"TELECOMS FOR DISASTER RELIEF: TAMPERE CONVENTION"

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), PrepCom 2 
PALAIS DES NATIONS, ROOM XI

22 FEBRUARY, 18.15 – 19.30  

Opening of the Meeting

•  Mr. Houlin Zhao, Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB), ITU 
  

  • Opening address

Securing Access to ICTs in Natural Disasters – Experiences in Japan

• Mr. Manabu Kanaya, Director of Telecommunication System Division,   
  Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Japan
  

  • Securing access to ICTs in natural disasters – experiences in Japan (Presentation)

Easing the way to Disaster Mitigation: The Tampere Convention

• Dr. Marco Ferrari, Deputy Head, Department for Humanitarian Aid + SHA, 
  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
  

  • The Tampere Convention (Presentation)

ITU Work on Telecommunications for Disaster Relief

• Dr. Cosmas Zavazava, Head, Special Unit for Least Developed Countries, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU
  

  • Role of ITU in emergency telecommunications (Presentation)
    
    

• Mr. Colin Langtry, Counsellor, ITU Study Group 8, Radiocommunication Bureau (BR), ITU
  

  • ITU-R activities - reducing the effects of disasters (Presentation)  
    
    

• Mr. Les Homan, Manager, Numbering and Routeing, INMARSAT Ltd
  

  • Telecommunications for disaster relief and mitigation (Presentation)

Telecoms for disaster relief session participants.  

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