1. Dr. John Trimble Presented to 5 th ICAT Pretoria, South Africa - 2012

2.  National and International Guidelines  National and International Standards  National and International Goals  A Political Educational Process  A Call to Action!!

3.  Technology and empowerment of people  Technology and popular culture  Technology and environment “We belong to Mother Earth”

4.  Current technology development is based on a few wealthy powerful people maintaining power through: ◦ Military supremacy ◦ Space and geographic supremacy ◦ Corporate supremacy  Shift to distribution of power over technology development

5.  We first must address the basic needs of 100% of the world population  We must assure mass involvement in creative development and applications of science and technology  Local production is key  Household empowerment ◦ Solar powered houses ◦ Rain water collection ◦ Household waste processing ◦ Home based gardens

6.  Empowering a population technologically promotes democracy  Population will be better informed therefore more capable of making decisions that will benefit them

7.  Africa has more natural resources than any other continent, yet has the world’s poorest population  Africa’s resources currently benefit the wealthy in the richest countries  Technology empowerment can shift this situation where Africa’s resources will benefit the poor and disadvantaged.

8.  Call for Manifesto at AT Symposium at Howard University in Washington DC in April 2010  Addressed technology policy at 4 th ICAT in Accra Ghana in November 2010  Involving other organizations in call for AT manifesto  Technology policy central to 5 th ICAT in Pretoria South Africa November 2012