International Development Design Summit

International Development Design Summit
Type of site
Academic conference
Available inEnglish, multilingual subtitle, transcript
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts
,
United States
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Amy B. Smith[1]
URLwww.idin.org/what-we-do/international-development-design-summits
Launched2007
Current statusActive

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.[2] It is held annually to study problems in the developing world and create real, workable solutions to them.[3]

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 .[3] "By bringing this group of people together, we get an incredibly broad range of backgrounds and experiences.[3]

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.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "IDDS 2007". January 23, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  2. ^ "International Development Design Summits". MIT D-Lab.
  3. ^ a b c Heather Manning (2007-07-13). "Making a difference in the developing world". MIT News.
  4. ^ Jonathon Greenblatt (2007-08-14). "South-South Design Flourishes at MIT Summit". World Changing. Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2007-08-26.