Facilitating Emergency Response at the OASIS Emergency Interoperability Summit 2009

Program
announced – registration is open…

PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

OASIS is please to host the “Emergency Interoperability (EI)
Summit” in Baltimore,
 MD, USA,
29 September-1 October, 2009. The Summit
is part of 2009 National
Information Exchange Model (NIEM) National Training Event. During the Summit, industry experts
will demonstrate that there is much to be gained from interoperable software
solutions, not only in terms of cost reduction and operational effectiveness
for the Emergency Management (EM) community, but also in terms of marketability
and access to a broader market for software tool developers.

 

OASIS EM standards play a key role
in the coherent framework for EM data interoperability. The OASIS EI Summit
will demonstrate the value of these interoperable solutions to participants from
the worldwide EM community--industry, institutions and government agencies.    

 

Sessions at the OASIS EI Summit will
cover critical emergency management standards including:

·        
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), the
open standard for alerting and warning messages in any medium. The wide variety
of CAP implementations, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS),
work to-date on CAP 1.2 and innovative uses of CAP will also be addressed.

·        
Emergency Digital Exchange Language
(EDXL),  the "umbrella" for a number of emergency data message types
including resource queries and requests, situation status and forecasts,
financial and personnel data, message routing instructions and the like.  Presentations
will detail the family of EDXL open standards and specifications including: 
Distribution Element (EDXL-DE), Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM), and Hospital
Availability Exchange (EDXL-HAVE). A preview of the Situation Reporting
(EDXL-SitRep) specification currently under development will also be featured. 

OASIS EI Summit Roundtables will foster
open dialogues on the roadmap of emergency data standards, as well as
coordinated efforts between OASIS, NIEM, and other organizations.  Attendees of
the Summit will
gain a clearer understanding of the interoperable solutions being implemented
today, the value of mutually supportive standards for information sharing, and insights
into how this information ecosystem can benefit us all.  

 

Come witness real-world
interoperability demonstrations and listen to the experts on what this all
actually means to the EM community.

Learn more…

INTEROPERABILITY DEMONSTRATIONS

The OASIS EI Summit will showcase
interoperable applications and tools that support CAP and EDXL.  Demonstrations
will address the operational and economic benefits, as well as coherent
frameworks that enable a more accurate, rapid, coordinated emergency
response.   

 

Vendors interested in demonstrating standards-compliant
products in the EI Summit should contact Dee Schur.

 

Learn more…

REGISTRATION &
ACCOMMODATION

Registration is
now open!

 

Register to attend the OASIS EI
Summit by registering for the NIEM Training Event.  

 

~ 195 USD for government employees

~ 395 USD for private industry
companies/organizations

 

The 2009 NIEM National Training
Event will be held at the Hilton Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland.
A limited number of hotel rooms will be available to NIEM registrants.  Please
reserve your hotel room TODAY to ensure your on-site accommodations.   

 

Hilton
Baltimore 

401 West Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland
 21201

Direct:  (443) 573-8700

Toll Free:  (800) 445-8667

 

Room
Reservations

To reserve a room at the Hilton
Baltimore, please visit the group
reservation page for this event.  (Note: if you do not make a reservation
through the group page you will be required to enter a "Group/Convention
Code" on the hotel’s standard reservation page in order to receive
the group rate. The Group/Convention Code for this event is NIE.)

QUESTIONS 

Contact
Jane Harnad with any
questions on the event or to reserve a space in the EI Summit Interoperability
Demonstration. 

http://events.oasis-open.org/home/ei-summit/2009