Coordination of Communication
This session addressed the challenges of coordinating between otherwise siloed government first response agencies and civil society organizations and assessed strategies for using new technology to improve the effectiveness of relief efforts.
Conference took place on
Oct
01
Evacuation Planning
This session addressed how to communicate better with the public and improve public understanding of when and how to evacuate and where to go while, at the same time, decreasing panic and anxiety.
Conference took place on
Oct
05
Cost Effective Human and Animal Shelters
In this session, we looked at innovative strategies that work for identifying or erecting a large quantity of safe and sanitary habitations for humans and animals whose homes might be destroyed in the disaster. Ranging from ways of using technology to coordinate the use of excess capacity in people’s homes to new technologies for creating tents, this session ranged widely.
Conference took place on
Oct
08
Citizen Sensing and Citizen Science
In a disaster, the most important asset is information. This session addressed how to use new technology to distribute and share the role of collecting and disseminating reliable information. We wanted to explore how to amplify official messaging to reach more people more quickly while avoiding disinformation.
Conference took place on
Oct
12
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