Name: Panel Discussion: Measuring the Health of Open Source Projects in Public Health - Cynthia Lo, GitHub and World Health Organization; Samuel Mbuthia, World Health Organization; Liliana Torres Sanchez & Rachel Stanik, GitHub; Cassie Jiun Seo, Independent
Start: 2024-09-17T14:55:00+0200
End: 2024-09-17T15:35:00+0200

September 16-18, 2024
Vienna, Austria
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Tuesday September 17, 2024 14:55 - 15:35 CEST

Room 0.94-0.95 (Level 0)

This session will showcase how open source metrics can be used for monitoring open source projects developed for global health challenges. GitHub and the World Health Organization (WHO) partnered to build a framework for tracking and analyzing the health of open source projects. The WHO, an international public health agency of the United Nations, utilizes and creates open source digital tools to enhance global health efforts for remote care, disease surveillance, epidemiological modeling, health information systems for data collection and analysis, and digital platforms for emergency response. Within these tools, challenges exist in monitoring open source: the lack of a high level view of best practices adopted by various open source projects; linking open source practices to realized impact in the public health; and building interest in open source work and advocating for more open source development within the global health community. This presentation will highlight these challenges, discuss opportunities to tackle them and close with an open dialogue on how open source projects can be measured, and drive collaboration between the OS community and public health practitioners.

Speakers

Cassie Jiun Seo

Consultant, World Health Organization

Cassie Jiun Seo is committed to supporting public-interest organizations leverage technology to deliver better - rather than letting the technology dictate the process. She first saw the power of open source as an aid worker, developing technological interventions in humanitarian... Read More →

Cynthia Lo

Program Manager, GitHub

Cynthia is program manager with a background in project management and process improvement. Currently she leads the Skills-Based Volunteering program at GitHub.

Samuel Mbuthia

OSPO Lead, World Health Organization

Samuel Mbuthia leads the World Health Organization (WHO) Open Source Programme Office. He is based at the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin. Before joining WHO, Samuel spent many years working on technology in public health, leading technical aspects of various... Read More →

Liliana Torres Sanchez

Senior Data Analyst, GitHub

Experienced Data Analyst Leader with a track record of delivering strategic value through data-driven solutions and robust data governance. Proficient in transforming business challenges into actionable insights, effectively communicating through data visualization and storytelling... Read More →

Rachel Stanik

Software Engineer, GitHub

Tuesday September 17, 2024 14:55 - 15:35 CEST
Room 0.94-0.95 (Level 0)

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Cassie Jiun Seo

Cynthia Lo

Samuel Mbuthia

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