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9:00am EDT

Welcome to MERL Tech Day 2 Academy Hall Main RoomLinda Raftree

9:10am EDT

Opening Talk: Data Science for MERL in 20 Minutes or Less Academy Hall Main RoomGreg Maly • Ben Mann

9:30am EDT

Hard Talk: Will Technology and Big Data Replace Monitoring Evaluation, Research and Learning? Academy Hall Main RoomAlexa Courtney • Madeleine Gleave • Samuel V. Scarpino

10:30am EDT

Measuring impact with remotely sensed imagery and machine learning Academy Hall Main RoomBrendan O'Neill

10:35am EDT

Ready, set, fly! How to close a data gap from the sky using drones Academy Hall Main RoomKatsumasa Hamaguchi

10:45am EDT

Satellite data for decision making and situational awareness? Academy Hall Main RoomDaniel Berger

10:55am EDT

Maslow’s Hierarchy of M&E software UX Academy Hall Main RoomDiego Mijelshon

11:30am EDT

M&E + GIS + Mobile: The power of location, anywhere, anytime, any device Balcony DChuck Conley • Brendan O'Neill Measuring complexity: A real-time system analysis tool Academy Hall Breakout CEvan Bloom • Alexis Smart Moving from data to action: How can real-time data enable adaptive management? Academy Hall Breakout BErica Gendell • Rebecca Saxton-Fox Up your data game: How to use R to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data faster and better VistaCharles Guedenet • Jonathan Seiden

2:00pm EDT

The ethics of data: Who benefits and who risks? A framework for assessment and decision-making AngleSiobhan Green • Mala Kumar The other CoP: Building Communities of Practice Balcony DMolly Chen • Haneen Malallah The Taming of the Metrics with the Act Against AIDS Metrics Database (AAAMD): MERL with Ingenuity Balcony EIchhya Pant

3:30pm EDT

How to win in 20 years Academy Hall Main RoomAndrew Means

3:40pm EDT

Scaling storytelling with data science at GlobalGiving Academy Hall Main RoomNick Hamlin

3:55pm EDT

Mapping ICT4D Evidence Base: How much evidence is there really? Academy Hall Main RoomAnnette Brown

4:00pm EDT

Irresponsible innovation? Time for ICT4D to grow up and get its M&E house in order Academy Hall Main RoomAnnette Brown • Michael Eddy • Anahi Ayala Iacucci • Laura Walker McDonald