I’m forwarding to you the message below from Shaun Ferris at CRS regarding the May 2019 ICT4D meeting in Uganda, in case you know of persons associated with your units that might be interested.

Suzanne

S. Suzanne Nielsen

150^th Anniversary Professor & Professor of Food Science

Faculty Fellow, Office of Corporate & Global Partnerships

Purdue University

745 Agriculture Mall Drive

West Lafayette, IN  47907-2009

Phone:  765-496-1727

nielsens@purdue.edu

From: Ferris, Shaun <Shaun.Ferris@crs.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2018 9:54 AM
To: Ferris, Shaun <Shaun.Ferris@crs.org>
Subject: FW: 11th ICT4D Conference - Kampala 2019 - Now Accepting Applications to Speak
Importance: High

Hi There,

Its Shaun writing to you in particular!  The ICT4D conference is now seeking applications for speakers! 

We are seeking another stellar line of Agricultural presentations and interactive sessions that shows how your work is changing the way that we approach and invest in agricultural systems. If you are working with new partnerships, have new process approaches and technology to drive new business solutions, that improves farmer organization and field agent decision support, increases yields, introduces new financing approaches, upgrades seed systems and supports first / last mile agripreneur solutions.

THEN come to Kampala, from April 30^th to May 3, 2019 and inspire others to learn, join and invest in our journey to transform smallholder agriculture through innovation and delivering options at scale!  See you there..  Shaun  

Application Deadline: November 30 2019

Inspire and Make an Impact.

Apply to be a speaker at the 11th ICT4D Conference April 30 – May 3 2019 Kampala, Uganda

We are looking for practical case studies and presentations on exceptional innovation in ICT4D particularly those demonstrating evidence of impact and value, and lessons from successes and challenges in reaching scale. 

The ICT4D organizing committee encourages you to submit your speaker application here via the website:

https://www.ict4dconference.org/participate/call-for-speakers/

To help you focus your abstract submission the key themes and topics to be addressed at the 11th ICT4D Conference 2019 include:

· Agriculture: value chains, weather, soils, financing, seed systems, aggregation, feedback systems, last mile agripreneurs and much more! 

· Digital Development in Uganda

· Digital Diversity: Gender and Disability Inclusion

· Digital Financial Inclusion

· Health and Nutrition

· Humanitarian Response and Resilience

· Education and Digital Literacy

· Supply Chain

· Water Security ( WASH, Water Resource Management)

· Youth Engagement

Closing date for submissions: November 30, 2018. Successful applicants will be notified from mid-December. We particularly welcome applications from women, and people with disabilities

Join your ICT4D community of non-governmental agencies, private sector companies, multi-lateral and government agencies, academic and research institutions, and aid and development funding organizations in Kampala next May.

For more information on the Conference, please visit ict4dconference.org.

We look forward to receiving your application!

The ICT4D Conference Organizing Team

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