Patrick Meier is an internationally recognised thought leader on the application of new technologies for crisis early warning, humanitarian response, human rights and civil resistance. He is currently Director of Social Innovation at the Qatar Computing Research Institute. Previously, he served as Director of Crisis Mapping at Ushahidi and previously co-directed Harvard’s Program on Crisis Mapping and Early Warning. Patrick holds a PhD from The Fletcher School, a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from Stanford and an MA from Columbia University. He was born and raised in Africa.
Up For Debate
Crisis Maps: Harnessing the Power of Big Data to Deliver Humanitarian Assistance
In Response to What is the Future of Delivering Social Impact?
May 02, 2013
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Articles
Videos
Opening Plenary 2012
Filing of the Opening Plenary at Skoll World Forum 2012.
Opening Plenary 2012 Skoll World Forum
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Audio
Opening Plenary 2012
Stephan Chambers introduces (in order of appearance) Peter Tufano, Jeff Skoll, Hans Rosling, Judith Rodin, Patrick Meier, Roger Martin, Soraya Salti
Opening Plenary 2012 Skoll World Forum
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Clouds, Crowds and Social Change - 2011
Innovations in mobile, social networking, cloud computing and open source offer tremendous promise toward bridging the people, institutions, information and efforts required for significant change. At the same time,critical challenges emerge ...
Clouds, Crowds And Social Change
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Sessions
Wed, March 28, 17:00 - 18:30
Opening Plenary 2012 Skoll World Forum
Speakers: Peter Tufano, Eva Ayllon, Soraya Salti, Roger Martin, Stephan Chambers
Fri, April 1, 11:00 - 12:30
Clouds, Crowds And Social Change
Speakers: Lucy Bernholz, Christopher Gebhardt, Patrick Meier, Kevin Starr, Stephan Chambers
