2016 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Workshop – Presentations and Key Documents
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 Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the OASIS standards organization, and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
This technical workshop provided a space for information exchange among experts on the implementation of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). A total of 81 participants from 17 countries attended, representing themselves rather than their organizations.
This page compiles the key documents, presentation slides, and resources shared during the event.
Workshop Report
- Final Report of the 2016 CAP Implementation Workshop — Summary of key presentations and discussions
Workshop Materials
Presentations
Day 1 – August 23, 2016
- Welcome from Sahana Software Foundation, Presented by Devin Balkind
- Welcome from OASIS, Presented by Elysa Jones
- Update from OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee, Presented by Elysa Jones
- Sahana CAP Implementations: Lessons Learned, Presented by Nuwan Waidyanatha
- ADPC Experiences in End-to-End Early Warning Systems, Presented by Atiq Ahmed
- Pictographs in Alerting: Survey Session, Presented by Lutz Fromberger
- Meteoalarm CAP Topics, Presented by Guido Schratzer
- Questions of Specific CAP Usage, Presented by Elysa Jones
- OpenBroadcaster, Presented by Rob Hopkins
- Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) in WMO, Presented by Samuel Muchemi
- CAP-abilities of Modern Weather Radar Networks, Presented by Andre Weipert, Selex Systems Integration GmbH
- The Filtered Alert Hub: Technology and Opportunity, Presented by Eliot Christian
- IFRC Presentations: Universal App Program Progress Report, New Zealand Red Cross Case Study, & Mosul Dam Preparedness Campaign, Presented by Omar Abou-Samra
Day 2 – August 24, 2016
- CAP in Mexico, Presented by Mario Ruiz
- CAP Implementation in Thai Meteorological Department, Presented by Kesaraporn Techapichetvanich
- CAP Implementation in National Disaster Warning Center (Thailand), Presented by Song Ekmahachai
- Common Alerting Protocol in the Philippines, Presented by Resly George Amador
- Emergency Alerting in Canada, Presented by Lawrence Sham
- CAP Implementation in Taiwan, Presented by Mei-Chun Kuo
- Implementing CAP-AU (Australia), Presented by Simon Moffatt
- IPAWS Evolution (United States), Presented by Christopher Scott Shoup
- MASA and SAMBRO in the Maldives, Presented by Umar Fikry
- CAP for Emergency Management in Italy and Europe, Presented by Marcello Marzoli
- Survey of Other Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementations, Presented by Eliot Christian
- CAP on a MAP (Myanmar): Improving Institutional Responsiveness to Coastal Hazards through Multi-Agency Situational Awareness, Presented by Tun Lin Kyaw, Department of Meteorology and Hydrology