Jhai Foundation's Lee Thorn, a pioneer in ICT4 sustainable development, shows how to use integrated ICTs as proven tools in telemedicine, education and livelihood in villages and slums

1. Village entrepreneurs use low power, low cost highest tech for better health, education, and livelihoodAll Together Now Lee Thorn Chair, Jhai lee@jhai.org/+1 415 420 2870

2. We’re all in these economic and weather messes together The poorest and the richest Photo by Matthew Fang

3. We can use business rigor And we all win Photo by Matthew Fang

4. The Dilemma in ICT4D** Build New Capabilities Be More Responsive Customize Be Open Think Strategically Impose ‘Best Practices’ Cut Costs Be More Efficient Standardize Be Secure Execute Flawlessly Encourage Participation * Information and Communication Technology for Development

5. Innovation Cost containment Photo by Matthew Fang

6. pat your head rub your belly

7. “Working with each village in initial assessments, business planning, hardware and software choice, and pace of adoption of applications … and creating standardized processes and technology platforms … can seem like conflicting activities, but doing BOTH is key to maximizing value.” Lee Thorn, Chairman Jhai Foundation

9. appropriate equipment for village ICT4D

10. Advice that reduces costs and maximizes profit for implementer and village entrepreneurs needs.2003 Laos ICT4D Implementation Please click in box

12. Local Ownership

13. Low Overhead

14. Localized Style

15. SustainableCreate 2-way dialog & relationship Reconciliation Development Method* Community determines needs and exact solutions, builds on assets and capabilities Measurable outcomes Tools to show community how to build it * Patent-Pending

16. Gear costs in initial ICT4D 35% Photo by Matti Mattila

17. Training costs in initial ICT4D 50% Photo by Matti Mattila

18. Room for Improvement 85% information is a key strategic asset 36% well positioned to use information for growth Source: “Unlocking the Value of the Information Economy,” a global survey of 1,375 executives conducted by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services and sponsored by Symantec

19. Room for Improvement 85% information is a key strategic asset Jhai’s training is largely free, virtual, fast 36% well positioned to use information for growth Jhai does R&D, trains trainers, consults very fast

20. Market Edge Leverage Core Jhai Systems & Technology After Charlie Feld, Blind Spot

21. focus on customers Photo by Vali

22. Key considerations in villages

23. Low cost, low power hardware ReMeDisolution: respiration, BP, pulse, EKG, lung capacity, temperature; 2 2-way A/V windows, smart patient records. 2W Jhai PC/server: 3.2GHtz,4GigRAM, 300Gbts, <30W Ncomputingclients in network for school and community use: 4w

24. ReMeDi telemedicine gear Measurements – 12-channel ECG, NiBP, Auscultation Sounds (Stethoscope), Temperature and Heart rate Optional Pulse Oximeter and Spirometer probes available Standalone PC software/ interface libraries for WinXP/ Win2K/ WinME/ Win98 Choice of serial or USB interface to the PC Choice of semi-automatic or automatic BP measurement Integrates with ReMeDi – SOFT, for a complete telemedicine and EMR solution

25. Software Neurosynaptic’sReMeDi diagnosis and treatment tools WindowsXP(Linux or Mac available for additional cost) Open Office Jhai Networks™ communication suite – up to 4 A/V windows, up to 300 node conferences, any kind of file-sharing and mark-up all at low bandwidth! (free with JhaiPC) Coming: 3D and blood testing

26. Award-winning training Off-grid in Hmong/Lao school Business planning Accounting Operations Technology use and maintenance Plus long-term, localized follow-up

27. Business organization Local independent business allies of Jhai Foundation Jhai Foundation provides R&D, equipment, training trainers and customization consulting

28. Management Lee Thorn has over 30 years consulting experience, 12 years as co-founder and chair of board of Jhai. He is a former graduate business school teacher, O.D. trainer and combat veteran. VorasoneDengkayaphichith, an engineer,has run operations for Jhai for 11 years, has two advanced degrees in IT, and has 20 years of ICT development experience in Laos and elsewhere. Joe Tan CPA has 30 years accounting experience and has worked with Jhai for 12 years as its accountant , financial advisor, and recently treasurer. .

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33. Jhai business planning and accounting tool

34. History Jhai Foundationhelped create well over 250 profitable businesses with a 90+% success rate over 12 years in rural Laos Neurosynaptic, World Health Partnersand Jhai have put sustainable telemedicine in about 200 villages in India

35. Award-winning Technology International ‘best practices’ awards Award-winning Technology

36. Strategic Partners- past and present

37. lighten up Photo by Jenny Downing

38. The government should adopt Web-based and free technologies over proprietary ones wherever possible to reduce government spending on long-term maintenance and consulting contracts. - Aneesh Chopra Think e-gov, telemedicine, biz & agricultural services & more

39. Cisco Virtual Sales Meeting, September 2009 19,000 participants 89 countries 24 times zones 88 hours Think collaboration, conferencing, distant learning, e-tools for commerce, microcredit and banking, vocational education, with translation 90% cost savings! … and offset 84,400 metric tons of carbon dioxide Image from Cisco

40. Think cloud computing, virtual networking, conferences, peer-to-peer cross-cultural experiences among poorer village and slum children, businesses, schools, clinics and families

41. Possible future in rural villages Uses Communications and Training Remote education Health Just-on-time pandemic response ICT Centers with voice/video communication Surveillance on rural public health data Economic tools Sustainable Telemedicine Crop prices and agriculture support Outsourced business, vocational education, many others Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Time

42. Convergence Enables Complete Solution Jhai Development Stack “Stack” Jhai Reconciliation Methodology Business Planning Tools Advanced IT

43. REALSIMPLE COMMON PROCESSES STANDARD INFORMATION LEVERAGED PLATFORM OF CORE SYSTEMS INNOVATION AT THE EDGE

44. “It may seem counterintuitive, but the more standardized your systems and processes are, the more flexible you can be.” - Charlie Feld, Blind Spot

45. Key disclosures Jhai has inquiries from 60 countries Indian probable market for telemedicine next year: 3000 villages Jhai has spent $2 million creating and testing hardware, software and development systems over last eight years.

46. Today’s Tech Landscape Q. Which option best describes your plans for each of the following applications in the next 12 months? Source: CIO Technology Priorities Study February 2010

47. Source: CIO Technology Priorities Study February 2010 Tomorrow? Q. Which option best describes your plans for each of the following applications in the next 12 months?

48. Jhai is cutting edge Jhai helps villages leap-frog Collaboration in the cloud Business processes integrated laterally and vertically Focus on service

49. Photo by Wilka Hudson

50. think radical Photo by Ana Cotta

51. What to do? Shall we do something radically fun together? Contact: lee@jhai.org Photo by Matthew Fang

53. We help you deploy a big rural poverty-reduction system using ICT, starting with telemedicine

54. You tell us how we can meet your needs

55. Contact Lee lee@jhai.org /+1 415 420 2870Photo by Matthew Fang

56. Lee Thorn Chair, Jhai +1 415 420 2870 lee@jhai.org Special thanks to Abbie Lundberg for format ideas and initial source research on larger companies . Jhai takes full responsibility for accuracy of information. This slideshow can be shared with no restrictions. We support and adhere to Creative Commons standards. Most of the photos in this presentation are from flickr, offered for use under a Creative Commons license Photo by Matthew Fang