1	Interoperability (相互運用性） Co-Chairs Guna Selvaduray & Shigeo Tatsuki Members Yoshio Kumagai Ichiro Nagao Takao Nakano Sarah Nathe Yuichi Seki
2	Group’s Working Definition of Interoperability Evaluation of transportability and transferability of knowledge, information and services. Group discussed mainly fires, earthquakes, and chemical hazards.
3	1.Business Continuity/Resumption Planning Business continuity planning and business resumption planning are approaches that have broad applicability. Can be interpreted broadly or narrowly. This framework covers broad range of organizational types (e.g., company, government organization, university, etc.) and types of hazards
4	2.Nature of Disaster Process Preparedness, response, recovery are one continuum. Mitigation reduces response requirements. Mitigation accelerates recovery.
5	3. SEMS (Standardized Emergency Management System) SEMS (Standardized Emergency Management System) in California has been addressing interoperability. It represents vertical and horizontal integration that facilitates multiple organizations working together seamlessly.
6	4.Decentralized Operations Decentralization of response systems, with coordination among these systems, can be very effective.
7	5.Multi-Use Mitigation Approaches Development of multi-use mitigation approaches where one or more uses are for normal operations (e.g., water fountains or swimming pools that also serve as emergency water sources, neighborhood organizations active in disaster prevention can be effective in crime prevention and community welfare).
8	6.Public Participation Public education and training, including simulations showing how public participation can be effective in controlling the scale of disaster. We recognize that there are barriers to public participation. Research on removal of these barriers is necessary.
9	7. Information Security Information security is important under all situations. Data redundancy, encryption technologies, virus protection and others are examples.
10	8.System Compatibility Issues regarding system compatibility needs to be solved to enable interoperability. Implementation of ICS can contribute towards solving systems incompatibility issues. This seems to be a particular issue in Japan.
11	9.Learning from the Others The hazards community can learn from industrial communities such as steel, glass, nuclear and chemicals, because they have a knowledge base that we need in order to be interoperable.