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Tech Tools for Creating Early Warning Systems
OpenGov Hub
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM (EDT)
Washington, DC
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How can technology be used to create an early warning system, to prevent conflict and inform policy? What are the challenges and best practices for using technology tools to create Early Warning Systems (EWS)?
Join us for a discussion at the OpenGov Hub on using technical platforms to build EWS in conflict and peacebuilding contexts. This event will is a collaboration between Social Impact Lab, makers of FrontlineSMS; and Ushahidi, makers of Crowdmap, two tools often linked together to create EWS.
The event will be moderated by Laura Walker Hudson, with short presentations from 3 speakers, followed by a Q&A.
Maude Morrison, from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) has just returned from three months in Myanmar. She will be speaking about her research on the role of social media in fuelling communal violence in Myanmar, and will offer thoughts on the role of social media in early warning systems.
Charles Martin-Shields is a doctoral candidate at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. His research focuses on how communities use ICTs during crises, and he will be discussing his recent research in Samoa and Kenya on how ICTs are used at the community level to prevent violence and manage crises.
Dr. Pamina Firchow is an Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. She'll be presenting on the Everyday Peace Indicators project, which aims to create alternative, bottom-up indicators of peace. She is currently piloting this project using participatory action research methods and mobile phone surveys in four sub-Saharan countries: Uganda, South Sudan, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The session is part of the OpenGov Hub's BrowBag Lunch (BBL) series, so feel free to bring your lunch with you.
Bonus! Participants will receive a $50 coupon code to attend TechChange's interactive online course, Technology for Conflict Management & Peacebuilding, designed for current or aspiring conflict managers, mediators, peacebuilding & conflict resolution experts, conflict analysts, and security specialists to become familiar with the latest technology in digital mapping, mobile platforms, and social media that can be applied to promoting peace across the world.