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Building bridges
Exploring the Future of MERL
Facing our challenges and shortcomings
Sharing experiences
Strengthening the evidence base on MERL Tech and/or ICT4D approaches
Strengthening the evidence base on MERL Tech and ICT4D approaches
community and capacity
connections
Community Building
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Building bridges
Strengthening the evidence base on MERL Tech and/or ICT4D approaches
community and capacity
connections
Fail Fest
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Facing our challenges and shortcomings
Hard Talk
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Facing our challenges and shortcomings
Lightning Talk
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Building bridges
Exploring the Future of MERL
Facing our challenges and shortcomings
Sharing experiences
Strengthening the evidence base on MERL Tech and ICT4D approaches
and good practice
challenges
community and capacity
connections
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Exploring the Future of MERL
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Exploring the Future of MERL
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Ana Tamargo
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Evaluation Data Officer
San Francisco Bay Area
Thursday
, September 6
8:30am EDT
Registration and Meet and Greet
Reception Area
9:00am EDT
Welcome to MERL Tech 2018!
Academy Hall Main Room
Linda Raftree
9:20am EDT
Opening Talk: The Long Road Home... A Brief History of ICT for Development (ICT4D)
Academy Hall Main Room
Anahi Ayala Iacucci
9:45am EDT
What's the State of MERL Tech?
Academy Hall Main Room
Michael Bamberger • Maliha Khan • Linda Raftree • Zach Tilton
11:00am EDT
How to use Kumu to develop a robust programme Theory of Change
Academy Hall Breakout C
Mark Oldenbeuving
MERL+ML+AID: USAID works to get the recipe right!
Balcony E
Aubra Anthony • Farzana Ramzan • Peter Richards
The Challenge and (desperate) Need for Organizational Data Literacy
Academy Hall Breakout A
Charles Guedenet • Anahi Ayala Iacucci • Maliha Khan • Ben Mann • Leslie Sage
1:00pm EDT
Hard Talk: Adaptive Management - is MERL helping or hindering its potential for success?
Academy Hall Main Room
Dave Algoso • Amanda Berman • Julia Coffman • Matt Haikin • Laura O'Brien • Veronica Olazabal
2:00pm EDT
I need that data yesterday! Three experiences of building M&E technology solutions
Academy Hall Breakout A
Madeleine Boyd • Nick Hamlin • Kelly Heller • Lauren Rice • Alejandra Garcia Villamil
Measuring impact with remotely sensed imagery and machine learning
Academy Hall Breakout B
Chuck Conley • Brendan O'Neill
3:15pm EDT
Blockchain solutions for MEL data management and end use
Academy Hall Breakout B
Shailee Adinolfi • Michael Cooper • Valentine J Gandhi • Nick Martin
From words to wisdom: Exploring free tools for qualitative data analysis
Vista
Samhir Vasdev
4:35pm EDT
MERL on the money: Are we getting funding for data right?
Academy Hall Main Room
Paige Kirby
4:50pm EDT
Why No One is Using your Dashboard
Academy Hall Main Room
Amanda Makulec
5:00pm EDT
Hard Talk on Dashboards – Everyone wants them, no one uses them, Why?
Academy Hall Main Room
Ritika Bhasker • Amanda Makulec • Kristine Schlenker • Robert Segan • Tim Shifflett
Friday
, September 7
9:10am EDT
Opening Talk: Data Science for MERL in 20 Minutes or Less
Academy Hall Main Room
Greg Maly • Ben Mann
9:30am EDT
Hard Talk: Will Technology and Big Data Replace Monitoring Evaluation, Research and Learning?
Academy Hall Main Room
Alexa Courtney • Madeleine Gleave • Samuel V. Scarpino
10:30am EDT
Measuring impact with remotely sensed imagery and machine learning
Academy Hall Main Room
Brendan O'Neill
10:35am EDT
Ready, set, fly! How to close a data gap from the sky using drones
Academy Hall Main Room
Katsumasa Hamaguchi
10:40am EDT
We live in a 3D world, so let's map it!
Academy Hall Main Room
Amanda Berman
10:45am EDT
Satellite data for decision making and situational awareness?
Academy Hall Main Room
Daniel Berger
10:50am EDT
Mobile Tracking of Land Parcel Ownership in Zambia
Academy Hall Main Room
Julie Doherty
10:55am EDT
Maslow’s Hierarchy of M&E software UX
Academy Hall Main Room
Diego Mijelshon
11:30am EDT
I survived a machine learning pilot
Balcony E
Hedeer El-Showk • Alexandre Gavaza • Neeran Saraf • Samhir Vasdev
Moving from data to action: How can real-time data enable adaptive management?
Academy Hall Breakout B
Erica Gendell • Rebecca Saxton-Fox
2:00pm EDT
Creating a MERL culture at your Nonprofit
Academy Hall Breakout A
Eric Barela • Morgan Buras-Finlay • Kosar Jahani • Brian Komar • Andrew Means
Evidence-based decision-making & impact: The future of MERL through technical and qualitative tools
Vista
Greg Maly • Komal Bazaz Smith
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Building bridges
Exploring the Future of MERL
Facing our challenges and shortcomings
Sharing experiences
Strengthening the evidence base on MERL Tech and/or ICT4D approaches
Strengthening the evidence base on MERL Tech and ICT4D approaches
community and capacity
connections
Community Building
All
Building bridges
Strengthening the evidence base on MERL Tech and/or ICT4D approaches
community and capacity
connections
Fail Fest
All
Facing our challenges and shortcomings
Hard Talk
All
Facing our challenges and shortcomings
Lightning Talk
All
Building bridges
Exploring the Future of MERL
Facing our challenges and shortcomings
Sharing experiences
Strengthening the evidence base on MERL Tech and ICT4D approaches
and good practice
challenges
community and capacity
connections
examples
Plenary
All
Exploring the Future of MERL
Pre-Workshop
All
Exploring the Future of MERL
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Advanced MERL
Advanced Tech
Any level MERL
Any level of MERL or Tech
Any level Tech
Approaches
Beginner MERL
Beginner Tech
critical perspectives
debates
frameworks
Hard talks
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Intermediate Tech
methods
Research
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