Event Listing - Technology

Wed May 21

The Long Now Foundation's monthly series Seminars About Long-term Thinking

Technology Empowers the Poorest

with Iqbal Quadir

Tel. 415.561.6582 x1
Email Technology Empowers the Poorest
Website

Location	Date and Time
Cowell Theater Fort Mason Center, Pier 2 San Francisco, CA 94123 map district: Marina/Cow Hollow	Wed May 21 (7:30 pm)

Description

Iqbal Quadir is an advocate of business as a humanitarian tool; his overriding principle is "connectivity is productivity." In partnership with microcredit pioneer Grameenbank, he brought the first commercial telecom services, Grameenphone, to millions of Bangladeshi living in rural areas. He is currently the founding Director of the Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship at MIT, which studies ways for people to adopt technology in empowering and democratizing ways. His latest projects are focused on solutions for bringing electrical power and potable water to rural areas.

The Seminars are hosted by Stewart Brand.

$10 suggested donation

Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours

We recommend you arrive early; priority seating is available for Members of Long Now.
https://secure.longnow.org/members/

There will be a reception at the Long Now Museum & Store following the Seminar.

http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/