Big Data benefits and potential in Social Good
Join us for a panel and conversation about benefits and potential of Big Data in
Humanitarian, International Development and Social Good undertakings. Our panelists
include: Robert Kirkpatrick, director of the United Nation’s Global Pulse program,
Steven Woodward, CEO at Cloud Perspectives, Sriganesh Lokanathan, Big Data team
leader at LIRNEasia and representatives from global community organizations. This is
of interest for anyone interest in Big Data not only because of the complexity and
extent of the use case y the United Nations, but also because of the Humanitarian
dimension.
This would be of interest to: engineers, students, researchers, policy analyst,
academics, international development agencies and aid/relief organizations.
Sponsored by the IEEE Ottawa section, and its following chapters: TEMS, PCS and
SSIT, EMBS, IMS, R-PEL and SIGHT and HIC.
When: Friday, March 11, 4PM to 6PM
Where: uOttawa–SITE bld.
800 King Edward Ave.
Ottawa, K1N 6N5
5th floor, # 5084
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