CommTech Talks Web 2.0 to manage Emergency Crisis: the TORCIA project Giorgio Parladori (Alcatel-Lucent) Claudio Mangone (Beta80) Chiara Francalanci (DEIB-POLIMI) DEIB - Conference Room May 21st, 2014 12.15pm Abstract: Being able to react promptly and intervene rapidly in case of emergency means saving human lives, reducing costs, and preventing environmental damages. That’s why people spontaneously use social media to get information and to sometimes organize activities that would normally be the responsibility of public authorities, which might also encounter difficulties on field. TORCIA - PiaTtafORma di gestione CollaboratIvA delle emergenze – is a research project financed by Regione Lombardia to use the available web 2.0 emergency management technologies in the process of planning and controlling critical situations –accidents or natural disasters– guaranteeing the resilience of transport infrastructure. Registration: http://tinyurl.com/commtechtalksnew">http://tinyurl.com/commtechtalksnew CommTech Talks @ POLIMI are a series of seminars and panels organized weekly by the study program in Telecommunications Engineering and the master of science track in Internet Engineering of Politecnico di Milano for stimulating the networking between students and people from industry and research. Visit our web site: http://commtech.dei.polimi.it Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/386422828065198/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commtechatpolimi?ref=hl