Panel 3: Humanitarian Innovation in Data and Information Management

This panel will discuss challenges and promising solutions in the collection, management, and use of data by humanitarian organizations. Panelists will discuss the need for a “humanitarian data intervention,” allowing for data and technology to be made available to local populations in the interest of better humanitarian responses. Themes that will be explored include accountability, transparency, and the ethical basis of power relations.

Ziad Al Achkar
Ph.D. Candidate, George Mason University Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Maja Lazić
Deputy Head of the Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement

Patrick Vinck
Co-founder, KoBoToolbox

Laura Walker McDonald
Senior Advisor, Digital Technology and Data Protection, International Committee of the Red Cross

This event is made possible through the generous support of USAID.