The Humanitarian Technology Festival session list will be co-developed with participants, facilitators, and partners in the time leading up and during the Festival.
The agenda will be designed and facilitated using Aspiration's unique participatory model, in an environment where powerpoint slides are discouraged and dialog and collaboration drive the learning.
Sessions likely to be on the agenda include...
Data Flows: These interactive sessions will explore existing data flows and gaps in response as it is now:
- What data is useful?
- Is responsible data in disaster and humanitarian response different from any other circumstance?
- Open data standards
- Data lifecycles across the disaster cycle
- Overwhelming data
Cross-Sector Collaboration: There are many local groups not related to response which already know a region, its people, and its needs -- how do they communicate with response-specific organizations?:
- Frontline situational awareness, institutional resources
- How to know what might be beyond your capacity
- How to know who to ask for assistance
- How to hold responders accountable
Privacy, security and data: These sessions will explore the risks and responsibilities incurred when using technology in disaster and humanitarian response, along with ways to maximize control of information and technology destiny:
- When--and When Not--to Trust "The Cloud" with Your Data
- Managing Your Universe of Organizational Data
- Securing Your Online Accounts
- Managing Constituent Data: The Dream vs. The Reality
Social Justice in Response: while the primary focus of the event will be tech and tech strategy, we'll also take time to learn about and reflect on how we can continue and amplify our social and environmental justice purposes, even while things are urgent
- Listening to frontline populations in priority setting
- Using response as a way to advocate for other ongoing efforts
Participant-Led Sessions: More than half of the agenda will be built by participants before and during the event, covering topics, tools, themes and issues proposed by those present.
Learning by Making: Hands-on workshops for sharing essential technology skills, with sessions including:
- Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Tasker, with participants learning the interface for contributing to maps around humanitarian issues
- Mapping the Digital Response Ecosystem, to create a shared view of data and people flows
- More, more more! Tell us what other hands-on tech skills you would like to learn, and we'll try to find facilitators to get you there.
Tell us what should be on the agenda and how we can make this event more relevant and valuable for you!
We welcome questions, inquiries, suggestions and requests.