Common Alerting Protocol

Version 2.1

Sharing Knowledge on Disaster Warning, with a focus on Community-based Last-Mile Warning Systems Sarvodaya Head Quarters, Moratuwa, Wednesday 28 & Thursday 29 March, 2007

Objectives

§ Bring together knowledge from the South Asia Region to Sarvodaya for a forum on practical solutions for communicating risk information to rural communities § Learn about end-to-end hazard detection and alerting systems that serve grassroots communities in the South Asia Region § Obtain feedback on the outputs of “Evaluating Last-Mile Hazard Warning Dissemination: A Research Project” and the Sarvodaya Community Disaster Management Center “Public/Private Partnership Information Communication Framework”

Key Words

All-Hazard, Last-Mile, Disaster, Resilience, Public Warning, Information, Communication, Technology, Sri Lanka, Asia Pacific

Conference Announcement

LIRNEasia in partnership with Sarvodaya, is organizing the concluding events of "Evaluating Last-Mile Hazard Information Dissemination Research Project" in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka on 28-29 March 2007. This "Last-Mile" project reflects Sarvodaya and LIRNEasia's shared objective of evaluating the suitability of information communication technology (ICT) in the last mile of a national disaster warning system for Sri Lanka and possible extension to other developing countries. A major part of the concluding events is the forum entitled, "Sharing knowledge on disaster warning, with a focus on community- based last-mile warning systems", which will be held on 28-29 March 2007 at the Sarvodaya Damsak Mandiraya (Sarvodaya Main Campus) in Moratuwa. The conference intends to bring together knowledge from the South Asia Region to Sarvodaya for a forum on practical solutions for communicating risk information to rural communities. The events also include a Media Conference on 30 March 2007. 2 Day Program 28. Mar. 2007 (Wednesday) Chair -- Prof. Rohan Samarajiva SESSION I – Inauguration Executive Director, LIRNE asia, Colombo, Sri Lanka Mr. Nandana Jayasinghe, Director, Welcome Comments and Sarvodaya Community Disaster 0900-0910 Opening Ceremonies Management Center, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Keynote Address – Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne, Executive “Accountability to the 0910-0930 Director, Sarvodaya, Moratuwa, Sri Community in Modern Day Lanka Disaster Management” Government of Sri Lanka and Dr. Buddhi Weerasinghe, Director, Sarvodaya Disaster Management 0930-1000 TVE Asia Pacific, Colombo, Sri Partnership; Presentation on Sri Lanka Lanka’s work 1000-1030 Tea/Coffee Chair -- Dr. Buddhi Weerasinghe Regional & Country SESSION II – Director, TVE Asia Pacific, Presentations Colombo, Sri Lanka Mr. Nalaka Gunawadene, Chief Communicating Disasters: 1030-1100 Executive Officer & Director, TVE Reflections from Asia Asia Pacific, Colombo, Sri Lanka India’s contribution to Early Mr. Mehul Pandya Warning and Interoperability in Program Coordinator, All India 1100-1130 the Region; Presentation on Disaster Mitigation Institute, India’s Regional work Ahmedabad, India Development of a Disaster Prof. Mehedi Ahmed Ansary Preparedness program for Department of Civil Engineering 1130-1200 Earthquake and Tsunami Bangladesh University of Hazards in Cox's Bazaar, Engineering and Technology Presentation on Bangladeshi work Dhaka, Bangladesh Sahana GIS and SMS Messaging Mr. Mifan Careem, Software 1200-1230 Module, Presentation on Regional Engineer, Lanka Software Work Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1230-1330 Lunch Note - Speakers are advised to prepare their presentations for 20 minutes; allowing for a 10 minute discussion period; allocating a total of 30 minutes; working language will be Sinhala/English, with simultaneous interpretation provided for Sinhala, Tamil, and English. Documentation will be in English; when possible some will be translated to Sinhala and Tamil.

