Crisis Mappers leverage mobile & web-based applications, participatory maps & crowdsourced event data, aerial & satellite imagery, geospatial platforms, advanced visualization, live simulation, and computational & statistical models to power effective early warning for rapid response to complex humanitarian emergencies.

The International Network of Crisis Mappers is the largest and most active international community of experts, practitioners, policymakers, technologists, researchers, journalists, scholars, hackers and skilled volunteers engaged at the intersection between humanitarian crises, technology and crisis mapping. The Crisis Mappers Network was launched by 100 Crisis Mappers at the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping in 2009. This website has since been accessed from 191 different countries. As the world's premier crisis mapping forum, the Network catalyzes communication and collaboration between and among crisis mappers with the purpose of advancing the study and application of crisis mapping worldwide. Join our Google Group to participate in the latest discussions in this field (this is where the sharing & brainstorming happens).

To learn more about Crisis Mapping, scroll down to links to introductory remarks on the subject, on the left side of this page. (These links are accessible without signing in).

Patrick Meier & Jen Ziemke are the Network's  Co-Founders  &  Co-Curators. Join our Google Group to participate in the latest discussions in this field, add yourself to the member map, learn what Crisis Mapping is all about, and view our list of member affiliations to learn about who we are.

• Members of Crisis Mappers Network = 3,816
• Member Organizations/Affiliations = 1,801 (check it out!), including over 400 Universities, 50 UN Agencies, dozens of leading technology companies, several Volunteer & Technical Community Networks  & Disaster Response NGOs.
• Members Current Working Locations =  158 countries
• Countries where Members have actively worked = 194 countries
• CrisisMappers website accessed from = 191 countries
• Average age of Members = 38
• Members of Crisis Mappers Google Group = 1,628
• Email threads since 2009 = 5,596
• Public Catalog of Crisis Mapping Deployments Worldwide (80+) 
• Your Top 10 highlights of Crisis Mapping in 2011
• Pursuing other avenues for involvement? Visit our friends at the Standby Task Force,  an online volunteer community for live mapping.

For immediate feedback from our community, please also post your forum and blog comments to:  crisismappers@googlegroups.com.

4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

of CRISIS MAPPERS (ICCM)

October 11-14, 2012

Washington, DC

Hosted by The World Bank,

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery &

George Washington University: School of Media & Public Affairs

Conference Curators: Patrick Meier and Jen Ziemke

DRAFT AGENDA | REGISTRATION | HOTEL & TRAVEL

2011 Conference Participants:

* UN Secretariat * UN-OCHA * UNDP * UNICEF * UN Global Pulse *

* UNOOSA * UN-SPIDER * UNITAR/UNOSAT * UNISDR *

* UN Foundation * UN Mission in Liberia * World Bank * GFDRR *

* WHO * WTO * IAEA * ITU * UN Volunteers * NATO * OSCE *

* IFRC * ICRC * CTBT * International Crisis Group * MSF *

* Human Rights Watch * Droits Humains Sans Frontiers *

*Amnesty International * Huridocs * USGS *

* Department of State/HIU * USAID * OFDA * USDOD * NGA *

* European Commission * SwissTopo * Joint Research Centre

* ACDI/VOCA * Swiss Federal Chancellery * Digital Globe *

* DFKI GmbH * Pacific Disaster Center * Internews *

* Global Voices * Institute for War & Peace Reporting * SIPRI *

* The Guardian * Le Temps * ABC * Open Aerial Map

* Humanitarian Open Street Map  (HOT) * Open Aerial Map *

* Ushahidi *  Ground Truth Initiaitve * Ushahidi-Haiti *

* Ushahidi Liberia * CartONG * BetterMap * HelpMap *

* EpidemicIQ * iMMAP * ConflictMap.org * PakReport *

* The DuKode Studio * ESRI * Google * ICT4Peace *

* Sec-Control Finland * NetHope * 2Collaborate * Org9 *

* Nordic Geospatial * Avery Morgan * World Vision *

* Caritas * The Asia Foundation * The German Red Cross *

* City of Sacramento * Rogue Genius * Election Commission Pk *

* Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining *

* American Red Cross * Mapping Agency of Ethiopia *

* NYC Office of Emergency Management * Mumbai Prepared *

* Blue Nile Institute for Communicable Disease * Earth Focus *

* Southern Sudan Centre * Open Society Justice Initiative *

* Reflab * Belun/CICR * STAR-TIDES * Green Map *

*National Defense University * Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

* Woodrow Wilson Intl Center for Scholars * Cambridge *

* Northwestern * London School of Economics * Colombia/SIPA

* University of Michigan * University of Colorado *

* Curtin University * UAB Institute of Law & Technology *

* John Carroll * University of Stuttgart * Univ. Jaume I *

* Center for Economic Research * University of Kansas *

* University of Vienna * Rochester Institute of Technology *

* Hochschule Anhalt * National Univ. of Science & Technology *

* University of Erlangen * Justice Liebeg University *

* Harvard FXB Center for Health & Human Rights *

* Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis * IREX *

* MapAction * GISCorps * Tethr * Geeks Without Bounds *

* New Media Task Force * Standby Task Force *

* Invisible Children * Satellite Sentinel Project *

Sponsors include: GeoEye, Ushahidi, & ESRI

ICCM 2012 Washington follows successful conferences in

 2009 (Cleveland),  2010 (Boston), & 2011 (Geneva).

Videos from past events are available here.

We look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC for ICCM 2012!

The International Network of Crisis Mappers™ was established in 2009 by Patrick Meier and Jen Ziemke. We host an annual conference series, the International Conference of Crisis Mappers (ICCM)™, encourage collaboration via crisismappers@googlegroups.com, & offer resources, videos, working groups & webinars to facilitate the development of this new field.