International Development Design Summit
{{Short description|Project to improve quality of life in third world countries}}
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| founder = Amy B. Smith{{cite news|url=http://iddsummit.org/about?sub=2007|title=IDDS 2007|date=January 23, 2009|access-date=2012-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424235942/http://iddsummit.org/about?sub=2007|archive-date=April 24, 2013|url-status=dead}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| location_city = {{nowrap|Cambridge, Massachusetts}}
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| launch_date = 2007
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| language = English, multilingual subtitle, transcript
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The International Development Design Summit (IDDS) is a collaboration to find cost effective technology solutions for the third world. It was first held in 2007 at MIT.{{cite web |title=International Development Design Summits |url=https://d-lab.mit.edu/about/international-development-design-summits |publisher=MIT D-Lab}} It is held annually to study problems in the developing world and create real, workable solutions to them.
Background
"I believe very strongly that solutions to problems in the developing world are best created in collaboration with the people who will be using them", said founder Amy Smith . "By bringing this group of people together, we get an incredibly broad range of backgrounds and experiences.{{cite web | url= http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/iddesignsummit-0713.html | title = Making a difference in the developing world | author = Heather Manning | work = MIT News | date = 2007-07-13}}
WorldChanging reported on August 14, 2007 that the results from the first International Development Design Summit (IDDS) had been very positive with end products including an off-grid refrigeration unit tailored for rural areas using an evaporative cooling method to store perishable food and a low-cost greenhouse from recycled and widely available materials.{{cite web | url= http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007106.html | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070826185714/http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007106.html | url-status= dead | archive-date= 2007-08-26 | access-date=2007-08-26 | title = South-South Design Flourishes at MIT Summit | author = Jonathon Greenblatt | work = World Changing | date = 2007-08-14}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web| url = http://www.appropedia.org/International_Development_Design_Summit | title = International Development Design Summit | work = appropedia.org}}
- {{cite web| url = http://www.idin.org | title = International Development Innovation Network | work = IDIN}}
- {{cite web| url = http://tribune.com.pk/story/1031947/potential-to-lead-using-technology-to-overcome-poverty | title = IDDS Lahore in the Tribune}}