Big data in emergencies

How can we use big data to save lives

Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA)

• 450 rescue specialists• 150 emergency management

specialists• 300 conscripts• 300 volunteers

• Head of comms at the Danish Emergency Management Agency

• Emergency management & preparedness, crisis communication & risk communication, planning, social media emergency management #SMEM

• Follow me on Twitter -> @BRStdlundorf

#CONTEXT

#POSSIBLE SOLUTION

UN: ”Certain potential, uncertain impact”

Annoying problems

•Accuracy•Bias •Trolling•Info overload•Privacy, ethics & security

#the TOP DOWN perspective

#the BOTTOM UPperspective

The big data challenge in emergency management

• How can crowdsourcing be used to strengthen situational awareness in the chaos-phase and aftermath of disasters? What risks should be considered?

• Consider the potentials and the risks of a citizen-to-citizen based info-crowdsourcing platform in emergencies for the civil society. How could such a platform look like and what are the pro’s and con’s of government support of such a platform?

Litterature• Humanitarianism in the Network Age (UN OCHA 201

2)• Hashtag Standards for Emergencies (UN OCHA 201

4)• Digital Humanitarians -

How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response (Patrick Meier, 2015)

• VOSG – Virtual Operations Support Group (what is VOST & how to implement it)

• VOST – the basics (Caroline Milligan & Scott Reuter – on Slideshare)

Thank you so very much!!

• Head of comms at the Danish Emergency Management Agency

• Emergency management & preparedness, crisis communication & risk communication, planning, social media emergency management #SMEM

• Follow me on Twitter -> @BRStdlundorf