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.
Time | Session | Speaker/Moderator |
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09:30 - 10:00 | Registration | |
10:00 - 10:10 | Opening | Hsiao, Ching-Teng |
10:10 - 11:10 | Humanitarian FOSS and Rapid Application Development | Fran Boon / Michael Howden |
11:10 - 11:30 | Tea Time | |
11:30 - 12:00 | Q & A | Fran Boon / Michael Howden |