Fwd: [EM] X24 Europe - Online emergency preparedness exercise next week using Social Media

Online emergency preparedness exercise next week using Social Media -
totally online http://bit.ly/dXiPZB

During 28-31 March 2011, the San Diego State University Immersive
Visualization Center (SDSU VizCenter) in California will conduct "Exercise
X24 Europe" in an effort to explore the power of social media and online
crowdsourcing during disaster relief operations.

X24 Europe will be a robust virtual online exercise that will demonstrate
the use of social media, crowdsourcing, and collaboration tools in an
innovative, cost-effective cloud computing environment, and address the
real-time flow of information and activities of the international crisis
response community during the first 180 days of a simulated natural
disaster. The scenario involves a simulated seismic event that generates a
tsunami in the Adriatic Sea and simulates disaster relief efforts to protect
key resources and critical infrastructure in the Balkan region.

This exercise will take place entirely on-line. It will include
participation from international companies (e.g. Google, Twitter), NGOs
(e.g. Humanity Road, Crisis Commons), Montenegrin government entities,
military authorities (e.g. the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany),
and private citizens.

For more information, visit the X24 web site: http://x24.eushare.org.

For more details, please contact Sasa Brajovic from the Embassy at +382 67
28 35 42.

Eric
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ekant/
The Interoperability Journal (TIJ)
http://tinyurl.com/tijgroup
National Level Exercise Linkedin Discussion
http://tinyurl.com/NLEx2011

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