# Harvard Humanitarian Initiative GIS Webinars November 12 and 19 November 12, 2020 Remote Sensing in Conflict: A discussion of imagery analysis for conflict forensics and mass atrocity early warning *November 12, 2020 11 AM EST. Broadcast hosted on YouTube.* **Registration information/Online link** **Description of the event** How is remotely sensed imagery leveraged for humanitarian action during conflict? Non-permissive environments where security conditions limit ground movement can limit humanitarians’ situational awareness and decision-making capacity. Remotely sensed imagery can be used to monitor large swaths of land in a timely manner to augment ground-level data and collect evidence of conflict-related events. In this talk, Isaac Baker, Caitlin Howarth, and Saira Khan discuss their experience using remote sensing technologies in conflict environments. They will comment upon the capabilities, limitations, ethical concerns, and challenges associated with remotely sensed information in humanitarian response and will the discuss future directions of the use of geospatial technology in the humanitarian sector. **Name of the event** Beyond Mapping: a discussion of geoanalytics for humanitarian health *November 19, 2020 9 AM EST. Broadcast hosted on YouTube.* **Registration information/Online link** **Description of the event** Geography plays a critical role in our understanding of humanitarian crises. Maps inform logistics, optimize supply lines, help characterize the need for shelter and health infrastructure, and so much more. However, spatial data in humanitarian health is often portrayed in simple thematic format and neglects the power of spatial analysis to provide a more sophisticated and rigorous understanding of the stochastic variables that influence health and could optimize health programming in humanitarian settings. As experts in humanitarian health and geospatial analysis, Dr. Erica Nelson and Dr. Gregg Greenough discuss how advanced analytical geospatial techniques can extract unseen information that could elevate programmatic planning and humanitarian health interventions. Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)