The speakers for the Education and livelihoods track at the ninth annual ICT4D Conference have been announced and include sector leaders and technical experts from India and around the world. The session, that is scheduled to be held on May 18 at 9 am, will explore how technology can help disadvantaged communities build sustainable livelihoods, access information and services and create more effective impact.
The conference provides a platform for sector experts, programme managers, technical advisors and executives to come together to discuss best practices, explore possible applications of frontier technology and evaluate the impact they create in the journey to achieve the sustainable development goals.
Cherian Thomas, CEO, World Vision India; Dr Kyriacos M Koupparis, Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Advisor, Asia, United States Agency for International Development and Dr Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, director and professor, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, will speak on ‘Frontier Solutions and their Impact on livelihoods, Access to Essential Services and Management of Scarce Resources’.
Other sessions will explore MOOCs and the disruptive skilling they can provide in remote locations, how a mobile mentoring programme is overcoming the distance between vulnerable young girls and female mentors, and an SMS-based programme which disseminates behavior-change information to mothers on child-care, child rights and protection etc. The full agenda of speakers and topics is available at https://2017ict4dconference.sched.com/overview /type/06-Education+%26+livelihoods.