ABI: a Public Health Tool? Using Spatial to Flatten the Curve
Join USGIF and session sponsor, Whitespace, for the next GEOConnect Series Main Stage event on December 16, from 1-2 pm ET!

ABI: A public Health Tool: Take that, COVID-19! Our December panel shares how an interdisciplinary team is using Activity-Based Intelligence concepts to combat the pandemic. Specifically, learn how the Data Pandemos project measures close physical contact of mobile devices in geographic areas to predict COVID-19 cases and inform life-saving policy decisions. The panel also will discuss breakthroughs in Spatial Data processing, the ethical and privacy challenges to delivering positive public health outcomes, and how mobility data can influence policy decisions.
ABI: A Public Health Tool: Moderator: Lianne Kennedy-Boudali, Chief Strategy Officer, Concentric Advisors
- Jacqueline Barbieri, CEO & Founder, Whitespace
- Forrest Crawford, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Yale University
- Sid Mansur, CEO, Sentrana
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