From Problem to Platform - A Co-Design Workshop on Technology Built for Refugees and Migrants

• Date: 10 June
• Time: 17:30 - 19:00
• Location: Commit Global Office

Join us for From Problem to Platform, an immersive and interactive co-design workshop that invites participants to step into the shoes of refugees and migrants navigating the complex, often perilous journey toward safety. In a time of increasing displacement due to war, climate disasters, and political instability, this session offers a collaborative space to explore how digital platforms can serve as lifelines—bridging the gap between critical needs and available support.

Through guided scenarios, storytelling, and hands-on design exercises, participants will engage with real-world challenges faced by people fleeing their homes—lack of information, disconnection from family, legal uncertainties, and gaps in humanitarian aid. By exploring these realities from the perspective of someone in crisis, we aim to foster empathy and ground our innovations in lived experience.

We welcome designers, developers, humanitarian workers, policy-makers, and anyone passionate about creating ethical, tech-driven solutions. Together, we will discover how interconnected platforms that enhance communication, coordination, and resource-sharing between migrants and the frontline workers who support them can become a vital instrument.

Whether it’s creating safe information hubs, streamlining access to legal help, or building real-time feedback loops between those on the move and those who assist them—this workshop is your invitation to reimagine technology as a tool for dignity, safety, and human connection.

From Problem to Platform is more than a workshop—it’s a shared effort to transform urgent problems into collaborative solutions. Let’s build bridges where there are borders.

Who should attend: designers, developers, humanitarian workers, activists, students, technologists, policy makers- anyone interested in tech for good.

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