Plenary, Keynote and Invited Talks

Gisli Olafsson

Gisli Olafsson

NetHope

“Disrupting Humanitarian Response”

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Patrick Meier

Patrick Meier

Qatar Computing Research Institute

"Digital Humanitarians"

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Harvard University

Nathaniel Raymond

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

"The Elephant in the Room: Professionalizing Humanitarian Use of Information Technologies"

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Pete Giencke

Google

"Humanitarian Design and Development: Lessons Learned"

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Jarrod Goentzel

MIT

"Improved Packaging Technology in the Food Aid Supply Chain"

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João Pedro Azevedo

World Bank

"Georeferenced Settlement Mapping"

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Noelle Huskins

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

"Georeferenced Settlement Mapping"

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Vincenzo Bollettino

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

"Civilian-Military Coordination During Humanitarian Responses"

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Colby Howard

Rescue Global

"Cross-sector Partnerships in Disaster Risk Reduction and Response: Creating Shared Value"

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USAID

Ku McMahan

USAID

"Transformative Development: How to Solve Grand Challenges Using New Solvers"

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Philippe Villers

"Improved Packaging Technology in the Food Aid Supply Chain"

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Stephen Hunt

Team Rubicon

"Rapid Deployment of Emergency Response Teams"

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Jim Bagwell

"Improved Packaging Technology in the Food Aid Supply Chain"

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Greg Olson

USAID Office of Food For Peace

"Improved Packaging Technology in the Food Aid Supply Chain"

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Deborah Theobald

Vecna

"Electronic Health Records in Refugee Camps: Elements of a generalizable solution"

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Rebecca Curzon

IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs

"IBM's Humanitarian Grants: Europe's Migrant/Refugee Crisis, Chennai's Flooding, and Beyond"

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Jeanette Weaver

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

"Georeferenced Settlement Mapping"

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Tomas Bird

University of Southampton & Flowminder Foundation

"Georeferenced Settlement Mapping"

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Leighton Jones

Harvard University - School of Public Health

"Top 5 Things to Consider When Starting a Collaboration: Government, NGO & Private Sector Partnerships in Preparedness & Response"

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Rodrigo Arancibia

Commander, Chilean Navy

"Civilian-Military Coordination During Humanitarian Responses"

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Eric Weber

"Georeferenced Settlement Mapping"

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Andre Kearns

DigitalGlobe

"Seeing a Better World"

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Daniela Giardina

Public Health Promoter, Oxfam

"Use of Technology with Local Partners for Emergency Preparedness and Response"

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Emily Farr

Emergency Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihoods, Oxfam

"Use of Technology with Local Partners for Emergency Preparedness and Response"

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Carlos Mejia

Humanitarian Change Goal Manager, Oxfam

"Transferring Power, Leadership and Capacity to Local Organizations"

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Pierluigi Sinibaldi

Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Advisor, Oxfam

"Use of Technology with Local Partners for Emergency Preparedness and Response"

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Sue-Ann Ma

Sue-Ann Ma

Benetech

"Empowering Communities in Need by Creating Scalable Technology Solutions"

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Roseline Chapel

Schlumberger Foundation

"Supporting Scientific Education Across the Globe"

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See also: Special Sessions & Panels

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