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Introduction October 7, 2015

DataMaps

Analysis Community

Po s t H a i t i

“Haiti showed everyone that it is going to be crucial to adopt and use these

technologies to make humanitarian work better, faster and more efficient.”

- Adele Waugaman, senior director of technology for United Nations and

Vodafone

www.DigitalHumanitarians.comالشبكة اإلنسانية الرقمية

Learning and building over time

Haiti Earthquake2010

Typhoon HaiyanPhilippines 2013

Indonesian Preparedness2012 - 2015

West African Ebola Response2014

MicroMappers Curate Damage Assessment Data

Timeline2010 QCRI Created2012 QCRI’s Social Innovation Programme

2013 AIDR Development startsMicroMappers Development startsUaviators CreatedTyphoon Haiyan Response with UN OCHA

2014 MicroMappers - Coconuts for Computer VisionUNICEF AIDR SMS - ZambiaTyphoon Hagupit Response

2015 WoRDE prototype with Translators without BordersCyclone Pam (Vanuatu Response)Nepal Earthquake Response

Kathmandu Living Labs – civic tech hubs/labs support resilience

Partnerships and Coordination

Young Mappers in Indonesia, Bangladesh and the United States of America

#DigiHumsQA

Exercise

The purpose of the session is to build a common language. Our goal is to have geeks, humanitarians, researchers and residents learn some of the basic words for emergencies. This type of tasks is one of the first things that digital humanitarians do when there is an activation. We will use these keywords for future events. (We’ll share the notes on the #digihumsQA mailing list.)

1. Scenario 1: There is a large explosion in Doha. What types of keywords and social media tools/accounts will you use to track this? How can we organize to support the local responders and affected communities?

2. Scenario 2:  There is an earthquake/tsunami in Indonesia. It is high on the Richter scale . What are the keywords and social media tools/accounts that you would use to track this?

How to stay involvedJoin MicroMappers.org for future global emergency activations.

Join and keep learning every week via: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/digitalhumanitarians-qatar

Watch for more announcements via #digihumsQA #digihums, @heatherleson @qatarcomputing and textontechs.com

Next StepsData Collection and Social Media for Emergencies (October 2015)

Maps and Data Visualization (November 2015)

Crisis Computing (Machine and Human Computing) (December 2015)

Thank you

Heather LesonHleson@qf.org.qa @heatherlesonTextontechs.com