X24 - Mexico - Exercise 24

VizCenter - San Diego State University

February 8, 2012 - 8:00am

Purpose of X24 México

Exercise 24 (X24) México is the third iteration of a primarily virtual, open-invitation, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise with real-world functional components that is hosted by San Diego State University’s “Immersive Visualization Center” (VizCenter).

Participants include DHS/Office of Health Affairs, NORAD-NORTHCOM, US Customs and Border Protection/Global Borders College, Mexican Army and Navy, Mexico Federal Police, Ministry of Defense from Vietnam, India National Disaster Management Agency, World Shipping Council, Red Cross, Pacific Disaster Center, NYK Logistics, National defense University, and growing.

X24 México Goals

1. Demonstrate the use of no/low-cost, off-the-shelf social media, crowdsourcing, and collaboration web tools to gather, coordinate, and share actionable real-time information to build situational awareness to help victims of a natural disaster and help save lives;
2. Establish dialogue and build relationships between all partner nations, international organizations, and public/private partners regarding the use of online tools;
3. Test online tools to measure effectiveness, and streamline cyber information sharing in preparation for the next real-world crisis;
4. Address the virtual flow of information and activities of international organizations during a natural disaster and a terror attack utilizing biological weapons of mass destruction/effect; and 
5. Encourage all formal and informal groups to actively participate or observe the exercise.

Open Invitation to Formal and Informal Networks

All formal and informal groups across the globe are welcome to actively participate or observe X24 México:

• Governments of partner nations
• Other municipal, regional, and national governments
• Non-government public/private organizations
• Academic institutions
• Volunteer Technology Communities

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