Social Media -- stitching the torn fabric of society.

Today's world is a troubled one. Between war torn regions, economic strife and just plain old social angst, there are many challenges. The good news is that technology is evolving to be the thread that can help knit these things back together. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency  has embraced in an internal reform to be more effective, less bureaucratic and move into the XXI century by engaging new technologies and social networks to address one of the world's most dire problems – people who are persecuted and are forced to leave their homes and countries. The global refugee crisis is not fading away. On the contrary, it seems as the combination of mega trends like environment, xenophobia, fundamentalism, war and conflict are going to produce increasingly more people to be on the move.

In this session, we'll be talking about the issue and brainstorming on some ways to tackle some of UNHCR's thorniest challenges through technology.

 With Cathy Brooks and Claudia Gonzalez