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

)

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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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Really Exciting Stuff!!!

Come join

uswww.star-tides.net

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POCs

• Lin Wells: WellsL3@ndu.edu, 202.436.6354

• Walker Hardy: HardyW2@ndu.edu, 202.685.3046

• Melissa Sinclair: SinclairM@ndu.edu, 202.685.2503

• Don Smith: dbsmith3@gmail.com, 913.205.4379

www.star-tides.net