Larry Irving: Mobile Technology for Global Good

Co-Founder of Mobile Alliance for Global Good, Larry Irving, shares how using mobile technology can solve some of the world's biggest problems. There are six billion cell phones floating around the planet and 77% of these are in hands of people in the developing world. 7.8 trillion text messages were sent in 2011, almost 10 trillion text messages were sent last year. There is a lot of different activity going on and we're changing the world right now, but we're not changing it fast enough by not having the right people at the table.

Larry Irving is the president and CEO of the Irving Group, a consulting firm providing strategic advice and assistance to international telecommunications and information technology companies, foundations and non-profit organizations. From 2009–2011, Irving also served as vice president for global government affairs for the Hewlett-Packard Company, the world’s largest technology company. He addresses different facets of technology and telecommunications (such as wireless, cloud computing, applications, and mobile services); cyber security and its foreign policy implications; the political and economic implications and opportunities of our innovations and technology; the intersection of politics, policy, and technology; international regulations of the internet; technology versus privacy issues; the apps revolution and cloud computing; how small businesses should be using tools like social media and the cloud; how the best companies are using new technology; and what advancements are coming down the pipeline.