Earth Data: A Remedy for Environmental Risk?
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2018-09-23

From cloud computing to satellite imagery and advanced machine learning, today's technologies have the potential to improve risk preparedness, climate adaptation, food production and resource management. How can data collection and analysis tools help leaders achieve better policy outcomes?

Speakers:
· Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), New York.
· Jayne Plunkett, Chief Executive Officer, Asia; Member of the Group Executive Committee, Swiss Re, Switzerland; Young Global Leader.
· Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño, Vice-President, Social Impact, Satellogic, Spain; Young Global Leader.
· Elizabeth Xu, Chief Technology Officer, Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand.

Moderated by:
· Peter Lacy, Senior Managing Director, Accenture Strategy, Sustainability, Accenture, Ireland; Young Global Leader.

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