Event Descriptions

Digital Inclusion

3 p.m., Boston Public Library Rabb Lecture Hall.

Be inspired by Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child, an initiative to bring a laptop to the world’s poorest children and by Iqbar Quadir, who connected millions of the rural poor in Bangladesh through Grameenphone cellphones and now supports MIT students whose start-ups will have a positive impact on developing countries. Hosted by Calestous Juma. Sponsored by Verizon.

 

 

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Iqbar Quadir

Nicholas Negroponte

Calestous Juma