Virtual
  Technical
Communities        QR Code Here !
 (IAEM 2011)

   David Black
 Pascal Schuback
Portraits from a Storm




Video
• Evolution of VTC (Volunteer Technical
         Communities)
       • Tools
       • Open Standards
       • Examples
       • What’s the future look like?




Objectives
1995 – Kobe earthquakes – Limited Ability
    2001 – 9/11 Listservs, What’s going on?
    2004 – Indian Ocean Tsunami – Blogs, Sahana,
    2005 – Hurricane Katrina –People Finder, Wiki, Twitter
    2008 – Hurricane Gustav – Maps, 500 volunteers/48hrs
    2009 – CrisisCommons created
    2010 – Haiti, Chile, China quakes, Gulf Oil Spill, Pakistan Floods,
             CrisisCommons Global Congress
    2011 – Christ Church, Japan, Alabama, Irene


Evolution of VTC’s
Volunteer Technical Communities
Supporters/Collaborators
"We'd had a bunch of events and we raised
                                 money but I kept saying, 'I wish I was back in
                                 Haiti.'“




              "With this, I actually felt like I was a
              part of something -- and it was fun."




CrisisCamps
CrisisCamper - 2011
• RHoK—a marathon weekend hackathon
             event of competitive coding, gathering
             software engineers together to develop
             software to respond to global challenges
             and crises.




Hackathon - rhok
Situational Awareness                Resource Management
   • Geospatial Database                • Volunteer Management
   • Situation Mapping                  • Project Tracking & Mgmt
   • Charts & Reporting                 • Logistics Management
   • Assessment Collection              • Inventory Management
   • Situation & Incident Reporting     • Hospital Management
   • Bio-surveillance                   • Food Aid Request Mgmt
                                        • Aid Catalogue
                                        Aid Management
                                        • Organization Registry
                                        • Shelter Registry
                                        • Request Management

     Person Management                  Communications & Alerting
     • Person Registry                  • E-mail & SMS
     • Victim Tracking & Tracing        • Mobile Apps (iOS/Android)
     • Disaster Victim Identification   • Alerting System (CAP)
     • Missing Persons Registry         • Alert Aggregation



SAHANA Software Foundation
Crowdsourcing - ?
Mobile Applications
Crowdsourcing - Haiti
Crowdsourcing – Sinsai Japan
Senior Leadership
Crowdsourcing – Irene
Crowdsourcing - #NZEQ
Community Driven Resilience
Mapping - Haiti
Haiti Open Street Map




Open Street Map
Virtual Mapping Efforts
Open Data
Honshu Japan
              Quakes


            Flight of the Common
            Operating Data Bees!




Data Bees
Japan Open Data Repository
"Open standards are important to help create
                                 interoperable and affordable solutions for everybody.
                                 They also promote competition by setting up a technical
                                 playing field that is level to all market players. This
                                 means lower costs for enterprises and, ultimately, the
                                 consumer."
                                                            EU Commissioner Erkki Liikanen:
                                                               (World Standards Day, 14 October 2003)



 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) v. 1.2
 OASIS Standard, 01 July 2010
 Emergency Data Exchange Language Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM) v. 1.0
 OASIS Standard incorporating Approved Errata, 22 December 2009

 Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Distribution Element, v. 1.0
 OASIS Standard EDXL-DE v1.0, 1 May 2006
 Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Hospital Availability Exchange (HAVE) v. 1.0
 OASIS Standard Incorporating Approved Errata, 22 December 2009



Data Standards
Person Finder Interchange
Virtual Operations Support Team/Group


       • Capacity
       • Continuity
       • Resources
       • Collaboration
       • Expertise



VOST/VOSG
• David.Black@utoronto.ca |@db7
 • pascal@schuback.com |@schuback

                CrisisCommons.org                            QR Code Here !


