Group call on Oct 2, 2013

Minutes of call on October 2, 2013

Participants:

• Carsten Kessler, Hunter College – CUNY, NYC
• Daniel Link, University of Münster/ERCIS
• Adam Widera, University of Münster/ERCIS
• Hemant Purohit, Kno.e.sis Center, US
• Joseph Pollack IOS@ERCIS
• Sigi Kluckner, AIT
• Eva Blomqvist Linköping Uni & CNR

Agenda (ctd. from last call)

1. Brainstorm about use cases

• select criteria for use cases
• make a reports database
  • choose a platform - dropbox is okay? google doc with links is better?
• add to it
• talk to practitioners and try to get more of them to join the group
• look at existing systems
  • looked at language for HXL development
• several groups working on extensions of HXL
  • Hemant: coordination aspect of request and offers shared on social media
  • social media messages showing need for coordination (figure 2)
  • Collaborating going with MIT and QCRI team on MatchApp
  • ERCIS : Humanitarian Logistics
  • Crisis Mappers Information Research Group - Social Media Extension
  • Joseph: use http://www.opencrisis.com to share baseline data
• Daniel: Global logistics cluster
• Joseph: do meta analysis to understand information needs; pool our datasets to do some quantitative analysis
• Daniel: Analysis of handbooks etc for development of humanitarian logistics domain model
• Daniel: separate the initial idea (i.e., the interoperability problem) and applications
• Also think about NGOs and their needs
• Sigi: Look at standards – do they have use cases or demos?
  • Also perhaps: research + development projects (national and international)

1. Data sharing

• table or spreadsheet for a complete list
• OpenCrisis or OKFN to share actual datasets that are free to share

1. Options for face to face meetings
2. Abstract for UNISDR 2015 Global Assessment Report
3. PILOT IDEAS:

• JP - HAZMAT/CBRNE: www.provant.be/binaries/nieuwsbrief_1_20130812_TG_tcm7-179583.pdf

Action items

• CK: figure out why Joseph gets kicked out of the group
• CK: Come up with mission statement / short term goals with Bart and Tomi
• All: think about applications in concrete systems, e.g.
  • Look for datasets on your HD that you can share
  • Export from assessment systems like Ushahidi or KoBoToolbox
  • Export from disaster management systems like Sahana
  • Global Logistics Cluster (GLC) Digital Logistics Capacity Assessments (D-LCA) for preparedness in humanitarian logistics currently lack structure
  • Aidwork.net (“Behind the platform are people who have had extensive experience in running large development and recovery programs in some of the major hot-spots and understand the need to have a stand alone platform that is instantly accessible and has the ability to connect people in a working environment and being free to access, without the often large costs associated with proprietary software.”)
  • JP - Get Sara on here.