The Technology Salon is organized by Wayan Vota, in conjunction with the UN Foundation's Technology Partnership with the Vodafone Foundation.

Wayan Vota is a technology expert focused on appropriate information and communication technologies (ICT) for rural and underserved areas of the developing world.

He is currently the Senior Director of the Inveneo Certified ICT Partner Program, where he is developing a network of entrepreneurial information and communication technology companies focused on installing and maintaining rural and remote technology deployments across Africa and Asia.

Wayan Vota also explores how education can be empowered with ICT through:

• Editing ICTworks, a premier resource for expertise in sustainable ICTs for the developing world
• Moderating the Educational Technology Debate for infoDev at the World Bank.
• Publishing OLPC News, the premier independent online community on One Laptop Per Child

If you would like to attend a meeting or want to lead a session, please email Wayan on: wayan@technologysalon.org