* Topic Information:

Information technology can improve the efficiency of disaster
management. An information platform that collects data from all
stakeholders involved in disaster response can provide precise
information needed for all parties. With the unpredictable nature of
disaster, HFOSS (Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software) that bears
a collaborative and humanitarian spirit, complies with the current
disaster management needs.

Being responsive is the key to disaster management, therefore, finding
a way to quickly develop software applications which are consistent
with the needs in disaster scenarios is the challenge for humanitarian
free software programmers. Fortunately, rapid application
development (RAD) provides the right methodology toward the purpose.

Speakers:

Michael Howden and Fran Boon have involved in several disaster relief
efforts and are going to share their experiences and insights about
Humanitarian FOSS and Rapid Application Development.  Presentation
outline is as follows:

Outline:

* Humanitarian FOSS (HFOSS)
- Challenges for free and open source software programmers  with
humanitarian approach
- How to shorten the distances between the cultures of open source
software and Humanitarian NGOs
- Improve the communication efficiency between open source software
programmers and Humanitarian NGOs

* Rapid Application Development (RAD)
- How to meet emerging needs during a large-scale disaster
- Demonstrate how Sahana Eden's Emergency Development Environment
responses to recent Haiti earthquake

Registration Information

* Speaker: Michael Howden, Founder and Business Director, AidIQ
* Speaker: Fran Boon, Founder and Tech Lead, AidIQ
* Time: 09:30 - 12:00 on Wednesday, August 4, 2010
* Language: English
* Location: Seminar Room 101, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
* Website: https://www.openfoundry.org/tw/workshop/details/97