Nigel Press

Chairman
MapAction

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Geospatial Intelligence for Regional and Global Security

Wednesday, January 25th, 2017

2:55 PM Information Management in Humanitarian Disaster Response

Based on experience of more than 70 field missions over 12 years, MapAction have a unique operational knowledge-bank that has helped define a procedural model applicable to disaster scenarios. We will describe this approach to getting appropriate data into the hands of responding agencies.

Typical operational conditions in humanitarian disasters including no reliable internet access
Key challenges of sharing complex data amongst a wide range of users from different backgrounds
How to control data collection before and during events
Examining the needs and requirements of non-specialists who often don’t know what they need, but require simple but informative products

3:15 PM Panel Discussion: Civil-Military Co-operation on Geospatial Information Sharing for Emergencies and Crisis Response

Find out how to influence the way you cooperate with different agencies in future operations by hearing lessons learned from experts from different operational backgrounds. Drawing on recent experiences in the Europe and the Middle East representatives from the UN, an NGO and the EU will provide up-to-date technical, human and policy perspectives.

Lessons learned from operations where military and non-military organisations have succeeded and failed
How relationships between military and non-military organisations are being refashioned to enable greater interoperability and trust
What is missing from the relationships that you can personally influence from your organisation?
How can technology play a role in future cooperation and collaboration?