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Emergency Telecommunications Events

Upcoming events:

EW4All Warning Dissemination and Communication (Pillar 3) Workshop for Tanzania, 27-28 October, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
AI-Powered Early Warning Systems: Building Resilient Infrastructure for All, 1-3 December, Bangkok, Thailand

2026 Events (in reverse chronological order)

Second Arab Forum on Early Warning Systems and Disaster Preparedness, 12-14 October, Tunis, Tunisia
EW4All Warning Dissemination and Communication (Pillar 3) Workshop for Libya, 27-30 September, Tripoli, Libya
Validation Workshop of the National Emergency Telecommunication Plan Model for Central African Countries, 15-16 September 2026, Brazzaville, Congo
EW4All Gap Analysis Workshop for Syria, 14-17 September 2026, Damascus, Syria
Africa Early Warnings Forum, 2-4 September, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
National Multi-Stakeholder Workshop for the adoption of the National Emergency Telecommunications Plan and the Cell Broadcast Early Warning System, (including Training-of-Trainers on Common Alerting Protocol under the EW4All Initiative), 23-27 August 2026, Khatoum, Sudan
EW4All National Consultative Workshop for Zimbabwe, 20 August 2026, Mutare, Zimbabwe
EW4All National Consultative Workshop for Togo, 18-20 August 2026, Lomé, Togo
Launch webinar: Methodological Guidance on Conducting After Event Reviews of Early Warning Systems, 04 August 2026, Online
EW4All webinar series (co-organized by UNDRR, WMO, ITU, and IFRC): Accelerating cell broadcast for effective early warning systems in Africa, 24 July 2026, Online
Launch webinar: Operational Guidance on Early Warning Systems for Mobile Populations, 22 July 2026, Online
Building fit-for-purpose networks Emergency Telecommunications in Action (session during the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2026), 10 July 2026, Geneva, Switzerland
EW4All Pillar 3 Workshop for Niger, 08-09 July 2026, Niamey, Niger
The Early Warning Connectivity Map (EWCM) in action: Identifying populations beyond reach (session during the AI for Good Global Summit 2026), 09 July 2026, Geneva, Switzerland
How technological innovation could improve early warning system and traditional media alerts in case of disasters (session during the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2026), 08 July 2026, Geneva, Switzerland
High-level dialogue: Connecting Communities, Unlocking Futures - Strengthening Digital Connectivity for Refugees and Host Communities (session during the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2026), 08 July 2026, Geneva, Switzerland
EW4All Interpillar National Consultative Workshop for Grenada, 07-08 July 2026, St George's, Grenada
AI for Early Warnings for All: From innovation to impact (session during AI4Good 2026), 07 July 2026, Geneva, Switzerland
Action Line C7 - E-environment: Co-designing the environmental dimensions (session during the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2026), 07 July 2026, Geneva, Switzerland
EW4All Interpillar National Consultative Workshop for Morocco, 24-26 June 2026, Casablanca, Morocco
Strengthening Uganda’s Capacity in Community Early Warning Systems (ITU-Nethope-GSMA EW4All workshop), 23-25 June 2026, Kampala, Uganda
Launch webinar: A guide to developing a national emergency roaming framework, 23 June 2026, Online
Caribbean Regional Validation Workshop for the Cell Broadcast Emergency Warning System project, 9-11 June 2026, St George's, Grenada
EW4All National Inception Workshop for Cambodia, delivered under the GCF project “Advancing Early Warnings for All initiative”, 2-3 June 2026, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Launch of the National emergency telecommunication plan (NETP): Model framework for West Africa (during the Africa Regional Development Forum), 25 May 2026, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Launch of Samoa's Multi-Hazard EW4All Roadmap 2026-2036 (during Samoa National Environment Week), 21 May 2026, Apia, Samoa
Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (Telecoms area) Plenary Meeting 2026, 19-20 May 2026, Geneva, Switzerland
EW4All Project Inception and Technical Workshop for Antigua and Barbuda, 14-15 May 2026, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
EW4All Interpillar Gap Analysis Workshop for Morocco, 05-08 May 2026, Rabat, Morocco
EW4All Interpillar National Consultative Workshop for Suriname, 05-06 May 2026, Paramaribo, Suriname
EW4All Pillar 3 Workshop and National Early Warning Simulation Exercise for Nepal, 19-22 April 2026, Kathmandu, Nepal
EW4All Pillar 3 Workshop for South Sudan, 15-16 April 2026, Juba, South Sudan
Latest developments on Public Warning System (presentation at the European Emergency Number Association Conference 2026), 16 April 2026, Riga, Latvia
EW4All National Roadmap Validation Workshop and signing of joint declaration on support to EW4All country implementation, 17 March 2026, Yerevan, Armenia
Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks session on "Earth Intelligence for Humanitarian Action: GEO Solutions for Early Warning, Crisis Response, and Community Resilience," 10 March 2026, Geneva, Switzerland
Regional training workshop on emergency telecommunications and EW4All experience-sharing session for SADC countries 2026, 4-6 March 2026, Harare, Zimbabwe
Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks session on "Strengthening Early Warning Systems in Fragile, Conflict and Violence-affected Contexts," 04 March 2026, Online
MWC 2026: Ministerial Programme Focus Stage: Mobile Alerts Save Lives, industry and government leadership in disaster early warning systems, 02 March 2026, Barcelona, Spain
National Emergency Telecommunication Plan Validation Workshop for Senegal, 11-12 February 2026, Dakar, Senegal
EW4All Interpillar National Consultative Workshop for Malawi on the sidelines of the CREWS Partners’ Coordination Meeting on Early Warning Services, 11-12 February 2026, Blantyre, Malawi
EW4All Interpillar National Consultative Workshop for DR Congo, 28-30 January 2026, Kinshasa, DR Congo
National Workshop on Technical, Economic and Regulatory Analysis for the Implementation of an Early Warning System for Montenegro, 27 January 2026, Podgorica, Montenegro
Mapping connectivity for saving lives: The early warning connectivity map (AI for Good Discovery Series), 20 January 2026, Online
EW4All Pillar 3 Workshop and CAP training for Madagascar, 19-23 January 2026, Antananarivo, Madagascar

