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Title:

The Mobile Web for Good: Hype or Reality?

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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
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
sean bibby
on 14/8/08
I can't wait for this one. Social justice and cell phones. I love it.
Dorothee Royal-Hedinger
on 29/8/08
Very interested in learning more about real mobile activism case studies.
Matisse BH
on 29/8/08
important for those of us working internationally as well as domestically. thanks Katrin
Delinquent User
on 29/8/08
Hey, I think this should be packed with real-world stuff, just hope panelists are sober about measuring impact...
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