BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
July 8, 2010 // Upcoming events and digital media

[1] [TUESDAY 7/13] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Crowdsourcing Crisis Mapping" with Patrick Meier, Director of Crisis Mapping and Strategic Partnerships at Ushahidi (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/07/meier)


[TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on CROWDSOURCING CRISIS MAPPING
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7/13/10, 12:30 PM ET, Berkman Center Conference Room @ 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA
RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu)
This event will be webcast live

Topic: Crowdsourcing Crisis Mapping
Guest: Patrick Meier, Director of Crisis Mapping and Strategic Partnerships at Ushahidi

Patrick Meier, Director of Crisis Mapping and Strategic Partnerships at Ushahidi, will present on his work on crowdsourcing crisis mapping.

About Patrick:

Patrick Meier is the Director of Crisis Mapping at Ushahidi and the co-founder of the International Network of Crisis Mappers. He was previously the co-director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s (HHI) Program on Crisis Mapping and Early Warning. Patrick has consulted for numerous international organizations including the UN, OSCE and OECD on crisis mapping and early warning projects in countries ranging from the Sudan and Thailand to East Timor and Colombia. Patrick has an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University and is completing his PhD at The Fletcher School/Tufts University. He is also an alum of the Sante Fe Institute's (SFI) Complex Systems Summer School. Patrick has published widely on the topic of conflict early warning and blogs at iRevolution.net and EarlyWarning.

This event will be webcast live; for more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/07/meier.


OTHER EVENTS OF NOTE
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[1] 7/9-11: Wikimania // Gdańsk, Poland (http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)

[2] 7/26: Open Source Software and Copyright: Legal and Business Considerations for Government Use // Washington, DC. (http://cendievents.iiaweb.com/oss_workshop_0710/)

[3] 7/29-30: Supernova Hub (http://supernovahub.com/)

[4] 8/12: Ignite Spatial: Boston // Microsoft Research (http://ignite.oreilly.com/2010/07/ignite-spatial-boston-2.html)


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