The workshop took place just before installation and commissioning of the final hard- and software in the future Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Center at the National Geophysical and Meteorological Agency (BMG) in Jakarta. Presentations and discussions comprised the current and planned status of sensor information flows, information acquisition and aggregation in the Tsunami Early Warning DSS. Furthermore the future responsibilities of individual components, institutions and authorities during and after the Test and Commissioning Phase were planned. This workshop was an important step towards an innovative Tsunami Early warning system which will become operational after successful completion of the test and commissioning phase in mid 2009.
The partners also discussed about ways in which warning messages will be disseminated from the warning centre to regional and local recipients. Future ways to integrate additional risk and vulnerability information as well as geospatial information into the system for aiding in the decision making process were demonstrated.