APT 3rd Workshop on Disaster Management/ Communications
10 July 2012 - 12 July 2012
Bangkok, Thailand
The APT 3rd Workshop on Disaster Management / Communications that was held from 10-12 July 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Workshop was organized by the Asia Pacific Telecommunity and hosted by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) of the Royal Thai Government.
The objective of the workshop is to bring together stakeholders responsible for emergency communications and warning systems in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the availability and use of such communications and systems for public protection and disaster relief. The workshop identified any gap in current emergency communications and warning system capabilities and considered how these gaps can be addressed. The workshop also shared practical experiences gained in response to a number of recent disasters in the region