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MERL Tech DC 2018

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

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

3:15pm 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

11:30am EDT

Building bridges between data science and development evaluation Academy Hall Breakout AAnupam Anand • Michael Bamberger • Claudia Abreu Lopes I survived a machine learning pilot Balcony EHedeer El-Showk • Alexandre Gavaza • Neeran Saraf • Samhir Vasdev 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 Responsible Data: Ready, Set? Stop and Prep. AngleLaura Walker McDonald • Alexandra Robinson Up your data game: How to use R to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data faster and better VistaCharles Guedenet • Jonathan Seiden

2:00pm EDT

Blockchain Learning Agenda: Practical MERL Workshop Academy Hall Breakout BJohn Burg • Christine Murphy • Jean-Paul Petraud Creating a MERL culture at your Nonprofit Academy Hall Breakout AEric Barela • Morgan Buras-Finlay • Kosar Jahani • Brian Komar • Andrew Means Evidence-based decision-making & impact: The future of MERL through technical and qualitative tools VistaGreg Maly • Komal Bazaz Smith From call times to comment analysis: combining digital data sources to understand change Academy Hall Breakout CAmy Jones 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