This upcoming conference at the State Department sounds interesting. While open to the public, note the need to pre-register by this Friday. Below are excerpts about the event from State's website...
Please join the U.S. Department of State for the second discussion in the Tech@State series, entitled Tech@State: Mobile Money, on August 2, from 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM in the George C. Marshall Center at the Main State Department building in Washington D.C.
Conference topics include:
v How do we scale the mobile frontier, leveraging technology and partnership
for sustainable development and financial inclusion?
v What do case studies reveal about success and failure?
v What are the applications of mobile money and its implications for U.S. foreign policy?
Tech@State connects technologists to targeted goals of the U.S. diplomacy and development agenda via networking events that combine physical and virtual presence. As part of Secretary Clinton's 21st Century Statecraft initiative, Tech@State connects established leaders, new innovators, government personnel, and others to work together on 21st century technology solutions to improve the education, health, and welfare of the world’s population. In its first iteration, Tech@State: Haiti, participants from the private sector, NGOs, academia, the Haitian Diaspora, and the public sector demonstrated and discussed their innovations in Haiti.
For further information about the August 2 program (including the need for advance registration by Friday, July 30), or how to view a live stream if you cannot attend in person, please visit http://www.state.gov/statecraft/tech/money/
This is an open invitation. Please pass on this invite to others and share the event by using the #techATstate hashtag on Twitter.
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