17 Jul 2013 - Panel Discussion: Promoting humanitarian innovation for improved response, Humanitarian Affairs Segment of the Economic and Social Council (Geneva, 15 - 17 July)
Chair: H.E. Ambassador Massood Khan, Vice President of the Economic and Social Council Moderator: Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Panelists
• Private Sector: Mr. Nigel Snoad, Crisis Response and Civic Innovation, Google
• UN: Ms. Elizabeth Rasmusson, Assistant Executive Director, World Food Programme
• The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: Ms. Wendy Harman, Information Management and Situational Awareness, Domestic Disaster Services, American Red Cross, Washington, D.C, USA
• Civil Society: Mr. Mohamed Osman, Managing Director, Star FM, Nairobi, Kenya (as part of Mr. Osman’s presentation, Internews will interview Somali refugees in Dadaab Camp, Kenya who are being trained to become journalists. This will be done via live-video link)