1 star-tides sustainable support to stressed populations september 2009 lin wells
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STAR-TIDES
Sustainable Support to Stressed Populations
September 2009Lin Wells
www.star-tides.net
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Who
• Global network of interested participants– Australasia to Latin America to Northern
Europe
• Public-Private, Whole of Government, Trans-national
American Red Cross
Johns Hopkins University
US Marine Corps
Engineers Without Borders
Nanyang Technological University(Singapore)
Hexayurt Project (Netherlands)
National Defense University
San Diego State University
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What• Knowledge-Sharing about potential solutions
– Transportable
– Infrastructures for
– Development and
– Emergency
– Support
• Support Decision-Makers
and those working
in the Field
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Heating/Lighting/ Cooling
Information & Communications Technology (ICT)
Situational Awareness
Shelter
Power
Integrated CookingWater and
Sanitation
UNCLASSIFIED
Some individual infrastructure items…
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When
• Post-War
• Post-Disaster
• Impoverished
• Short-Term (disasters) or Long Term (Refugees)
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Where
• Domestic or foreign– Military involved, or not
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Why
• To meet needs of local populations
• Solutions useful to and sustainable by them
In their worlds,
not ours
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How
• Integrated planning
• Knowledge repository
• All info shared via www.star-tides.net
• Radical inclusion
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Insights (1)
Capabilities alone aren’t enough
Also need to:
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Insights (2)
• Develop social networks and build trust
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Insights (3)• Turn policy and doctrine into
effective field operating procedures
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Insights (4)
• Understand Legal and Regulatory Constraints–Can you get it through customs?
–Can you leave it behind?
–Are there export controls?
–…….
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Insights (5)• Understand resourcing
– Average stay in a refugee camp > 7 years• Not like 1st 60 days after earthquake
–Possible funding sources• Govt stockpiles and contracts• Non-govt stockpiles and contracts• Commercial supply chains• Empowered civilians
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Insights (6)
• Train
• Exercise
• Educate– Turn lessons observed into lessons learned
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Distributed,RenewablePower
Village Phone
Distributed Essential Services (DES)
VSAT
SATRadio
SAT TV
Telekiosk WiFiWiMax
InternetCafe
Cell Provider
Grameen Bank-like Extension of Cell Access to Rural Areas
Range ExtensionAntenna for SingleCell Phone
CommunityTower
CellCommunity
Radio
Cell Provider
(
M/WWiFiWiMax
InternetAccess
ISPProvider
Telekiosk
WirelessUsers
InternetCafe Wireless Users
)
)
Governance & Rule of Law
Agriculture Public Health EducationClean Water Lighting
Business Development
)
Microhydro Wind
Cell Phone TV & Radio
Internet Satellite
Solar Local Geothermal
Training to Support Econ Growth
TV Receivers
Current Activities (1)
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Current Activities (2)
• Latin America– Build Partner Nation Capacity
– Through US & partner nation mil-mil cooperation– Services based on situational awareness, comms, power– Also support to international HA/DR
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Current Activities (3)
• Feb 09 – solar, wind, hybrid power observations with NPS and SOCOM
• Aug 09 –GIS mashup, with NRT updates: Development Seed, Open Street Map, Sahana, MindTel, Google, InSTEDD and others – Contributed to election
monitoring in Afghanistan
Field Experimentation
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Upcoming Activities
• Fort McNair Fall Demo, Oct 6-9
• Pentagon Display, week of Oct 13-15
• El Capitan NIUSR event, Oct 22-24
• Camp Roberts Field Experiments, early Nov– Expanded
GIS & UAV
Integration
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POCs
• Lin Wells: [email protected], 202.436.6354
• Walker Hardy: [email protected], 202.685.3046
• Melissa Sinclair: [email protected], 202.685.2503
• Don Smith: [email protected], 913.205.4379
www.star-tides.net