It will be focused on analyzing and raising awareness about the needs and mobile-based solutions for groups under risk of digital exclusion in Latin America (low-income and isolated communities, chronic patients and people with disabilities). Relevant stakeholders from all over the world will participate providing their expertise from technological, social and politic-economical perspectives.

The M-Inclusion awards for “Apps4Change” Challenge Program 2012, which recognizes groundbreaking mobile solutions for social inclusion, will take place during the conference.

Specific objectives:

•    Bring together and facilitate the dialog amongst key actors in mobile technologies for social and digital inclusion in Latin America.

•    Analyze the needs of the risk groups in terms of education, health, accessibility and economics needs.

•    Identify and analyze the existing mobile technologies and initiatives that can cover the previously mentioned needs.

•    Identify the trending mobile solutions relevant for mobile social inclusion.

•    Promote awareness about the needs of shortening the gaps of social and digital inclusion in Latin America.

The outcome of this first Open Forum will shape the M-Inclusion Road map for social and digital inclusion in Latin America,  containing needs for social inclusion focused on the disadvantaged groups represented within the project, as well as mobile solutions based on new existing and trending technologies applied to main  scopes for social inclusion (economic, geographic, educational and health inclusion).

The audience of the event will be:

•    Mobile Technologies: researchers, developers and technology providers

•    End-users associations and communities: Disabled, elderly, low-income, isolated areas, social exclusion groups, chronics, etc

•    Political stakeholders: Latin America and European with relevant links to regulatory issues and the market

•    Financial and funding actors.

Further details about the location and the schedule in the agenda.