I am digital producer at Global Canopy, a rainforest think tank in Oxford I am working on a project in Guyana using Googles ODK technology with 32 local community recorders working on cMRV. Community MRV stands for Community Monitoring, Reporting and Verification. The goal of our project is to create a toolkit for forest communities to monitor the state of their forests and their own wellbeing under new schemes such as REDD+. We train local people in Guyana to do the monitoring and share the information with their communities. We are using smartphone and web technology to create an ‘end-to-end’ solution that allows the monitors to collect, store, analyse and share their information.

Quote - The days of soggy, smudged survey sheets are over. It’s time to unleash the power of the web to unlock the power of people to monitor their forests! I would be happy to come along and talk about this project if you feel its relevant

Sounds good Eli 20/30 minutes would be great.

Hi,

I can speak about our exploration of using VARx and Bayesian regression for Market Mix Modelling. It is probably not cutting edge but showcases how statistics are used in the business world. It might even inspire some discussion.

With Regard,
Eli Y. Kling Director – Analytics
AbsolutData – Intelligent Analytics | www.absolutdata.com
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Would have liked to attend but I am out of the country. Would love to speak at an upcoming meetup if there are any more. In the meantime we are running an open seminar at the Oxford Internet Institute http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=636 Please get in touch if you wish to attend.