The Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN)’s Technical Convening (TechCon) 2016, co-hosted by MIT and USAID, will be a unique convening of researchers, students, entrepreneurs and innovators, development experts, field practitioners, and private sector representatives focused on highlighting cutting-edge solutions to critical development challenges.

TechCon will spark dynamic conversation and enable rigorous exploration of impactful, community and partnership-centered global development work focused on innovation and research.  

You can now browse the agenda, speakers, attendees, and exhibitors on the TechCon website. We hope to see you there! 

Looking for IDIN at TechCon? You can find our staff, partners, and Network members in the following sessions and workshops: 

• Thursday, 8:45am — Opening Remarks featuring IDIN Director and MIT D-Lab Founding Director Amy Smith
• Thursday, 5:45pm — Closing Remarks featuring IDIN Program Manager and MIT D-Lab Associate Director Kofi Taha
• Thursday, 10:30am — "What Is Innovation, and How Do We Move from Idea to Impact?" featuring IDIN Network member Mustafa Naseem
• Friday, 9:15am — "Insider Outsider Development: Where Do You Stand?" featuring IDIN PI and Olin College Professor Ben Linder
• Friday, 10:45am — "MakerFabInnoLabSpaceCenter and You: The Why and How of Creative Community Space Engagement for Your Institution, featuring IDIN Innovation Center Program Manager Molly Rubenstein, and IDIN Network Members and Innovation Center Leads Johana Sanabria (C-Innova), Mustafa Naseem (Make-I-Stan), Nimesh Ghimire (Rural Innovation Lab), and Deborah Tien (Twende Social Innovation Center)
• Friday, 3pm — "Why Building Capacity for Local Innovation Matters: Fresh Evidence from the Field" featuring IDIN Researcher Elizabeth Hoffecker Moreno and IDIN Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager Laura Budzyna
• Saturday, 8:30am — "Mapping Outcomes in an Uncertain World: Understanding Impact of Innovative and Experimental Programs for Global Development" featuring IDIN Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager Laura Budzyna

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