6 October 2014:
The National Defense University is staging a mash-up of innovative technologies for disaster assistance and development in an open field for the 8th Annual Transformative Innovation for Development and Emergency Support (TIDES) Technology Demo. Non-profit organizations, citizen associations, specialized vendors and others will be showing off their best ideas and tools to help people post-disaster, post-conflict or in extreme poverty. Demonstrations, exhibits, speakers and discussions will exchange insights and experiences; discuss cross-cutting issues on everything from logistics and soft power, to info-sharing and community-based solutions.