BRIDGE Research Presented at ISCRAM 2014 in Penn State, USA
26 May 2014
The BRIDGE project inspired lively discussions at the excellent ISCRAM 2014 Conference in Penn State, USA, 18-21 May 2014, where more than 200 delegates from 26 countries discussed and showcased their work on information systems for crisis response and management. This year's theme of the conference was Empowering Citizens and Communities Through Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, with a focus on the local community, the individual and the technologies that can be employed to improve crisis response at the very local level.
Amro Al-Akkad (Fraunhofer FIT) presented a paper in the social media track: Tweeting “When Online is Off”? Opportunistically Creating Mobile Ad-hoc Networks in Response to Disrupted Infrastructure’, co-authored with his BRIDGE colleagues Christian Raffelsberger (Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt), Alexander Boden (Fraunhofer FIT), Leonardo Ramirez (Fraunhofer Headquarters) and Andreas Zimmermann (Fraunhofer FIT), and a paper in the Practitioner track: How Do I Get This App? A Discourse on Distributing Mobile Applications Despite Disrupted Infrastructure’, co-authored with Christian Raffelsberger.
Monika Büscher (Lancaster University) led a track on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) in IT Supported Emergency Response together with Michael Liegl (Lancaster University) and Hayley Watson (Trilateral), Catherine Easton (Lancaster University’s Law School), Caroline Rizza (Paris Telecom University), and Zeno Franco (Wisconsin Medical College). The track included a panel discussion on How to do IT right? with Leysia Palen, Heiko Werner, Kush Wadhwa and Zeno Franco. Monika presented a paper on Cloud Ethics for Disaster Response, co-authored with Catherine Easton, Maike Kuhnert, Christian Wietfeld, Matts Ahlsén, Jens Pottebaum, and Bernard Van Veelen. This collaboration forges links with the SecInCoRe project. To explore the ISCRAM ELSI discussion, please see twitter hashtags #elsi #iscram #iscram2014 and our blog at https://itethicsincrisis.wordpress.com. At ISCRAM 2015 in Kristiansand, Norway, the ELSI track will provide a new opportunity for continuing conversations between emergency practitioners, ethical, legal and social experts and IT designers and policy makers. If you’d like to join us, please contact [email protected].
Erik Nilsson (SINTEF) presented a paper on Finding the best devices for emergency responders in Norway – an empirical study in the Command and Control Studies track, co-authored with Linda Katrine Andresen.
