The sahana software foundation was established in 2009 by an initial board of directors as a nonprofit organization registered in the state of california to be the ongoing caretaker of sahana as a global humanitarian free and open source solution. Sahana eden is the worlds most popular opensource information management system for disaster and humanitarian aid management. Crm customer service customer experience point of sale lead management event management survey. Nuwan waidyanatha, research fellow with lirneasia, is also project management and standardsinteroperability committee member at sahana software foundation3. The sahana software foundation board is responsible for all activities and affairs of the foundation and all foundation powers are exercised by or under the direction of the board. It is coming close to an year since the sahana alerting and messaging broker sambro was operationalized in. May 03, 2015 adopting from sahana crmt community resilience mapping tool provides coalition members with the opportunity to create maps of their neighborhoods that can be overlaid help make communities better prepared with good information about their situation system brings together 2010 census data, 2011 american community survey data, usgs and california. The secretary confirmed there was a quorum constituted of members and directors and that this. The sahana software foundation has announced its initial membership to guide work on software to assist in disaster relief operations around the world. Richard vandame, us department of homeland security. Currently, he is leading the implementation of the sahana alert and messaging broker in.
Sahana software foundation had its annual general meeting agm on december 5th, 2018 via a 3hour long conference call. Nuwan waidyanatha research and action researchgate. No innovation matters more sahana software foundation. In 2011 freedom fone commissioned waidyanatha to conduct research into whether freedom fones voicebased features could make a meaningful.
Our primary software product, sahana eden, is the most popular open source disaster management. Waidyanatha, nuwan and silva, manoj and burrell, brenda and sigauke, tichafara, useful and easytouse interactive voice for emergency data exchange september 6, 2012. Common alerting protocol message broker for lastmile hazard warning system in sri lanka. Im new to the sahana software and our team is looking at vesuvius for the missing persons reporting and hospital triage management capabilities.
Mobile pictographs for disaster communication sahana foundation. Thebestofvids, sahana foundation, sarvodaya institute of. He is on the international journal of information systems for crisis response and. The sahana software foundation has granted nuwan membership along with a post in the standards and interoperability committee. All of the current and former members of the sahana project management committee. Bruce thompson nsw department of finance, services and innovation. Accounting billing and invoicing budgeting payment processing. Magiswary dorasamy multimedia university, kuala lumpur. Mitigating natural disaster 20 november 29 crowne plaza, hanoi, vietnam nuwan waidyanatha director sahana software foundation.
Regarding participation in colombo, ill talk to colleagues here and give some consideration to your suggestions. Sahna first response safire prototype was designed, for simple and small emergency operation centers eocs. See all articles by nuwan waidyanatha nuwan waidyanatha. Can we estimate marginal effect after xtreg command. Dec 17, 2010 waidyanatha, nuwan and sampath, chamindu and m. Don mcgarry, chief technology officer, ardent management consulting presentation materials include. Nuwan waidyanatha, board director, sahana software foundation presentation materials include. Sahana disaster management system list sahanamaindev archives. Common alerting protocol message broker for lastmile. Dear all, on behalf of fran, dominic and the rest of the aidiq team, i would like to share some updates with the sahana community. Government agencies and jurisdictions at the national, provincial or state, and.
Greg is moving, so will be mostly virtual at nlm in the future. Lessons learned biplov bhandari and nuwan waidyanatha 3. Sahana opens source ecosystem for supplying disaster management it systems 1. I have been associated with sahana software foundation since october, 20. Alert hubs will play a significant role in receiving and sharing early warnings. He actively contributes to several free and open source software communities and holds an official position with the sahana software foundation.
