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Tue, Feb 17, 2009 -- 10:00 AM

Tech Philanthropy


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Northern California is at the forefront of a new wave of global philanthropy aimed at providing technological assistance to developing countries. We talk to some local technology philanthropists about their work.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

  • Anke Schwittay, lecturer at UC Berkeley and co-founder of the RiOS Institute, working to bring the benefits of new technologies to underserved people
  • Daniel Ben-Horin, co-CEO of TechSoup Global, a San Francisco-based group which brings technological empowerment and philanthropy to social benefit organizations across the world
  • Mark Summer, CEO of Inveneo, a San Francisco-based non-profit which provides technology solutions to remote villages through non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and through commercial or government-owned organizations

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