The IOWave09 SOP Workshop and Tabletop Exercise will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 12-14 August 2009. The workshop forms part of the preparation for the IOWave09 Exercise which is scheduled to take place on 14 October 2009. It will be hosted by the Government of Indonesia with support from UNESCO IOC and UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok Crisis Prevention and Recovery Unit. The workshop is being held in conjunction with several other events as follows: 1) 10-11 August 2009: RTWP Task Team (RTT) meeting, to develop technical guidelines for RTWPs and NTWCs to use during the IO Wave 09 Exercise. See www.ioc-unesco.org/rttaug09 for details Invited participants: RTT members. 2) 11 August 2009: ICG/IOTWS Working Group 6 on Mitigation, Preparedness and Response: Intersessional Meeting and Scoping Workshop. See www.ioc-unesco.org/wg6aug09 for details. Invited participants: WG6 members 3) 12-14 August 2009: IOWave09 SOP workshop and tabletop exercise, to prepare participating Member States for the IOWave09 Exercise. Invited participants: all ICG/IOTWS Member States. Participants of the preceding RTT and WG6 workshops will also be expected to take part in this workshop. Information about the meeting venue and worskhop logistics are available in the document "Hotel Information and Workshop logistics" on this page.