Social Media in Emergency Response: Transforming the Response Enterprise

By harnessing the collective power of citizens and engaging communities in their own response and recovery, social media have the power to revolutionize emergency management. Yet, many challenges—
including guidelines for use by response agencies, demonstration of value, and characterization of reliability—must be addressed if the potential of social media is to be fully realized in emergency response and relief efforts in the United States. Please join us for this presentation and panel discussion, which will be chaired by Dr. Clarence Wardell of CNA and will feature findings from the report, 2011 Social Media + Emergency Management Camp: Transforming the Response Enterprise.

Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011
Time: 8:30—10:00 AM (Light breakfast served at 8:00 AM)
Location: 5th Floor Board Room, Woodrow Wilson Center, Reagan Building
Twitter hastag: #SMEM2011 
Co-Hosts: CNA’s Institute for Public Research, the Safety & Security  Division, WWC Science and Technology Innovation Program, SMEM Initiative, and Crisis Commons

This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP for the event, get directions or watch the webcast, please visit:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/social-media-emergency-management-t...