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

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/big-data-benefits-and-potential-in-social-good-
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