Fed Event: March 21st, 6 PM, "Social Media's Role in Recent Events in the Middle East"

The Washington ICT4D Meetup is excited to announce our return from hiatus with a timely discussion on the role of technology in the recent events of the Middle East.

From Tunisia to Egypt to Bahrain to Libya - and with simmering unrest elsewhere - technology has played a role in augmenting and defining the narrative of protest and revolution. Please join us while we discuss the extent of the influence of ICTs, debunk the myths of a social media revolution, and talk about what happens next.

March ICT4D Meetup is co-hosted by Johns Hopkins University's Communication Program and Appropriate IT.

Social Media's Role in Recent Events in the Middle East

Monday March 21, 2011 at 6:00 pm, Johns Hopkins University, 1717 Massachusettes Ave., NW, Washington, DC

Agenda
6:00 – 6:30 pm: Meet, Greet, and Network
6:30 – 7:30 pm: Panel Discussion

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Panelists

* Jeffrey Ghannam is a lawyer, journalist and media consultant. He is the author of Social Media in the Arab World: Leading up to the Uprisings of 2011, a report from the National Endowment for Democracy's Center for International Media Assistance.
* Amira Maaty is a Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa with the National Endowment for Democracy. She is a frequent speaker on the how activists and civil society used social media (and other technologies) during and prior to the events as well as how its being used now in the aftermath. Prior to joining NED, she had been with IREX and Internews Network.
* Katherine Maher is a Program Officer for information and communication technology and civil society at the National Democratic Institute. Her work emphasizes communication in closed regimes, with a particular focus on the Middle East. She writes frequently on technology and development.

Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) meetup is a learning network of and for practitioners to share knowledge, information, experiences, and projects in this field.