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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The 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop, 20-21 September, and the training session on 19 September, will be at the ISA facility located at Via del Commercio 13 in Rome, about one kilometre southeast of Porta San Paolo (St. Paul’s Gate). There are many lodging options convenient to the facility. The Workshop is a technical meeting conducted
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The List of Participants in the 2017 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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The Programme of the 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop, 20-21 September in Rome, is posted here.
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The Report of the 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop is posted here.
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The 2017 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop was held 20-21 September, in Rome, Italy. The host of this Workshop was the National Fire Corps Academy of Italy, Istituto Superiore Antincendi (ISA). 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
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