1. DEWN Disaster and Emergency Warning Network
A Collaborative initiative by Microimage (Pvt) Ltd, The University of Moratuwa and Dialog Telekom PLC – Sri Lanka
Michael de Soyza (Senior Manager Corporate Responsibility and Public Policy)
Dialog Telekom PLC, Sri Lanka
GK3 Conference, KLCC, 11th December 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2. Contents Origins – Can GSM play a role? Design Philosophy
What is DEWN?
Technologies employed
Mechanics – how does it work?
Pilot – Proof of Concept
Improvements based on pilot projects
New challenges and the way forward

3. Can GSM play a role?
Could GSM fill that critical need for an intelligent but ubiquitous delivery mechanism for national disaster warning?
…GSM in Sri Lanka
Reaching over 6 MN Sri Lankans
Ubiquitous in terms of availability
Affordable to all segments of society
Messaging capabilities unmatched by any other

4. The answer was clearly yes!
In January 2005
Dialog Telekom PLC, Microimage and the University of Moratuwa initiated an R&D programme as one of its long term efforts towards Nation rebuilding
Key Research Engineers of DEWN
University of Moratuwa, and Microimage officials

5. DEWN Design Philosophy
Effective in warning citizens at day or night
Immune to communication network congestion
Comprehensible in terms of local dialect
Directed to person or location or equally applicable to mass dissemination
The solution needed to be also…
Affordable
Accessible
Familiar
Reliable
Validate authenticity

6. What is DEWN?
DEWN is an integrated disaster and emergency warning network that incorporates network based as well as device based technologies to deliver an end to end disaster solution through the centrally configurable carriage and dissemination of alerts

7. Technologies Employed

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9. Mechanics – How does it work?

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19. Mechanics – How does it work?

20. Mechanics – How does it work?

21. Pilot – Proof of Concept

22. Pilot – Proof of Concept

23. Pilot – Proof of Concept
Last-Mile HazInfo Project
DEWN undergoing testing
Workshop for DMC Emergency Operations Centre staff
Training on the DEWN Alerting Interface

24. Improvements based on pilot
Modified DEWN system to be compliant with ‘CAP’, the international alerting protocol.
Incorporated Cell Broadcasting (CB) message capability
Improved DEWN alarm system (addition of radio tuner, and upgrading of components)

25. Challenges Addressed

26. New Challenges and Way Forward
Capacity, Capacity, Capacity…
Motivation and staying the course
Building on Partnerships
Innovation
Currently planning for national Implementation is in Progress

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