Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
“When it comes to refugees, we’re improvising,” Rana Novack says. The daughter of Syrian immigrants, Rana believes that if we applied predictive analytics, government agencies and humanitarian aid organizations would be better equipped to manage future crises. Using this technology, Rana developed a prototype that will be deployed this year with a refugee organization in Denmark. “We have to make sure that the people who want to do the right thing, who want to help, have the tools and the information they need to succeed,” she says, “and those who don’t act can no longer hide behind the excuse they didn’t know it was coming.”
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“When it comes to refugees, we’re improvising,” Rana Novack says. The daughter of Syrian immigrants, Rana believes that if we applied predictive analytics, government agencies and humanitarian aid organizations would be better equipped to manage future crises. Using this technology, Rana developed a prototype that will be deployed this year with a refugee organization in Denmark. “We have to make sure that the people who want to do the right thing, who want to help, have the tools and the information they need to succeed,” she says, “and those who don’t act can no longer hide behind the excuse they didn’t know it was coming.”
About the TED Institute: We know that innovative ideas and fresh approaches to challenging problems can be discovered inside visionary companies around the world. The TED Institute helps surface and share these insights. Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas.
Learn more at ted.com/ted-institute
Follow TED Institute on Twitter @TEDPartners
Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/user/TEDInstitute
