[IREX] INVITATION - IREX Speaker Series: Technology Serving Civil Society

[IREX GENERAL]

INVITATION

IREX Speaker Series: Technology Serving Civil Society 
presents
Mark Surman, Managing Director of Telecentre.org
on 
"Telecenter Networks and Civil Society"

WHEN: April 10, 10:00am-11:30am
WHERE: IREX, 2121 K Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC
RSVP by April 6: techseries at irex.org

A community technology activist for almost 20 years, Mark Surman is
director of telecentre.org, a global network of telecentres and other
grassroots technology projects. He is also an open philanthropy fellow
at the Shuttleworth Foundation and co-convenes conversations about open
cities   in his hometown of Toronto. Previously, Mark was president of
the Commons Group, a research and strategy firm focused on
collaboration, community building, and social technology. He also served
as Director of Content and Community at Web Networks, Canada's first and
largest non-profit Internet provider, and worked on the team that
designed and managed the Government of Ontario's Volunteer @ction Online
grants program. Before that, Mark trained social activists to make their
own documentaries and worked for a good number of commercial television
stations.

This event will be simultaneously transmitted to dozens of
IREX-administered telecenters throughout Eurasia. Virtual participants
will have the opportunity to ask questions and submit comments in
real-time. For more information please contact IREX at the above-listed
email address.

IREX is an international nonprofit organization working in more than 50
countries in the fields of education, media, and civil society
development. 

This speaker series is funded by the People Technology Foundation USA
and contributions from Friends of IREX.