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Vital Wave Consulting and Reuter’s Digital Vision Program at Stanford University Partner for Technology Business in Developing-country Markets

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Vital Wave Consulting and Reuter’s Digital Vision Program at Stanford University Partner for Technology Business in Developing-country Markets

PALO ALTO, November 2, 2006 – Vital Wave Consulting, analysts of developing-country markets, and Reuter’s Digital Vision Program at Stanford University announced today a collaborative initiative to analyze the market potential of technology-oriented development projects for emerging markets. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Chertok and Adam Tolnay on Beyond Tunis

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Michael Chertok and Adam Tolnay have articles featured on the Global Knowledge Partnership’s website Beyond Tunis (http://www.globalknowledge.org/gkpbeyondtunis).

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Saori Fotenos on Democracy Now!

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

2006 Fellow Saori Fotenos speaks on panel: “Citizen Journalism: A Look at How Blogging is Changing the Media Landscape from the Congo to Korea”, hosted by Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. Read the rest of this entry »

David Lehr awarded Acumen Fund Fellowship

Friday, May 26th, 2006

2006 Fellow David Lehr has been accepted into the Acumen Fund Fellows Program, a competitive fellowship program for individuals with the dedication to serving the poor in the developing world and the business skills to effect change. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Chertok selected for second round of BiD Challenge

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Michael Chertok’s plan Digital Divide Data in Motion was selected for the final round of the BiD challenge. Read the rest of this entry »

DVP on TechNation radio program

Friday, March 24th, 2006

DVP is featured on the public radio program Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn. Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Maranga in the Red Herring

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006


2006 Fellow Robert Maranga was featured in Red Herring magazine as one of six “Unselfish Technologists”. Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker:Mirek Jach, AMD

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Mirek Jach of AMD shares the objectives of AMD’s 50×15 initiatve and ideas behind developing partnerships. Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker: Charly Kleissner

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

Charly Kleissner on Hybrid Business Models and Enlightened Businesses: “If you have the right level of intention - breadth and depth - money is not an issue.” Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker: Sam So, Asian Liver Center

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Dr. Sam So, founder of the Asian Liver Center at Stanford, speaks about the Center’s campaign to increase awareness, early detection, and treatment of Hepatitis B and liver cancer, the second most fatal cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

Speakers: Mena Trott & Andrew Anker, SixApart

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

“We enable people to communicate. We give them all megaphones.” Mena Trott and Andrew Anker speak to RDVP about blogging and their company, Six Apart. Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker: Sally Osberg

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

“Social Entrepreneurship is as Ginger Rogers is to Fred Astaire: You have to be able to do everything backwards and in high heels.” - Sally Osberg, Skoll Foundation Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker: Daniel Ayala & Gene Gutierrez, Wells Fargo

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Danny Ayala and Gene Gutierrez of Wells Fargo: User-based product development and the global market for remittances. Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker: John Sherry , Intel

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

John Sherry speaks to RDVP about his current projects at Intel’s Digital Health Group. Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker: Sohaib Abbasi, Informatica

Monday, October 31st, 2005

Sohaib Abbasi, President & Chief Executive Officer of Informatica. Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker: Akhtar Badshah, Microsoft Community Affairs

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Akhtar Badshah, Microsoft Community Affairs: “The value of technology is when you bring social and economic change.” Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker: Marko Ahtisaari, Nokia

Monday, October 24th, 2005

Marko Ahtisaari, NOKIA: “The challenge: How do we design to be ’sometimes off’ in a world that is itself ‘always on’?” Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker:Roberto Milk, Novica

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Roberto Milk shared his experiences starting his company, Novica , linking consumers and artisans. Read the rest of this entry »

Speaker: Tony Perkins, ALWAYSON

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Tony Perkins, ALWAYSON: “Is the Internet Under-Hyped? HELL YEAH!” Read the rest of this entry »

Motoo Kusakabe

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

05/09/05: Motoo Kusakabe spoke to the fellows about “ICT Strategies for human development”. Read the rest of this entry »