Big data in Emergencies - How can we use big data to save lives
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The document discusses the potential of big data in enhancing emergency management and situational awareness during crises. It highlights the importance of crowdsourcing for information sharing among citizens, while also addressing the associated risks and ethical concerns. Various literature references are provided to further explore the impact of digital tools and strategies in humanitarian responses.
Big data in Emergencies - How can we use big data to save lives
- 1. Big data in emergencies How can we use big data to save lives
- 3. Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) • 450 rescue specialists • 150 emergency management specialists • 300 conscripts • 300 volunteers
- 4. • Head of comms at the Danish Emergency Management Agency • Emergency management & preparedness, crisis communication & risk communication, planning, social media emergency management #SMEM • Follow me on Twitter -> @BRStdlundorf
- 5. #CONTEXT
- 11. UN: ”Certain potential, uncertain impact”
- 12. Annoying problems • Ac c ur a c y • Bi a s • Tr ol l i ng • I nf o ove r l oa d • Pr i va c y, e t hi c s & s e c ur i t y
- 20. The big data challenge in emergency management • How can crowdsourcing be used to strengthen situational awareness in the chaos-phase and aftermath of disasters? What risks should be considered? • Consider the potentials and the risks of a citizen-to-citizen based info-crowdsourcing platform in emergencies for the civil society. How could such a platform look like and what are the pro’s and con’s of government support of such a platform?
- 21. Litterature • Humanitarianism in the Network Age (UN OCHA 2012) • Hashtag Standards for Emergencies (UN OCHA 2014) • Digital Humanitarians - How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response (Patrick Meier, 2015) • VOSG – Virtual Operations Support Group (what is VOST & how to implement it) • VOST – the basics (Caroline Milligan & Scott Reuter – on Slideshare)
- 23. • Head of comms at the Danish Emergency Management Agency • Emergency management & preparedness, crisis communication & risk communication, planning, social media emergency management #SMEM • Follow me on Twitter -> @BRStdlundorf