TR President Jake Wood arrives at Link Conference in Peru
Global Leaders Unite to Bring Technological Empowerment to Latin America
IN THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, LINK COLLABORATES WITH TELEFONICA, USIL, AND CENTRUM TO EDUCATE & INSPIRE LATIN AMERICANS WITH SUCCESS STORIES, TOOLS & INSIGHTS TO ADVANCE POSITIVE CHANGE.
• In response to Link’s first successful International conference on social networks organized for college students in September 2009, this symposium will address social responsibility & effective methods used to expand awareness using connective technologies.
• Representatives of platforms like Facebook Causes, SocialVibe, MeetUp, Tehran Bureau and causes including Censorship Research Center, Un Millon Voces Fundacion, Viva Favela, To Write Love On Her Arms, Un Mundo Sin Mordaza, Mobilize, Invisible People, among others, will gather in Peru.Lima, May 19, 2010 – On May 22, Peru’s capital city of Lima will host the second Link conference which aims to promote education and positive involvement using technology to advance development and social responsibility.
This groundbreaking event, sponsored by Telefonica del Peru and co-hosted by Centrum, will bring together highly regarded leaders from some of the most elite online platforms used to constructively influence civic engagement. They will be joined by cutting edge organizations effectively using technology to address censorship, promote the development of civil society, and issues plaguing people around the world.
Stephanie Rudat, co-founder of Alliance for Youth Movements and U.S. based social entrepreneur, amassed the dynamic collection of speakers and will moderate the conference. Rudat works to strategically advance the impact of causes and fellow activists by advising on the integrated use of ever-evolving technological tools and developing scalable infrastructures that generate awareness and support for human rights, freedom of speech, and civic engagement around the world.
This unique event features Susan Gordon, Senior Impact Coordinator for Facebook Causes, who will share how the Causes application, is to used assist, guide, and create online strategies with activists and more than 1,300 nonprofit partners, to build lasting social and political movements using the most popular social network in the world. Austin Heap, co-founder of Censorship Research Center and co-developer of the award winning software Haystack, will highlight the growing threat of artificial filtering imposed by oppressive governments and how, Haystack, is already helping Iranians communicate freely and anonymously. Scott Heiferman, co-founder of MeetUp.com and Fotolog, will share how his tools convene like-minded people and can be integrated into organizing the on-the-ground action needed to take movements beyond a virtual existence.
Rodrigo Diamante, co-founder and International Director of Un Mundo Sin Mordaza, will discuss the evolvement of their movement that opposes the closure of free media in Venezuela. Initial demonstrations began in June 2009 in over 30 cities around the world and continue today.
Joe Marchese and David Levy, co-founders of SocialVibe, a fundraising platform for charities that promotes corporate social responsibility will talk about the development of the dually beneficial program they created, how they identify partners, and provide insights on powerful collaboration models.
Using creative forms of digital journalism, Rodrigo Nogueira of Viva Favela, an award-winning project of Viva Rio in Brazil, and Mark Horvath of Invisible People will highlight their inventive approaches to addressing homelessness, cultural, economic, and social dimensions of the poor while shifting the standard portrayals featured in mainstream media.
Additional speakers on the agenda represent Opinion Actual, A Better LA, Mobilize, To Write Love On Her Arms, National Conference on Citizenship, Tehran Bureau, Facebook Causes, Participant Media, Success For Kids, One Million Voices Foundation, JuventudDes, and Team Rubicon.
For more information regarding registration, please visit www.linkeate.pe. The conference is being organized Link, CENTRUM and is sponsored in part by Telefonica.
