ICT4G 2015.07.02

Group presentation and activities

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1. ict4g Maputo Living Lab
 and ICT4… Food
 http://ict4g.fbk.eu
2. The mission of the ict4g group is looking at novel ways in which IT can be used to foster social and economic development
3. Food Waste MLL
4. Waste
5. Using new technologies to reduce non-recycled waste, improving waste separation
6. Food
7. an APP for the web: enter a query about recycling an item an educational game: High-School students competing to make the best questions and give the best answers a “smart” engine: based on machine learning AMNU’s support: validation, dissemination, etc an APP for your phone: take a picture and ask
8. Use new technologies to re- think current logistics of food donations and local distribution
16. results saved tons 250+ people helped ~16k money saved (€) 500K~1M
17. Maputo Living Lab
18. Goals of the MLL • Use IT to address the needs of the local community • Build capacity locally and provide tools to compete on a global market • Promote (local) entrepreneurship • Promote innovation • Implement a replicable model Education Innovation Research MLL
19. Maputo Living Lab 19
20. Summer School of ICTs & Ruby on Rails • Format: a one-month intensive training on using cutting- edge technologies to develop web and mobile applications • Focus: guided development of an application of relevance for the country • Participants: students from Mozambican Universities (not only in IT), practitioners, public and private employees • Italian and Local teachers, Public Administrators, Artists, Journalists, … • Follow up in Italy and, in some cases, remote coaching