1. UN GLOBAL PULSE: UNGIWG Use Case
Harnessing innovation to protect the vulnerable
Sara Farmer
Chief Platform Architect, UN Global Pulse
Executive Office of the Secretary-General
United Nations Headquarters
New York, NY

2. Early warning of “stress” in population
Capability to be developed
Early warning of “stress” in population
From stress markers found in real-time data
And non-marker-specific data anomolies
Backed up by static contextual data
Combined Government & UN analysis facility
Specific to region (but NY lab covers 'world')

3. License agreements (both ways)
High-priority issues
License agreements (both ways)
So PulseLabs can share data with governments and private bodies
Data Privacy Protection
Agreements, technology to allow us to use non-anonymised data without damaging provider reputation
Access to more real-time UN Datasets
We're looking everywhere: we can't find markers without access to data.
Toolset
Avoid reinventing e.g. phone-based surveys

4. UN Agencies - Hold data that could be contain vulnerability data
Stakeholders
UN Agencies - Hold data that could be contain vulnerability data
Private companies - Hold data that could be contain vulnerability data
Legal - Understand copyright, IPR and data protection issues.
Government Bodies and Analysts - Who use the data products
Private Individuals and Communities - subjects of GP analysis
Open Source/ Data/ Collaboration communities - tools, data, time, expertise

5. Near real-time data: lots of it! Market activity (SMS) etc
Needs for Real-time data and Social Media Feeds
Near real-time data: lots of it!
Market activity (SMS)
etc
Social Media: all of them!
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Search engine results
Quora
SMS log data

6. Social media management Statistical analysis Big data processing
ICT/ Geomatics Skill Sets Needed
Social media management
Statistical analysis
Big data processing
Crowd management
Open innovation management
Community engagement
Data visualisation
Agile application development