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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.

Our meetings are lively conversations, not boring presentations - PowerPoint is banned and attendance is capped at 15 people - and frank participation with ideas, opinions, and predictions is actively encouraged through the Chatham House Rule.

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The Technology Salon is sponsored by the UN Foundation's Technology Partnership with the Vodafone Foundation as a way to increase the discussion and dissemination of information and communication technology's role in expanding solutions to long-standing international development challenges.

Recent Activity

  • Girls and ICTs: Salon Thoughts and Conclusions
    The Girls and ICT Technology Salon was a great opportunity to get an amazing group of thinkers and do-ers in the same room to debate around a particular topic. I'm… By Linda Raftree | Comments (0)

  • Improving Girls Education and Development with ICT
    In the developing world, girls need new skills and capacities for the 21st Century. They need to have the ability to be flexible, adaptive, and innovative to grow into positions… By Wayan Vota | Comments (0)

  • Can Donors Improve Enterprise Competitiveness with ICT?
    Competitive private companies know that just adopting the tools of ICT will not magically lead to productivity gains - it takes much change and investments in business processes to really… By Wayan Vota | Comments (3)

Our Current Focus

Can Donors Improve Enterprise Competitiveness with ICT?
In the November Technology Salon, we'll get an exclusive sneak peek at "How Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can Catalyze Enterprise Competitiveness", a brief from the Business Growth Initiative (BGI), that's not yet released. In our forum, we'll be able to review and give our opinion on the brief.
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