Big data in emergencies How can we use big data to save lives
Apr 15, 2017
Big data in emergencies
How can we use big data to save lives
Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA)
• 450 rescue specialists• 150 emergency management
specialists• 300 conscripts• 300 volunteers
• 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
#CONTEXT
#POSSIBLE SOLUTION
UN: ”Certain potential, uncertain impact”
Annoying problems
•Accuracy•Bias •Trolling•Info overload•Privacy, ethics & security
#the TOP DOWN perspective
#the BOTTOM UPperspective
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?
Litterature• Humanitarianism in the Network Age (UN OCHA 201
2)• Hashtag Standards for Emergencies (UN OCHA 201
4)• 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)
Thank you so very much!!
• 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