The annual InterAction Forum serves as a venue for leaders and innovators of NGOs, governments, philanthropy, corporations and civil society to come together and forge common solutions that focus on our work to improve the lives of the world's poor and marginalized and that move us toward a world that works for all. UPS and InterAction collaborated to host a CEO Roundtable Event during the 2013 InterAction Forum in Washington D.C on April 30, 2013, titled "Innovation Drivers in Relief and Development". Led by remarks from Daniel J. Brutto, President of UPS International, this prestigious panel featured speakers from Helen Keller International, Mission Measurement, and Aga Khan Foundation USA alongside Aidmatrix President & CEO Gov. Scott McCallum.

Read more about the UPS-InterAction CEO Roundtable Event 

In response to the devastating fertilizer plant explosion that occurred on April 17 in West, Texas the Aidmatrix team immediately activated our technology for use by the State Emergency Management Services for donations management. We were working in our own back yard as a community member of the Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) to administer the response program and coordinate communications. In addition, we deployed Aidmatrix team to West to help provide care for the people directly impacted by this devastating disaster. 

Read personal accounts from Aidmatrix COO Keith Thode and from Aidmatrix Program Specialist Graham Caywood on their deployments

View the West, TX Microsoft ReadyReach Portal 

Aidmatrix and CARE partnered together to enhance CARE's Commodity Tracking System (CTS), leveraging the SCM4Good™ platform, thanks to support from the UPS Foundation. At a recent workshop in Thailand, 4 CARE country offices convened to discuss the CTS and its successful implementation in three locations in Djibouti. Funded through the generous support of UPS, CARE has worked with Aidmatrix to create a system to help country offices track their inventory in a standardized manner. The system enables CARE to have global visibility of inventory around the world and know its value. The system is currently being used to track CARE's prepositioned emergency items, inventory in Haiti, Zimbabwe and Djibouti with plans to implement in Kenya and Chad later this year.  

 Read more about the work with CARE Djibouti  

On Thursday, May 2, Aidmatrix hosted the 2013 Digital Ball Kickoff Luncheon, in celebration of a successful inaugural gala last November and in anticipation of an even bigger and better event for 2013. The Luncheon marks the first event of the Digital Ball season, which culminates in Aidmatrix' annual fundraising gala on November 2. Proceeds from the Digital Ball raise essential funds to support Aidmatrix' humanitarian relief efforts around the globe. Guest speakers included Andre Fuetsch, Senior Vice President - Information Technology at AT&T and John Ward, Managing Director at Accenture, who both highlighted their companies' longstanding partnerships with Aidmatrix and outlined the benefits of participation from the IT Host and Sponsor perspectives, respectively.  Gov. Scott McCallum, Aidmatrix President & CEO and Michael McGrath, Aidmatrix Board Chair and DecideBetter! Founder, also addressed the audience.

 

For more information about the Aidmatrix Digital Ball or to see a listing of current IT Executive Hosts and Sponsors, please visit www.AidmatrixDB.com.

The Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF) is a free-to-attend, integrated exhibition and conference aimed at the humanitarian relief and development sector. The principal aim is to bring together practitioners and policy leaders from governments, UN, NGOs and private organizations to highlight the challenges faced by the aid and development sector and to share innovative ideas. Aidmatrix President & CEO Governor Scott McCallum, along with Dr. Lori Foster Thompson, Professor of Psychology, North Carolina State University, will be providing a Keynote Address at the AIDF on May 22nd, titled 'Beyond the Millennium Development Goals: Empowering Today's Workforce As a Driver in Humanitarian Relief'. He will also be joining a session titled "Transcending Dependency: New Approaches to Aid" later that afternoon. 

Read more about Aidmatrix's participation in AIDF Forum 2013