OASIS InterOp Demonstration at IAEM & EMEX

OASIS Emergency Standards Interop Demo

IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX 09

November 2-4, 2009

Rosen Centre
 Hotel 

Orange County
 Convention Center

Orlando, FL USA

 

Interested
participants must sign up by 19 October 2009.

 

OASIS will host an Emergency Standards Interoperability Demo
on the exhibit floor of the Emergency Management & Homeland Security Expo
(EMEX), held in conjunction with the annual conference of the International
Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). Members of
the OASIS Emergency Management (EM) Technical and Adoption Committees will
showcase applications and tools that support the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
and the Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) suite of standards. The
demonstration will be a repeat of the scenario used at NIEM last week. 
Organizations that participated in the NIEM event are encouraged to be involved
in EMEX; new participants are also welcome.

 

Logistics

OASIS reserved Booth 102, a 20x20’ space in a premium
location at the front of the exhibit floor, http://iaem.networkats.com/members_online/registration/exhfloor.asp?action=exh&mt=AC09&af=IAEM). 
We understand that a few interested members already have a presence at EMEX,
while other will be traveling to EMEX solely to participate in our OASIS
demonstration. Organizations and/or companies already participating at EMEX
should contact me directly at . 
Any organizations or companies interested in signing on to participate in the
OASIS showfloor interop demo should complete the on-line form as soon as
possible.  Space will be limited.  

 

Participant Form:  https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/2009_IAEM_EM_InterOp/register_contact.php

 

Cost

A cost of 2,000 USD per participating company will be
allocated to cover costs associated with the exhibit. Each organization will
receive all the benefits outlined below.  Space will be available for
set-up and testing on Monday, 2 November from 8:00-4:00 PM.  The show will
open for a special reception at 6:00 PM.  A minimum
number of six participants is required to ensure the floor space
availability.  Depending on the amount of interest in the interop
demonstration, the participant price listed above may increase or decrease
slightly.

 

Interop
participants must register with OASIS by 19 October 2009.  This is a hard deadline, as costs associated with the
demonstration escalate after this date, as well as the interop demo logistics
require advance preparation.

 

Benefits

The following benefits will be
provided to each Interop participating organization:

● One complimentary exhibitor badge per organization
(additional booth staff may be reserved for an additional 250 USD) 

● One workstation within the OASIS booth (table or
counter space, chair, electricity, & internet connectivity) 

● Access to conference education sessions, as well as
meal/social functions 

● An interop demonstration description in the EMEX
expo guide 

● Company logo on interop booth banner (OASIS will
provide all booth signage in order to ensure fairness and consistency)

● Collateral insert in interop packets (materials
provided by company)

● Company highlight in OASIS press release (for
Foundational and Sponsor-level OASIS members only)

● Inclusion in interop scenario handout to be
distributed in booth

● Post-show attendee list

 

About the Event

More than 1,300 emergency management professionals convened
in Kansas City, Kansas,
at the Overland Park
 Convention Center and the
adjoining Sheraton Hotel for the IAEM 2008 Annual Conference & EMEX
Exhibit.

The majority of the attendees at the IAEM Annual Conference
& EMEX Exhibit play a key role in selecting, purchasing and using emergency
equipment, supplies, products and services. They include disaster planning and
preparedness managers, response coordinators, emergency communications
managers, private industry contingency planners, and contract services
providers.

Types of Products and Services Exhibited at
EMEX

Companies that wish to exhibit their
products and services in the following categories are encouraged to exhibit:

 

  
  
 

  
  
  
Communications
  systems

  Damage restoration firms

  Detection devices

  Emergency management

  Emergency vehicles

  EMS
  medical equipment

  Exercise and training products and
  services

  Hazmat gear accessories

  Geographic information systems 

  
  
  
Information
  services

  Notification systems

  Preparedness equipment

  Protective clothing

  Risk management

  Satellite technologies

  Shelter supplies

  Warning systems

  Weather meteorological services

  And more... 

  
 

 

http://www.emex.org/default.asp

http://www.iaem.com/events/Annual/intro.htm