#HaitiTech Meet Up
Date: May 10, 2010
Location: George Marshall Center, E. Auditorium, U.S. Department of State
Time: 8:30 AM – 1:15 PM
| 06:00 | Set-up |
| 07:45 | Invitees/Media Arrive 21st St. Entrance, pass through security, enter E. Auditorium |
| 07:45 – 08:25 | Coffee/breakfast in lobby |
| 08:30 | WELCOME – Katie Stanton, Secretary Clinton’s Innovation Team @kateatstate |
| 08:35 | IGNITE SHOW WELCOME – Brady Forrest, O’Reilly Media @brady |
| 08:40 – 09:30 | SMS Help! Moderator: Carline Cazeau, President, Altimax Solutions, LLC |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Creating Safe Environments for Women & Girls Moderator: Caitlin Klevorick, Counselor Cheryl Mill’s Team @caitlinbk Speaker: Emily Jacobi, Co-Director, Digital Democracy @DigiDem |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | BREAK |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Empowering Haitians through Mobile Banking Moderator: Judy Payne, e-Commerce / e-Business Advisor, USAID @jpayne8010 Panelists: • Brad Blanken, CTO, Mobile Accord @literallymobile • Scott DiPretoro, Program Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, American Red Cross @RedCross • Sean Rankin, One Cent Banking |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | Empowering Haitians through Education Moderator: Suzanne Hall, Western Hemisphere Affairs, State @SuzKPH Speakers: • Jeff Nesbit, Legislative & Public Affairs Director, National Science Foundation @jeffnesbit • Dan Hodges, Managing Partner, Conceptiviti • Al Leandre, Founder & President, Vyalex Management Solutions |
| 12:30 – 1:15 | Tracking in a Crisis Moderator: Dan Stoneking, Director, Private Sector Office of External Affairs, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Panelists: • Prem Ramaswami, Google • Eddie Pickle, Senior Vice President, OpenGeo @opengeo • George Reyes, COO/EVP, PayCargo LLC. |
| 1:15 | ROUND UP: Suzanne Hall, New Media Advisor, Western Hemisphere Affairs Bureau, State @SuzKPH |
