International Development Design Summit 2009

The lush environs of KNUST, Kumasi have replaced the concrete jungle of MIT, Boston and IDDS has arrived in Ghana! Tracking the event from its initial planning stages,through village visits, prototyping and eventual conclusion this blog will provide insights into a conference that challenges convention by creating physical solutions. A team of 90 participants and organizers from around the world will work together to attempt to create, within weeks, technologies that could change lives.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Day 14 - Working through the weekend

We had planned to have the IDDS Olympics this afternoon but due to the death of a family member of one of the participants we decided it would not be appropriate. Some of the participants decided to take the day off while others kept working right through the weekend.

The organizers then looked over the evaluations from Week 2 and it must be said that people are even happier now with the way the conference is progressing. At the mid-way point of the conference we can all look forward to a week of building and prototyping within the workshops!