Status:
IGF Theme(s) for workshop: Emerging Issues
Main theme question address by workshop: Question 4
Concise description of the proposed workshop:
In recent years, during and post disaster period, Internet based services are increasingly used among the devastated people and those who try to rescue and help restoration works.
During the East Japan Great earthquake, a victim in Kesen-numa city sent a mobile email to his family in London calling for immediate rescue. With several retweets on twitter, it reached at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government who then sent helicopters the next morning and saved 446 people who all stayed on the roof surrounded by water and fire overnight. Some service platforms such as Google Personfinder, Sahana and Ushahidi were used after the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand.
Yet in many cases, however, the destruction was so huge that power lines were lost and the communication networks were severely damaged, causing the whole “vacuum of information and communication”. It is only after the infrastructures are recovered, that most rescue teams, governments and NGOs and citizens could start to use Internet based services to dispatch, seek and find information they need.
In this workshop, we will examine how Internet-based communication services were utilized during these disasters, what are the lessons learned, Some case studies and comparative analysis of traditional medium such as TV and newspaper and social network will be discussed. The workshop will focus on the way forward, how we should prepare for any large-scale disaster globally - what type of solutions actually work (government support, free-spectrum, etc).
Background Paper: EarthquakeICT0825.pdf
Name of the organiser(s) of the workshop and their affiliation to various stakeholder groups:
Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) [Technical community]
Airputih Foundation, Indonesia [Civil Society]
Asosiasi Penyelenggara Jasa Internet Indonesia (Indonesia ISP Association, APJII) [Business/Technical community]
China Education and Research Network (CERNET) [Technical Community]
DotAsia Organization [Business/Technical Community]
Japan Internet Provider Association (JAIPA) [Business]
Information Support pro bono Platform (iSPP) [Civil Society]
Have you, or any of your co-organisers, organised an IGF workshop before?: Yes
Please provide link(s) to workshop(s) or report(s):
Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are planning to invite:
Valens Riyadi, Founder, Airputih Foundation, Head of National Internet Registry Indonesian ISP Association (APJII)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, Government of Japan
Toshiaki Tateishi, Vice Chairman, Japan Internet Provider Association (JAIPA)
Xing Li, Professor of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Izumi Aizu, Co-Director, Information Support pro bono Platform, Japan
Others from outside Asia will also be invited
Name of Remote Moderator(s):
TBC