 Images and ideas by:
 Gavin Treadgold, Chris Foot, Pedro Fuentes, Luis Aguilar,
 tdavidson, Heather Leson, Brian Chick, Alex DC, pazo, Luc
 Legay, Andy Carvin, NPR, Heather Blanchard, Patrice
 Cloutier, Patrick Maier, CrisisMappers, Mark Prutsalis,
 William Warby, Pascal Schuback, David Black




Contact – Thank You

IAEM11 2011 CrisisCommons VTC presentation

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    Virtual Technical Communities QR Code Here ! (IAEM 2011) David Black Pascal Schuback
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    Portraits from aStorm Video
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    • Evolution ofVTC (Volunteer Technical Communities) • Tools • Open Standards • Examples • What’s the future look like? Objectives
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    1995 – Kobeearthquakes – Limited Ability 2001 – 9/11 Listservs, What’s going on? 2004 – Indian Ocean Tsunami – Blogs, Sahana, 2005 – Hurricane Katrina –People Finder, Wiki, Twitter 2008 – Hurricane Gustav – Maps, 500 volunteers/48hrs 2009 – CrisisCommons created 2010 – Haiti, Chile, China quakes, Gulf Oil Spill, Pakistan Floods, CrisisCommons Global Congress 2011 – Christ Church, Japan, Alabama, Irene Evolution of VTC’s
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    "We'd had abunch of events and we raised money but I kept saying, 'I wish I was back in Haiti.'“ "With this, I actually felt like I was a part of something -- and it was fun." CrisisCamps
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    • RHoK—a marathonweekend hackathon event of competitive coding, gathering software engineers together to develop software to respond to global challenges and crises. Hackathon - rhok
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    Situational Awareness Resource Management • Geospatial Database • Volunteer Management • Situation Mapping • Project Tracking & Mgmt • Charts & Reporting • Logistics Management • Assessment Collection • Inventory Management • Situation & Incident Reporting • Hospital Management • Bio-surveillance • Food Aid Request Mgmt • Aid Catalogue Aid Management • Organization Registry • Shelter Registry • Request Management Person Management Communications & Alerting • Person Registry • E-mail & SMS • Victim Tracking & Tracing • Mobile Apps (iOS/Android) • Disaster Victim Identification • Alerting System (CAP) • Missing Persons Registry • Alert Aggregation SAHANA Software Foundation
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    Haiti Open StreetMap Open Street Map
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    Honshu Japan Quakes Flight of the Common Operating Data Bees! Data Bees
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    Japan Open DataRepository
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    "Open standards areimportant to help create interoperable and affordable solutions for everybody. They also promote competition by setting up a technical playing field that is level to all market players. This means lower costs for enterprises and, ultimately, the consumer." EU Commissioner Erkki Liikanen: (World Standards Day, 14 October 2003) Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) v. 1.2 OASIS Standard, 01 July 2010 Emergency Data Exchange Language Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM) v. 1.0 OASIS Standard incorporating Approved Errata, 22 December 2009 Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Distribution Element, v. 1.0 OASIS Standard EDXL-DE v1.0, 1 May 2006 Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Hospital Availability Exchange (HAVE) v. 1.0 OASIS Standard Incorporating Approved Errata, 22 December 2009 Data Standards
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    Virtual Operations SupportTeam/Group • Capacity • Continuity • Resources • Collaboration • Expertise VOST/VOSG
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    • David.Black@utoronto.ca |@db7 • pascal@schuback.com |@schuback CrisisCommons.org QR Code Here ! Images and ideas by: Gavin Treadgold, Chris Foot, Pedro Fuentes, Luis Aguilar, tdavidson, Heather Leson, Brian Chick, Alex DC, pazo, Luc Legay, Andy Carvin, NPR, Heather Blanchard, Patrice Cloutier, Patrick Maier, CrisisMappers, Mark Prutsalis, William Warby, Pascal Schuback, David Black Contact – Thank You

Editor's Notes