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<strong><p>CogniCity Open Source Software (OSS) is the largest and first open source project of its kind to prove the value of integrated social media and API-sourced data for the civic co-management of disasters. First tested in Indonesia, the software has now been adopted and adapted by groups across the region to address a wide range of urban challenges.</p><p><br></p><p>Bringing together experts with a diverse set of backgrounds and experience in utilizing and contributing to CogniCity OSS, this session will explore how the design and development of open source systems can harness the power of crowdsourcing to aid disaster and humanitarian response and recovery. Highlighting the relationship between software and social behaviours, the session will discuss how a multi-sectoral design methodology can help shape the development of softwares for next generation disaster risk management. The session will expand on the significance of open source softwares as knowledge sharing infrastructures in the ASEAN context; allowing experts from different backgrounds and geographies to share, exchange, and create ideas for the future of humanitarian management.</p></strong>
