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SUMMARY:Computers\, Mobiles and Internet: Can they make a difference to th
 e lives of poor people? - Professor Tim Unwin\, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D at R
 oyal Holloway
DTSTART:20110317T190000Z
DTEND:20110317T203000Z
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CONTACT:Centre For Global Equality
DESCRIPTION:We regularly hear how new technologies are going to transform 
 poor people’s lives. However many questions emerge from ICTD initiatives
  and cannot be ignored:\n\n* What do we use technology for? Who do we thin
 k of as being poor?\n* What are the information and communication needs of
  poor people in the UK and in the developing world?\n* What technologies a
 re available and what are their advantages and disadvantages?\n* Despite t
 he numerous existing ICTD projects\, what are the challenges for them to b
 enefit the poor?\n* What is the role of partnerships in ensuring the most 
 marginalised to benefit from ICTD initiatives and how can governments crea
 te environment for this to happen?\n\nIn this talk\, "*Professor Tim Unwin
 *":http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/tim/\, *UNESCO Chair in ICT4D* at Royal Hollow
 ay\, University of London takes a critical look at the evidence for how ne
 w technologies impact on poverty.\n\nPlease RSVP "here":http://ict4dscienc
 efestival.eventbrite.com/.\n\nThis event is part of the Cambridge Science 
 Festival. It is also part of a themed year on ICT4D (ICT for Development) 
 run by the Humanitarian Centre in partnership with ARM.\nThroughout 2010-1
 1\, the Centre is running events\, training and an online directory to eng
 age with a range of audiences interested in ICT4D\, including NGOs\, acade
 mics and the private sector. For more information\, visit: www.humanitaria
 ncentre.org/ict4d
LOCATION:Queen’s Building\, Emmanuel College\, St Andrew’s Street\, Ca
 mbridge\, CB2 3AP
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