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8:30am EDT

Registration and Meet and Greet Reception Area

9:00am EDT

Welcome to MERL Tech 2018! Academy Hall Main RoomLinda Raftree

9:20am EDT

Opening Talk: The Long Road Home... A Brief History of ICT for Development (ICT4D) Academy Hall Main RoomAnahi Ayala Iacucci

9:45am EDT

What's the State of MERL Tech? Academy Hall Main RoomMichael Bamberger • Maliha Khan • Linda Raftree • Zach Tilton

10:30am EDT

Long Break Reception Area

11:00am EDT

Building Digital Information Retrieval at Scale for Education and the Social Sector Balcony DJoy Cheng • Kurt Moses Designing for equity: tools and approaches for assessing local equity to maximize impact and improve service delivery Academy Hall Breakout BRebecca Chapman • Karla Feeser • Sara Hollis How to use Kumu to develop a robust programme Theory of Change Academy Hall Breakout CMark Oldenbeuving Integrating MERL with program design: Presenting an approach to balance your MERL strategy with four principles AngleHeather Esper • Yaquta Fatehi MERL+ML+AID: USAID works to get the recipe right! Balcony EAubra Anthony • Farzana Ramzan • Peter Richards Mobile Data Collection combined with Business Intelligence tools to support survey management and data driven decision making VistaAudra Blanchfield • Nael Jean-Baptiste • Mike Klein The Challenge and (desperate) Need for Organizational Data Literacy Academy Hall Breakout ACharles Guedenet • Anahi Ayala Iacucci • Maliha Khan • Ben Mann • Leslie Sage

12:00pm EDT

Lunch and Demo Tables Reception Area

1:00pm EDT

Hard Talk: Adaptive Management - is MERL helping or hindering its potential for success? Academy Hall Main RoomDave Algoso • Amanda Berman • Julia Coffman • Matt Haikin • Laura O'Brien • Veronica Olazabal

2:00pm EDT

Adapting agile for MERL AngleGina Assaf • Trent Hone • Amanda Makulec Application maintenance isn’t sexy, but critical to success: how to ensure sustainability and maintainability in the non-profit/development agency space Balcony EStacey Berlow From Traditional Evaluation to Data Analytics – PCI’s Experience Assessing the Impact of a Digital Social Enterprise Balcony DHelene Purcell • Jason Rubin I need that data yesterday! Three experiences of building M&E technology solutions Academy Hall Breakout AMadeleine Boyd • Nick Hamlin • Kelly Heller • Lauren Rice • Alejandra Garcia Villamil Innovations in data capture and management in DHIS2-based systems: WhatsApp and USSD VistaJulie Doherty • Tumainiel Mbwambo Measuring impact with remotely sensed imagery and machine learning Academy Hall Breakout BChuck Conley • Brendan O'Neill Unleashing the power of data and technology for gender just programming and development interventions Academy Hall Breakout CEmma Fawcett • Hazel Malapit • Florence Santos • Greg Seymour

3:00pm EDT

Short Break Reception Area

3:15pm EDT

Blockchain solutions for MEL data management and end use Academy Hall Breakout BShailee Adinolfi • Michael Cooper • Valentine J Gandhi • Nick Martin From words to wisdom: Exploring free tools for qualitative data analysis VistaSamhir Vasdev Good, cheap, fast: Pick two AngleChristopher Gegenheimer • Christopher Huey • Leslie Sage The TEGA Selfie App – an innovative mobile research app that empowers girls to show us their world Balcony EGeorgie Whiteley USAID Open Data Policy and Intellectual Property Rights Academy Hall Breakout AAnna Brenes • Gayle Girod • M. Scott Thompson Using mHealth for training and quality assurance of frontline RMNCH workers in Sindh, Pakistan Balcony DKuor K • Saifra Sohail When MERL takes over: Balancing data and information needs with digital development Academy Hall Breakout CJonathan McKay • Christopher Ying

4:15pm EDT

Short Break Reception Area

4:30pm EDT

WhatsApp is What’s Up: How IP Messaging Can Increase Engagement and Sustainability Academy Hall Main RoomAmbika Samarthya-Howard

4:35pm EDT

MERL on the money: Are we getting funding for data right? Academy Hall Main RoomPaige Kirby

4:40pm EDT

Dancing with data Academy Hall Main RoomTara Susman-Peña

4:45pm EDT

Progressive web apps are the future of digital development (really!) Academy Hall Main RoomGabriel Krieshok

4:50pm EDT

Why No One is Using your Dashboard Academy Hall Main RoomAmanda Makulec

5:00pm EDT

Hard Talk on Dashboards – Everyone wants them, no one uses them, Why? Academy Hall Main RoomRitika Bhasker • Amanda Makulec • Kristine Schlenker • Robert Segan • Tim Shifflett

6:00pm EDT

Happy Hour Reception and Fail Fest! Reception AreaWayan Vota

6:30pm EDT

Check Yourself Before You Tech Yourself: Common Pitfalls In Deploying Mobile Tools Academy Hall Main RoomErin Quinn

6:35pm EDT

How to Fail at Mobile Surveying Without Really Trying Academy Hall Main RoomCharles Lau • Tavian MacKinnon

6:45pm EDT

Open Data: Are your donors screwing you over? (TBC) Academy Hall Main RoomAnahi Ayala Iacucci

6:50pm EDT

We Wrote the Book on Evaluation Failures. Literally. Academy Hall Main RoomIsaac Castillo

7:00pm EDT

Fail Fest: Drink Up and Close Out! Academy Hall Main RoomWayan Vota