CAP Workshop 2018 Programme
The Programme of the 2018 CAP Implementation Workshop, 31 October and 1 November in Hong Kong, is posted here.
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CAP Workshop 2018 Participants
The List of Participants in the 2018 CAP Implementation Workshop is divided into three parts: Participants Affiliated with Governmental Organizations Participants Affiliated with International Organizations Participants Affiliated with Other Organizations or Unaffiliated
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CAP Workshop 2018 Information Note
The 2018 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop, CAP Training Session, and a Filtered Alert Hub Workshop were held in or near the headquarters of Hong Kong Observatory in Hong Kong, China. There are many lodging options convenient to the facility. The Workshop is a technical meeting conducted in English without interpretation. All who intend to
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CAP Workshop 2018 Flyer
The host of the 2018 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop is Hong Kong Observatory (HKO). The Workshop will be in a facility near the HKO Headquarters. The Workshop will be 31 October and 1 November. It will be preceded by a CAP Training Session on 30 October and followed by a Filtered Alert Hub Workshop
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CAP Workshop 2018 Call Participation
CAP Implementation Workshops provide a forum for implementors of CAP and associated organizations to discuss how best to expand adoption of the CAP standard and to share practices among users of the standard. There is no charge to participate and anyone interested in emergency alerting is welcome: managers, technical staff, media, etc., including commercial organizations,
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CAP Workshop 2018
The 2018 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop was held 31 October – 1 November, in Hong Kong, China. The host of this Workshop was Hong Kong Observatory (HKO). CAP Implementation Workshops focus on emergency alerting as enabled by the CAP standard, ITU-T Recommendation X.1303. At the Workshops, implementors of CAP and associated organizations discuss
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