TS2: World Reconstruction Conference Thematic Session 2: IT Innovations – Reconstruction 2.0

Description

The session will focus on innovation in damage assessment, reconstruction planning and monitoring and evaluating recovery and reconstruction. With presenters from Cambridge University, the European Commission Joint Research Centre, Google, OpenStreetMap, UNOSAT and Ushahidi, the session will open with presentations on practical applications of innovation in reconstruction, showcasing examples of the use of remote sensing, crowdsourcing, data sharing and the rise of Volunteer Technology Communities. This will be followed by a discussion on future directions and emerging potential in information and communication technology and reconstruction.

Presentations

> Geospatial approaches to damage assessment: The example of Haiti earthquake [6.27 Mb]

> Preparedness for reconstruction using the gulf of Mexico oil spill example [5.15 Mb]

> Net-centric crisis management in Pakistan flood 2010 [4.46 Mb]

> Standardising M&E for disaster recovery with satellite technology [2.33 Mb]

> Tracking reconstruction of Infrastructure [2.95 Mb]

> Community mapping to support relief, reconstruction, development [2.82 Mb]

> Harnessing community in reconstruction: OpenStreetMap (OSM) [1.41 Mb]