya • Michael Tsan

12:25 IST

Transition Time HICC

12:30 IST

Benefits and pitfalls to integrating technology into M&E activitiesFULL G.02Purnima Mehta • Sandeep Yadav Building a yellow umbrella - A data system the same, but differentLIMITED G.03Bowden Percival eValuate 2.0 - An introductionLIMITED G.01Alvaro Cobo-Santillan • Anusheel Kamle Locating the epidemic: Harnessing geographic data for HIV epidemic controlLIMITED G.04Oluwasegun John Ibitoye Beyond aid: ICT solutions for educating refugee youthLIMITED G.05Frank Schott Implementation of a weather forecast SMS system in rural MongoliaLIMITED G.06Erkhes Batbold Monitoring migration and internal displacement - filling the data gaps with innovationLIMITED 1.01Leonardo Milano 'SMS Quicklearns' enhances women's parenting skills in Sri LankaLIMITED 1.03Maria Berenguer • Divakar Ratnadurai How data can transform the classroomLIMITED 1.05Emily Nucciarone Virtual support desk – The path to global impactLIMITED 1.02Monalisa Banerjee Clinical decision-support for diarrheal disease outbreak responseLIMITED 2.02Dr. Eric Nelson Impact of a stage-based mhealth voice call and animation program in MCHLIMITED 2.01Dr. Aparna Hegde mHealth for acute malnutrition in five countries: Key lessons learnedLIMITED 2.03Colleen Emary Using mobile tools for frontline outbreak surveillanceLIMITED 2.04Jacqueline Edwards Digital initiatives to empower citizens and against corruptionLIMITED VIP Lounge (2nd floor)Laeticia Klein How ICTs have helped shape gender violence radio programming in NepalLIMITED 1.09Shruti Shah Humanitarian ID ManagementLIMITED 2.05Rosa Akbari Machine learning in educationLIMITED 1.08Prashant Gupta

13:15 IST

14:15 IST

How did a farmers' knowledge network morph into a market access service?LIMITED G.01Usha Devi Venkatachalam Plantwise: Using data to help prevent crop lossesLIMITED G.04Malvika Chaudhary Smart & safe agricultureLIMITED G.03Srihari Kotela The effectiveness of ICT4D in baseline processesLIMITED G.02Thomas Valdivia CRS Haiti program adoption of technologyLIMITED 1.02Fredson Joseph Mobile data collection and machine learningFULL G.06Christopher Burns • Matt McNabb • Deepak Menon • Melissa Persaud • Anand Varghese Technologies options for beneficairy accountabilityLIMITED G.05SIKU Eric-Simeon Digital transformation in agri sector and the role of commercial playersLIMITED 1.04Natalia Pshenichnaya Using mobile payment for wage payment to workers in rural employmentLIMITED 1.05Soumen Das Empowering drought-affected families via e-vouchers in MozambiqueLIMITED 2.01Keith Chibafa Transforming lives through technology in humanitarian aid & disaster reliefLIMITED 2.02Sailesh Savani e/mLearning roadmap: Discover steps, concepts & tools for e/mLearningLIMITED 2.04Jodi Lis Leveraging technology for global readingLIMITED 2.03Bhanu Potta Leveraging technology for quality educationLIMITED 2.05A.V. George You, too, can run a MOOCLIMITED VIP Lounge (2nd floor)R Fight air inequality through a global, grassroots community and open dataLIMITED 1.10Dr. Christa Hasenkopf How to develop a global strategy on collaborationLIMITED 1.08Claus Nannerup Strategies for building and governing national digital health architecturesLIMITED 1.09Derek Treatman Big Data. Big Problems. Big Solutions!FULL 1.01Naveen Balani • Alvaro Cobo-Santillan • Caitlin Ferguson • Jeff Lundberg The Big Discussions, Health: Women in ICT4DLIMITED Hall 2Heidi Good Boncana • Dipika Prasad • Debbie Rogers • Shruti Shah • Ranju Sharma • Lauren Woodman

