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Subject: RE: [emergency-adoption] 2009 Emergency Management Event Opportunities
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David, I think your revised description
of Session 2 encompasses the new ideas to introduce work within the NFPA.
Thanks! We may need to add another
sentence to encapsulate a description of the OpenPlan standard and NIST work on
Building Information Exchange With First Responders. We had planned to invite David
Holmberg from NIST to discuss the work of the Building Information Services and Control System (BISACS). The
system implements building alerts encapsulated in the OASIS Common Alerting
Protocol (CAP). http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/863/OLESprojectOverview.html http://cic.nist.gov/bisacs/index.html Here is a proposed text that
could be added at the beginning of the session description, and then insert a
sentence about the NIST work: “This session
explores standards-based solutions for spatial awareness of buildings in
emergency scenarios and the efforts to utilize Internet technologies.” This would change the session
description to read: Emergency
Alerting Trends in the Building Space This
session explores standards-based solutions for spatial awareness of buildings
in emergency scenarios and the efforts to utilize Internet technologies. There is a recent
paradigm shift in the building space: from banning use of IP technologies in
emergency communication in building technologies (e.g. fire alerts and fire
suppression systems), we now see the industry starting to adopt the use of IP
technologies. The Department of Defense led the way with the latest Unified
Facilities Criteria (UFC 2008), and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
continues with the next version of the NFPA 72 code (2010). NIST has also conducted research on Building Information Exchange with First Responders. This
trend represents the following challenges and opportunities: 1.
Regulation changes
open the market for customer demand, which could end with many proprietary
solutions; this situation calls for wide adoption of emergency communication
standards, such as those developed by OASIS EM-TC (CAP and EDXL family) 2.
As we’ve
witnessed over the last decades, use of IP technologies in a certain field is
an opportunity for “doing more and not more of the same”; new
exciting IP based applications can be implemented changing the way emergency
situations are handled Any other inputs/suggestions? Patrick Gannon From: David Box [mailto:dbox@athoc.com] Hi
Jane, Below
is the proposed session description. Please let me know what you think. Thanks, David Emergency
Alerting Trends in the Building Space There
is a recent paradigm shift in the building space: from banning use of IP
technologies in emergency communication in building technologies (e.g. fire
alerts and fire suppression systems), we now see the industry starting to adopt
the use of IP technologies. The Department of Defense led the way with the
latest Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC 2008), and National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA) continues with the next version of the NFPA 72 code (2010). This
trend represents the following challenges and opportunities: 1.
Regulation changes
open the market for customer demand, which could end with many proprietary
solutions; this situation calls for wide adoption of emergency communication
standards, such as those developed by OASIS EM-TC (CAP and EDXL family) 2.
As we’ve
witnessed over the last decades, use of IP technologies in a certain field is
an opportunity for “doing more and not more of the same”; new
exciting IP based applications can be implemented changing the way emergency
situations are handled From: Aviv Siegel Jane
– Yes -
we will need to change the session description, we will provide an updated
language. I will
be out next week; David will send the language next week and will join the
Friday meetings. Best, Aviv. From: Jane Harnad
[mailto:jane.harnad@oasis-open.org] Hello Aviv, Good news Aviv & David! Do you have any recommended
changes for the session description? I would like to be sure that all
your suggestions are reflected. Below is the current description for
session #2. Please let me know if you have any recommendations.
We’re hoping to secure speakers for this track by next week. Kind regards, Jane Situation Awareness in Building Space
One of the challenges in any emergency is
understanding the space in which the problem is occurring. Building systems and
energy supplies can offer telemetry for any situation. This session explores
standards-based solutions for spatial awareness of buildings in emergency
scenarios. Panelists will present datacenter, cloud and open-source web-based
approaches to space, floor plans, and emergency telemetry. From: Aviv Siegel [mailto:asiegel@athoc.com] Team
- I
discussed with my team here, and we will be happy to support the 2nd session in
the EM track of ConnectivityWeek. David
Box (CCed) will be the prime contact for coordinating that session support on
our side; we are not sure yet who will be the person presenting. I
suggest the session to focus on recent trends of emergency alerting in the
building space There
is a recent paradigm shift in the building space: from banning use of IP
technologies in emergency communication in building technologies (for example,
for fire alerts and fire suppression systems), we see the industry starting to
adopt use of IP technologies. DoD led the way with the latest UFC (2008), and
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) continues with the next version of
the NFPA 72 code (2010). This
trend represents a challenge and an opportunity - 3.
Regulation
changes open the market for customer demand, which could end with many
proprietary solutions; this situation calls for wide adoption of emergency
communication standards, such as those developed by OASIS EM-TC (CAP and EDXL
family) 4.
