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The Mobile Web for Good: Hype or Reality?

Event SXSW Interactive 2009
Format Panel
Organizer Katrin Verclas MobileActive.org
Description 80% of the world will access the web first through a mobile -- what does that mean for social good? Panelists will include app developers of mobile web solutions for health, environment, economic empowerment, and social justice. Do they make a difference? Explore cases and key issues in a fast-paced and interactive session.
Questions
Answered
  1. how is the mobile web useful for social development??
  2. what are the opportunities?
  3. what are the barriers for using mobile web apps and the mobile web for good?
  4. what are some use cases?
  5. what are the key web apps?
  6. where is the mobile web going?
  7. And how can we better realize its potential for social and economic development?
Panelists Daniel Appelquist (Vodafone Group), Erica Kochi (UNICEF), Merrick Shaefer (UNICEF), Tatsuki Tomita (Opera Software), Katrin Verclas, moderator (MobileActive.org)
Level Intermediate
Category Mobile / Wireless