2021 Geo for Good Summit

Day 1 - Plenary

Nov 16

Time

Title

Opening Remarks & Keynote

Rebecca Moore

Hear from Rebecca Moore as she shares her thoughts on how mapping technology can power scientists and civil society all over the world to create social and environmental change.

25 Minutes

Rebecca Moore

Director

Google Earth and Earth Engine

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Summit Kickoff

Raleigh Seamster

Join us to learn what to expect at the Geo for Good Summit and how to make the most out of the event.

5 Minutes

Raleigh Seamster

Senior Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

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Mapping for Good at Google

Matt Hancher

We'll take you on a quick tour of the products we're highlighting at the Geo for Good Summit and tell you a bit about the talks that are coming up over the next couple of hours so you can decide which talks are are going to be most important to you.

11 Minutes

Matt Hancher

Engineering Lead

Google Earth and Earth Engine

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What's New in Google Earth?

Patrik Blohmé, Brian Ellis, Damien Saint-Macary, Zia Zhu, Chi Pham

Learn about the latest updates in Google Earth and Google Earth Studio.

20 Minutes

Patrik Blohmé

Product Manager

Google Earth

Brian Ellis

Software Engineer

Google Earth

Damien Saint-Macary

Software Engineer

Google Earth

Zia Zhu

Software Engineer

Google Earth

Chi Pham

UX Designer

Google Earth

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What's New in Earth Engine?

Emily Schechter, David Gibson, Joel Conkling, Tyler Erickson, Yvonne Fong

A look at year’s worth of developments in Earth Engine: new features and partner accomplishments, and a big focus on making Earth Engine even more scalable for an ever-growing group of users.

26 Minutes

Emily Schechter

Product Manager

Google Earth Engine

David Gibson

Technical Lead

Google Earth Engine

Joel Conkling

Product Manager

Google Earth Engine

Tyler Erickson

Developer Advocate

Google Earth Outreach

Yvonne Fong

Data Scientist

EO Data Science

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What's New in Crisis Response?

Can Comertoglu

Learn about Crisis Response efforts at Google, and hear what’s new since the last Geo for Good Summit in 2020.

18 Minutes

Can Comertoglu

Product Manager

Google Crisis Response

Resources

[Presentation Slides] What's New in Crisis Response?

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What's New in Plus Codes?

Amanda Bishop, Jacqueline Rajuai

Learn about what has happened in the last year, from new features in Maps to new scaled addressing projects with governments and NGOs.

11 Minutes

Amanda Bishop

Product Manager, Plus Codes

Google

Jacqueline Rajuai

Program Manager, Plus Codes

Google

Resources

Plus Codes website

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Environmental Insights Explorer: Robust Data for Climate Action

Joel Conkling

A deep dive on the Google’s investment in helping cities fight climate change with the help of insights that are based on Google data and tools. 2021 has been a year of growth for the effort, and we’ll share some of the highlights.

7 Minutes

Joel Conkling

Product Manager

Google Earth Engine

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Live Q&A

Matt Hancher, Rebecca Moore, Patrik Blohmé, Joel Conkling, Amanda Bishop, Can Comertoglu, Emily Schechter

During this session, our keynote and product talk speakers will be answering your questions live. If you have questions for us, please add them to the Q&A at any time before or after this session.

30 Minutes

Matt Hancher

Engineering Lead

Google Earth and Earth Engine

Rebecca Moore

Director

Google Earth and Earth Engine

Patrik Blohmé

Product Manager

Google Earth

Joel Conkling

Product Manager

Google Earth Engine

Amanda Bishop

Product Manager, Plus Codes

Google

Can Comertoglu

Product Manager

Google Crisis Response

Emily Schechter

Product Manager

Google Earth Engine

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Day 1 - Climate Science & Communication

Nov 16 - Nov 17

Time

Title

Climate Science & Communication Program: Welcoming Remarks

Alley Rutzel

Climate science and communication are playing critical roles in understanding climate change and solutions for climate action. In this ‘Climate Science & Communication’ Program, we’ll hear from climate scientists and nonprofits who are using Google mapping tools analysis, visualization, storytelling… and impact.

