Abstract

Open Humanitarian Initiative
Track: Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Affairs
Authors: Gisli Olafsson

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The Open Humanitarian Initiative is a broad collaborative effort to improve information sharing amongst humanitarian response organizations and to improve humanitarian information management capacity in disaster-prone developing countries. This session will look at the current state of humanitarian information management and discuss ways to improve it dramatically through better use of technology. The session will discuss how bringing together organizations from the humanitarian community, academic community, private sector and donors community is essential to achieve a giant leap forward in this space. Opportunities for GIS professionals and organizations to support this effort will be presented.