The 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
The 11th International Conference on
Information Systems for
Crisis Response and Management
Empowering. Local.
Communities. Citizens.Empowering Citizens and Communities through
Information Systems for Crisis Response and
Management
ConferenceTheme
• Citizens as first responders
• Citizens helping citizens
and responders
• Crowdsourceddata and
analysis
• Community and Crisis
Informatics
Dr. LeysiaPalenAssociate Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder.
KeynoteSpeaker
• Faculty fellow with the Institute
for the Alliance of
Technology, Learning and
Society (ATLAS)
• Director of the ConnectivITyLab
• Principal investigator on the
NSF Funded Project EPIC:
Empowering the Public with
Information in Crisis.
KeynoteSpeaker
Edward G. HappGlobal CIO of the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Based in Geneva, Switzerland
• Chairman of NetHope
• Former Chief Information
Officer at Save the Children
• Co-founded and co-director of the
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s
(HHI) Program on Crisis Mapping &
Early Warning.
• He served as Director of Crisis
Mapping at Ushahidi
• Co-founded CrisisMappers, Digital
Humanitarians and the award-
winning Standby Task Force.
KeynoteSpeaker
Dr. Patrick MeierServes as Director of Innovation at
the Qatar Computing Research
Institute (QCRI).
2014
Conference
Dates
Sunday May 18 Pre-Conference
Monday May 19 Opening Day
Tuesday May 20 Middle Day / Banquet
Wednesday May 21 Final Day
Thursday May 22 Departure
Centrally Located!
New York City
State College
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington DC
Pittsburgh
Toronto, Canada
State College
is centrally
located!
only…
3-4 hrs from Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
4-5 hrs from New York City6 hrs from Toronto, Canada
New York
Washington, D.C.
Baltimore
. PittsburghPhiladelphia .
Transportation
BY AIR: State College has its own small airport.
Close to town. Served by American. Delta. USAir.
BY BUS:Megabus offers daily service from New
York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.
BY CAR: The easiest way to get to State College.
HOSTCollege of Information Sciences
and Technology
HOST
College of Earth and Mineral
SciencesGeoVISTA CenterGeographic Visualization Science,
Technology, and Applications Center.
2013 2014
Conference
Space
College of Information Sciences
and Technology Building
Cybertorium and classrooms
Facility
Tours
• Center Human Computer Interface
• Center for Cyber Security, Information Privacy
and Trust
• Command & Control Lab
• Extreme Events Lab
• Spatial Information Lab
• Smart Sensing Lab
• Cyber Infrastructure Lab
• Intelligent Information Systems Lab
• Computer Supported Collaboration Lab
• Applied Cognitive Science Lab
• Lab for Intelligent Agents
• Red Cell Analytics Lab
HOTEL
The Nittany Lion Inn (5-star)RATES:
Single $125.00Triple $145.00Double $135.00 Quad $155.00
• Five Star Hotel—96 euros!
• Gourmet dinner for two with wine—69 euros!
• Good bottle of wine—8 euros!
• Martini—4 euros!
• Good microbrewed pint of beer- 2.5 euros!
• Best ice-cream in the world—2 euros!
Activities
Enjoy…
Penn State’s Art Museum
and Arboretum
Enjoy…
Local Wineries. Golfing. Hiking.Activities
Enjoy…
Ballooning. Caving. Challenge Courses.
Activities
Bar Tour
Enjoy…
Downtown restaurants and taverns
Activities
Enjoy…
Touring Penn State’s Sport Museum and Beaver Stadium
Activities
Thank You!Hope to see you in 2014
at the Penn State University
Related Documents
