Modeling Crises: AI’s Role in Disaster Risk Management and Humanitarian Action

This discussion will consider how AI-enabled systems affect humanitarian aid, disaster preparedness, and community resilience, with technical examples such as predictive modeling for resource distribution and risk mapping. Panelists will also explore vulnerabilities introduced by these systems — including surveillance misuse, inequitable access, and unintended harm — and the ethical responsibilities involved in designing and governing technologies that directly affect people’s safety and rights.