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MERL Tech DC 2018

Laura O'Brien

Digital Impact Alliance
Senior Manager, MEL
Washington, DC

digitalimpactalliance.org

I am particularly interested in the MERL of technology in the international development context, and how adaptive management can be integrated to responsibly support these programs.

8:30am

Registration and Meet and Greet Reception Area

9:00am

Welcome to MERL Tech 2018! Academy Hall Main RoomLinda Raftree

9:20am

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

9:45am

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

10:30am

Long Break Reception Area

11:00am

Integrating MERL with program design: Presenting an approach to balance your MERL strategy with four principles AngleHeather Esper • Yaquta Fatehi

1:00pm

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

Adapting agile for MERL AngleGina Assaf • Trent Hone • Amanda Makulec From Traditional Evaluation to Data Analytics – PCI’s Experience Assessing the Impact of a Digital Social Enterprise Balcony DHelene Purcell • Jason Rubin

3:00pm

Short Break Reception Area

3:15pm

USAID Open Data Policy and Intellectual Property Rights Academy Hall Breakout AAnna Brenes • Gayle Girod • M. Scott Thompson

4:30pm

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

4:35pm

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

4:40pm

Dancing with data Academy Hall Main RoomTara Susman-Peña

4:45pm

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

4:50pm

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

5:00pm

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

Happy Hour Reception and Fail Fest! Reception AreaWayan Vota

6:30pm

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

6:35pm

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

7:00pm

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

9:00am

Welcome to MERL Tech Day 2 Academy Hall Main RoomLinda Raftree

9:10am

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

9:30am

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

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

10:35am

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

10:40am

We live in a 3D world, so let's map it! Academy Hall Main RoomAmanda Berman

10:45am

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

10:50am

Mobile Tracking of Land Parcel Ownership in Zambia Academy Hall Main RoomJulie Doherty

10:55am

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

11:00am

Long Break Academy Hall Main Room

11:30am

Building bridges between data science and development evaluation Academy Hall Breakout AAnupam Anand • Michael Bamberger • Claudia Abreu Lopes Moving from data to action: How can real-time data enable adaptive management? Academy Hall Breakout BErica Gendell • Rebecca Saxton-Fox Responsible Data: Ready, Set? Stop and Prep. AngleLaura Walker McDonald • Alexandra Robinson

1:00pm

Lunch and Demo Tables Reception Area

2:00pm

Creating a MERL culture at your Nonprofit Academy Hall Breakout AEric Barela • Morgan Buras-Finlay • Kosar Jahani • Brian Komar • Andrew Means

3:00pm

Ice Cream Social! Reception Area

3:30pm

How to win in 20 years Academy Hall Main RoomAndrew Means

3:40pm

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

3:45pm

Evaluating the Technology Incubator Fund: Do small grants make a big difference in appetite for technology in programs? Academy Hall Main RoomAmy Hood

3:50pm

MERL Tech and the American Evaluation Association: Let's build a bridge Academy Hall Main RoomEric Barela

4:00pm

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

5:00pm

Day 2 Summary and close out Academy Hall Main RoomMaliha Khan • Linda Raftree