Mobile Solutions for Women: India (event publications)

Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Time: 9-10am PST

Women in India face enormous challenges with respect to health, education, and economic empowerment. Yet over 38% of the female population in India now owns a mobile handset. This increase in mobile phone ownership among women in India presents a hopeful, and potentially lucrative, opportunity to address the challenges that they face. On December 2, 2011 the Vodafone India Foundation, in partnership with the Digital Empowerment Foundation, hosted the WIN Awards - Women & Innovation for Mobile Awards - to celebrate and recognize the innovative mobile applications and solutions that are enabling empowered information and communication services delivery to women in India. Join us as Brendan Smith, Director of Consulting Services, shares the results of new research Vital Wave Consulting conducted in support of the WIN Awards for the Vodafone India Foundation. The presentation will review overall market sizing and the characterization of women's needs in each of the award categories of health, education and economic empowerment. It will also cover compelling examples of how mobiles are already being used to improve women's lives.

Private-Public Partnerships Are the Answer. But What Is the Question?

Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Time: 8:30-10am PST
Regus
530 Lytton Avenue
2nd Floor
Palo Alto, California 94301
United States
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For over a decade, private-public partnerships (PPPs) were the answer for corporations that wanted to "do business and do good". By blending the efficiency of the private sector with the legitimacy of the public and not-for-profit sectors, impacts were to be deeper and more sustainable.

But what was the real problem PPPs were solving and are PPPs still the answer? If so, what are corporate best practices?

Join Vital Wave Consulting for a Technology Salon in Silicon Valley to hear from former Microsoft executive and 15 year veteran of PPPs, Matthew Clark, as he shares his thoughts.

Coffee and bagels will be provided. Please RSVP ASAP. Space is limited to 14 people, and then there will be a waitlist.

A National Framework for mHealth: Ethiopia (event publications)

Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

Mobile health, or mHealth, remains a hot topic in emerging markets, for the global health community and the telecommunications industry alike. To date, however, most mHealth implementations have been limited to small-scale or pilot programs. Increasingly, stakeholders in both the public and private sectors are realizing the need for national frameworks that will allow mHealth solutions to scale successfully and improve the effectiveness of health delivery systems. Join us as we share the results of a new Vital Wave Consulting report, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, that looks at the potential for mHealth to improve maternal and child health in Ethiopia. This presentation will review the needs of the Ethiopian community health system, analyze the environment for mHealth in the Ethiopian context and suggest steps for introducing large-scale implementations within a broader digital health ecosystem.

10 Facts About Emerging-market Cities (event publications)

Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

Fueled by population and economic growth, emerging-market cities are becoming major hubs of global business opportunity. These urban centers represent a concentration of both wealth and customers, as well as an entry point into rural markets. To capitalize on this growth, business managers will benefit from a familiarity with these fast-evolving centers of commerce, from megacities to small and mid-size markets. Join Vital Wave Consulting experts to explore the demographic and economic shifts taking place in emerging-market cities. Gain data and insights that will aid business managers in their understanding of these new markets, such as:

• Key characteristics of emerging-market cities
• Overall trends shaping (and impeding) opportunities in urban centers
• The implications of these characteristics on market dynamics and business growth

Social Capital for Technology Start-ups

Social Capital for ICT4D

Date: Thursday, August 18, 2011
Time: 8:30-10am PDT
mission*social conference room
972 Mission Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
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A new form of capitalism is arising that recognizes our ability to direct the power and efficiency of market systems toward social impact, leading to a more balanced set of "returns".  This social capital market is real and growing, and has real impact on emerging economies.

But does it impact ICT4D?  How can technology companies leverage social capital for greater impact? And can NGO's and nonprofits that focus on technology also benefit from the flow of capital towards social good?

Join Kevin Jones, Co-Founder of the SoCap Conference and Good Capital, as he shares insights on the opportunities, challenges and prospects for social capital to advance technology interventions in the developing world.

Espresso and donuts will be provided.  Please RSVP ASAP.  Space is limited to 15 people, and then there will be a waitlist.

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About the Technology Salon

The Technology Salon is an intimate, informal, and in person, discussion between information and communication technology experts and international development professionals, with a focus on both:

• technology's impact on donor-sponsored technical assistance delivery, and
• private enterprise driven economic development, facilitated by technology.

Meetings are lively conversations, not boring presentations. Attendance is capped at 15 people - and frank participation with ideas, opinions, and predictions is actively encouraged.  It's also a great opportunity to meet others motivated to employ technology to solve vexing development problems.

