Overview and HA/DR All Partners Access Network Ty Wooldridge, Division Chief Tim Gramp, APAN Pacific Warfighting Center US Pacific Command Jerry Giles, Branch Chief
What Does APAN Provide? Communities and Working Groups Internet Accessible Mobile and Low Bandwidth Security
What Does APAN Do? Data Sources Other Systems
What Does APAN Do? Calendars and Events Collaborative Documents Multilingual Text Chat Online Discussions Social Networking Web Conferencing Calendars and Events Collaborative Documents Multilingual Text Chat Online Discussions Social Networking Web Conferencing File Sharing Information Feeds Language Translation Personalized Dashboard Notifications Search File Sharing Information Feeds Language Translation Personalized Dashboard Notifications Search Data Feeds Data Visualization Information and Data Context Geospatial Views (Maps) Integrate with External Systems Structured Data Data Feeds Data Visualization Information and Data Context Geospatial Views (Maps) Integrate with External Systems Structured Data
What is APAN Used For? Humanitarian Assistance Security Cooperation Training and Exercises
Where is APAN Used? Asia-Pacific Europe Africa South America USG
Support Provided By APAN Helpdesk Training Consulting Software Development
Communities of Interest Communities of Practice Communities of Responders HA/DR Model Data Sources Other Systems
Future Focus Areas for APAN User Experience Situational Awareness Unstructured to Structured Data Geospatial Capabilities Data Visualization Integration with External Systems Mobile and Low Bandwidth Language Translation Enhanced Profiles and Context Inference and Discoverability Engine Incorporation of Common Methodologies
Demonstration
Operation Unified Response: Haiti
Timeline of Events Jan 10 Jan 12 Feb 1Apr 1st APAN representatives arrive to SOUTHCOM for exercise planning discussions Haiti earthquake occurs USSOUTHCOM designated lead for US military response (in support to USAID) USSOUTHCOM declares APAN the official point for unclassified coordination More than 1,000 responders join APAN and begin coordinating within 48 hours APAN establishes 24/7 technical and user support and extends onsite presence Haiti earthquake occurs USSOUTHCOM designated lead for US military response (in support to USAID) USSOUTHCOM declares APAN the official point for unclassified coordination More than 1,000 responders join APAN and begin coordinating within 48 hours APAN establishes 24/7 technical and user support and extends onsite presence More than 1,900 responders are coordinating on APAN Onsite support at USSOUTHCOM returns to USPACOM More than 1,900 responders are coordinating on APAN Onsite support at USSOUTHCOM returns to USPACOM 2,185 responders on APAN
Who Coordinated on APAN? Countries Represented = 56 Organizations Represented: US military and agencies International military and agencies Non-Government Organizations Average active or concurrent users = ~400 Average time spent on the site per session: 20.3% at 20 min – 1 hour 30.76% at 5 min – 20 min The First Two Weeks: RFI Threads = 88 and 302 Responses RFA Threads = 51 and 115
How Did Members Participate? Technologies. Technologies Blogs Gateway / Mobile Geo/RSS Data Feeds Files Forum Discussions Google Earth Metadata & Tagging Micro-Blogging Notifications Profiles and Reputation Sub Groups Systems Integration Text Chat
How Did Members Participate? Activities. Activities Focus Groups Imagery Operational View Mission Update Briefs Requests for Assistance Requests for Information Significant Events Situational Reports Situational Updates
Everything is a Situational Update “Hospital Sacre Coeur in Milot Haiti is appealing for patients. NEED COORDINATION TO GET HELOS TO HOSPITAL” 2-Days Later 112 new patients from Helo landings 17 new foreign doctors 4-Days Later Expanded into nearby school Expanded capacity by 100 New COTS and equipment Coordinated resupply
Mobility and Metadata Supporting Situational Awareness
Lessons Learned: What Worked? Initial Communication Simplicity Profiles Mobile and low bandwidth support Integrating data and systems
Lessons Learned: Challenges Releasability of Information Too Much Information Structured vs Unstructured Unified Approach and Methodology
Road Ahead for APAN More Mobility Support Improved Language Support Improved User Experience Automatic Tagging and Context Contextual Operational View Interactive Operational View (GeoWiki) Enhanced Profiles and Discoverability System and Data Integration Preconfigured for a Methodology
Backup Slides
Unclassified Accredited Non.mil DISA Gig Waiver PACOM Funded Operated by PWC PACOM Owned DAA Oversight what is APAN