4 Minutes

Alley Rutzel

UX Director

Google

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Applications in Climate Science, Using Earth Engine

Nick Clinton, Youchen Shen, TC Chakraborty, Brookie Guzder-Williams, Brian Smoliak, Albert Martinez Sequero, Genevieve Patenaude, Iain Woodhouse

Climate science plays a critical role in understanding climate change and solutions for climate action, and grounded those conclusions in science and validation. In this session, you’ll hear from several scientists and how they’ve used Earth Engine for air quality, urban heat island, and more.

74 Minutes

Nick Clinton

Developer Advocate

Google

Youchen Shen

PhD Candidate

Utrecht University

TC Chakraborty

Earth Scientist

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Brookie Guzder-Williams

Director of Data Science

World Resources Institute

Brian Smoliak

Lead Scientist

Reflective Earth

Albert Martinez Sequero

Climate Security Specialist

United Nations Environment Programme

Genevieve Patenaude

CEO and Founder

Earth Blox

Iain Woodhouse

Professor

Edinburgh University

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Communicating Climate Change

Karin Tuxen-Bettman, Liza Goldberg, Kelly Van Baalen, Leila Hadj-Chikh, Anjali Singhvi, Josh Williams

Visualization and storytelling play crucial roles in raising awareness and inspiring action on climate change. In this session, you’ll learn about the Google mapping tools that can be used for communicating climate change, and hear how nonprofits and scientists have used them to tell engaging stories about places impacted by climate change.

63 Minutes

Karin Tuxen-Bettman

Senior Program Manager & Lead

Google Earth Outreach & Project Air View

Liza Goldberg

Biospheric Scientist, NASA / Undergraduate, Stanford University

Kelly Van Baalen

Project Manager

Climate Central

Leila Hadj-Chikh

Senior Software Developer

Climate Central

Anjali Singhvi

Graphics/Multimedia Editor

The New York Times

Josh Williams

Educator

Round Rock ISD

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Climate Justice Lightning Talks

Karin Tuxen-Bettman, Muryel Arantes, Michelle Stuhlmacher, Samira Barzin, Rónadh Cox, Amber Jean McCullum

In this round of lightning talks, you’ll hear from a number of projects who are using mapping tools to understand equity and justice issues around climate change and the environment.

45 Minutes

Karin Tuxen-Bettman

Senior Program Manager & Lead

Google Earth Outreach & Project Air View

Muryel Arantes

Project Manager

Ecam

Michelle Stuhlmacher

Assistant Professor

DePaul University

Samira Barzin

Research Associate

University of Oxford and The World Bank

Rónadh Cox

Edward Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy

Williams College

Amber Jean McCullum

Applied Scientist

NASA Ames Research Center

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Day 1 - APAC Hour

Nov 17

Time

Title

APAC Hour - Climate Science & Communication

Tomomi Matsuoka, Devaja Shah, Santonu Goswami, Manjunatha Venkatappa, Eligio Maure, Jai Asundi, Masami Tanaka-Jenkins, Genki Terauchi

Special session for and by Geo for Good community members in APAC. We will be sharing the recap and highlights of the main programming of the day, Climate Science & Communication, followed by a thematic lightning talk session. Lightning talk speakers will introduce how they’re leveraging Google’s mapping tools to address climate change, from accelerating solar power adoption to visualizing effects on land and water/ocean by climate change.

60 Minutes

Tomomi Matsuoka

Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Devaja Shah

Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Santonu Goswami

Senior Scientist, Earth and Climate Science Area, NRSC

ISRO Hyderabad, India.

Manjunatha Venkatappa

Founder and CEO, LEET Carbon

Scientist, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.

Eligio Maure

Researcher

NPEC (Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center)

Jai Asundi

Executive Director

Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy

Masami Tanaka-Jenkins

Head of Suncle Group

TEPCO FinTech

Genki Terauchi

Senior Researcher

NPEC (Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center)

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Day 2 - Forest & Nature

Nov 17

Time

Title

Forest & Nature Program: Welcoming Remarks

Tanya Birch

With the world’s eyes on protecting, managing and restoring forests, and nature-based solutions to climate change driving the global conversation, our Geo for Good community plays a major role in providing scientific basis for building baselines and measuring progress towards global sustainability targets. In this session, we’ll hear about new data sources and their applications, as well as some impactful examples of how earth observation based tools are making a real-world impact. We’ll also focus on some new deep learning approaches and the ethics of AI for remote sensing. Join in the conversation!

3 Minutes

Tanya Birch

Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

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Global Remote Sensing for Nature, Carbon & Biodiversity

Rebecca Moore, Carly Vynne, Clara Rowe, Crystal Davis

50 Minutes

Rebecca Moore

Director

Google Earth and Earth Engine

Carly Vynne

Principal

Osprey Insights

Clara Rowe

CEO

Restor

Crystal Davis

Director, Land & Carbon Lab

World Resources Institute

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Novel Forest Data & Applications Part 1: GEDI & Obiwan

Tanya Birch, Laura Duncanson, Sean Healey

Join us to hear about NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission; a laser-based system on the ISS to collect forest structure information across a large sample of the world’s temperate and tropical forests. An application called OBIWAN (Online Biomass Inference using Waveforms And iNventory) creates GEDI-based carbon reports for user-defined areas, providing globally consistent documentation expected to be useful in carbon offset markets and international greenhouse gas reporting.

24 Minutes

Tanya Birch

Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Laura Duncanson

Assistant Professor

University of Maryland

Sean Healey

Research Ecologist

Rocky Mountain Research Station (USDA/USFS)

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Novel Forest Data & Applications Part 2: Planet/NICFI

Tanya Birch, Tara O'Shea, Julian Fox

Tropical forest monitoring and restoration efforts recently had a major advancement with the NICFI Tropical Forest Program announcement and inclusion in the Google Earth Engine platform. We’re excited to support the Earth Engine community in their use of the data from Planet, the leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery and geospatial solutions, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and Norway’s International Climate and Forests Initiative (NICFI) Satellite Data program. Join us to hear about the dataset and applications of the data by FAO.

27 Minutes

Tanya Birch

Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Tara O'Shea

Director of Forest Programs

Planet Labs

Julian Fox

Senior Forestry Officer

UN FAO

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Science for Solutions

Tanya Birch, Shijuan Chen, Paulo Arévalo, Rafael Monge, Elkin A. Noguera-Urbano, Tasso Azevedo

From algorithms to applications, join us to hear about three state-of-the art examples of science driving real-world land and ecosystems monitoring and measurement, from Colombia to Costa Rica to globally in our Science for Solutions session.

42 Minutes

Tanya Birch

Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Shijuan Chen

PhD Candidate

Boston University

Paulo Arévalo

Postdoctoral Associate

Boston University

Rafael Monge

Director National Center of Geoenvironmental Information

MINAE Costa Rica

Elkin A. Noguera-Urbano

Researcher

Instituto Humboldt

Tasso Azevedo

General Coordinator

MapBiomas

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Earth Engine & Deep Learning Part #1: SERVIR TensorFlow Working Group

Nick Clinton, Tim Mayer, Nyein Soe Thwal

Highlight the capacity-building potential, technical prowess, as well as the regional, national, and local level impacts that are generated through SERVIR and Google Collaboration. Describe case studies to illustrate how SERVIR uses the deep learning capabilities of Earth Engine and Google cloud to power environmental monitoring applications around the world.

25 Minutes

Nick Clinton

Developer Advocate

Google

Tim Mayer

NASA SERVIR - Hindu Kush Himalaya Regional Science & Coordination Lead

NASA SERVIR

Nyein Soe Thwal

Geospatial Data Scientist

NASA SERVIR

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Earth Engine & Deep Learning Part 2: Dynamic World

Tanya Birch, Ollie Guinan, Fred Stolle, Valerie Pasquarella

In this session, we discuss an automated approach for globally consistent, high resolution, near real-time land use land cover mapping leveraging deep learning on 10m Sentinel-2 imagery. We present use cases for applying daily updating land cover data to meet global needs for a nature-positive future.

30 Minutes

Tanya Birch

Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Ollie Guinan

Software Engineer Manager

Google

Fred Stolle

Deputy Director Forests Program

World Resources Institute

Valerie Pasquarella

Visiting Researcher

Google

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Remote Sensing & AI: Let’s Talk Ethics

Matt Hancher, Matthew Hansen, Lisa Lehmann, James Rattling Leaf

As deep learning methodologies power the tools we use every day, including remote sensing tools, it’s important to examine the ethics and principles behind science and datasets “powered by AI.” Join us in this roundtable discussion of what to consider when applying deep learning to your science toolkit.

39 Minutes

Matt Hancher

Engineering Lead

Google Earth and Earth Engine

Matthew Hansen

Professor, Global Land Analysis & Discovery Lab

University of Maryland Dept of Geographical Sciences

Lisa Lehmann

Director of Bioethics and Health Trust

Google

James Rattling Leaf

Research Associate

CIRES/University of Colorado-Boulder

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Day 2 - Ask Me Anything

Nov 17

Time

Title

Ask Me Anything: Earth Engine

Emily Schechter, Joel Conkling, David Gibson, Tyler Erickson, Karin Tuxen-Bettman

During this session, our Earth Engine team will be answering your questions live. If you have questions for the team, please add them to the Q&A during this session.

30 Minutes

Emily Schechter

Product Manager

Google Earth Engine

Joel Conkling

Product Manager

Google Earth Engine

David Gibson

Technical Lead

Google Earth Engine

Tyler Erickson

Developer Advocate

Google Earth Outreach

Karin Tuxen-Bettman

Senior Program Manager & Lead

Google Earth Outreach & Project Air View

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Day 2 - Sustainable Supply Chain Sourcing

Nov 17 - Nov 18

Time

Title

Sustainable Supply Chain Sourcing Program: Welcoming Remarks

Brian Sullivan

Always looking for the largest levers to help drive positive impacts, Earth Engine infrastructure, models, and the broader community are starting to be integrated in the private sector of rapidly evolving sustainable supply chain sourcing. Hear from one of the world largest commodity purchasers, and the system integrators, UN agency, NGOs, and scientists working in collaboration.

5 Minutes

Brian Sullivan

Senior Program Manager

Google

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Forest Data Partnership Roundtable

Nithya Sowrirajan, Luiz Amaral, Julian Fox, Andrew Wilcox, Karis Tenneson

Recent breakthroughs in satellite remote sensing, cloud computing and deep learning have the potential to drastically improve the geospatial data landscape for sustainably sourcing commodity crops. Join our roundtable with a leading coalition of public and private sector experts dedicated to ending deforestation from commodity supply chains and restoring degraded landscapes.

We will discuss the opportunities at hand to develop systemic monitoring approaches with consistent, agreed-upon methods to validate, compare and clarify data – a critical need to halt commodity-driven deforestation and identify areas of high restoration potential.

55 Minutes

Nithya Sowrirajan

Director, Global Product Solutions

Google

Luiz Amaral

Director, Commodities and Finance

World Resources Institute

Julian Fox

Senior Forestry Officer

UN FAO

Andrew Wilcox

Senior Manager, Sustainable Sourcing & Digital Programs

Unilever

Karis Tenneson

Director of Environmental Mapping

Spatial Informatics Group

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Science Powering Supply Chain Analysis

Tyler Erickson, Zoltan Szantoi, David Lobell, Justin Huntington

Scientists are developing new methods to inform national and global supply chain monitoring using satellite data, weather model outputs, and ground observations. This session features short talks on this research, followed by Q&A.

60 Minutes

Tyler Erickson

Developer Advocate

Google Earth Outreach

Zoltan Szantoi

Land Applications Scientist

European Space Agency

David Lobell

Professor

Stanford University

Justin Huntington

Chief Science Officer

Climate Engine

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Sustainable Supply Chain Sourcing | The Geo Solution

Brian Sullivan, Nathan Eaton

The Google Cloud platform enables organizations to take a data driven approach to global supply chain sustainability, delivering metrics, mapping progress and engaging with stakeholders and providing traceability to footprint to enable organizations to address corporate sustainability commitments.

30 Minutes

Brian Sullivan

Senior Program Manager

Google

Nathan Eaton

Executive Director

NGIS

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Day 2 - APAC Hour

Nov 18

Time

Title

APAC Hour - Forest & Nature / Sustainable Supply Chain Sourcing

Tomomi Matsuoka, Michael DeWitt, Thiyaku S, Villerabel Mathias, Anaika Pathak, Taro Hosaka, Krishnapriya Tamma, Shiva Subramanya S

Special session for and by Geo for Good community members in APAC. We will be sharing the recap and highlights of the main programming of the day, Forest & Nature / Sustainable Supply Chain, followed by a thematic lightning talk session. Lightning talk speakers will introduce how they’re catalyzing solutions to protect forest and nature, and realize a sustainable supply chain using Google’s mapping tools. Correction : The resolution of NICFI dataset is 4.77m per pixel, instead of 50cm mentioned in this video (8:30, 9:05, 55:20) For more details, please refer to NICFI Data Program FAQ page (https://assets.planet.com/docs/NICFI_...)

60 Minutes

Tomomi Matsuoka

Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Michael DeWitt

Sr. Partner DevRel Engineer

Google Earth Engine

Thiyaku S

COO

Satyukt Analytics Pvt Ltd

Villerabel Mathias

Applied Scientist

Synspective Inc

Anaika Pathak

Founder

Yuva Yodha – a student led initiative

Taro Hosaka

Forest planning technical officer, Forestry Agency

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Krishnapriya Tamma

Assistant Professor

Azim Premji University (Bangalore)

Shiva Subramanya S

IT Manager

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)

Resources

[Presentation Slides] APAC Hour - Forest & Nature / Sustainable Supply Chain Sourcing Lightning Talks

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Day 3 - Social Inclusion

Nov 18

Time

Title

Social Inclusion Program: Welcoming Remarks

Jacqueline Rajuai

In this ‘Social Inclusion’ program, you’ll hear from organizations and changemakers who are working to make maps more inclusive and ensure that no one is missing from the map.

5 Minutes

Jacqueline Rajuai

Program Manager, Plus Codes

Google

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Addressing with Plus Codes Panel

Jacqueline Rajuai, Pratima Joshi, Mike Makwela

Join us for a conversation with NGOs that have implemented their own addressing projects using Plus Codes.

36 Minutes

Jacqueline Rajuai

Program Manager, Plus Codes

Google

Pratima Joshi

Founder and Executive Director

Shelter Associates

Mike Makwela

Senior Programme Coordinator

PlanAct

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So You Want to Address with Plus Codes?

Ankush Sud, Rohan Kumar

Want to assign Plus Codes Addresses at scale but don’t know how to do it, from where to start or what will it take? Please join this session to learn more and plan your addressing project

11 Minutes

Ankush Sud

Senior Program Manager

Google Maps

Rohan Kumar

Program Manager

Google Maps

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Addressing Q&A

Jacqueline Rajuai, Amanda Bishop, Ankush Sud, Pratima Joshi, Mike Makwela

During this session, our panelists will be answering your questions live. If you have questions, please add them to the Q&A at any time during the session.

