The Long Now Foundation's monthly series Seminars About Long-term Thinking
Technology Empowers the Poorest
with Iqbal Quadir
- When
- Wed May 21, 2008
- Where
- Cowell Theater
- Time
- 7:30 pm
- Tags
- Technology
Description
Iqbal Quadir is an advocate of business as a humanitarian tool; his overriding principle is "connectivity is productivity." In partnership with microcredit pioneer Grameenbank, he brought the first commercial telecom services, Grameenphone, to millions of Bangladeshi living in rural areas. He is currently the founding Director of the Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship at MIT, which studies ways for people to adopt technology in empowering and democratizing ways. His latest projects are focused on solutions for bringing electrical power and potable water to rural areas.The Seminars are hosted by Stewart Brand.
$10 suggested donation
Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours
We recommend you arrive early; priority seating is available for Members of Long Now.
https://secure.longnow.org/members/
There will be a reception at the Long Now Museum & Store following the Seminar.
http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/
More Info
- Link
- http://www.longnow.org
- Call
- 415.561.6582 x1
- Contact Form (account required)
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