OASIS, ITU, WMO,
Environment Canada, Public Safety Canada,
Centre for Security Sciences (Canada)
EMERGENCY ALERTING POLICY WORKSHOP
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Montreal, Canada, 1-2 May 2012
/ CAP-2012/1.7
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ITEM 1.7.1
Original: ENGLISH

EMERGENCY ALERTING POLICY WORKSHOP
(AGENDA - WEB)

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Day 1: Hilton Bonaventure,
Montréal, Canada.

Room: Verdun/Lachine/Lasalle

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May 1, 2012 / Tuesday / Speakers
08.30-08.45 / Registration/Greeting
Session One
08.45-10:15 / Opening / Moderator – Norm Paulsen
1.1 / Welcome
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO)/
    Environment Canada
  • Public Safety Canada
  • OASIS
  • International TelecommunicationUnion (ITU)
/ David Grimes(President, WMO/
Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment Canada)
Gina Wilson (Assistant Deputy Minister,
Public SafetyCanada)
Patrick Gannon(Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)
Brahima Sanou(Director, ITU - BDT)
1.2 / Keynote Presentation:
  • Alerting Policy(TBD)
/ Damon Penn (USAFederal Emergency Management
Agency
1.3 / Framing the policy exercise / Norm Paulsen (Environment Canada)
10.15-10.45 / Break
Session Two
10.45-12.30 / Questions of Alerting Policy (Panel Session)
Interactive Discussion - Part I / Moderator – Eliot Christian
2.1 / Policy Categories:
  • Authority
  • Authentication
  • Interoperability
  • Funding
  • Scope
/ Panel to be confirmed
(check back for updates)
12.30-14:00 / Lunch
May 1, 2012 / Tuesday / Speakers
Session Three
14:00-15.30 / Joint Alerting Initiatives (Plans, Strategies, Presence, etc...) / Moderator – Elysa Jones
3.1 / Canada (National Public Alerting System/Multi Agency Situational Awareness System) / Richard Moreau (Public Safety Canada)
3.2 / USA (Integrated Public Alert and Warning System) / Wade Witmer (USA Federal Emergency Management
Agency – Department of Homeland Security)
3.3 / Meteoalarm (TBD) / Eliot Christian
3.4 / Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies (LIRNE), Asia / Nuwan Waidyanatha
15.30-16.00 / Break
Session Four
16.00-17.30 / Questions of Alerting Policy (Panel Session)
Interactive Discussion - Part II / Moderator – Eliot Christian
4.1 / Open Policy Forum
  • Q &A from the floor
/ Panel to be confirmed
(check back for updates)
17.30 / Close
19:00 / No Host Dinner / Sign up during the morning greeting

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Day2: Hilton Bonaventure,
Montréal, Canada.

Room: Verdun/Lachine/Lasalle

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May 2, 2012 / Wednesday / Speakers
Session Five
08.30-09.20 / Lessons Learned / Moderator - Norm Paulsen
5.1 / Lessons from previous CAP Workshops–(WMO)
2008, 2009, 2011 / Eliot Christian
5.2 / CAP Usage update / Elysa Jones
5.3 / WMO perspective / Haleh Kootval (World Meteorological Organization)
May 2, 2012 / Wednesday / Speakers
Session Six
09.20-10.15 / Policy Challenges & Solutions in Major Organisations and Vendors / Moderator - Patrick Gannon
6.1 / MyStateUSA / Don Miller
6.2 / ESRI / Jeanne Foust
6.3 / Google / Steve Hakusa
6.4 / Mobile vendor? (TBC) / (TBD)
10.15-10.45 / Break
Session Seven
10.45-12.00 / International Public Policy Challenges– Part 1 / Moderator - Norm Paulsen
7.1 / International Telecommunication Union(ITU) / Orhan Osmani- (ITU-BDT)
7.2 / World Food Programme / Maurizio Blasilli (World Food Programme,
Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit)
7.3 / ISO TC 223 WG3 / Professor Harup Hayashi(JISC -Japanese Industrial Standards Committee)
7.4 / World Bank(TBC) / (TBD)
12.00-13.30 / Lunch
Session Seven
13.30-15.30 / International Public Policy Challenges– Part II / Moderator -(TBD)
7.5 / (TBD) / Efraim Petel(Alerting Solutions)
7.6 / China(TBD) / Gao Kang (National Meteorological InformationCenter)
7.7 / Switzerland(TBC) / Christoph Schmutz(Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss)
7.8 / Canada / Natural Resources Canada(TBD)
7.9 / Italy - Transport and Infrastructure(TBD) / Marcel Heckel(Transport and Infrastructure)
7.10 / U.S.A.(TBD) / National Weather Service / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NWS/NOAA)(TBD)
7.11 / Red Cross (TBC) / Almin Surani(TBD)
7.12 / Ontario, Canada(TBC) / Patrice Cloutier(Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services)
May 2, 2012 / Wednesday / Speakers
15.30-16.00 / Break
Session Eight
16.00-17.00 / Open Session / Moderator - Norm Paulsen
8.1 / Open Question and Answer / All
8.2 / Demonstration Introduction / Norm Paulsen(Environment Canada)
8.3 / Conclusions and Next Steps / Patrick Gannon(OASIS)
Norm Paulsen(Environment Canada)
17:00 / Close

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Day 3: Quebec Storm Prediction Centre
Montréal, Canada.

Room: AndréRobert

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May 3, 2012 / Thursday / Speakers
Demonstration One
08.45-10.15 / MASAS & ESRI
GOOGLE
MYSTATE
IPAWS
(TBC) / Doug Allport
Steve Hakusa
Don Miller
Wade Witmer
???(TBD)
10.15-10.45 / Break
Demonstration Two
10.45-12.15 / MASAS & ESRI
GOOGLE
MYSTATE
IPAWS
(TBC) / Doug Allport
Steve Hakusa
Don Miller
Wade Witmer
???(TBD)
12.15-1.45 / Lunch
Demonstration Three
01.45-3.15 / MASAS & ESRI
GOOGLE
MYSTATE
IPAWS
(TBC) / Doug Allport
Steve Hakusa
Don Miller
Wade Witmer
???(TBD)
3.15-3.45 / Break
Demonstration Four
(if necessary)
3.45-5.15 / MASAS & ESRI
GOOGLE
MYSTATE
IPAWS
(TBC) / Doug Allport
Steve Hakusa
Don Miller
Wade Witmer
???(TBD)
17.15 / Close

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