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2012 Pacific Operational Science & Technology Conference

2012 Pacific Operational Science & Technology Conference. March 19-23 Dr. Steve Gale Senior Adviser for Strategic Opportunities USAID Office of Science & Technology. What is USAID?.

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2012 Pacific Operational Science & Technology Conference

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  1. 2012 Pacific OperationalScience & Technology Conference March 19-23 Dr. Steve Gale Senior Adviser for Strategic Opportunities USAID Office of Science & Technology

  2. What is USAID? USAID is the United States’ principal international development agency, devoted to easing suffering, spreading prosperity and increasing security in the developing world.

  3. Where We Work We provide assistance in five regions of the world: Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin American & the Caribbean, Europe & Eurasia and the Middle East. New USAID Missions since 2000 Afghanistan Iraq Sudan South Sudan Yemen Djibouti Cyprus Pakistan East Timor Thailand (Regional)

  4. Disaster Relief/Crisis Response Economic Growth Global Health Food Security Democracy & Governance Climate Change Our Top Priorities INSERT GRAPHIC TO ADD PHOTO

  5. S&T: One of USAID’s Highest Priorities • Development: Science and technology (S&T) are vital for sustainable/lasting success. • High S+T Priority: Recognized by President Obama (PPD-6), Secretary of State Clinton (QDDR), and Secretaries of Defense (QDR). • Our Goal: Work with DOD to explore dual-use technologies, expand partnerships, and build new ones.

  6. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

  7. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

  8. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

  9. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

  10. INFORMATION COLLECTION Diversity of information collection/gathering tools from mobile/smart phones, to laptops/tablets, to SMS messages. Increasing number of non-traditional crisis-information nodes from volunteers, to technical communities, to disaster impacted inhabitants, to worldwide citizens. Shift away from document-centric and situation reports to real-time, continuously updated information. Emerging HA/DR Challenges

  11. ANALYSIS Dramatic increase in the volume and velocity of incoming data flows and raising expectations by decision makers. Continuing shift away from single, non-layered, data sets to composite, multiple visualizations. Increasing levels/sophistication of analysis within silos, but only modest improvement in sharing and interoperability. Emerging HA/DR Challenges

  12. COMMUNICATIONS Lack of formal communication protocols with new players on emergency/crisis issues (volunteers, technical community, etc.) Crowd-sourcing of data requires broader language and cultural skills to form a unified team. Issues of information security/classification versus open source unclassified information sharing. Emerging HA/DR Challenges

  13. QUESTIONS? USAID S+T Office: Dr. Steve Gale, Sgale@usaid.gov

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