CrisisCamp doors open at 8:00am and introductions are at 9AM.
805 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052
Metro: Orange or Blue Lines - Foggy Bottom stop. 2 blocks East on I Street.
There are parking garages nearby and some on-street parking
Welcome to CrisisCamp
CrisisCamp will bring together domain experts, developers, and first responders around improving technology and practice for humanitarian crisis management and disaster relief.
Each and every day, people across the world can find themselves in crisis. Whether it be for a day, a month or an area of social distress, we all have a common need to connect with loved ones, access information and offer assistance to others.
During Transparency Camp 09 and Government 2.0 Camp, several campers exchanged a host of ideas on the need to better connect people with their social networks and information through the use of technology, especially during times and places of crisis. For example, campers shared how mobile innovation on mobile health and alternative power supplies was happening in Africa. Others shared how how citizens of the cloud used their technical skills to aggregate data to help people (often in another part of the world) synthesize desperate pieces of information into something they could understand. We uncovered a dividing line between international humanitarian relief and domestic crisis response. We saw common themes across all efforts including: the use of mobility, the Internet as a common coordination platform, the need for volunteers and the ability to provide alternative community communications access areas. By the end of the tweet-up, we had 40 volunteers sitting around in a circle with an agreement that there should be a forum to exchange these ideas. And it was there, where a common goal brought government, NGOs, private sector, hackers and activists together to create CrisisCamp.
CrisisCamp will be hosted in a barcamp style where great minds come together to share their knowledge, perspectives and lessons learned. We realized that not everyone today can travel to Washington D.C., that is why we hope to be able to offer an ability for those (especially overseas) to be able to conduct a camp session. We also will be open to hearing questions and participations through Twitter @crisiscamp or tag your thoughts at #crisiscamp
CrisisCamp Location and Times
CrisisCamp Day 1
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm** (6pm - Happy Hour @ McFadden's Bar)
805 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052
Saturday Happy Hour begins at 6PM
Location: McFadden's
2401 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC 20037
CrisisCamp Day 2
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Time: 9:00am - 3pm**
805 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052
Help Us Out
We're looking for some initial assistance in organizing CrisisCamp. Things we need:
- Sponsorship - We need sponsorship to make this CrisisCamp a reality. Donate what you can or if you would like to sponsor click to http://crisiscamp.eventbrite.com/
- In-Kind Donations - We need assistance connecting CrisisCamp DC to CrisisCamp UK through interactive video sessions. Do you know how to do this? Would you like to assist? Edit this page, send a DM to @crisiscamp on Twitter or email crisiscommons (at) gmail.com
Connect with other CrisisCampers
Topic Ideas
CrisisCamp is an unconference, so there is no preset agenda. However, brainstorming before-hand is highly encouraged. Share with others what you're interested in talking about or hearing about from other experts.
- Increasing need for access to the Internet and mobility during times (and places) of crisis
- Consumer research on mobility (developed countries, and developing countries)
- Lessons learned (Africa): Use of SMS and its innovation in mobile banking, mobile health and crisis response
- Lessons learned (USA): 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Ike
- Special Needs and seniors: Engagement through technology
- Best practices and use of social media in public health and crisis response
- Family locator systems: Open source, PII, data standards
- The global citizen responder - how to harness the cloud volunteer crowd (from across the world!)
- Data aggregation during times of crisis (ex. http://gustav08.ning.com)
- Telecommunications/technology volunteerism - Why? How Can I Help? What is needed?
- Alert and warning -- new ways to connect beyond broadcast/radio?
- "IM OK" - connecting with loved ones through technology systems
- Coordinating international humanitarian relief efforts with limited infrastructure; supporting non-profits/NGO community and their need to communicate
Host a CrisisCamp
We don't want to be the only CrisisCamp, we hope you will have one too! After CrisisCamp, we will hope to create an information sharing site, a "Crisis Commons" where academic, private sector, government, citizens, international humanitarian relief workers and first responders can come together to share best practices, lessons learned, technology and innovation.
Looking forward to seeing you in June!
Sponsors
Many thanks to our sponsors for making CrisisCamp happen!
The World Bank
BSA
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