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TRAINING & WORKSHOPS

Technical Meeting on SHI Software Engineering

  Vienna, VIC
  17 Jun 2025 - 18 Jun 2025

Objectives:

This meeting allows States Signatories to learn about software development activities at the IDC, with a focus on waveform technologies. Several efforts are ongoing to improve the software in use at the IDC, and NDC software shared with States Signatories via NDC-in-a-Box.

The PTS is currently in the Implementation phase of the IDC SHI Reengineering program, which includes a large-scale effort to improve the SHI processing system, State of Heath, and the Analyst Interface. The goal remains to develop a modern, maintainable, and open-source SHI data processing system.

Meanwhile, several other software development efforts have led to improved IDC product distribution, NDC-in-a-Box (NIAB), routine data processing, and processing for Expert Technical Analysis.

This meeting allows experts to discuss such software evolutions in depth and provide review and feedback.    

This technical meeting will focus on:

  • Reviewing the status of work on Reengineering, including progress updates, and discussion of the project plan, projected milestones, and updated deliverables.
  • Updates on testing and use of NetVISA.
  • Recent updates to SHI software applications in use at the PTS and in NDC-in-a-Box.
  • Discussion of other software efforts to update and improve SHI processing.

Meeting participants are invited to contribute to the technical meeting by making a 20-minute presentation related to one of the following themes:

Theme 1: IDC Reengineering Project Status, NDCs engagement with Reengineering

Theme 2: Improvements of SHI processing, data product and distribution at the IDC

Theme 3: Technical and Scientific Ideas to improve SHI processing

Further details:

Language: English
Application Deadline: 30 Apr 2025 23:59 GMT
Funding Application Deadline: 30 Apr 2025 23:59 GMT
Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 Apr 2025 23:59 GMT

Financial Information

Applicable to PTS-funded participants only:

In accordance with the Staff regulations and rules and Administrative Directives, the PTS will provide the following: 

  • A Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) that is sufficient to cover the related expenses during the technical meeting;
  • The PTS will reserve, issue and forward the flight ticket to the participants for the most direct and economic route;
  • Funded participants are not allowed to purchase their own tickets unless, under exceptional circumstances, they are authorized to do so and only if this proves to be most cost-effective option for the PTS;
  • The PTS will book a hotel and cover the costs for the accommodation and technical meeting participants will receive their remaining Daily Subsistence Allowance upon arrival in Vienna; and
  • Health insurance will be provided covering the duration of the technical meeting.

Requirement: Scanned passport copies.

Application Procedures:

Applicants are requested to visit our website ctnw.ctbto.org and apply online at the latest by 30 April 2025.

Financial support may be available for a limited number of participants. Such assistance must be requested at the time of registration (by selecting the relevant box during online registration) and no later than 30 April 2025. 

States Signatories wishing to nominate experts are requested to inform the Provisional Technical Secretariat (See Point of Contact) through their respective Permanent Mission.

Other Pertinent Information:

Participants should apply for visas, if needed, at the corresponding Embassy upon receipt of an Acceptance Note Verbale from the PTS, in order to ensure timely processing. The PTS will provide personal invitations to visa applicants.

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