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Saving lives and livelihood in disasters through IT Lifeline

Saving lives and livelihood in disasters through IT Lifeline. James Kondo @jameskondo. March 11, 13:00-. ~3,000 inter-country messages/min. Source: Abdur Chowdhury. March 11, 14:00-. ~11,000 inter-country messages/min. Earthquake at 14:46. March 11, 8:00-.

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Saving lives and livelihood in disasters through IT Lifeline

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  1. Saving lives and livelihood in disasters through IT Lifeline • James Kondo • @jameskondo

  2. March 11, 13:00- ~3,000 inter-country messages/min Source: Abdur Chowdhury

  3. March 11, 14:00- ~11,000 inter-country messages/min Earthquake at 14:46

  4. March 11, 8:00- ~200 global personal messages/min

  5. March 11, 14:00- ~1,000 global personal messages/min Earthquake at 14:46

  6. March 11, 14:00- ~15,000 Retweets per minute from Japan Earthquake at 14:46

  7. March 11, 14:00- ~15,000 Retweets per minute from Japan Earthquake at 14:46

  8. Suggested #s: 19,000 people shared

  9. New realtime lifeline 1. Reaching loved ones 2. Getting critical realtime information 3. Mapping issues and finding solutions

  10. Instant disaster notification system is being developed in Japan following the Tohoku Earthquake • Sync government and industries to establish disaster prevention system to save people’s lives • Utilize 3.11 experience to build the highest standard IT disaster preventing lifeline system • Share the knowledge/system to other countries

  11. Local Broadcasting Mobile - Voice / data Internet / SNS Newspaper Radio TV How to get the information 2000 1990 1970 1920 1800 Great Kanto earthquake 1923 Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for LArge-Scale Earthquake 1978 Great Hanshin earthquake 1995 The Great East earthquake 2011

  12. IT Disaster Preventing Lifeline Council • IT Minister: Motohisa Furukawa • Related Ministries • Cabinet Office • Ministry of International Affairs and Communications • Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry • Private Companies • NTT Docomo / NHK / Rakuten / Yahoo！JAPAN / mixi / Twitter Japan • Advisers • Keio University / Toyota Motors

  13. Why this matters to corporations? • Safety of employees and family • Global supply chain • Marketplace for technological innovation • Contribution to pertinent human need

  14. World: full of emergencies Earthquakes Tsunamis Hurricanes Fires Floods Pandemics Terrorism Wars

  15. Overcoming regulatory and technological barriers

  16. Twitter Japan • James Kondo • @jameskondo

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