2025 Events (in reverse chronological order)

First Arab Regional Forum on Early Warning Systems and Disaster Preparedness, 17-18 December 2025, Cairo, Egypt
Eyes On The Storm Closing Session — The way forward: A strategic roadmap for impactful early warning for all, 16 December 2025, Online
Eyes On The Storm — Policy in action: Aligning early warning systems in Asia with global frameworks, 27 November 2025, Online
Eyes On The Storm — Bridging the last mile: Communication strategies for inclusive early warning delivery, 23 October 2025, Online
Scaling use of Mobile Phone Data for Official Statistics: Mapping Connectivity for Saving Lives, 23 September 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
Eyes On The Storm — Smarter warnings: Harnessing AI and decision support for early action, 26 August 2025, Online
AI for Early Warnings for All Workshop: Bridging gaps, saving lives, 09 July 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
WSIS+20 High Level Event: Session on the Power of Satellites in Emergency Alerting and Protecting Lives, 08 July 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
WSIS+20 Side Event: Co-designing the Environmental Dimensions of WSIS +20, 08 July 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
AI4Good Global Summit Panel Session on Early warning for All – Leveraging AI to identify the unconnected, 08 July 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
EW4All Pillar 3 Workshop on National Emergency Telecommunication Plan (NETP) and Cell Broadcast Early Warning System (CB EWS) for Bangladesh, 17 to 19 June 2025, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Piloting a disaster connectivity map for AI-enhanced disaster connectivity risk assessment at the Ignite Stage - Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, 5 June 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
Early Warnings for All Global Multi-Stakeholder Forum Thematic Session 4 - Harnessing Innovation: Advancing Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems through Science, Technology and Local Knowledge, 02 June 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
AI for Early Warnings for All Innovation Challenge: Bridging gaps with AI solutions, 12 to 26 May 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
The Tech Dividend: Leveraging Digital Technologies for Preparedness, Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks, 25 March 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
Haiti National Workshop for the Finalization and Validation of the Initial Design of the Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (SAPMAH) and Validation of the EW4All Roadmap, 15 to 23 March 2025, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

For 2016 to 2024 events, please click here.

Other Events

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2-6 June 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
Disaster Connectivity Map – understanding connectivity during and after the disasters, NetHope Global Summit, 24 October 2023
Nineteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-19), 22 May to 2 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
From readiness to response: How building Telecommunications Capacity leads to rapid and cost-efficient response, Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks, 17-28 April 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
EENA Conference &Exhibition 2023, 19-21 April 2023, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mobile World Congress 2023, 27 Feb – 2 Mar 2023, Barcelona, Spain
2022 CAP Implementation Workshop and Training, 19 to 21 September 2022, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, 23-28 May 2022, Bali, Indonesia
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, 13-17 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
2018 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop, 31 October - 1 November 2018, Hong Kong, China
2017 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop, 20-21 September 2017, Rome, Italy

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