Find Out How Google Earth Is Changing The World

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Find Out How Google Earth Is Changing The World
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Mashable is excited to announce that Rebecca Moore, engineering manager at Google Earth Outreach and Google Earth Engine will join the 2012 Social Good Summit. Moore will share her insights on how Google Earth is being used by individuals and organizations to make a positive impact in the world.

From exploring the effects of logging in the Amazon to mapping the refugee and genocide crises in Darfur, Google Earth Outreach supports non-profits, communities and indigenous peoples around the world by applying Google's mapping tools to the world's pressing problems.

Rebecca Moore joined Google in 2005, where she conceived and now leads the Google Earth Outreach program and Google Earth Engine.

Through her leadership at Google, Moore has shown how technology can play an integral role in the sustainability of many indigenous cultures. At the Social Good Summit, she will share what she has learned and ways that other organizations can make the best use of Google’s mapping technologies.

Moore will join other world leaders at the Mashable Social Good Summit, taking place Sept. 22-24 in New York City. Last week, we announced that Oscar winner Forest Whitaker will also join the Social Good Summit.

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Confirmed Speakers

Todd Park, CTO, United States

Forest Whitaker, Artist & UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

Nick Kristof, Columnist & Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner

Rebecca Moore, Engineering Manager, Google Earth Outreach & Earth Engine Google, Inc.

Hans Vestberg, President & CEO, Ericsson

Deepak Chopra, New York Times Bestselling Author & Founder, The Chopra Foundation

Christina Bellantoni, Political Editor, PBS NewsHour

Jeffrey D Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University & Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon

Wendy Harman, Director, Social Strategy, American Red Cross

Ramy Raoof, Egyptian Blogger & Human Rights Defender, Egyptian Blog for Human Rights

Adora Svitak, Author, Teacher, Speaker & Activist

Pete Cashmore, CEO & Founder, Mashable

Kathy Calvin, CEO, United Nations Foundation

Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA

Larry Irving, Co-Founder, Mobile Alliance for Global Good

Further details and speakers will be announced soon on Mashable.

Brought to you by Mashable, 92nd Street Y, the United Nations Foundation, Ericsson, the U.N. Development Programme and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the third annual Social Good Summit promises to once again showcase the unparalleled potential of citizens united through social media and technology to change the world.

Purchase your tickets now

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Date: Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, through Monday, Sept. 24, 2012

Time: 1:00-5:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. each day

Location: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., New York, NY

Tickets: $50 per day or $130 for three-day pass.

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