Articles by Francisco Noguera
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Friday
October 23
2009Pop!Tech 2009: Nanotechnology and Making Diagnostics Available for All
Diagnostics for All is using biotechnology to make low cost and accurate diagnostics available for the 60% of the population that lives outside of the reach of hospitals and clinics in the developing world.Haya
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Friday
October 23
2009Pop!Tech 2009: Enriching Soils, Producing Energy and Sequestering Carbon through re:char
"Coal cannot be clean. Getting it off the ground is a dirty process already", explained Jason Aramburu during our conversation last Wednesday night in Camden. "However, the principles of the clean coal process can be applied to biomass. When I discovered that I decided to found re:char.
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Thursday
October 22
2009Pop!Tech 2009: Embracing Creative Possibility and the Amateur Spirit
The first session of Pop!Tech is through now and I can’t say enough about the energy that fills this room. Before moving on I’d encourage you to join the conversation live on poptech.org/live, follow @nextbillion and look out for the hashtag #poptech on Twitter.
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Wednesday
October 21
2009NextBillion Returns to Pop!Tech: Conference Preview
Early October marked my second year living in the US. Is that too long already or only the beginning? The last few days, and today in particular, have had a taste of "this-is-just-the-beginning". I just arrived to Maine where I’ll be live-blogging Pop!Tech 2009 for NextBillion, an opportunity that doesn’t come without a dose of healthy nostalgia.
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Tuesday
October 20
2009Looking for Ways to Get Involved? Check Out These Fellowship Opportunities
Fellowships are probably the best way to take a dive into the social enterprise space and learn about the challenges of the sector by working in the field. More importantly, participants join a cohort and cultivate relationships that will likely play a role in shaping future projects. A couple of noteworthy opportunities are currently available.
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Friday
October 9
2009Student Conferences and Engagement Opportunities: Reinventing Business Education?
The east coast will be particularly busy. Today, Columbia Business School will host its annual Social Enterprise Conference, with just a a bit over a month to go before Cornell dresses up to host the 2009 Net Impact North America Conference. An opportunity to start reinventing business education?
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Wednesday
September 30
2009NextBillion Welcomes Staff Writer Saurabh Lall
The NextBillion.net team is happy to announce the latest addition to the group of Staff Writers: Saurabh Lall. Saurabh works for WRI based out of Washington DC. He is the Program Coordinator/Research Assistant for the Accelerating Clean Energy Markets, Clean Energy for the Base of the Pyramid, New Ventures India and New Ventures Indonesia projects.
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Monday
September 28
2009Meet the Cohort of TED India Fellows
ThinkChangeIndia pointed my attention to the announcement of TED’s India Fellows. We wrote about the Fellowship earlier this year and are thrilled to see a list full of friends and organizations that have been part of NextBillion in one way or another.
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