Driving Development: mLabs

Date: Thursday, August 11, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

With more than 5 billion subscribers worldwide, the mobile phone network is the world's largest distribution and communications platform. The fastest market growth in recent years has been in developing countries, creating a huge potential user base for innovative mobile applications and services. This market is largely untapped because low-cost, high-value applications that have a direct and immediate impact on the developing world are still hard to find. To respond to this development challenge, infoDev is working with the Government of Finland and Nokia to establish a series of mLabs around the world. The mLab network will ensure that locally relevant applications are created to meet growing demands among users in developing countries. Vital Wave Consulting, recently authored a business plan and companion planning workbook tool to support infoDev-supported mLabs, and other mobile application laboratory initiatives globally, to develop sustainable business models and transition from a donor-funded start-up phase to a self financing, sustainable phase over a three-year period. Join us as we review the global landscape of mobile application laboratories and discuss critical success factors for sustainable operation.

Scaling mServices: Souktel (event publications)

Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

Emerging markets are seeing an unprecedented growth in mServices, from mobile money transfer to SMS news updates. However, in the rush to leverage these market opportunities, for every mService success there appear to be a dozen failures—applications that fail to gain traction, or value-added services that lack staying power. Join us as we hear from Souktel, the Middle East's first mobile job information service, about the challenges and strategies related to its mService scale-up, since 2006, in one of the world's toughest business environments.

Fueling Economic Growth: ICT and Tourism (event publications)

Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

Tourism has increasingly become an important source of revenue in emerging markets, in Mexico alone it accounts for 13% of the country's GDP. Yet, in many developing-country markets providers chronically lack access to information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure to promote and scale unique regional offerings. Join us as we explore how the greater application of ICT, particularly the expansion of mobile networks and services, can strengthen the economic impact and growth of the tourism industry in emerging markets. This presentation will review data associated with this trend, key factors driving it and examine a case study that illustrates how national governments are poised to realize this opportunity.

May 13, 2010
The Globalization of R&D (event publications)
Multinational firms based in the developed world have been shifting production to emerging markets for decades while performing most research and development (R&D) work in the US, Europe and Japan. Recently, however, more R&D is being performed in China, India, Brazil and other emerging markets as their economies boom, their consumer bases grow in importance and local talent becomes more sophisticated.

March 25, 2010
Women and Mobile - A Global Opportunity (event publications)
In the past decade, mobile phones have become the most ubiquitous technology in the developing world, delivering access to advanced communications and information to many people for the first time.

December 4, 2009
The mServices Landscape in Emerging Markets
By popular demand, Vital Wave Consulting is repeating its speaker series session: The mServices Landscape in Emerging Markets. Mobile services (mServices) promises to bring health, financial, commerce and other valuable services to citizens over the mobile phone.

November 13, 2009
The mServices Landscape in Emerging Markets (event publications)
Mobile services (mServices) promises to bring health, financial, commerce and other valuable services to citizens over the mobile phone.

October 9, 2009
Characterizing the Global Landscape of National HIS Ecosystems (event publications)
An overview of developing country implementations

July 21-24, 2009
Ted Global
The Substance of Things Not Seen

July 24, 2009
Software as a Service (SaaS) in Emerging Markets (event publications)
Insights on SaaS through discussion of key topics.

July 27-28, 2009
The World Health Care Congress Leadership Summit on Wireless Health
Policy-makers, payers, providers and medical group practices from across the nation convene to discuss business and clinical opportunities for integrating mHealth, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth solutions into existing care systems.

June 22-25, 2009
GSMA Mobile Money Summit
Financially Connecting the World Through Mobile

June 1-2, 2009
IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge
In Search of Innovative Solutions

May 31, 2009 
CTIA Wireless: BRIC
Emerging Mobile Markets

May 28-29, 2009
American Medical Informatics Association
People & Populations: Translation to Transformation

May 26-27, 2009
Net2Y4 Net Squared Conference
World-changing ideas of how mobile applications can help citizens, groups and others create a better world for everybody.

May 22, 2009
San Francisco/Bay Area Information Communication Technology (ICT)  Partnerships Forum
Exploring Innovations in Collaborative Partnerships for Reducing Health Disparities and Advancing Health Worldwide through Mobile Health

May 11-15, 2009
3rd  Global Forum on Business Incubation
Empowering economies through ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship (Brazil)

May 19, 2009
Pearson Forum
The Demand for Content in Emerging Markets

April 17-19, 2009 
ICTD 2009
3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development

April 1-3, 2009 
CTIA Wireless
Healthcare - An Industry Vertical Using Cellular Successfully

March 27, 2009 
Net Impact: Issues in Depth Call
Leveraging Mobile Technology for Healthcare Delivery in Emerging Markets

March 6, 2009 
Vital Wave Consulting's Emerging Market Business Speaker Series
Leveraging Mobile Technology for Healthcare Delivery in Emerging Markets

March 3, 2009 
mHealth Technology Salon (Inveneo Offices in San Francisco)
Leveraging Mobile Technology for Healthcare Delivery in Emerging Markets

