Use cases and applications for optimal civil safety
Ways to use antavi — picked by job, not by feature.
Every solution runs on the same template-based cockpit — either as a single use case or in mixed-mode from one central console (e.g. medical and security on one map). More on the template system →
Event safety
Coordinate safety and security teams across the site — one map, one radio picture.
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Patient care
Run medical services at events — patient records, supply chain, dashboards.
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Crisis management
Operating picture and coordination beyond events — pandemics, energy crisis, 24/7 standing operation. Activated on demand.
Read more →Stories from individual projects
Luzerner Fasnacht 2026 — 280,000 visitors, one safety plan
Omnisafe GmbH on the safety planning for the Lozärner Fasnacht — antavi was part of the solution as the mobile operations centre.
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PostStress test antavi 360°
What happens when 100+ responders work on antavi 360° at the same time — and how we hardened performance, scalability and UX where it matters most.
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PostFestival weekend
Heitere Open Air Zofingen, Fantastical Kreuzlingen and Street Parade Zürich — three stages, one operational cockpit.
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PostTraditions that move crowds
Maienzug in Aarau and Zapfenstreich in Lenzburg — crowd management at two events where tradition and the flow of people meet.
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PostThree events, one system
Albanifest Winterthur, Stadtfest Luzern, Zurich City Triathlon — antavi 360° in action at three very different events on the same weekend.
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PostJublasarium 2025 — three years of safety planning
Dominic Beck looks back at one of the largest children's and youth camps in Switzerland — and at antavi as a partner of the Safety & Legal department.
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PostZurich Pride Festival 2025
'Together for health' — how antavi 360° supported Pride operationally as a mission assistant on app and web.
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PostGP Bern 2025 — we were there
DOCS GmbH on providing medical care at the Grand Prix von Bern — with antavi 360° as the operational cockpit in the background.
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ArticleCrowd Insights
How anonymised location data turns into a live picture of the crowd — and helps crowd managers respond faster.
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PressNZZ Format @ Züri Fäscht 2023
What others in the public media say about our solutions — NZZ Format on crowd management at Züri Fäscht 2023.
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ArticleAn app at Züri Fäscht
An 'app' for safety? How ten years of app data have shaped crowd management at Switzerland's largest public festival.
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PostStaying agile — from acute phase to vaccination campaign
From monitoring critical infrastructure to live tracking of the vaccination roll-out: how antaviOps moved with the canton of Vaud through every phase of the crisis.
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PostKPI monitoring for crisis response
How distributed teams build a shared operating picture in a crisis — faster, more consistent and more intuitive than classic situation reports.
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PostSituational awareness for the canton of Vaud
How antaviOps condensed 320 parameters from 98 locations into a shared operating picture during the acute phase of the Covid-19 crisis.
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PressRed Bull Switzerland: Portrait of antavi
Red Bull Switzerland portrays antavi and shows how ETH research on wearables and crowd sensing turned into an operational platform for event safety.
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PressSunshine Radio: Digitalising crowd management with antavi
Sunshine Radio in conversation with antavi about the digitalisation of crowd management at major Swiss events.
Read more → Pressstartupticker @ Fête des Vignerons 2019
How Swiss startups helped shape safety for one million visitors at the Fête des Vignerons in Vevey — together with Parquery, Securiton and Swisstraffic.
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PressRTS «19:30» on safety at Fête des Vignerons 2019
Romandy public broadcaster RTS reports on the safety and crowd management setup at the Fête des Vignerons in Vevey, where antavi contributed the live operating picture.
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PressSRF: More safety thanks to an app — crowd management at Züri Fäscht
SRF reports on app-based crowd management at Züri Fäscht 2019 and the ETH Zürich research from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressNZZ: How Züri Fäscht aims to prevent dangerous crowding
NZZ explains how crowd management at Züri Fäscht 2019 uses app data and ETH-derived operating pictures to detect risks in advance.
Read more → PressVentureBeat on TwoSense and the US Department of Defense
VentureBeat reports on TwoSense — a spin-off rooted in the same ETH wearable computing environment from which antavi also emerged.
Read more → PressSRF Gesundheit heute: Parkinson's
The SRF programme «Gesundheit heute» features a segment on Parkinson's — including ETH research into smartphone-based symptom detection, in which the future antavi team was involved.
Read more → PressSRF: Fighting Parkinson's with the smartphone
SRF reports on ETH research into the detection of Parkinson's symptoms using smartphones — methodological groundwork for antavi's crowd sensing.