14:55 IST

Transition Time HICC

15:00 IST

E-HINGA: A digital platform for modernization of agri-extension systemsLIMITED G.02George Gitau • Emmanuel Niyongira FarmBeats: AI & IoT for agricultureLIMITED G.04Ranveer Chandra ICT in ag: Processes for progressLIMITED G.03Mansi Anand • Tapas Chakraborty • Diane Pueschel Social media for agricultural extension and advisory servicesLIMITED G.01Dr. Saravanan Raj Speed Networking Hall 1Sonja Ruetzel iDeliver: Developing a digital tool for intrapartum careLIMITED G.05Gillian Javetski • Emily Taylor Open source software for supply chain & logistics in rural emerging marketsLIMITED 1.02CHARAN MALEMARPURAM Social registries & single registries: Clarifying terminological confusionLIMITED G.06Shez Farooq Cash based interventions with RedroseLIMITED 1.04Brian Healy Technology solutions for the fieldLIMITED 1.03Gaurav Singh Empowering drought-affected families via e-vouchers in MozambiqueLIMITED 2.01Keith Chibafa Transforming lives through technology in humanitarian aid & disaster reliefLIMITED 2.02Sailesh Savani Unified ICT solution for CRS’ resettlement project in the PhilippinesLIMITED 1.06Radin Rubis Bridging digital divides: Community partnerships & near to peer learningLIMITED 2.03Chris Benner • Yesenia Torres Bridging the distance: Mobile mentorship for vulnerable girls in IndiaLIMITED 2.05Namrata Baruah • Praekelt.org Building a culture of reading via crowdsourced and mobile delivered storiesLIMITED 2.04Ayan Kishore Digital services changing livesLIMITED VIP Lounge (2nd floor)Arnab Chowdhury Analytics for connecting the unconnectedLIMITED 1.08Dr. Justin Greenough ICTs for M&E and RCTs - Tech for impact evaluation in the African SahelFILLING 1.07Rebecca Chapman Mobile tools to increase government accountability & citizen participationLIMITED 1.10Avijit Michael Strategies for building and governing national digital health architecturesLIMITED 1.09Derek Treatman

15:45 IST

Coffee & Tea Break Hall 4

16:15 IST

Dimagi's implementation of mobile tech for agriculture at scaleFULL G.02Anthony Connor Harnessing ICT for plant disease diagnosis and health protection in AfricaLIMITED G.04Lava Kumar Using recent advances in ICT for better nutrient & crop management in riceLIMITED G.03Sheetal Sharma Application of ICT4D for SMILE Project mid-term review using the SenseMakerLIMITED 1.01Stanley Amadiegwu Future of digital birth registration: Making every child countLIMITED G.05Jessica Barrette ICT4D data protection & privacyFULL G.06Angella L McKay Case of use of alternative data by lendersLIMITED 1.03Reuben Gicheha Microfinance transformation through ICT InnovationLIMITED 1.02Billy Blake • Boris Marković From spreadsheets to CRM platforms: Introduction of business approachesLIMITED 1.05Lukas Voborsky Unified ICT solution for CRS’ resettlement project in the PhilippinesLIMITED 1.04Radin Rubis Delivering your learning content in a disconnected worldLIMITED 2.02Laura Moats e-Monitoring sytem: Stengthening government school monitoring systemLIMITED 2.01Ruxana Parvin Hossain Increasing youth’s digital, vocational & entrepreneurial skills in TanzaniaLIMITED 1.06Nengarivo Teveli Best practices using mHealth solutions for behavior change in LMICLIMITED 2.04Ayomipo Edinger eRegistries ecosystems - Data solutions for women's and children's healthLIMITED 2.05Frederik Frøen Expanding healthcare access and delivery with a community health worker based digital clinical assessment platformLIMITED 2.03Dr. Barry Finette Use eDetection to find symptomatics of tuberculosisLIMITED VIP Lounge (2nd floor)Sonali Batra Community health supervision: Innovations for impactLIMITED 1.10Satish Srivastava Do fingerprint biometrics work in developing countries?LIMITED 1.09Sebastian Manhart Global goals for local impact - Implementing SDGs at a subnational levelLIMITED 1.07Al Kags Opportunities and challenges in working with low resource languagesLIMITED 1.08Dr. Matti Pohjonen

16:55 IST

Transition Time HICC

17:00 IST

Agriculture & Environment Track Panel: Comparing & contrasting knowledge services for rural households GalleryBright Schandorf Adu • Vinay Kumar • Melissa Persaud • Cliff Schmidt Data-driven Adaptation & Strategy Track Panel BallroomJessica Barrette • Shez Farooq • Steve Hellen • Erick Ngwiri Digital Financial Inclusion Track Panel: Yesterday, today and tomorrow - the transformative impact of DFS on low-income consumers G.01Joe Dougherty • Reuben Gicheha • Natalia Pshenichnaya • Swetha Totapally Disaster Management Track Panel G.03Isaac Kwamy • Leonardo Milano • Radin Rubis • Sailesh Savani • Frank Schott Education & Livelihoods Track Panel: Learning-People, Processes or Platform G.02Chris Benner • Anindya Chattopadhyay • Dr. PS Gohil • Jodi Lis • Laura Moats Health Track Panel 2.03Dr. John Mark Bwanika • Ayomipo Edinger • Jacqueline Edwards • Emily Taylor • Fredrik Winsnes Partnerships & Collaborative Solutions Track Panel Hall 1Rosa Akbari • Magnus Mordu Conteh • Sebastian Manhart • Derek Treatman

17:30 IST

Big Data Launch Reception Hall 3Dr. David Bergvinson • Andy Jarvis • Jawoo Koo • CGIAR • ICRISAT