Invitation: Joint Waze & Google Crisis Resilience Webinar | Sep 16, 2026 🚨

Map Editors Community Traffic Events and Crisis Response
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Dear @waze-first-responders and Waze community members,

You’re invited to a special Crisis Resilience Webinar hosted jointly by Waze and Google, for Waze partners and community members.

Discover more on Waze Crisis Response program, Google AI crisis tools (wildfire boundaries, flood forecasting, cyclone tracking, and WeatherNext) and more.

Highlights & Speakers

  • Waze & Google Leads: Shira Kovalio (Waze Crisis Response Lead), Emily Reinstein (Google Climate and Crisis Resilience Product Partnerships), Eli Kruse (Google DeepMind), and Noam Reshef (Waze for Cities community lead).

  • Community Spotlight: @alexs001 (Coordinator & First Responder) on lessons from the Canadian wildfire response.

  • Topics: Next-gen crisis tools, proactive disaster readiness, and an open Q&A.

Event & Sign-Up

Item Details
Date & Time Wednesday, September 16, 2026 @ 10:00 AM ET / 17:00 IDT- 1 hour long
Register [:backhand_index_pointing_right: Register Here ]

Looking forward to seeing you there!
Shira on behalf of the Waze and Google Team

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Thanks!

Timezone conversion for the event from timeanddate.com (IDT = UTC+0300)

Tim

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Hey Shira,

Sorry if I’ve missed it, but how long this webinar go for? :innocent:

Thanks,

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@LostInMyMaps Hey!

It’s one hour, I edited the post as well.

Thank you,

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Hey @waze-first-responders ,

Thanks to everyone who joined our Waze & Google Crisis Resilience Webinar on Wednesday, September 16.

We loved sharing how you can combine Waze’s community-driven mobility insights with Google’s AI tools to move from reactive response to proactive preparedness, and we truly appreciated your enthusiasm

Couldn’t make it? Had to leave early? Don’t worry:

Please find below the recording and all the important resources we discussed during the session:

Waze Crisis Resources:

Google Crisis Resilience Tools:

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Big thank you to @alexs001 for presenting about the Canadian community contribution in the recent fires.

Thanks, and feel free to share any comments or questions you may have in the comments. And see you in the next webinar!

Shira, on behalf of the Waze for Cities & Google Teams