Read more → PressSRF: Robot vacuum cleaners survey the home
SRF shows how robot vacuum cleaners survey homes — contextualised by ETH research into sensor technology and activity recognition, from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressSRF: Donating data for a good cause (Züri Fäscht app)
SRF reports on the data-donation initiative of the Züri Fäscht app — ETH research from which antavi's crowd sensing methodology emerged.
Read more → PressVontobel derinews: Wearables in sport and health
Vontobel derinews assesses the long-term potential of wearables in sport and health — with voices from the ETH research from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressInside IT: App against mass panic — take two
Inside IT reports on the second edition of the ETH app against mass panic at Züri Fäscht — the methodological foundation of today's antavi operating picture.
Read more → PressStartup Ticker: «SRF bewegt» with a Swiss startup's app
Startup Ticker reports on the «SRF bewegt» campaign, powered by a Swiss startup with roots in ETH research — the same line from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressComputerworld: Self-tracking for Swiss research
Computerworld reports on self-tracking as a contribution to Swiss research — contextualised by the ETH wearable computing environment from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressNetzwoche: App records daily movement
Netzwoche presents an app for recording daily movement — methodologically tied to the ETH research from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressMerlin Institute: Interview with Dr Ulf Blanke
The Merlin Institute speaks with Dr Ulf Blanke about wearable computing at ETH Zürich and the research lines from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressTages-Anzeiger: Organisers want to expand Züri Fäscht
Tages-Anzeiger reports on plans to expand Züri Fäscht spatially — pointing to data-based crowd management of the kind antavi delivers today.
Read more → PressLimmattaler Zeitung: Bahnhofstrasse to be part of festival site in 2016
Limmattaler Zeitung reports on plans to add Bahnhofstrasse to the Züri Fäscht site in 2016 — an expansion that requires sound crowd management.
Read more → PressFinanz und Wirtschaft: New technologies open up investment opportunities
Finanz und Wirtschaft examines wearables and sensor technology as investment themes — contextualised by the ETH research environment from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressTages-Anzeiger Media Planet: Wearable technology
The Media Planet supplement of Tages-Anzeiger explores wearable technology and its applications — with reference to the ETH research from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressBerner Zeitung: Sensors on your feet, on the lens and in your pocket
Berner Zeitung explores ETH research into wearable sensors — early work that informs today's antavi crowd sensing platform.
Read more → PressZeit.de: WLAN signals reveal what people are doing
Zeit.de reports on ETH research into passive person detection using WLAN signals — early work that informs antavi's crowd sensing today.
Read more → Press20 Minuten: Google's assault on the smartphone
20 Minuten contextualises Google's wearables strategy — with voices from the ETH wearable computing environment from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressBBC: Where tech and fashion come together
The BBC explores the meeting of fashion and wearable technology — with context from the ETH research environment from which antavi later emerged.
Read more → PressBBC: Expert assessments of Samsung's Galaxy Gear
The BBC gathers expert views on the Galaxy Gear smartwatch — with voices from the ETH wearable computing environment from which antavi emerged.
Read more → Press20 Minuten: Where the crowding was particularly intense
20 Minuten visualises, based on ETH Zürich app data, where the crowding at Züri Fäscht was particularly heavy — early work that informs today's antavi operating picture.
Read more → PressTages-Anzeiger: Making Züri Fäscht safer with predictions
Tages-Anzeiger reports on ETH research that aims to make Züri Fäscht safer with forecasts — early work that informs today's antavi platform.
Read more → PressPCtipp: ETH releases app for Züri Fäscht
PCtipp reports on the ETH research app for Züri Fäscht 2013 — early work that informs today's antavi crowd sensing platform.
Read more → PressNZZ: Züri Fäscht becomes a research subject
NZZ reports on how Züri Fäscht 2013 became a research subject for ETH crowd sensing — the seedbed of today's antavi platform.
Read more → PressNZZ: A successful Züri Fäscht app
NZZ takes stock of the ETH Zürich Züri Fäscht app 2013 — the research foundation from which today's antavi platform emerged.
Read more → PressLuzerner Zeitung: Züri Fäscht is open
Luzerner Zeitung covers the opening of Züri Fäscht 2013 — and with it the first large-scale deployment of the ETH research app from which antavi emerged.
Read more → PressBlick: Did the organisers underestimate the crowds?
Blick asks about the panic situation at Züri Fäscht 2013 — a debate that demonstrated the need for data-based crowd management of the kind antavi delivers today.
Read more → Press20 Minuten: «We are prepared for a storm»
20 Minuten follows the preparations at Züri Fäscht — with a look at the ETH-supported crowd management from which antavi emerged.
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