I NTERNATIONAL T ELECOMMUNICATION U NION
Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau
Geneva, 22 November 2002
Ref:
TSB Circular 134
COM 2/RH
COM 16/SCN
Tel:
Fax:
+41 22 730 6805
+41 22 730 5853
- To Administrations of Member States of
the Union,
- To ITU-T Sector Members and to ITU-T
Associates participating in the work of
Study Groups 2 and 16
Copy:
- To the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of
Study Group 2 and 16;
- To the Director of the Telecommunication
Development Bureau;
- To the Director of the Radiocommunication
Bureau
Subject:
Workshop on Telecommunications for Disaster Relief
(Geneva, 17-19 February 2003)
Dear Sir/Madam,
1
In accordance with the decision of ITU-T Study Group 16 (Multimedia services, systems
and terminals) in its meeting held in Geneva, 15-25 October 2002, I would like to inform you that a
Workshop on Telecommunications for Disaster Relief will take place at ITU headquarters, Geneva,
from 17 to 19 February 2003, inclusive.
The workshop will open at 09:30 hours on the first day. Detailed information concerning the meeting
rooms will be displayed on screens at the entrances to ITU headquarters.
2
The discussions will be held in English only, in accordance with decisions taken with
reference to the provisions in force.
3
The overall objectives of the workshop will be as follows:
 Examine potential ETS capabilities operations and requirements that may need to be
standardized.
 Improve the understanding of user requirements (e.g. governmental and international
aid/humanitarian organisations)
 Provide an overview of technical work planned and underway.
 Examine and summarize the legal, regulatory and policy aspects associated with TDR.
 Prepare an action list for standardization and project management across ITU-T Study
Groups.
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Telephone
Telefax Gr3:
Gr4:
+41 22 730 51 11
+41 22 733 72 56
+41 22 730 65 00
Telex 421 000 uit ch
Telegram ITU GENEVE
E-mail: itumail@itu.int
www.itu.int
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Annex 1 gives the draft workplan for the workshop.
5
The present Circular and other documents relating to the Workshop will be available on the
ITU-T Website (http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ets).
6
For your information, a hotel confirmation form is enclosed as Annex 2 (see TSB Circular
99 of 15 March 2002 for the list of hotels).
7
A CD-ROM containing the available presentations will be distributed on the first day to the
participants. Subsequent updates and other materials will be available on the workshop web page.
8
Wireless LAN facilities are available in the ITU main conference room areas for delegates’
use. As before, wired network access is also available in the Cyber-café area in the ITU Tower
building, and in the Montbrillant building meeting rooms H, K, L, and M and in 2nd floor delegates
room. Detailed information on these facilities is available on the ITU-T website (http://www.itu.int/
ITU-T/edh/faqs-support.html). Delegates are encouraged to use as much as possible these electronic
facilities.
9
The workshop is also open to participants who are not members of ITU. In order to enable
the TSB to make the necessary arrangements concerning the documentation and organization of the
Workshop, I should be grateful if you would send me, by letter or fax (No.: +41 22 730 5853), as
soon as possible, but not later than 17 January 2003, the list of people who will be representing
your Administration, Sector Member, Associate, regional and/or international organization or other
entity. The registration form in Annex 3, duly completed (one per participant), should be attached
to the above-mentioned list.
10
We would remind you that citizens of some countries are required to obtain a visa in order
to enter and spend any time in Switzerland. The visa must be requested and obtained from the
office (embassy or consulate) representing Switzerland in your country or, if there is no such office
in your country, from the one that is closest to the country of departure. If problems are
encountered, the Union can, at the official request of the administration or company you represent,
approach the competent Swiss authorities in order to facilitate delivery of the visa. Any such
request must specify the name and functions of the individual(s) for whom the visa(s) is/are
requested and be accompanied by a copy of the registration form approved by the ITU conference
or meeting in question.
Yours faithfully,
H. Zhao
Director of the Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau
Annex: 3
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Annex 1
(to TSB Circular 134)
Advance programme for the Workshop on Telecommunications for Disaster Relief
(Geneva, 17 – 19 February 2003)
Note: updated versions of this programme can be found at
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ets
Introduction
The ITU-T aims to develop Recommendations that describe and define a telecommunication
capability that will facilitate the use of public telecommunication services and systems by authorities
for communications during emergency, disaster relief and mitigation operations. This capability,
referred to as the emergency telecommunications service (ETS), will enable authorized users
organizing and coordinating disaster relief operations to have preferential treatment for their
communications via the Public Telecommunications networks. Preferential treatment is particularly
important because during disaster events public telecommunication networks often experience
infrastructure damage, which combined with high traffic demands causes severe congestion and
overload situations.
This workshop will focus on the capabilities that have been identified as "telecommunications for
disaster relief" (TDR). The workshop is being developed in response to a requirement identified at
the June 2002 meeting of TSAG to make all ITU members aware of this area of work. The
participation of the user community and of other SDOs is sought so that work will proceed on the
basis of a broad perspective of overall requirements and activities in progress. However, as with all
work in the ITU-T, there is a need for the scope of the work to be established by contributions from
both Member States and Sector Members. It is appreciated that not all Member States address the
concept of communications for emergency, disaster relief and mitigation operations in the same
manner. The workshop is conceived as a means of establishing the potential for creating methods
and mechanisms whereby such communications in one country could inter-operate with similar
concepts in another country and utilise similar priority and preference schemes. This again
emphasises the need for definitive contributions from Member States setting out their requirements
and objectives for this topic.
