Abstract

In a recent survey, Sphere asked people working in the humanitarian sector what would be most beneficial to help them make good decisions about AI.

The top response across all organisations – supported by 64.4% of respondents – was training.

So let’s do it! Join us for an in-person, interactive workshop. Come along to learn about AI, or to learn how to teach others about AI.

Registration

This is a hybrid event.

To attend in-person at the CICG, register here: https://vosocc.unocha.org/Report.aspx?page=o0t9pExuBwO6B8fFbsqXtYaNeR5D2xxxslashxstrFtNuBihpviGFciHxxxplusewQQxxxequalxxxequal

To attend online (for the 45-minute panel event), please register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/x4halrUZTlSPJBpWS1Pglw#/registration

Agenda

The first half (45 minutes) of this session will be a panel session: Humanitarian AI Literacy, Fluency and Readiness. This will be hybrid format (in-person and online).

The second half (45 minutes) will be interactive and in-person only. We will run a practical activity taken from our AI Literacy for Humanitarians training package.

Speakers

Panel Moderator

Ana Pinto de Oliveira
Ana is a Public Health Doctor and Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Action at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Algarve, Portugal. Since 2023, she has been a consultant for the WHO Vaccination Technical Group for the African region. She is currently an Independent Humanitarian Action Consultant in the field of health

Panellists:

Andrew Nzimbi
Andrew is an Independent Consultant with over 20 years of experience in the Humanitarian and Development Sectors, spanning multiple countries. He is keen on accountability to affected populations (AAP) and is a proponent of the use of people-centred approaches to develop evidence that is useful for supporting decision making. He is a humanitarian, researcher and trainer on AAP, Cash and Voucher Assistance and Humanitarian Standards.

Bernadette Sexton
Bernadette is the CEO of RedR UK. Her career spans development, good governance, institution building, tech for good, and human rights. She has held leadership roles including Chair at Concern Worldwide UK, CEO at Oxford Policy Management, in tech start-ups Moonshot CVE and Apolitical, and as international development programme lead at McKinsey. She holds an MBA, MSc in Public Service Policy & Management, and a BA in History and Politics.

Primo Amrein
Primo is the AI National Skills Director for Switzerland at Microsoft Philanthropies. In the past 19 years at Microsoft, Primo had different roles in Sales & Marketing, Team Leadership and Cloud Program Management. He previously worked for a strategy / management consultancy and a technology start-up. He holds a Technology Management Master of University St. Gallen and an international CEMS Certificate

James Maltby
James is an educator and creative technologist with over ten years’ experience as a senior digital manager and strategist within the non-profit sector. In his current role as Head of Digital Learning at Save the Children UK, he leads an award-winning team that creates online learning resources to improve the livelihoods of adults and children worldwide.

Workshop facilitator

Victoria Webbe
Victoria is a learning and development professional with experience in instructional design, facilitation, coaching, and knowledge management, including ten years in West and Central Africa. In her current role as Learning and Development Manager for RedR UK, Victoria is responsible for assuring the quality of RedR’s world class capacity strengthening programmes.