Name: Is there an app for that? Meeting the technology needs of displaced persons
Start: 2018-05-16T17:15:00-0400
End: 2018-05-16T18:15:00-0400

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Is there an app for that? Meeting the technology needs of displaced persons

Join us and explore the roles technology can play in systemic solutions to displaced populations crises. Through an interactive discussion among experts, activists, innovators, and session attendees, we will:

Review specific needs of refugee and internally displaced populations across geographies;
Highlight well-established and still-developing technologies' failures and successes in addressing needs of displaced persons; and,
Develop actionable recommendations for technology companies and human rights organizations.

We will focus on two case studies:

- A research project to assess how technology may support child refugees in Central America (UNICEF + Article One).

- The use of Blockchain tech in financial and identity services for internally displaced populations.

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