Workshop

A workshop fostering dialogue with key international stakeholders focusing on key added value and limitations of digital trace data for humanitarian action with illustrations. The workshop will be followed by a hackathon where teams use displacement estimates derived from digital trace data for humanitarian action.

Day 1 - May 21st 2025

Joining Online – 9:00–13:00

Participants can join the workshop remotely via Microsoft Teams.

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9:00–11:00

9:00–9:30 – Welcome, Introductions & Agenda – Prof. Francisco Rowe (UoL)
9:30–9:50 – Assessing Non-traditional Data Sources – Kate Hodkinson (OCHA)
9:50–10:10 – Data and findings from the project – Dr. Elisabetta Pietrostefani (UoL)
10:10–10:30 – Lessons learned from the project Digital Trace Data for Population Displacement – Matt Mason (UoL)
10:30–10:45 – Questions & Discussion

10:45–11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00–13:00

11:00–11:20 – Using Facebook Movement During Crisis – Dr. Carmen Cabrera & Prof. Francisco Rowe
11:20–11:30 – Hackathon Problem Statements - Hong Tran-Jones (IOM DTM)
11:30–11:50 – Hackathon Data – Matt Mason (UoL)
11:50–12:10 – IOM Pakistan Data – Ellen Van de Weghe (IOM Pakistan)
12:10–12:40 – Accessing Your Data and Creating an Infographic: A Short Demo using Hackathon Data – Euan Newlands (Snowflake)
12:40–13:00 – Questions & Discussion

13:00–14:00

Networking Lunch

14:00–17:00

Hackathon Session 1

17:00–18:00

Team Progress Updates: Goals and Objectives

Evening

18:30–21:00 – Networking Dinner

Day 2 - May 22nd 2025

9:00–9:30

Recap of Hackathon Objectives and Goals - Prof. Francisco Rowe