www.lirneasia.net [email protected] Tel: +94 11 452 7647 Fax: +94 11 452 7648 2 Chair – Prof. Dileeka Dias Information Communication Electronics and Telecommunication SESSION III – Technology Decision Support Department, University of Systems Moratuwa, Sri Lanka An Alternative Communication and Support System in Tsunami Hazard Mr. Gegar Prasetya, BPP Information, Dissemination and 1330-1400 Teknologi – Indonesia, Tsunami Warning System: A lesson learned Research Foundation – Indonesia from 26 December 2004, March 28, 2005 and July 17, 2007 Events Mr. Anup Karanthi, TBA Kalu basin simulation results Hydro-Meteorological Disaster Hydro-meteorological Disaster Mitigation in Secondary Cities in 1400-1430 Management; presentation on Sri South and South East Asia, Asia Lanka’s work Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand Simulation of Tsunami Dynamics Prof. S.S.L Hettiarachchi, Depart- and the Train Derailing in 1430-1500 ment of Civil Engineering, Universi- Balapitya; illustrate importance of ty of Moratuwa simulations 1500-1530 Tea/coffee Chair – Mr. Nalaka Gunawardene, Alternative Communication and Chief Executive Officer & Director, SESSION IV – Support Systems TVE Asia Pacific, Colombo, Sri Lanka Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha, Last-Mile Simulations a Video of Researcher/Project Manager, Last- 1530-1600 the HazInfo Project; Presentation of Mile Hazard Warning Systems, Sri Lanka’s work Project Manager, LIRNEasia, Colombo, Sri Lanka Discussion on any of the topics presented or other issues related to Panel of Experts will comprise 1600-1700 the subject of community-based Speakers from all the Sessions. last-mile warning systems Sarvodaya Community Disaster [Optional] Visit “Samane Teta” 1700-1930 Management Center, Moratuwa, Sri Hazard Information Hub (HIH) Lanka Reception and dinner at Palm Speaker -- Prof. Peter Anderson, Beach Hotel, Mount Lavinia Director, Telematics Lab, Simon 1930-on Fraser University, Vancouver, “My 2003 Summer Vacation: The Canada Mobile Communications Truck” Note - Speakers are advised to prepare their presentations for 20 minutes; allowing for a 10 minute discussion period; allocating a total of 30 minutes; working language will be Sinhala/English, with simultaneous interpretation provided for Sinhala, Tamil, and English. Documentation will be in English; when possible some will be translated to Sinhala and Tamil. www.lirneasia.net [email protected] Tel: +94 11 452 7647 Fax: +94 11 452 7648 3 29. Mar. 2007 (Thursday) Chair – Mr. Mehul Pandya Last Mile Hazard Warning Program Coordinator, All India SESSION V - System Research Design Disaster Mitigation Institute, Ahmedabad, India Mobilizing information and Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, communications technology for 0900-0930 Executive Director, LIRNEasia, effective disaster warning: Colombo, Sri Lanka lessons from 2004 tsunami Policies framework for Dr. Gordon Gow, Implementing Common Alerting Associate Professor, Faculty of 0930-1000 Protocol for Hazard Warnings in Extension, University of Alberta, a Sri Lanka Edmonton, Canada Addressable Radio for Alerting Emergencies: for Disaster Dr. S Rangarajan, Vice President 1000-1015 Warning Recovery and Response Engineering, WorldSpace System; Presentation on Sri Corporation, Maryland, USA Lanka’s work Harsha Purasinghe, MicroImage Disaster and Emergency Kutila Gunasekara and Nuwan G., Warning Network System: The 2 Dialog UoM Mobile Communication 1015-1030 GSM Solutions; Presentation on Research Lab, University of Sri Lanka’s work Moratuwa (UoM), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka & 1030-1100 Tea/Coffee Chair -- Prof. Mehedi A. Ansary Last-Mile Hazard Warning Department of Civil Engineering SESSION VI - System Research Findings & Bangladesh University of Next Steps Engineering and Technology Dhaka, Bangladesh Evaluation of last-Mile Hazard Prof. Peter Anderson, Director, Warning Information 1100-1130 Telematics Labs, Simon Fraser Communication Technology University, Vancouver, Canada Hardware and Software Systems Community-based Hazard Warnings in Sri Lanka: Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha, 1130-1200 Implementing Content Standards Researcher/Project-Manager, for Last-Mile Alert and LIRNEasia, Colombo, Sri Lanka Notification Ms. Natasha Udu-gama, Sarvodaya Community Disaster Consultant, Community Disaster 1200-1230 Management Centre Management Center, Sarvodaya, Communication Framework Moratuwa, Sri Lanka 1230-1330 Lunch

www.lirneasia.net [email protected] Tel: +94 11 452 7647 Fax: +94 11 452 7648 4 Note - Speakers are advised to prepare their presentations for 20 minutes; allowing for a 10 minute discussion period; allocating a total of 30 minutes; working language will be Sinhala/English, with simultaneous interpretation provided for Sinhala, Tamil, and English. Documentation will be in English; when possible some will be translated to Sinhala and Tamil.

www.lirneasia.net [email protected] Tel: +94 11 452 7647 Fax: +94 11 452 7648 5 Chair – Mr. Nandana Jayasinghe, Director, Sarvodaya Community SESSION VII - Field Exercise Disaster Management Center, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Coastal drive to Urawatta Sarvodaya Center, Galle from 1330 - 1500 Bus Co. TBA Sarvodaya Head Quarters Moratuwa Visit Sarvodaya Center in 1500-1600 Urawatta Planned Museum and Education Center Mr. Mendis, District Coordinator, 1600-1830 River Boat Trip on Maaduganga Galle, Sri Lanka

1830-2030 Dinner in Ambalangoda Travel back to Sarvodaya Head 2030-2230 Bus Co. TBA Quarters in Moratuwa Note –Please inform Nandana Jayasinghe, Director if you wish to go on the 9-hour excursion to Urawatta, Galle.

www.lirneasia.net [email protected] Tel: +94 11 452 7647 Fax: +94 11 452 7648 6