15 Minutes

Jacqueline Rajuai

Program Manager, Plus Codes

Google

Amanda Bishop

Product Manager, Plus Codes

Google

Ankush Sud

Senior Program Manager

Google Maps

Pratima Joshi

Founder and Executive Director

Shelter Associates

Mike Makwela

Senior Programme Coordinator

PlanAct

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Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities Panel

Raleigh Seamster, Vasco Van Roosmalen, Andrew Dowding, Alta De Vos, Nosiseko Mtati, Michaela Shirley, Steve DeRoy, Joseph Erb, Moka Apiti

Hear how Indigenous peoples and local communities around the world are leveraging maps to address challenges and opportunities.

61 Minutes

Raleigh Seamster

Senior Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Vasco Van Roosmalen

Executive Director

Ecam

Andrew Dowding

Managing Director

Winyama

Alta De Vos

Senior Lecturer

Rhodes University

Nosiseko Mtati

Catchment coordinator

Rhodes University

Michaela Shirley

Program Manager

University of New Mexico Indigenous Design and Planning Institute

Steve DeRoy

Director, The Firelight Group; Founder, Indigenous Mapping Workshop

Joseph Erb

Moka Apiti

Director

Digital Navigators Ltd

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Participatory Mapping with Google Earth

Raleigh Seamster, Steve DeRoy, Isabel DeRoy-Olson

Local communities possess expert knowledge of their environment which can be represented on a map. Google Earth can be combined with participatory methods, empowering local communities to build their own maps. This session will cover the basics of how to create all the feature types - points, lines and polygons - for mapping community knowledge using the Direct-to-Digital method developed by The Firelight Group. We’ll also discuss best practices and methodology for engaging with local communities using Google Earth.

30 Minutes

Raleigh Seamster

Senior Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Steve DeRoy

Director, The Firelight Group; Founder, Indigenous Mapping Workshop

Isabel DeRoy-Olson

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Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities Q&A

Raleigh Seamster, Alta De Vos, Michaela Shirley, Moka Apiti, Nosiseko Mtati, Steve DeRoy, Vasco Van Roosmalen

During this session, our panelists will be answering your questions live. If you have questions, please add them to the Q&A at any time during the session.

15 Minutes

Raleigh Seamster

Senior Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Alta De Vos

Senior Lecturer

Rhodes University

Michaela Shirley

Program Manager

University of New Mexico Indigenous Design and Planning Institute

Moka Apiti

Director

Digital Navigators Ltd

Nosiseko Mtati

Catchment coordinator

Rhodes University

Steve DeRoy

Director, The Firelight Group; Founder, Indigenous Mapping Workshop

Vasco Van Roosmalen

Executive Director

Ecam

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Accessibility Panel - Adventures in Disability Equity

Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, Page Ive, Ermes Tuon, Kim Palmer, Alvaro Silberstein

Leaders of four diverse, worldwide Accessibility and Disability Inclusion (ADI) initiatives will join Google's Sasha Blair-Goldensohn and Page Ive to discuss how mapping technology can advance disability equity and help People With Disabilities explore, navigate and get things done in the world.

35 Minutes

Sasha Blair-Goldensohn

Developer Relations Engineer

Google

Page Ive

User Experience Researcher

Google (Travel Team, Hotels)

Ermes Tuon

Manager of digital mapping, photography and video making

Progetto re-Cycle

Kim Palmer

Destination Optimization Program Director

Miles Partnership

Alvaro Silberstein

Co-Founder, CEO

Wheel the World

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Social Inclusion Lightning Talks

Raleigh Seamster, Michaela Shirley, Theodore (Ted) Jojola, Derrick Sinyon, Elsa Marie D'Silva, Ermes Tuon, Björn Haßler, Taskeen Adam, Fatuma Iseje

Listen to short lightning talks from scientists, NGOs & changemakers who are leveraging mapping tools for social and environmental impact.

