Co-Designing Ethical Interventions in Resource Constrained Environments
The IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board Ad Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best Practices is cooperating with a number of IEEE OUs including IEEE SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT, IEEE Bahrain Section SIGHT, IEEE Philadelphia Section SIGHT, IEEE Karachi SIGHT and IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter to organise this SSIT Distinguished Lecture as a Webinar.
IEEE Members, SIGHT Members and SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to Register and participate. IEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.
This Webinar will take place online at 10am Eastern Time / 3pm GMT+1 on Tuesday 28 March. Click here to convert to your local time.
Registered participants will be provided with the link prior to the event.
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This SSIT Distinguished Lecture focuses on social implications and ethical issues to be considered when co-designing and implementing interventions in resource constrained environments. It introduces the concepts of collaborative open innovation, co-design and action research in the context of addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It then discusses socio-cultural differences, ethical conundrums and ethical research principles when engaging with local communities. It provides insight into building blocks to be considered when preparing an implementation plan for a community-based ICT4Development intervention.
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- Date: 28 Mar 2023
- Time: 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM
- All times are (UTC+01:00) Dublin
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- Starts 09 March 2023 06:14 PM
- Ends 28 March 2023 02:30 PM
- All times are (UTC+01:00) Dublin
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Miriam Cunningham
Biography:
Miriam Cunningham is Head of Research, IST-Africa Institute. Miriam is a Senior technology and innovation expert with over 25 years experience working with education and research, industry and government organisations (including European Commission and World Bank). Miriam specialises in contributing to policy analysis, research capacity building, adaptation and implementation of appropriate technology in low resource environments.
Miriam has extensive practical experience undertaking needs assessment, evaluating, monitoring and assessing of Research and Innovation (R&I) projects in Europe and Africa as well as field experience creating, implementing and managing large scale cross-border digital technology innovation oriented projects in Europe and Africa.
Miriam is an active IEEE volunteer with several leadership roles including IEEE SSIT Board of Governors, IEEE SSIT UK and Ireland Chapter Chair and 2023 Humanitarian Technologies Board Member chairing the Ad Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best Practices.
Agenda
10am - 10:30am ET / 3pm - 3:30pm GMT Introduction and Presentation
10:30 - 11am ET / 3:30pm - 4pm GMT Discussion, Q&A