Miguel Aguirre
miguel.aguirre2@redcross.org
Quito , Ecuador
Miguel has worked in the humanitarian and educational sector with international organizations and private foundations over 12 years. He earned a master's degree in organizational government and culture through the Enterprise and Humanism Institute at the University of Navarra in Spain. Miguel also holds a bachelor's degree in communication, public relations and media at the Catholic University of Ecuador - PUCE. As a communication professional, he has worked in organizations like the International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent (Switzerland), the American Red Cross (United States), Telefonica Foundation (Ecuador). His passion is to implement communicational and educational projects to help vulnerable people around the world.
Free rivers is an augmented reality (AR) experience which was born from the desire to illustrate what the future could like if rivers are not kept free flowing and protected. The app, launched by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), creates an entire ri...
Stay Safe VR is a 360 Virtual Reality (VR) training application on a Residential Security Assessment (RSA) that can be purchased through Oculus and Samsung Gear. The app forms part of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societi...
The Disaster Preparedness Simulator is a virtual reality (VR) integrated disaster preparedness learning experience where users are immersed in disaster scenarios in a controlled environment. It has three experiences of different hazards – earth...
Case Study
The Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Centre (APDRC) hosted by the Republic of Korea National Red Cross (KNRC) embarked on a virtual reality journey in 2018 because of the need for more realistic and participatory training in Asia Pacific, the most di...
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is an award winning interactive video game created and published by New York studio iNK Stories, run by Navid and Vassili Khonsari. The game transports players to the Iran of 1978, where they become a journalist who gets...
Immersed is the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) flood risk visualization immersive virtual reality tool targeted at US local officials. It helps to educate community leaders about the value of flood preparedness by fully immersing user...
Disaster Scope is an augmented reality (AR) application which contains flooding and fire smoke simulations built by Itamiya laboratory, an organisation lead by Dr Tomoki Itamiya, a professor at Aichi University of Technology (Japan). Itamiya laborato...
ZIKA360 is an innovative learning tool aiming to bring a new approach to the fight against the Zika virus. By combining two experiences, a virtual reality film and an augmented reality app, the project tackles the topic of disease transmission preven...
Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) launched the “Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate” (SROCC) to highlight the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious, and coordinated action to address unprecedent...