Day 1: Introduction and Background

  • 2-3 pm: Introductions (Auditorium/Urdang 207)
  • 3-4 pm: Background on famine dynamics and forecasting (Auditorium/Urdang 207)
  • 4-5 pm: Team-building and report back (Rooms 160, 280, 302, 502)

Day 2: Understanding Crisis Data

  • 8:30-9 am: Coffee and hellos (Auditorium/Urdang 207)
  • 9-9:30 am: Overview of Goals and Instructions
  • 9:30-10 am: Panel on realities of ground data collection in emergencies
  • 10 am-12 pm: Hacking groups (Rooms 140, 160, 260, 265)
  • 12-2 pm: Working Lunch and Project Review
  • 2-5 pm: Task assignments and hacking groups (Rooms 140, 160, 260, 265)

Day 3: Identify Secondary Data

  • 8:30-9 am: Coffee and hellos (Auditorium/Urdang 207)
  • 9-10 am: Panel on good data practice (Auditorium/Urdang 207)
  • 10 am-2 pm: Hacking groups and working lunch (Rooms 180, 302)
  • 2-3 pm: Team presentations and closing (Auditorium/Urdang 207)