February 16-19, 2009
GSMA Mobile World Congress
The world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry with a stimulating and insightful congress

January 30, 2009
Vital Wave Consulting's Emerging Market Business Speaker Series
Landscape Analysis of Low-cost Computing Devices

January 8-11, 2009
Consumer Electronic Show - Las Vegas
Technology and Emerging Countries Session

December 11-12, 2008 
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization
Investing in information and communication technologies in emerging markets

December 5, 2008 
Exporting Healthcare IT and Telehealth
Overview of teleHealth and healthcare IT export opportunities

December 4, 2008 @ 6:30 PM PT
SD Forum
Mobile internet in emerging markets

November 14-16, 2008
Telemedicon 08
Health Care through Telemedicine: Remote and Rural Reach

November 13-15, 2008
Net Impact
Gathering to discuss a vast array of innovative ideas that will create social and environmental value for our future

November 13, 2008
Transformative Changes Through Science and Technology
The Role for Social Benefit Entrepreneurs

November 12, 2008
The Tech Awards
An international Awards program that honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity

November 11, 2008 @ 9 AM PT
Vital Wave Consulting's Emerging Market Business Speaker Series
mHealth in the Developing World - A Landscape Analysis
Download accompanying PDF

November 4, 2008 @ 10 AM - 2 PM PT
Mobile Tech for Social Change
Exploring mobile tech to advance social development and social change goals

October 23-25, 2008
Pop!Tech 2008: Scarcity and Abundance
How technology in emerging markets will drive the innovation needed to address the 21st century dynamics of scarcity

October 22-23, 2008
Health2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008
Technology transforming the healthcare industry

October 13-15, 2008
Mobile Active 2008
Global gathering to connect leaders who are working at the convergence of civil society, mobile technology and social change

October 13-15, 2008
Social Capital Markets 2008
Bringing together the people who are accelerating the flow of capital to good

September 25, 2008 @ 8 AM PT
Vital Wave Consulting's Emerging Market Business Speaker Series
Affordable Computing for Developing-country Schools:
An overview of total cost implications for effective technology sales

September 22-24, 2008
Global Health Frontiers
Emerging-market opportunities to serve the poor

September 11-12, 2008
Interplay 2008
Web Associates client summit connecting industry experts on thought-provoking topics

July 25-August 1, 2008
Sustainable Scale of mHealth in the Global South
Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Global Solutions

June 24, 2008
Vital Wave Consulting's Third Anniversary  Networking Event
Gathering of Emerging Market Professionals

June 3-5, 2008
GSMA Mobile Innovation Marketplace
Leapfrogging: Mobile Innovation in Emerging Markets

May 13, 2008
Vital Wave Consulting's Emerging Market Business Speaker Series
Segmenting Emerging Markets: Challenges, Benefits and Methodologies

May 1-4, 2008
UCSD International Relations and Pacific Studies Graduate School 20th Anniversary
“Rockstar” alumni discuss how their time at IR/PS shaped their careers to date

April 17, 2008
Vital Wave Consulting's Emerging Market Business Speaker Series
10 Facts about Emerging Markets and Emerging-market Consumers

April 15-18, 2008
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization - 2nd Annual Asian Connecting Rural Communities Forum
Accelerate Handset Financing in Emerging Markets: Connecting Rural Communities in Developing Countries with Affordable Mobile Device

March 25, 2008 
UN Meets Web 2.0 New Media, New Entrepreneurs, New Opportunities for Emerging Markets
Putting the T in ICT: Tech Companies Enabling Entrepreneurs

March 13, 2008 @ 8 AM PT
Vital Wave Consulting's Emerging Market Business Speaker Series
Three Inhibitors to Emerging Market Business Success

February 20, 2008 
Haas School of Business: UC Berkeley
Emerging Market Business: Opportunities, trends and strategies

February 14, 2008 @ 8 AM PT
Vital Wave Consulting's Emerging Market Business Speaker Series
Strategies to Accelerate Handset Financing in Emerging Markets

February 8, 2008
Net Impact: Issues In-depth
Segmentation Modeling in Emerging Markets: Challenges, benefits and methodologies

November, 2007
Net Impact Annual Conference - Building a Sustainable Future
Multinational Corporation Business Strategies in Emerging Markets

August, 2007
Home Oriented IT - ICT for the Next Billion
From Innovation to Market: Strategies for Commercializing Products for New Markets

February, 2007
Business, Engineering & Sustainability
Collaborative Programs for Innovation

November, 2006
Rest of World Roundtable
Sound market intelligence as foundation for successful development and business

November, 2006
Net Impact - Issues in Depth
Need for relevant market data to penetrate emerging market business opportunities

September, 2006
Stanford Digital Vision Program
Nuances of business case creation for developing-country markets