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Overview

Join The Hive at USA for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to learn about and engage with the latest innovations in technology and data science to protect and empower refugees. During this event, technologists, corporate sector partners, UNHCR staff, philanthropists, and academics will exchange ideas about humanitarian technology innovations and data science solutions being researched and deployed to help protect, respond, and empower refugees, stateless and internally displaced persons around the world. 

This year’s theme at #Innovate4Refugees will focus on open technology innovations for sustainable settlements and housing of refugees. Hear from people and organizations working with refugees about the challenges and opportunities for deploying technology and data innovations. 

Agenda includes:

• Plenary talks from UNHCR Global Shelter Cluster and GitHub Social Impact
• Panel conversation with Humanitarian OpenStreet Map, Microsoft AI for Social Good and UNHCR Kenya
• Interactive workshops

This event is made possible by our sponsors at GitHub and Veroskills. Thank you to our hosts at Accenture.

Schedule (All times Eastern Timezone USA) 

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 

9AM to 3PM (Eastern USA) 

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration/Refreshments

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Plenary (Livestream Option Available)

Welcome, Accenture, Sean Burke

Introduction to The Hive at USA for UNHCR, Seema D. Iyer, PhD, Senior Director

Importance of Stability/Housing in the Life of a Refugee, Barthelemy Mwanza, Global Refugee Youth Network

Reflecting on Today’s Needs for Sheltering and Housing Forcibly Displaced, Hussien Ahmad, UNHCR - Global Shelter Cluster

Key Principles of Open Technology: A Conversation with Liz Chamberlain, Humanitarian Open Streetmap, and Ed Summers, GitHub 

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Panel Discussion on Drone Imagery Mapping in Kakuma/Kabayayei (Livestream Option Available)

Moderator: Khao Ma, Hive Advisory Board Member

Panelists: 

Ivana Unluova, UNHCR Kenya

Duncan Kebut, Humanitarian Open Streetmap Team

Anthony Ortiz, Microsoft AI for Social Good 

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch/Networking

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Keynote: Future of Open Technology for Humanitarian Work (Livestream Option Available)

Introduction by Daniel Walsh, VeroSkills

John Crowley, MapAction

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Concurrent Interactive Workshops (On Site)

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Concluding Remarks

Livestream

You can view portions of the 2024 event via Livestream.