Eliot Christian
eliot.j.christian@gmail.com
Key role in the all-hazards, all-media Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard; CEO of non-profit Alert-Hub.Org CIC (Community Interest Company); conducted annual international CAP Implementation Workshops since 2006; developed CAP freeware and provided on-site, hands-on training; established the international Register of Alerting Authorities as a collaboration between World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU); known for promoting global, long-term, and open accessibility of data based on international standards; addressing policy as well as technology
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This page brings together the Report of the 2018 CAP Implementation Workshop and the full set of technical presentations delivered during the workshop, held on 31 October–1 November 2018 in Hong Kong, China. The workshop was hosted by the Hong Kong...
Guidance material
Online resources relevant to the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), as selected by the author (Eliot Christian). An international standard (ITU Recommendation X.1303), CAP defines a kind of “standard form”, with fill-in boxes and check boxes...
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This page brings together the Report of the 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop and the full set of technical presentations delivered during the workshop, held on 20–21 September 2017 in Rome, Italy. The workshop convened 72 technical experts from 20 ...
Report
Held in Bangkok on August 23-24, 2016, this workshop brought together 81 participants from 17 countries to share technical experiences with CAP-enabled alerting systems. Co-hosted by the Asian Institute of Technology and Sahana Software Foundation, a...
Guidance material, Report
This guidance document provides practical and policy-oriented advice for governments, emergency management agencies, and technical implementers involved in designing or strengthening a Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) – enabled alerting system. Drawi...
Guidance material, Report
This document provides policy and technical guidance to support the Government of Mexico in the development of a country-wide, Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)–enabled National Alert System. Prepared with input from invited international experts, it ...
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The 2016 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop was held on 23-24 August 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. It was hosted by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Sahana Software Foundation, and co-sponsored by the International Fed...
Report
This technical guide outlines the method used by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center’s Universal App Program to identify “high priority public warnings” within Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) alerts. These are messages requiring ...
Report
The 2015 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop, held on 23-24 September 2015 in Rome, Italy, brought together over 120 experts from around the world to share technical experiences and advance the use of CAP for effective emergency al...