Program

Creating and Crossing Digital Bridges

Detailed Bios and Talk Descriptions

Location: UMC 382-386

(Not all the people on the bio and talk list will be presenting, only the ones listed below.) You can register for as many sessions as you'd like: just click register, fill in the contact information and add the number of sessions you'd like to attend. You don't have to match this with the specific session and can change your mind and go to a different one.

Register for any of these individual sessions, $25 each

Session 1: Education: A Panel Discussion

Thursday, Sept 30 1:30 - 3:30 pm    

Alan Baer, EcoSage Corporation / SolarQuest

Georg de Laval, University College of Boras

Marie Studer, Earthwatch Institute

Claes Helgesson     

Chair: Jared Polis (invited)         

Session 2: A Panel Discussion: The Politics of ICT: Global Networks, New Communication Systems

Thursday, Sept 30, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Kathy Partridge, Global Response

Jean-Francois Noubel, TheTransitioner.org

David Atkins, Stratus Consulting Inc.

Alexia Parks, Center for Rapid Evolution

Govinda Dhital, Center for Community Development and Research

Alanna Hartzok, Earth Rights Institute

Abe Moger   

Chair: Donna Rubinoff

Session 3: "Creating Bridges - Technology/Methods Focus"

Friday, Oct 1, 1:30 – 3:30

Donna Rubinoff, Department of Geograpy, University of Colorado-Boulder, “Using Actor Network Theory (ANT) to Envision Digital Bridges”

Rajeswari Pingali, Computers on Wheels, Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in India, "Computers on Wheels" for People-Centered Development

Kathy Partridge, Global Response, “Youth Organizing in Cyberspace”

Alexia Parks, Center for Rapid Evolution, “Thinking Together For the Common Good”

Dato Ir. Lee Yee-Cheong, President, World Federation of Engineeirng Organizations, “Engineers and the Millennium Development Goals”

Chair: Danny Mack    

Session 4: A Panel Discussion: Networking Rural Development

Friday, Oct 1, 4:00 - 5:30

Albert Bates, Global Ecovillage Network

Amanda Daflos, International Mountain Explorers Connection (IMEC)

Juan Nelson Rojas, Permaculture Institute of El Salvador

Juan Kunchicuy, Yachana Lodge

Bart Eller, Simplir Inc., Paonia.com Inc.

Chair:              

Session 5: "Crossing Bridges - Community/Content Focus"           

Saturday, October 2, 1:30 – 3:30

David Germano, Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library, “The Neighborhoods of Lhasa: Tibetans, Technology and Culture”

Charlie Gay, Greenstar, A Solar Powered Digital Transformation

Dave Renne & Paulette Middleton, Panorama Pathways, “Filming the Positive Paths to Peace”

Jean-Francois Noubel, TheTransitioner.org, “Collective Intelligence: Methodologies, Concepts and Technologies for Future Organizations”

Chair: Paulette Middleton