Presentation by PSFK: The Future of Real-Time Report
11:30-12:15
PSFK, a New York City based trends research and innovation
company, and United Nations Global Pulse, a project harnessing
innovation to protect vulnerable populations during crises, teamed
up to produce the Future of Real-Time report. This report surveys
the global real-time landscape to identify trends and
opportunities
that are rapidly transforming the relationships
between societies
and technology.
Keynote by Robert Kirkpatrick
12:15-12:30
The world is changing with increasing rapidity. Microtrends
show
that there is a pragmatic connection between open and
real-time.
What are the roles of communities/crowds (experts,
amateur,
machine)? How is that affecting how institutions behave?
Lunch
12:30-1:30
Panel Discussion: Real-time Field Operations
1:30-2:30, Q&A from 2:30-2:45
Is real-time citizen engagement the engine of relief and
development in the 21st century?
Recent
experiences in both disaster relief and ongoing development efforts
show that there is a potential to leverage real-time information and
open collaboration for operational efforts. There are
powerful—and dependent—connections between emerging
technologies and communities. The panel will explore how new tools
and approaches are already changing facts on the ground.
Speakers:
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Ms. Katrin Verclas, Co-founder and Editor, MobileActive.org
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Mr. Sean Gourley, Research Fellow, Oxford University
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Mr. Jihad Abdalla, Emergency Officer and GIS focal point,
Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF
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Ms. Corinne Woods, Director, United Nations Millennium Campaign
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Mr. Nigel Snoad, Senior Information Management Officer,
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
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OCHA)
Coffee Break
2:45-3:00
Panel Discussion: Institutions in
the Age of Real-Time, How Must Local, National and Global
Institutions Adapt to Succeed in the Real-Time World?
3:00-4:00, Q&A from 4:00-4:40
Real-time technologies and strategies of openness represent
both
an opportunity and a profound threat to how institutions
and
governments organize themselves to deliver services in the
21st
century. Increasingly, individuals are empowered to
interact
directly with one another, challenging the hierarchical
structures
and processes of traditional institutions. However for
organizations
that are able to harness the untapped potential of
global
communities in real-time, the possibilities are mind-blowing.
Speakers:
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Mr. Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy
Coordination and Strategic Planning, United Nations
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Mr. Clay Shirky, Adjunct Professor,
InteractiveTelecommunications Program, NYU
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Mr. Richard Tyson, Co-founder and Principal, Helsinki Group
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Mr. Zia Khan, Vice President, Strategy and
Evaluation,Rockefeller Foundation
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Mr. Carne Ross, Founder, Independent Diplomat
