2nd Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications (GET-2016): Saving Lives
What is GET-2016?
First held in 2007 with the title, “Global Forum on Effective Use of Telecommunications/ICT for Disaster Management: Saving Lives”, the ITU Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications has evolved to become the main global event focusing on emergency telecommunications and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Forum brings together delegates from all over the world, ranging from Government Ministers to Regulators, national disaster management stakeholders, lead academicians, private sector leaders, United Nations entities and non-governmental organizations.
The 2nd Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications: Saving Lives – known as GET-2016, will address issues of high importance on how information and communication technology can help in implementing the Sendai Declaration adopted by the United Nations Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015. The event provides an opportunity for policy makers and other participants to debate and adopt concrete strategies on how effective disaster risk reduction and management supported by information and communication technology can contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals recently adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
Outcomes:
The adopted outcomes of GET-2016 will provide strategic guidance to the national and international community, including ITU, and will result in an increased knowledge of the role that each of the participating entities could play in giving telecommunications/ICT a central role in disaster mitigation and management.
Participants:
GET-2016 is expected to attract about 500 participants from around 90 countries worldwide, as well as from regional and national organizations. Panelists and speakers include Ministers, Director-Generals of Regulatory Authorities and of UN organizations, National Heads of Public Protection entities, Chief Executive Officers of private sector companies and experts in the field of ICT for disaster management. Several members of Academia are also expected to attend the Forum.
Registration:
Register using the GET-16 online registration form.