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MERL Tech DC 2018

Philipp Lüninghöner

GIZ German International Cooperation
Advisor / Change Management

Drawing from 10+ years of working in M&E and organizational development, Philipp is part of a team of internal consultants at GIZ that helps teams and managers worldwide to handle the challenges of inceasingly complex projects in international cooperation. He is looking forward to gain insight in other organizations' approaches to MERL, to learn about their experience and tools, and to meet with other participants.

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

MERL+ML+AID: USAID works to get the recipe right! Balcony EAubra Anthony • Farzana Ramzan • Peter Richards

12:00pm

Lunch and Demo Tables Reception Area

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

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

3:00pm

Short Break Reception Area

3:15pm

Good, cheap, fast: Pick two AngleChristopher Gegenheimer • Christopher Huey • Leslie Sage

4:15pm

Short Break Reception Area

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

8:30am

Registration and Morning Networking Reception Area

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

Moving from data to action: How can real-time data enable adaptive management? Academy Hall Breakout BErica Gendell • Rebecca Saxton-Fox

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