MobileActive Conference

MobileActive.org meets again! Join us for the second MobileActive gathering, this year at Mobilefest, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. MobileActive07 will take place November 24-25, 2007.

Thanks to our generous underwriters, we have now partial travel scholarships available for NGO staff using mobiles who would otherwise be unable to attend. REGISTER for MobileActive07 and check the 'scholarship' option and we'll be in touch with you.

Why should you come?

We know that you are interested and passionate about what the mobile revolution means for social good. MobileActive.org and Mobilefest have partnered to bring together leading thinkers, practitioners and technologist in the mobile revolution from around the world to explore how mobiles are fundamentally changing the way we organize ourselves, do business, and make the world a better place.

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Wednesday 21 Jun 2006 18:30

Westminster Arms, 9 Storey's Gate, London SW1P 3AT

This is the first in a series of events that aims to show that there is plenty of mobile technology out there already and to provide a forum help take advantage of it and to share ideas and expertise.

Oscar Soria from Greenpeace in Argentina who will be talking about his first hand experiences of mobileactivism and some of Greenpeace Argentina's usage of mobile phones in campaigns (which is different!). He will draw on their work in the forest ( Greenpeace Uses SMS To Monitors Forest Destruction ) and the campaign on zero waste that recently won the 160Characters Mobile Messaging Award for 'Best messaging application: public sector/not for profit' as well as their plans for forthcoming projects using mobile.

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Here are a couple of ring tones that I made last week after being inspired from the Mobile Active conference. Feel free to pass them around and post your feedback so I can make them better :).
- Bush, “Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job,” overlaid with Arlo Guthrie’s “The Train They Call the City of New Orleans” (listen: streaming download: mp3 | amr)

- Bush on pre-war intelligence, mixed with some British rock/punk including Billy Bragg and Califone. (listen: streaming download: mp3 | amr)

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Here is what we are working on after the first day.  I will post more about some of the themes that start to immerge on from this brainstorming.

 

Small Group Breakouts Day 1:

Introductions and Outcomes we want to accomplish as part of MobileActive

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