31 Minutes

Raleigh Seamster

Senior Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Michaela Shirley

Program Manager

University of New Mexico Indigenous Design and Planning Institute

Theodore (Ted) Jojola

Director / Professor

University of New Mexico Indigenous Design and Planning Institute

Derrick Sinyon

Environmental Coordinator

Native Village of Gakona

Elsa Marie D'Silva

Founder

Red Dot Foundation

Ermes Tuon

Manager of digital mapping, photography and video making

Progetto re-Cycle

Björn Haßler

Director

Open Development & Education

Taskeen Adam

Associate Manager

Open Dev & Education

Fatuma Iseje

Environmental Health Officer

Ministry of Health (Mkushi)

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Day 3 - Crisis

Nov 18 - Nov 19

Time

Title

Crisis Program: Welcoming Remarks & Keynote

Christiaan Adams, Vanessa Schneider, Brandon Williams

Meet Christiaan & Vanessa, members of the Google Crisis Response team who will introduce you to Google’s efforts in the space and preview the day’s program of talks.We'll then hear from our keynote speaker, Brandon Williams, about Eagle County, Colorado’s, experience using Google Earth and My Maps in incident response and the Emergency Operations Center. Brandon will show us how My Maps can be used for public information and how Google Earth can be used for operations support, along with the underlying rationale as to why each one is fit for each purpose. Brandon will also share some "scars and smiles" picked up along the way.

48 Minutes

Christiaan Adams

Developer Advocate

Google Earth Outreach & Crisis Response

Vanessa Schneider

Program Manager

Google Crisis Response

Brandon Williams

Innovation and Strategy

Eagle County Government in Colorado, U.S.

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Animating Wildfire Datasets in Earth Engine

Christiaan Adams, Christophe Restif

Learn how to visualize wildfires over time using a variety of datasets available in Google Earth Engine.

45 Minutes

Christiaan Adams

Developer Advocate

Google Earth Outreach & Crisis Response

Christophe Restif

Software Engineer

Google Crisis Response

Resources

Technical Demo Resources

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Crisis Response Lightning Talks

Vanessa Schneider, Sander de Haas, Yifang Ban, Ariana Mercer, David Saah

Listen to short lightning talks from experts leveraging mapping tools to assist in disaster management and response.

36 Minutes

Vanessa Schneider

Program Manager

Google Crisis Response

Sander de Haas

Hydrologist and Co-founder

SamSamWater

Yifang Ban

Professor and Director of Geoinformatics Division

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden

Ariana Mercer

Mapping Team Lead

CEDR Digital Corps

David Saah

Professor, University of San Francisco / Principal SIG

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Crisis Program: Wrap-up & Resources

Christiaan Adams, Vanessa Schneider

Join us for closing remarks and learn about resources related to the day’s program of talks.

5 Minutes

Christiaan Adams

Developer Advocate

Google Earth Outreach & Crisis Response

Vanessa Schneider

Program Manager

Google Crisis Response

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Day 3 - APAC Hour

Nov 19

Time

Title

APAC Hour - Crisis Response / Social Inclusion

Yen Ping Teh, Devaja Shah, Kishore Kowtham, Shiro Kawakita, Kaninik Baradi, Akira Kodaka, Alok Singh

Special session for and by Geo for Good community members in APAC. We will be sharing the recap and highlights of the main programming of the day, Crisis Response /Social Inclusion, followed by a thematic lightning talk session. Lightning talk speakers will introduce how they prepare for or respond to crises and improve social inclusion leveraging Google’s mapping tools.

60 Minutes

Yen Ping Teh

Strategic Partner

Google

Devaja Shah

Program Manager

Google Earth Outreach

Kishore Kowtham

Assistant Engineer, CMWSSB

Research Scholar, Anna University

Shiro Kawakita

Senior Engineer, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Acting Executive Secretariat, Sentinel Asia. Board member of the International Charters, Space and Major Disaster

Kaninik Baradi

Strategic Initiatives Officer

Urban Management Centre | Facilitating innovative technologies, intersectoral learning and system strengthening across programs and geographies

Akira Kodaka

Project Assistant Professor

Keio University

Alok Singh

District Informatics officer

Madhubani

Resources

[Presentation Slides] APAC Hour - Crisis Response / Social Inclusion Lightning Talks

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