MSF Scientific Day: Innovative approaches & technology in humanitarian action
MSF UK
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MSF Scientific Day - innovative approaches and technology in humanitarian action
9.20 - 9.30 Welcome and Introduction - Arjan Hehenkamp, General Director, MSF Operational Centre Amsterdam
Session 1
9.30 - 10.00 Keynote Speech
Data...big and small
Keynote: Kenneth Cukier, Data Editor at The Economist
10.00 - 11.05 Uncharted territory: mapping for humanitarian responses
Chair: Liz Hughes, Chief Executive, MapAction
- The Missing Maps project: from community engagement to humanitarian response
Pete Masters, MSF - A Geographical Information System for MSF operational needs
Sylvie de la Borderie, CARTONG, Chambery, France - Mobilisation of local people and technology in mapping for the Sierra Leone Ebola epidemic response
Laura Nic Lochlainn, MSF
11.05 - 11.30 Morning Break
Session 2
11.30 - 13.00 The long view: innovation in meeting chronic health needs
Chair: Fouad M. Fouad, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- A potential revolution in type 1 diabetes care: heat stability of insulin in tropical conditions
Beatrice Kaufmann, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland - “It’s not just about giving the drugs”: medication adherence clubs for HIV and non-communicable disease patients in an informal setting in Kibera, Kenya
Emilie Venables, MSF - Meeting the health needs of Syrian refugees in Jordan: a novel model for non-communicable disease care in a refugee setting
Jon Gunnarsson, MSF - Chronic non-communicable disease care in an atypical refugee setting: Syrian refugees in North Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley
Philippa Boulle, MSF
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
Session 3
14.00 - 14.30 Demonstration session
Chair: Andrej Verity, Disaster Responder and Information Management Officer, UNOCHA
- Jitmeet: high quality telemedicine in a low infrastructure setting
Oswaldo Saumet, MSF - Learning and development in Afghanistan: an online tool
Lieke van Gompel, MSF - Graspeo: an agile knowledge management system for MSF
Jorge Mazuze, MSF & Denis Gillet, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
14.30 - 15.00 Panel Discussion
Chair: Andrej Verity, Disaster Responder and Information Management Officer, UNOCHA
Speakers: TBC
15.00 - 15.30 Afternoon break
Session 4
15.30 - 17.00 Innovation in extreme environments
Chair: Robin Vincent-Smith, Programme, Change & Knowledge Manager, MSF, Brussels, Belgium
- New technology for an old disease: unmanned aerial vehicles for tuberculosis sample transport in Papua New Guinea
Isaac Chikwanha, MSF & Eric Pujo, MSF - The Niger REFRESH borehole project: a paradigm change
Jean Yves Nuttinck, MSF - Project ELEOS: a barcode / handheld-computer based solution for Ebola Management Centres
Manuel Silva Gallego, MSF - A tablet-based clinical management tool: building technology for Ebola Management Centres
Ivan Gayton, MSF
17.00 - 17.15 Closing remarks - Kiran Jobanputra, Deputy Head of Manson Unit, MSF UK
Editorial Commitee
We are very grateful to our MSF Scientific Day editorial committee drawn from across MSF and Google
Isaac Chikwanha (MSF), Steve Crossan (Google), Ivan Gayton (MSF), Jorge Mazuze (MSF), Megan McGuire (MSF), Guillermo Martínez Pérez (MSF), Oswaldo Saumet (MSF), Maya Shah (MSF), Ruby Siddiqui (MSF), Marpe Tanaka (MSF), Marta Vila (MSF), Robin Vincent-Smith (MSF)
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