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Emergency Telecommunications Events

Upcoming events:

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
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
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
AI for Early Warnings for All: From innovation to impact (session during the AI for Good Global Summit 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 Senegal, TBC, Dakar, Senegal
EW4All Interpillar National Consultative Workshop for Egypt, TBC, Cairo, Egypt
EW4All Pillar 3 Workshop, NETP Validation, and Training on CAP and Cell Broadcast Early Warning System, TBC, Khartoum, Sudan
EW4All Interpillar National Consultative Workshop for Togo, 23-25 June 2026, Lome, Togo

2026 Events

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

Past Events

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
Humanitarian Connectivity Charter Pakistan Workshop 2024, 11 to 12 December 2024, Islamabad, Pakistan
National workshop for the development and implementation of the NETP framework for Gambia, 20 and 21 November 2024, Banjul, Gambia
AI for UN EW4All Initiative AI-Sub-Group event, 16 November, Bulgarian Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan
COP29 Presidency High-level event on Strengthening Climate Information and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for Increased Resilience, 16 November, Hirkan Room, Baku, Azerbaijan
EW4All 4th Advisory Panel Meeting, 15 November, Baku, Azerbaijan
UNFCCC Official Side Event Scaling-up climate finance for ambitious action on early warning systems for adaptation with a focus on the most vulnerable, 14 November, Side Event Room 3, Baku, Azerbaijan
EW4All Progress and Cross-Learning Event, 14 November, WMO Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan
Presentations of the Tonga and Jamaica Smart Weather App, 13 November, Moana, Blue Pacific Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan
High level event convened by the UN Secretary-General on Delivering Early Warnings for All and Addressing Extreme Heat, 13 November, MR 22, Baku, Azerbaijan
Advanced technologies, innovation and digital transformations for Earth observation, 11 November, Caspian Plenary, Baku, Azerbaijan
Caribbean Regional Workshop on Emergency Telecommunications Preparedness: Strengthening Collaboration for Resilient Connectivity, 29 and 30 October 2024, Bridgetown, Barbados
ATU-ITU Joint Workshop on Early Warning for All (EW4ALL), 12 September 2024
Forecasting the future: AI in early warning systems, AI for Good Global Summit, 14:00–18:00 CEST, 31 May 2024, Geneva, Switzerland
COP-28 Digital connectivity and technologies for Early Warnings for All, 18:00-19:00, 4 December 2023, WMO Pavilion, Dubai
COP-28 Early Warnings for All: Artificial Intelligence to unlock the potential of Early Warning Systems, 18:00-19:00, 1 December 2023, IPCC-WMO-MERI Pavilion, Dubai
Regional Caribbean workshop on the role of telecommunications in in disaster preparedness, response and recovery, 21-23 November 2023, Barbados
Disaster Connectivity Map – understanding connectivity during and after the disasters, NetHope Global Summit, 24 October 2023
2023 CAP Implementation Workshop and Training, 10-12 October 2023, Geneva
Global Symposium for Regulators Session 7: Saving Lives: Emergency public earlywarning systems, 7 June 2023, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Rapporteur Group Meeting for Question 3/1: The use of telecommunications/ICTs for disaster risk reduction and management, 12 May 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
Question 3/1 workshop on Emergency Preparedness for Disaster Management, 11 May 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
Validation Workshop of the Situational Analysis Report – SADC National Emergency Telecommunications Plan, 22-24 March 2023
WSIS&SDG TalkX : ICTs and Disaster Risk Reduction, virtual, 13 October 2022, 14:00–15:00 (UTC+02:00)
WSIS ALFM C7: E Environment "Digital Public Goods for Climate Change Adaptation", virtual, 30 May 2022,
09:00 - 10:00 (CET)
MHEWC-III Status, gaps and ways forward - Thematic perspective: Warning communication and dissemination (co-organized by ITU and WMO, Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction), hybrid, 24 May 2022, 09:00 - 09:40, Bali, Indonesia
MHEWC-III Learning Event: Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), (co-organized by ITU, WMO and IFRC, Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction), 23 May 2022, 17:45 - 19:15, Bali, Indonesia
WSIS session 238 - The Global Call to Action on Emergency Alerting, virtual, 19 April 2022
WSIS session 224: Tackling disasters and reducing risks through awareness of citizens, virtual, 5 April 2022
Webinar on the latest developments of Disaster Connectivity Maps (DCM), 2 February 2022

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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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ITU plays an important role in using ICTs for disaster risk reduction and management, through the design of national emergency telecommunication plans, the setting up of early warning and monitoring systems and the provision of emergency telecommunications equipment when disasters strike.

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