Security Cooperation Communities of Interest Open Source Research Information Distribution Joint Training Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response Coalition Exercises what APAN supports what APAN supports
Association of Southeast Asian Nations | Regional Forum Voluntary Disaster Relief | Special Operations Command Pacific | Pacific Area Special Operations Conference | Marine Forces Pacific | Khan Quest | Non-Lethal Weapons | Talisman Saber | US Forces Japan | Keen Edge | US Pacific Fleet | Pacific Partnership | Western Pacific Naval Symposium | US Pacific Command | Balikatan Multinational Planning Augmentation Team | Cobra Gold | Asia Pacific Intelligence Chiefs Conference | Chiefs of Defense | Senior Enlisted Leaders | Talisman Saber | Asia Pacific Defense Forum | Global Peace Operations Initiative | Joint Interagency Coordination Group | Transnational Intelligence Working Group | Joint Interagency Task Force West| Pandemic Influenza Working Group | Multinational Communications Interoperability Program | Pacific Endeavor | Mutual Defense Board | US Coast Guard | Quad Nations | Joint Task Force Homeland Defense | Makani Pahili | Vigilant Guard | Lightning Rescue | US Army Pacific | Garuda Shield | chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosive | Yama Sakura | Keris Strike | Yudh-Abhyas | Pacific Armies Management Seminars | Pacific Air Forces | Air Power Symposium | Pacific Lifeline | Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies | Asia Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium | who APAN supports who APAN supports
Complete Integrated Suite Focus on Personalization Focus on Communication Focus on Collaboration Industry Driven 4 th Evolution of APAN Stakeholder Driven Technology Refresh What is APAN v4 What is APAN v4
Structured Collaboration Personalization Unstructured Collaboration Other Systems HarmonieWeb InRelief.org SharePoint Lotus Other Systems HarmonieWeb InRelief.org SharePoint Lotus Open Source Center Center of Excellence Academia Research APCSS Open Source Center Center of Excellence Academia Research APCSS
Structured Collaboration Working Groups Specific Events Organizational Operations Projects Structured Content Document Management Records Management Closed Membership Temporal Personalization Context and Relevancy Connections Dashboards Discovery Profiles Dashboards Monitoring Blend of Content Content Syndication Following Connections Self-Focused Ongoing Unstructured Collaboration Communities Information Sharing Lessons Learned Cross-Organizational Research and Analysis Unstructured Content Forum Discussions Networks of People Collaborative Documents Open Membership Ongoing
Structured Collaboration Document Management Records Management Reporting Calendars Personalization Pages & Dashboards RSS Feed Readers Profile fields Unstructured Collaboration Communities & Membership Comments and Feedback Blogs, Forums, Wikis Communication Content Management & Publishing XMPP Chat and Presence Language Translation Messaging & Web Conferencing Search Single-Sign On and ID Management
Provides a 360-degree view of what people think on the site and the Internet Tracks internal and external sentiment about your company and products Lets productive teams and groups make themselves visible Mines for hot topics across your internal and public communities Identifies Answerers, Influencers, and Content Originators Measures the level of connection within your community Gives you a sense of who is best connected Measures the health of your online collaboration efforts Social Analytics
Spring 2009 Aug 2009 Initiate Pilots Dev Release Initiate Pilots Dev Release Sep 2009 Launch Pilots Dev Release Launch Pilots Dev Release Oct 2009 Public Launch Major Release Public Launch Major Release Asia-Pacific Crisis Response (PACOM JOC/MARFORPAC) Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (MPAT) Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Socio-Cultural Dynamics (PACOM J2) Transnational Information Sharing Coalition (TISC) Pacific Components Pacific Agencies PACOM SOUTHCOM
Communities of Interest Information Discovery Communication Situational Awareness Disseminate Knowledge to the Right People Enable Effective Collaboration Capture Knowledge Build Network of SME’s Operational Objectives Operational Objectives
RSS Syndication & Aggregation XMPP Chat User Personalization File Management Search Communities Blogs, Forums, Wikis, and Profiles Accessibility Current Capabilities Current Capabilities
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