On March 20, the group Idealistas.org inaugurated the conference known as “Technologies at the service of Civil Society” in the Google Auditorium. Even though I could not be present as I was away on a trip, I was able to participate online by joining this initiative which brings together important referents of the technological world.

In order to introduce the lectures delivered by Alberto Arébalos (Communications Director at Google), Alec Oxenford (Founder of DeRemate.com and Director of OLX) and Bruno Mattarolo (CTO of Pollenizer.com and former IT Manager of Greenpeace International), Idealistas showed a compilation of videos with several executives’ points of view on three questions that led to an exchange of ideas and a debate. Here are my contributions for each one of them:

1) How can new technologies boost the impact of social organizations?


2) How can the web be used to involve citizens in the social change?


3) Which do you imagine will be the new technologies next revolution?


It was really a great experience to be part of this conference and to support, with our presence, the management and development of projects undertaken by civil society organizations (CSO) through free web utilities such as Sonico.