Wednesday, june 1, 2016 by rohan samarajiva sahana was developed by volunteer software engineers under the aegis of the lanka software foundation in the months and years after the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. Nuwan waidyanatha senior research fellow, lirneasia nuwan waidyanatha is a lirneasia senior research fellow and a sahana software foundation board director. The bylaws of the sahana software foundation section 2. Customer service customer experience point of sale lead management event management survey. Nuwan waidyanatha at lirneasia sahana software foundation. Sahana opens source ecosystem for supplying disaster management it systems itu asiapacific centre of excellences training on ict applications on mitigating natural disaster 20 november 29 crowne plaza, hanoi, vietnam nuwan waidyanatha director sahana software foundation nuwan. Pathfinder foundation, microimage mobile media, thebestofvids, sahana foundation, sarvodaya institute of higher learning sihl. Samuel muchemi of public weather services sopws, wmo. Lutz frommberger researcher, consultant, software developer. Sahana opens source ecosystem for supplying disaster management it systems itu asiapacific centre of excellences training on ict applications on mitigating natural disaster 20 november 29 crowne plaza, hanoi, vietnam nuwan waidyanatha director sahana software foundation nuwan atsahanafoundationdotorg. The sahana software foundation articles of incorporation of june 2, 2009 affirmed the appointment of the members of the transition board as the sahana software. Recent floods in sri lanka have local media asking aloud why sahana software, which was originally created in sri lanka after the 2004 tsunami.
Love poland, crisis cleanup, lanka software foundation, avikans pvt ltd. Jun 01, 2016 wednesday, june 1, 2016 by rohan samarajiva sahana was developed by volunteer software engineers under the aegis of the lanka software foundation in the months and years after the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. Jose gonzalez centre for integrated emergency management ciem, university of agder, norway. Nuwan waidyanatha, sahana software foundation lutz frommberger, sahana software foundation. Sahana software foundation meeting notes members meeting. Usability and acceptability of the sahana situationalawareness.
Nuwan waidyanatha the sahana annual conference consisted of a number of separate events which were being held in parallel with the indian ocean tsunami 10th anniversary convention iotx. The sahana free open source software was written for relief operations in sri lanka after the boxing day tsunami. Love poland, crisis cleanup, lanka software foundation, avikans. Nuwan does research in applied mathematics, statistics and analysis. Cap on a map improving institutional responsiveness to coastal hazards through multiagency situational awareness manzul k. Dec 05, 20 sahana opens source ecosystem for supplying disaster management it systems 1. Nuwan has been with sahana since 2006 and now serves as a member and the chair of the standards and interoperability committee. Steve streetman, us department of homeland security. Aidiq is still working with the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies ifrc developing the resource mapping. Nuwan waidyanatha sahana software foundation sean mcdonald frontlinesms chandana jayathilake wayamba university of sri lanka faria rashid university of guelph uvasara dissanayeke university of peradeniya ken lee university of alberta kristy burke university of alberta.
When i look at the sahana strategic plan i dont see vesuvius explicitly called out. Useful and easytouse interactive voice for emergency data. It took over the governance and management of the sahana project from the lanka software foundation in october 2009. Nuwan waidyanatha disaster, emergency communication and crisis response expert 15 years experience in researching, innovating, building, implementing, and evaluating ictenable disaster risk reduction and management solutions. The role of sambro as crossagency situationalawareness. The sahana software foundation was recently awarded a microgrant by open referral. We do not have anyone familiar with administering and maintaining the back end. The aim of the kaleidoscope conferences was to identify emerging.
He has strong credentials in emergency communication systems. The sahana software foundation was established as a 501c3 nonprofit organization to promote free and open source software solutions for disaster and. Manage details about organizations, offices, facilities, contacts and more. This gave the students broad exposure to the sahana community, users, history, strategy, and of course the code of our open source project. Nuwan waidyanatha lirneasia sahana software foundation drilling in further what aspect of communication planning are you considering from an emergency communication perspective. Join facebook to connect with nuwan waidyanatha and others you may know. This paper presents findings on the implementation of common alerting protocol cap as a content standard for a communitybased hazard information network in sri lanka. Manage staff, volunteers, physical assets and inventories and supply. Mobile pictographs for disaster communication sahana.
