Loading…
MERL Tech London has ended
MS

Malcolm Spence

Monday, March 19
 

08:30 GMT

Registration Lobby

09:00 GMT

Welcome to MERL Tech London! Spice 1/2/3Anna Petruccelli • Linda Raftree

09:20 GMT

Opening Talk: Sector trends and challenges -- where can MERLTech efforts contribute meaningfully? Spice 1/2/3André Clarke

09:50 GMT

Seven Priorities for our Sector Spice 1/2/3Maliha Khan

10:10 GMT

Deep Dive into Priority 7: Overcoming 'Extractive' Data ApproachesLIMITED Earl Grey

11:15 GMT

Go with the Workflow: Prioritizing Process over Tools for Data-Driven Decision MakingFILLING Sugar 2Alexis Teyie

13:35 GMT

Using ArcGIS to gain actionable insight Spice 1/2/3Harriet Gwilt

14:00 GMT

Unpacking How Change Happened (or Didn't): Participatory Video and Most Significant ChangeLIMITED Sugar 1Soledad Muniz

16:00 GMT

So You Want a Data Strategy -- Now What? Jump-Starting Change with UNICEF and DFIDFULL Spice 2Alia Aghajanian • Neil Jackson • Stephan Ladek • Sarah Orton-Vipond • Toby Wicks

17:00 GMT

Quick Break Lobby

17:15 GMT

Summarizing Day 1 & Report Back from the Morning's Session on Priorities Spice 1/2/3Maliha Khan • Linda Raftree

17:30 GMT

Reception and Fail Fest Spice 1/2/3Julia Carvalho • Raghunandan Hegde • Anahi Ayala Iacucci • Maliha Khan • Veronica Olazabal • Wayan Vota
 
Tuesday, March 20
 

08:30 GMT

Coffee and Tea and Networking Lobby

09:00 GMT

Welcome to MERL Tech Day 2! Spice 1/2/3Linda Raftree

09:15 GMT

Opening Talk: Learning from Our Mistakes ("Failures") and Avoiding the Hype! Spice 1/2/3Anahi Ayala Iacucci

09:50 GMT

From Data Crunching to (Almost) Data Use Spice 1/2/3Anna Petruccelli

10:15 GMT

What is the future for sustainable MERLTech development and how can funders best support it? Spice 1/2/3Jake Grout-Smith • Hans van Hooff • Sarah Mistry • Allana Nelson • Veronica Olazabal • Barbara Willett

11:45 GMT

Be it resolved: In the near future, conventional evaluation and big data will be successfully integratedFILLING Spice 2Michael Bamberger • Rick Davies • Shawna Hoffman

13:30 GMT

Love At First Swipe! Find out how MERL Practitioners are Using Digital Technology to Prove to Donors Their Organisations Are More Effective, Competitive and ImpactfulFULL Sugar 3Andre Heller Perache

14:20 GMT

Eyes in the Skies: How 'Big Data' from Satellites can Revolutionise MERL Spice 1/2/3Elise Montano

15:00 GMT

LEAP, and How to Bring Data to Life in Your OrganizationLIMITED Spice 3Jeremy Barnes • Amit Kohli

16:00 GMT

Coffee and Tea Break Lobby

16:30 GMT

So... Are Big Data and Predictive Analytics the End of Evaluation as We Know It? (and other Big Questions) Spice 1/2/3Michael Bamberger • Herb Caudill • André Clarke • Maliha Khan • Soledad Muniz • Veronica Olazabal • Linda Raftree • Yulye Jessica Romo Ramos • Richa Verma • Wayan Vota

17:10 GMT

Wrap Up and Close Out Spice 1/2/3André Clarke • Maliha Khan • Linda Raftree