As
we’ve seen time and again in the last decades, use of IP technologies in
a certain field is an opportunity for “doing more and not of the
same”; new exciting IP based applications can be implemented changing the
way emergency situations are handled These
represent my thoughts, and before a more thorough discussion with my colleagues
here. When
do we need to finalize the synopsis and the speakers? Thoughts? Best,
Aviv. -----Original
Message----- Jane, Attached
is the Emergency Track spreadsheet for Connectivity Week. I edited the
abstract for Session 3, so hopefully this will enable us to move forward with
recruiting speakers for that session. Patrick
Gannon -----Original
Message----- From:
Jane Harnad [mailto:jane.harnad@oasis-open.org] Sent:
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:11 PM To:
emergency-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org Subject:
[emergency-adoption] 2009 Emergency Management Event Opportunities Importance:
High Hello
Adoption Committee Members, Per
our last conversation, please find a list of Emergency Management events below
for your review. Feel free to provide feedback. Regards, Jane 1.)
ConnectivityWeek - OASIS Blue Track on Emergency Management http://www.connectivityweek.com/2009/#home Organizers/Host
- Hosted by Clasma; organized by OASIS Date
- June 8-11, 2009 Location
- Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA Format
- a one-day track with three sessions lasting between 1.5 & 2 hours (schedule
is attached) Session
Coordination - OASIS (with the help of the Emergency Adoption Committee)
is responsible for confirming the session descriptions (due by 3/27)
and speakers (speakers to be confirmed by 4/11). Clasma will coordinate
the speakers once they've confirmed. Attendee
Demographics - ConnectivityWeek was designed for... . Federal, state
& local government planners / regulators . Technology companies and executives
. Facility owners and managers . Venture
and investment companies . Developers of commercial and residential projects
. Energy and smart grid stakeholders . Managers and executives of utility
companies . Integrators and consultants . Equipment and technology vendors
. Press, media and analysts . University students and professors 2.)
Emergency Management Event Proposal. Organizers/Host
- Hosted by "TBD"; organized by OASIS Date
- September 21-22 was proposed. This date would make sure the event is far
enough away from competing event such as: NEMA and IAEM, as well as the proposed
OASIS Security event at NIST (week of September 27th). Location
- It would be ideal to have an OASIS member organization host the event
to save costs - such as DHS. If that scenario doesn't work out, we would
look into renting space at an area hotel in Crystal City. Crystal City is
a good option because it's close to the metro and area airport, as well as
can be much cheaper than renting space in downtown DC. Format
- A two-day forum featuring presentations from all our Emergency Management
technical committees, as well as an interOp demonstration component.
The Committee mentioned that it would be preferred to have the interOp
demonstrations weaved into the overall program schedule - rather than
having it as a competing component. Who
Should Attend? It was mentioned that invitations should be sent to DHS, DOT,
DOD and other related agencies - as well as Congressional Representatives.
The thought was that we should expect between 150-250 guests;
however, space at a facility may dictate a different number. Registration
- If the event is held at DHS, we believe it will be a free event.
This might change if we move to a hotel or outsource venue, where additional
costs will be associated. This will ultimately be determined when we
decide on a location. Funding will need to be determined at that time (via
registration fees, sponsorship fees, member section funding, etc..). 3.)
NEMA - OASIS Emergency Management Workshop http://www.nemaweb.org/?2068 Organizer/Host
- Hosted by NEMA; organized jointly by OASIS and NEMA Date
- the event dates are October 10-13, actual workshop date would be determined Location
- Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio Format
- It was mentioned that a roundtable workshop format was desired; with
an interest to not only include our standards perspective, but also maybe
the new DHS initiative and online networking groups like Twitter and Face
book. Attendance
Demographics - NEMA conferences is varied but represents all areas
of the emergency management profession. State emergency management directors,
executive staff, local emergency managers, corporations, organizations,
and academia comprise the attendance. Workshop
Coordination - OASIS is responsible for drafting a workshop proposal
for NEMA's review. The deadline given to submit the proposal is 4/6.
4.)
IAEM - OASIS Emergency Management Interoperability Demonstration & Conference
Sessions http://www.iaem.com/events/annual/intro.htm Organizer/Host
- Hosted by IAEM; organized by OASIS Date
- The event dates are 31 October-5 November 2009, actual interop demo and
conference session dates would need to be determined Location
- Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida Format
- to be determined Attendance
Demographics - the people attending this event include emergency managers,
homeland security officials, first response coordinators, private industry
risk managers or contingency planners Next
Step - Jane Harnad to follow up with IAEM to confirm the details and options |
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