Public Safety interoperability

Followers of this blog know that I have sometimes used this space to promote The Canadian Telecom Summit (taking place June 3-5, 2013 in Toronto). OK – so maybe it would be more accurate to say that I frequently use this space to promote The Canadian Telecom Summit. (Did I mention that we are starting to put together the program for 2013?)

But let me mention an important upcoming event taking place December 2-5 in Toronto, organized by CITIG – the Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group. CITIG was created to improve Canadian public safety communications interoperability. The organization is managed in partnership by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) and Emergency Medical Services Chiefs of Canada (EMSCC).

CITIG is hosting The Sixth Canadian Public Safety Interoperability Workshop to develop a mutual understanding of the key voice and data interoperability issues facing today’s public safety sector.

The Workshop will have hands-on sessions exploring such issues as:

• 700 MHz Broadband for Mission Critical Public Safety Data and related spectrum management issues
• Trends in interoperability technology, including both voice and data related issues
• National and cross-border interoperability planning
• Provincial, regional and local interoperability strategic planning
• Interoperability and the challenge of governance
• Practical advice on running interoperability training & exercises
• Situational awareness, common/user defined operating pictures, GIS systems and blue force tracking
• 3D In-Building Location and Tracking for Fire Fighters and public safety responders
• Converging Mission Critical voice and data network

Be sure to check out the program for CITIG’s Sixth Canadian Public Safety Interoperability Workshop, taking place December 2-5, 2012.

And of course, make sure you mark June 3-5, 2013 into your calendar. You won’t want to miss The 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit.