Workshop Scope and Objectives

Stéphane Boyera

http://www.w3.org/2009/03/sb_maputo/

W3C Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development

Maputo, Mozambique, April 1 2009

Introduction

• Workshop organized as part of the W3C Mobile Web for Social Development (MW4D)
  • Mission: Exploring and Understanding the barriers of using Mobile Technologies in ICT4D
  • Chair: Ken Banks and Stephane Boyera
  • Home: http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/
• Part of the EU-FP7 project Digital World Forum
  • Mission: Using ICT and low-cost technologies to leverage economic development in Africa and Latin America
  • Home: http://www.digitalworldforum.eu

MW4D Vision

Focus: How to use the Web to deliver development-oriented services to underprivileged populations Vision Mobile phones are widely available Mobile phones have a great potential as ICT platform Success Stories demonstrate the potential Still limited impact at the global level only a small set of services available only a small number of domains covered only a small set of contributors only a small set of users

(Photo Source: Der Spiegel)

MW4D Objectives

• Assembling an inter-disciplinary forum with:
  • Web, Mobile specialists
  • Usability, Accessibility experts
  • Digital Divide Specialists
  • NGOs, academics with field experience and expertise
  • ...
• Understanding Access barriers and potential ways to lower them
• Understanding authoring and deployment barriers and potential ways to lower them
  • Empowering NGOs and grassroots
  • Empowering entrepreneurs
  • Empowering Governments
  • ...

(Photo Source : The Economist )

MW4D Schedule and Roadmap

	Chartered from June 2008 till May 2009 to be extended till end of September 2009 Deliverables a roadmap from Mobile applications in Development to be released in Summer 2009 A directory of resources http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/wiki/ a community ready to cope with identified challenges
(Photo Source: Vodafone)

Workshop Objectives

• Connecting with people working in Africa
• Gathering feedback from
  • field practitionners
  • academics
  • mobile industry
• Tracking the evolution since a year
• Providing feedback and material to MW4D IG

Thanks

• Thanks to our hosts: Minister of Science and Technology, University Eduardo Mondlane, Pandora Box Ltd.
  • Americo Muchanga
  • Onisio Soiane
  • Fernanda Cabanas
  • Ntanzi Carrilho
• Thanks to our Sponsors:
  • Gold Sponsor:

    
    
    
    

  • Silver Sponsor:

    Opera software

    Microsoft Research

    Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship

    UNESCO

Agenda

Agenda