Worked for spot on solutions, sahana software foundation, lirneasia, and the international telecommunication union. Performance of alerting and notification in a lastmile message relay. Nuwan waidyanatha, board director, sahana software foundation remote presentation sahana software foundation makes high quality information management systems for emergency preparedness, response, recovery and resiliencebuilding accessible to all. Emergency data exchange language edxl hospital availability. The sahana software foundation was established as a 501c3 nonprofit organization to promote free and open source software solutions for disaster and emergency management. Monitoring and alerting systems supporting business as. Pdf useful and easytouse interactive voice for emergency data. Sahana disaster management system list sahanamaindev.
Nuwan waidyanatha lirneasialirneasia a regional ict. We use free and open source technologies as well as agile, iterative design approaches to turn insights and feedback generated by sahanas community of software developers and disaster management professionals into useful, usable and economical tools for disaster risk. With over 20 modules, it can support all phases of the emergency cycle. Eliot christian, former delegates at the cap workshop. Sahana software foundation prepares for leadership changes and reorganisation chairman of sahana software foundation, martin thomsen on july 16th, 2014 sahana software foundation announced that we effective june 23rd, 2014, following the annual meeting 2014, reconstituted the board of directors and appointed a new president with the decision to. Nuwan waidyanatha currently involved with the research and action, lirneasia sahana software foundation. It was handed over to an international foundation when i served as chair of lsf. There is a growing call for the use of open source content standards for allhazards, allmedia alert and notification systems.
Cap workshop attracts 80 experts from 20 countries asian. Nuwan waidyanatha, sahana software foundation lutz frommberger, sahana software foundation indrani medhi thies, microsoft research india muki haklay, excites, university college london contact. Waidyanatha is a freelance consultant running his own company spot on solutions and serving as a sahana software foundation board director and a lirneasia senior research fellow. He has a background in operations research and computer engineering, and has been working in the ict4d field since 2005. Prior to that he was also a sahana project management committee member. Nuwan waidyanatha is a sahana software foundation board director and a lirneasia senior research fellow. Manzul kumar hazarika asian institute of technology, thailand. The secretary confirmed there was a quorum constituted of members and directors and that this years meetings could be reckoned as lawfully convened and quorate. Nuwan waidyanatha,director, sahana software foundation board, presented lessons learnt from the sahana alerting and messaging system. The main sahana software foundation wiki a dokuwiki instance hosted at osuosl has not been properly maintained nor has it been updated for some time. Human centered mobile ict solutions, artificial intelligence, disaster communication. Sahana software foundation community call august 20. Nuwan waidyanatha, sahana software foundation lutz frommberger, sahana software foundation indrani medhi thies, microsoft research india. Director sahana software foundation nuwanat sahanafoundationdotorg.
Sahana opens source ecosystem for supplying disaster. Adopting from sahana crmt community resilience mapping tool provides coalition members with the opportunity to create maps of their neighborhoods that can be overlaid help make communities better prepared with good information about their situation system brings together 2010 census data, 2011 american community survey data, usgs and california. Nuwan works closely and advises thesarvodaya shramadana movement, sri lankas largest humanitarian ngo. Members of sahana software foundation was convened and adjourned on 28th may 2012. He serves on the international journal of information systems for crisis response and management ijiscram editorial board and been part of several other journal and.
Gow and waidyanatha 2011 highlight in the face of wide variety of emergency info. Lirneasia sahana software foundation i dont have any experience in running these models, even though i have an idea what they are. Nuwan waidyanatha uvasara dissanayeke planning a workshop to be held in sri lanka where we are piloting a curriculum for stewardship training with the dept. He is a founding and board member of the volunteer group. Useful and easytouse interactive voice for emergency. Universal application progress, shared ownership model, no cost to national societies adopting cap, first aid and multihazard applications were. Sahana disaster management system list sahanaagasti. Common alerting protocol cap implementation workshop. Community focused disaster response that has served the 2004 indian ocean tsunami, 2009 haiti. Monitoring and alerting systems supporting business as usual. Hence, given the lack of experience, in this, context, i. The sahana software foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, established in 2009 to serve the needs and requirements of a diverse group of customers. Nuwan waidyanatha sahana software foundation and liner aisa and lirneasia, sri lanka.