GeOnG 2022 : L'agenda est disponible. Inscrivez-vous pour participer au forum !

They are waiting for you: 9 roundtables, 26 onsite workshops, 4 online workshops, a Fail Fest, a Speed Geeking session and more! 

As a reminder, the onsite format of the forum runs from Monday, October 24th 09:00 am CEST to Wednesday, October 26th 05:30 pm CEST at the Manège Congress Center in Chambéry (France), while the online forum runs from Monday, October 24th 09:00 am CEST to Tuesday, October 25th 05:30 pm CEST on an online platform.

This year, the opening session will feature a stand-up debate between our two keynote speakers, Lars Peter Nissen, Director of ACAPS, and Benjamin Lang, an independent responsible digital technology expert. Centered around the theme of the event “Do no harm” in the era of environmental emergency: revisiting Information Management in the aid sector, this introduction session will aim at taking stock of the environmental opportunity and cost that our data systems and approaches represent, to help open the conversation as to what we, as a sector, can and should do to make them more environmentally friendly. Our two speakers, one coming from the aid sector and the other from the world of green tech, will challenge each other on the different dimensions such a topic can take, to help frame the debate for the three days of the event.

The first day of the conference will end on a high note, with a bilingual French and English group activity, organized by CartONG with the support of association La fresque du numérique. The “Fresque du numérique”, also called “Digital collage” in its English version, is a renowned workshop dedicated to raising awareness - in a fun way - about the environmental impact of digital technologies. This hands-on and creative workshop encourages discussions between participants, and also aims to lay down key solutions to reach more sustainable practices in regards to digital technology.

CartONG and HOT have embarked upon a collaboration over the 2022 GeOnG, with this year’s edition being part of the HOT unSummit World Tour 2022. As part of this partnership, not only will HOT contribute to several sessions of the forum, but they are also sponsoring representatives from up to 10 OSM communities from all around the world to come to Chambéry. Following the event, on the 27th and the 28th of October, CartONG and HOT will facilitate an event for the OSM communities leaders so they can share experiences and discuss good practices about making their organization more sustainable.

During the GeOnG 2022, the H2H Network (for Humanitarian to Humanitarian) is inviting all its members to a dinner at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, 25th of October. This will be a social gathering providing H2H members, who have elected to attend the forum this year, with an opportunity to connect and informally discuss the topics of the GeOnG event. Stay tuned for more information directly from the network. Other attendees will enjoy a free evening, with the opportunity of heading out to explore the old town raclette restaurants with colleagues and counterparts.

We would like to thank our Silver partners: Meta and 3liz (editor of Lizmap).

We would like to thank our Bronze partners: EngageSPARK, SurveyCTO and TolaData.

Humanitarian Alternatives is an international review of research and debate in French and English devoted to humanitarian action. Published three times a year, its issues are available for reading in print and on its website.