In this 1st episode of the COVIDians & their solutions webinar series we feature AID IT TO. AID IT TO is a dynamic sourcing network solution connecting volunteers to public authorities to better allow helping those in need in times of crisis. The solution started off at Hack the Crisis Sweden and went on to become a winner of #EUvsVIRUS- 3rd place in the "Other" category in the Business Continuity track. Currently counts approximately 40 people in its team.

In this episode we shall be:

• presenting AID IT TO to the public

• identifying how the public sector is the primary target user of the solution and why

• pinpointing key moments in AID IT TO's solution development journey

• illustrating and discussing the role of the public sector's involvement with this solution (from municipalities to government agencies)

Our panel for this episode will be composed of:

• Anna Eriksson (General Director at DIGG - Swedish Govt Agency for Digital Government)

• Agneta Aldor (Researcher at eHälsomyndigheten - Swedish Govt e-Health Agency)

• Peter Palmér (COVID-19 crisis management researcher at Socialstyrelsen - Swedish Govt National Board of Health and Welfare)

• Philippe Höij (Co-founder of AID IT TO)

  The session will be moderated by Inês Boski from Openhack.
  

TUNE IN LIVE with us from 11.00-12.00 CET on Tuesday, 16th June 2020.

About the series: COVIDians & their solutions is a webinar series that aims organized by Openhack to highlight the ongoing success stories of hackers currently developing solutions to the COVID-19 crisis. It follows up from a set of virtual COVID-19 themed hackathons (Hack the Crisis hackathons, EUvsVirus, The Global Hack and more) from where these solutions arose. Each webinar episode features the founder of a solution to be discussed with relevant public and private sector experts knowledgeable about the solution's scope or involved in the solution's development.