Workshop objectives
The specific objectives for the workshop are:
1. Examine potential ETS capabilities operations and requirements that may need to be
standardized.
2. Improve the understanding of user requirements (e.g. governmental and international
aid/humanitarian organisations)
3. Provide an overview of technical work planned and underway.
4. Examine and summarize the legal, regulatory and policy aspects associated with TDR.
5. Prepare an action list for standardization and project management across ITU-T Study
Groups.
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Advance Programme
Schedule
Day 1 09:30-10:30
Day 2 & 3– 09:0010:30
Day 1 – 17 Feb 2003
Opening:
Introduction
Session Deputy Chair: R. Blane, Chair ITU-T
SG2
Overview and Objectives
Key note
ITU-T
ITU-R
ITU-D
Day 2 – 18 Feb 2003
Session 3:
ITU Work on TDR
Session Deputy Chair: R. Blane, Chair ITU-T SG2
ITU-T, standardization outline on TDR
ITU-R, relevant activities
ITU-D, relevant activities
Day 3 – 19 Feb 2003
Session 7:
TDR Multimedia Communications
Session Chair: J. Magill, Vice Chair ITU-T SG16
Multimedia Applications in TDR
H.323 Multimedia Session Signalling
SIP Priority Resources
Session 1:
Government Requirements/Perspective
Session Chair: Bernie Farrell (NCS)
European Union
N. America
Asia-Pacific
Africa
Latin-America
Session 4:
TDR Requirements Definition
Session Chair: L. Homan (Rapporteur, ITU-T Q.3/2)
EMTEL Requirements Definition
TIPHON Requirements analysis
TDR Capability Requirements
Session 8:
TDR Performance and Security Considerations
Session Chair: J-Y Monfort, Chair ITU-T SG12
Quality of Service for TDR Traffic
Authentication of TDR Users
Security Protection of TDR Traffic
TDR Service Management Interface
Session 2:
User Requirements/Perspective
Session Chair: P-A Probst & R. Blane
Intergovernmental agencies
NGOs
Session 5:
TDR Interworking Requirements
Session Chair: J. Visser, Chair ITU-T SSG
IMT-2000
TETRA
MESA
Session 9:
Panel Discussion of TDR Aspects and Issues
Session Chair: C-S Lee, Vice Chair ITU-T SG 13
Selected Presenters from Workshop Sessions
Continuation of Session 2:
User Perspective/Requirements
Session 6:
TDR Network Aspects
Session Chair: Y. Hiramatsu, Chair ITU-T SG 11
TDR Signalling Interface for PSTN
TDR Traffic Processing in Internet
TDR Traffic in IP CableCom
Closing:
Wrap-up, conclusions, and Closing
Chair: Pierre-André Probst
with Workshop Session Chairs
Break 10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30
Lunch 12:30-14:00
14:00-15:30
Break 15:30-16:00
Day 1 16:00-18:00
Day 2 & 3–
16:00-17:30
Panel discussion
Presenters from Sessions 1&2
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ANNEX 2
(to TSB Circular 134)
Ce formulaire de confirmation est à adresser directement à l'hôtel de votre choix (voir la Circulaire TSB 99)
This confirmation form should be sent directly to the hotel of your choice (see TSB Circular 99)
Dirija directamente este formulario de confirmación al hotel que elija (véase la Circular TSB 99)
UNION INTERNATIONALE DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
UNIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE TELECOMUNICACIONES
SECTEUR DE LA NORMALISATION DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR
SECTOR DE NORMALIZACIÓN DE LAS TELECOMUNICACIONES
Réunion CE/GT
du
au
Genève
SG/WP meeting -------------------------------------- from ---------------- to ------------------ Geneva
Reunión CE/GT
desde el
al
Ginebra
Confirmation de la réservation faite le
Confirmation of the reservation made on ---------------------------Confirmación de la reserva efectuada el
A l'hôtel
To hotel ------------------------------Al hotel
au prix préférentiel offert à l'UIT / at ITU preferential tariff / al precio preferencial ofrecido a la UIT
chambre simple/double
du
-------------single/double room
from
habitación indiv./doble desde el
heure d'arrivée
--------------- time of arrival
hora de llegada
Nom / Name / Apellido
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Adresse / Address / Dirección
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au
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Tel: -----------------------------
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Fax: -----------------------------
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E-mail: -----------------------------
Carte de crédit en garantie de la réservation
Credit card to guarantee this reservation:
Tarjeta de crédito que garantiza la reserva
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No ---------------------------------------------- validité / validity / validez ---------------------------------------------------
Date/Date/Fecha -------------------------- Signature / Signature / Firma ------------------------------------------------
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ANNEX 3
(to TSB Circular 134)
Workshop on Telecommunications for
Disaster Relief
ITU-TSB
(Geneva, 17-19 Feburary 2003)
REGISTRATION FORM
To be returned to TSB (Fax: +41 22 730 5853 ) by 17 January 2003
I participate in the workshop:
Mr
Mrs
Miss
_______________________________________________
Country
____________________________________________
Family Name
______________________________________________
Name of Administration of Member State
____________________________________________
First Name
______________________________________________
Name of Sector Member / Associate / Other
Complete address of Administration or Organization:
______________________________________________
Tel: _____________________________________________
______________________________________________
Fax: _____________________________________________
______________________________________________
E-mail: __________________________________________
Hotel/Address in Geneva, Switzerland
Hotel: __________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________
___________________________________________
Tel: ____________________________________________
Date: _________________________
Signature: _______________________________________________________
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