(Cross-posted on the Lat Long , Japan and Google.org blogs )turning to the web , social media and mobile technologies to connect with loved ones, locate food and shelter, find evacuation routes, access medical care and help those affected, near and far.Families in Japan turning to person finder to locate loved ones feared lost; Volunteers establishing SMS services and using crowdsourcing tools to collect information after the Haiti earthquake and engage the diaspora; First responders using digital maps to coordinate efforts to provide medical care ; Students in New Zealand using social networks to form a volunteer army after the Christchurch earthquake; and Online volunteer communities self-organizing to provide emergency crisis-mapping services around the world.‘Big Tent’ event in Sendai, Japan on 2 July to explore the growing role of technology in preparing for, responding to and rebuilding from disasters.Margareta Wahlström , UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction;Will Rogers of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ; James Kondo , President of Twitter Japan;Members of Google’s Crisis Response team , and many more we’ve already learned a great deal from this region and the inspiring response and rebuilding work being done by people in Japan and around the world, and we believe there’s much more for Google, public and private sector leaders, NGOs and technologists to gain by coming together here.here . Though space is limited, we’ll accommodate as many of you as we can.Posted by Nigel Snoad, Crisis Response Product Manager
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