Events

FPD Forum Day 1

Submitted by PSDBlog on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 16:47

The first day of this year's Financial and Private Sector Development Forum is about to wind down. I had the opportunity to attend several fascinating discussions, including:

A workshop on catastrophic risk insurance in the Caribbean
A discussion on building venture capital opportunities in developing countries
A look at Africa's industrial future
An inspirational talk by Ingrid Munro on how she built Kenya's largest microfinance institution with a team of beggars

For those unable to attend this year's forum, we have an active Twitter feed, where every attendee can share his or her thoughts on what they've seen. Check it out.

Stop the Wars!

Submitted by PSDBlog on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 10:28

Does Haiti (or Chile) need a Marshall Plan to help recover from the ruins of natural disasters? How has the War on Poverty progressed in the United States? What about the Gates Foundation's War on Malaria?

Call for proposals for the Knowledge Share Fair in Cali, May 2010

Submitted by ICT-KM on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 05:21

[Post disponible en Español]
The call for proposals for the Knowledge Share Fair, to be held in Cali, Colombia, 25-27 May 2010, is now open.
Applications should be submitted in Spanish or English. In case of submissions in Spanish, we encourage you to provide an abstract in English.
Download the call for proposals:

Agriculture Information Access Marketplace: join us in Montpellier

Submitted by ICT-KM on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 05:23

On Monday 25th April 2010, just before the official opening of the IAALD XIIIth World Conference in Montpellier, France the CIARD partners are organizing an Agriculture Information Access Marketplace: an informal, interactive event which will see the participation of a wide range of organizations, both large and small.
A fast moving forum that will allow you to share ideas and learn with exhibitors who have real experience in the challenges of the digital information world. Hands-on trainings will also be held.

Recap: Social Media for Social Impact

Submitted by Jon on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 15:52

This month, Forum One and Autodesk hosted a panel titled, "Social Media for Social Impact" during Social Media Week in San Francisco. We had the privilege of having four panelists who each told a story demonstrating how the social web had empowered communities around social causes.

User Experience: What Can Frank Lloyd Wright Teach Us?

Submitted by Jon on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 16:44

UXCamp09

I recently attended an inspiring, energetic event called UXCamp DC 2010 (#uxcampdc) with Jared Spool and a number of others who are completely passionate about the topic. Forum One was a sponsor

Feria del Conocimiento América Latina y el Caribe – en Cali, Colombia, 25-27 de mayo del 2010

Submitted by ICT-KM on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 12:08

Enfoque

Knowledge Share Fair: Latin America and Caribbean at CIAT, Cali, Colombia, 25 – 27 May 2010

Submitted by ICT-KM on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 07:51

We are pleased to announce the Knowledge Share Fair Latin America and Caribbean which will take place in Cali, Colombia, 25 – 27 May 2010.

Davos Roundup

Submitted by PSDBlog on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 15:47

Your humble blogger was unable to travel to Davos this year, but has nevertheless enjoyed following the action online, primarily through Twitter.

Blame Davos?

Submitted by PSDBlog on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 10:56

Felix Salmon pens an amusing, yet depressing, Davos diatribe:

It’s not like CEOs and billionaires (and billionaire CEOs) need any more flattery and ego-stroking than they get on a daily basis, but Davos gives them more than that: it allows them to flatter and ego-stroke each other, in public. They invariably leave even more puffed-up and sure of themselves than when they arrived, when in hindsight what the world really needed was for these men (it’s still very much a boys’ club) to be shaken out of their complacency and to ask themselves some tough questions about whether in fact they were leading us off a precipice.