Humanitarian AI Today

Humanitarian AI Today’s guest host Sarah Spencer and Lars Peter Nissen from ACAPS who produces the Trumanitarian podcast series interview each other and discuss humanitarian operations, humanitarian applications of artificial intelligence, data, decision making and their work and research.

Lars Peter has worked in the humanitarian field for the past 20 years and is experienced in both sudden-onset disasters and protracted crises. Lars is passionate about transforming humanitarian action and believes that unlocking the potential of collaboration is key to achieving this. He is the Director of www.acaps.org and teaches at Copenhagen University specializing in Disaster Management. Sarah Spencer, is an independent consultant and Civil Servant in the British Government. She has worked for two decades in support of communities affected by conflict, instability and disasters and is passionate about unlocking the power of frontier technologies to improve humanitarian action.

Humanitarian AI Today’s guest host Jodi Hilton speaks with Allison Cohen, Applied Projects Lead, AI for Humanity at Mila, about Mila’s AI for Humanity program, her work, background and thoughts on AI for Good and Humanitarian AI.

Humanitarian AI Today’s guest host Fay Schofield speaks with Jinho Choi, Sarah Fillwock and James Finch from Emory University about “Emora” their team’s Alexa Prize winning socialbot, conversational AI and humanitarian applications of socialbots and emerging digital assistants like Alexa.

Humanitarian AI Today's host Mia Kossiavelou speaks with Leo Frey, Deputy Head of Division at Germany's Relief Coalition (Aktion Deutschland Hilft) about Leo’s work at ADH, crisis response and using technology to improve humanitarian operations.

Humanitarian AI Today's host Mia Kossiavelou speaks with Steve Hellen, Senior Information Technology Director for Field Systems at Catholic Relief Services. Steve helps CRS’ programs worldwide improve their efficacy by incorporating digital tools such as mobile, data analytics, and emerging technologies like AI.

Humanitarian AI Today's host Mia Kossiavelou speaks with Xoán Fernández García, a consultant specializing in social innovation, technology and entrepreneurship for development, sustainability and digital transformation with years of expertise working across Latin America.

Humanitarian AI Today's host Mia Kossiavelou speaks with Sarah Spencer, an independent consultant and Civil Servant with the UK Department for International Development, specializing in social development, conflict related programing and providing guidance on incorporating frontier technologies, AI and machine learning into existing and planned humanitarian programming.

Humanitarian AI Today's host Mia Kossiavelou speaks with Valentina Pavel, Legal Researcher at the Ada Lovelace Institute about the Institute, a UK-based research and deliberative body working to ensure data and AI work for people and society.

Valentina is leading the Changing Regulations workstream of the Rethinking Data program, a project designed to change the data governance ecosystem by transforming how we talk about data through our narratives, developing people-centered data practice, and envisioning a positive vision for the future of data regulation.

Valentina is a former Mozilla Fellow at Privacy International where she developed the Our Data Future project and she previously worked as a digital rights policy advisor with ApTI Romania, member of the European Digital Rights (EDRi) network.

Humanitarian AI Today’s guest host Fay Schofield from the Tech for Good Live podcast series speaks with Seth Goodman who is a Data Engineer with AidData, a research lab at the College of Willam & Mary’s Global Research Institute. Seth developed GeoQuery, AidData’s free spatial data platform and he supports AidData’s machine learning initiatives.

Humanitarian AI Today's host Mia Kossiavelou speaks with Kate Dodgson and Robert Trigwell about the Humanitarian Data Science and Ethics Group and DSEG’s new Framework for the Ethical Use of Advanced Data Science Methods in the Humanitarian Sector. Kate is a consultant with the Data Science Initiative in the Hague and Rob is an Analytical, Knowledge and Output (AKO) Unit Lead at the United Nations International Organization for Migration.