it's difficult to overstate the significance of seachange we are witnessing. citizen our situational awareness. moves on with dramatic ways. via the internet volunteers from around the world translated and match these requests. that allow first responders and traditional relief organizations to incorporate citizen-based information into the planning response operations. but new technologies come with strings attached in the form of new policy and legal questions. today session will focus on the liability and reliability of assistant generate information for disaster management. this will be the first in a series of monthly panels. organizing collaboration with the national alliance for public safety gis foundation. and other partners. which will address the public policy challenges that these emergent technology%. without like to turn the program over to our moderator, please help me in welcoming vice chairman of, we'll introduce our panel. >> thank you very much, lea. it's a pleasure to be here. looking forward to the next two hours as we walk through this ve