Conference Proceedings

The publishing of the CDC-2001 proceedings is made possible by Motorola.
Texts and presentations are accessible from the respective items in the programme below.

Sunday, 27 May 2001

Get-together Party and Registration, Hosted by the Ministry of Interior and Ministry Transport and Communications of Finland

Monday, 28 May 2001

Opening Session Mr. Olli-Pekka Heinonen Minister of Transport and Communications   Mr. Juha Kostiainen  Director, City of Tampere Mr. Matti Packalén President of the IIC Mr. Seppo Sisättö [SS.doc] Chairman, CDC-2001 Organizing Committee

Working Procedures, Organization of the Conference Mr. Hans Zimmermann [HZ.doc] United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Keynote Address Mr. Pekka Tarjanne Former Secretary General of ITU

The Role of United Nations Moderator: Mr. Hans Zimmermann                      OCHA, Geneva, Switzerland Panelists: Mr. Thierry Beniflah United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Mr. Gianluca Bruni    [PC.ppt] World Food Programme (WFP)

The Role of Voluntary Organisations Mr. Kalle Löövi [KL.doc] Operations Manager Disaster Management and Co-ordination Division, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (on behalf of Mr. Jean Ayoub)

Lunch Hosted by Elisa Communications

Views on Crisis Management Chair: Mr. Hans Zimmermann, OCHA Mr. Henk de Vries Chairman, Civil Communications Planning Committee NATO Ms. Sheryl Brown  [SB.doc]   United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Virtual Diplomacy project

When the Worst Happens San Salvador and India Dag Nielsen [DN1.ppt] Director Ericsson Response Turkey Mr. Canadan Asil [CA.ppt] Turkcell, Turkey Bosnia-Herzegovina Mr. Fikret Kasumagic  [FK.ppt] Former Vice-Minister and Director of Telecommunications Division

Coffee Hosted by Soon Communications

After the Worst has Happened: Return to Normal Mr. Lennart Myhlback UNMIK, Kosovo

Advance Planning of Disaster Communications Mr. Gianluca Bruni WFP Mr. Per-Allan Olsson and Mr. Dag Nielsen [DN2.ppt] Swedish Red Cross and Ericsson Response

Reception at Tampere City Hall  Hosted by City of Tampere

Tuesday, 29 May 2001

Regional Profiles Chair: Ms. Victoria Rubensohn              Principal, Omni Media, Australia Mr. Michel Milot [MM.ppt] Industry Canada, National Manager, Emergency Telecommunications

Response Preparedness Mr. David Hollister [DH.pdf] Deputy Executive Director Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Thailand Dr. Bijaya K. Shrestha [BKS.doc] UNCRD, Japan Mr. Krister Ljungqvist Ericsson expert

Coffee Hosted by Aamulehti

Chair: Mr. Chris van Diepenbeek Crises Management – Theories in the Practice Mr. Donald H. Hiett Jr. (Ret) Atlanta Fire Department, USA Planning for technology implementation Mr. Mikko Salste [MS.ppt] EPStar Ltd, Finland Health Care Informatics Mr. Aapo Immonen [AI.ppt] Researcher, University of Kuopio, Finland

Lunch Hosted by Ministry of Interior

[Click for Panel Photo] TETRA Mr. Risto Toikkanen [RT.ppt] Manager, Strategic TETRA Product Manager Nokia Networks Oy, Finland Amateur Radio Mr. Paul Rinaldo [PR.ppt] IARU/ARRL, USA Amateur Radio Emergency Response in Texas What can HF Radio Offer in the Future? Mr. Mark Wood OCHA, Switzerland

Coffee Hosted by Aamulehti

The Tampere Convention Chair: Mr. Reijo Svensson Mr. Mohamed Harbi [.ppt presentation to follow] OCHA, Geneva, Switzerland

Panel:   The World Radiocommunication Conferences Moderator: Mr. Michel Giroux [MG.ppt]                      Deputy Director, Radiocommunication                   Bureau, ITU

Excursion with s/s Tarjanne to Restaurant Maisansalo,  Hosted by Ericsson  [Click for Photo]

Wednesday, 30 May 2001

Panel:
  Compatibility

Chair: Mr. Mohamed Harbi, OCHA

Mr. Michel Giroux
Deputy Director, Radiocommunication Bureau, ITU

Mr. Mark Wood, OCHA

Mr. Ashraf Patel, OSISA

 

  Mobility for Emergency and Safety Applications  
-MESA

Mr. Steffen Ring [SR.ppt]
Director Spectrum, Standards & Telecom Policy
Motorola A/S
Chairman ETSI EPP MESA Steering Committee
http://www.projectmesa.org 

 

  Global Circulation of Radio Terminals

Mr. Pekka Länsman [PL.ppt]
Telecommunications Administration Center, Finland

 

Coffee, Hosted by Inmarsat [inmarsat.pdf]  [Click here for Photo]

  Opinion of the Conference

Chair: Dr. Pekka Tarjanne
            Former Secretary General of ITU

Ms. Victoria Rubensohn
Rapporteur of the Drafting Group for the Opinion
of the Conference

Closing Address Mr. Markku Niskala Secretary General of the Finnish Red Cross