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Bridging ICTs and the Environment: Innovations in Disaster Risk Management

13-17 July 2015, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Monday July 13th

Setting the Stage: the Post-Sendai Global Framework for DRR

(Nador 11, Room 004 and Nador 9, Monument Building 201 – Video Conferencing)

8:30 – 9:00

Registration, Nador 9, Outside Auditorium

9:00 – 9:30

CEU Summer University Orientation, Nador 9, Auditorium

9:30 – 10:00

Viktor Lagutov (CEU) and Armen Grigoryan ( UNDP) Welcome from Course Directors

Emily Nilson (CEU) Logistics

Participant Introductions

 

 

Welcome and Opening Remarks (Nador 11, Room 004)

10:00 – 10:30

 

Vice President Margaret Bolter (CEU) Welcome to CEU

UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub for Europe and CIS Director Rastislav Vrbensky Welcome from UNDP

 

10:30 – 10:50

Snack Break, TIGY Room, Nador 11, 006

 

 

Current State of DRR & Innovations (Nador 11, Room 004)

10:50 – 11:40

Armen Grigoryan (UNDP) Introducing Sendai Framework for DRR

11:40 – 12:30

Milica Begovic (UNDP Regional Center for Europe and the CIS) Innovation and DRR

 

12:30 – 13:45

 

Lunch, Rétesház (Strudel House), Október 6 utca 22

 

 

Current State, cont. (Video Conferencing, Nador 9, Monument Building, Room 201)

13:45 – 14:30

Vasko Popovski (UNDP FYR Macedonia) Big Data and Urban Risk Management

14:30 – 15:10

Viktor Lagutov (CEU) The Eye on Earth Process: Disaster Management Special Initiative Opportunities

 

15:10 – 15:30

Snack Break, Nador 9, Outside MB 201

 

 

Current State, cont. (Video Conferencing, Nador 9, Monument Building, Room 201)

15:30 – 17:30

Irina Makarenko (Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution) A Regional Need for Innovations in DRR: Experience of the Black Sea Commission

Lorant Czaran (UN Office for Outer Space Affairs) Satellite Technologies for DRR, the UN-SPIDER Programme

18:00 – 19:30

Welcome Reception (Oktober 6 utca 7 Building – Oktober Hall)

Tuesday July 14th

UNDP DRR Programmes & Global Urban Resilience Experience

(Nador 11, Room 004 and Nador 9, Monument Building 201 – Video Conferencing)

9:30 – 9:45

Recap and Introduction to Day 2

 

9:45 – 10:15

Hossein Kalali (UNDP Consultant) Risk Profile of the ECIS Region

 

 

UNDP Experience and Case Studies (Nador 11, Room 004)

10:15 – 10:45

Stanislav Kim (UNDP Bureau of Policy and Programme Support) ICT 4DRR Regional Project ECIS

 

10:45 – 11:00

Snack Break, TIGY Room, Nador 11, 006

 

 

UNDP Experience and Case Studies, cont. (Nador 11, Room 004)

11:00 – 11:45

Ecaterina Melnicenco (UNDP Moldova) ICT4DRR Case Presentation Moldova: LGSAT Methodology for City Resilience

11:45 – 12:30

Vasko Popovski (UNDP FYR Macedonia) ICT4DRR Case Presentation Macedonia: Mobile Technologies & Big Open Data

 

12:30 – 13:45

Lunch, Rétesház (Strudel House), Október 6 utca 22

 

 

UNDP Experience and Case Studies, cont. (Video Conferencing, Nador 9, Monument Building, Room 201)

13:45 – 14:15

Arshaluys Vardanyan (UNDP Armenia) ICT4DRR Case Presentation Armenia: Smart Cities

 

 

Global Experience in Urban Resilience (Video Conferencing, Nador 9, Monument Building, Room 201)

14:15 – 15:00

Zubair Murshed (UNDP Regional DRR Advisor for Arab States) Experience on Urban Resilience in Arab States Region

 

15:10 – 15:30

Snack Break, Nador 9, Outside MB 201

 

 

Global Experience in Urban Resilience, cont. (Video Conferencing, Nador 9, Monument Building, Room 201)

15:30 – 16:15

Samuel Akera (UNDP Regional DRR Specialist, East Africa) Experiences in Urban Resilience in Africa

16:15 – 17:00

Rajeev Issar (Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP New York), ‘Urban Resilience and ICT – Global Experiences and Application’

 

Wednesday July 15th

GIS Applications for Disaster Risk Reduction & Urban Resilience

(Nador 11, Room 004 and Nador 9, Blue Computer Lab)

9:30 – 9:45

Recap and Introduction to Day 3

 

9:30 – 10:30

Introduction to GIS and Hands-On Esri ArcGIS Online Workshop (Nador 9 Blue Computer Lab)

Viktor Lagutov & Emily Nilson (CEU)

 

  • Introduction to ArcGIS Online
  • Exploring maps and adding content on ArcGIS Online

 

10:30 – 10:50

Snack Break, TIGY Room, Nador 11, 006

 

10:50 – 12:30

Esri ArcGIS Online Workshop, cont. (Nador 9 Blue Computer Lab)

Emily Nilson (CEU)

 

  • Creating your own maps, spatial analysis, creating apps
  • Chemical spill scenario
  • (TBC) Remote sensing tutorial: the shrinking of Lake Chad

 

12:30 – 13:45

Lunch, Rétesház (Strudel House), Október 6 utca 22

 

13:45 – 15:10

EcoCity Builders Crowdsourcing Workshop (Nador 11, Room 004)

 

Kirstin Miller (Ecocity Builders, USA), Crowdmapping Cities from a People’s Perspective

  • PAR and Community Planning
  • Systems and Urban Metabolism

 

15:10 – 15:30

Snack Break, TIGY Room, Nador 11, 006

 

15:30 – 17:00

EcoCity Builders Crowdsourcing Workshop, cont. (Nador 11, Room 004)

 

Kirstin Miller (Ecocity Builders, USA) Crowdmapping Cities from a People’s Perspective

  • Visualizing Urban Data
  • Neighborhood Surveying Techniques

 

Thursday July 16th

Potential of Satellite Technologies for DRR

(Nador 9, Monument Building 201 – Videoconferencing and Nador 11, Room 004)

9:30 – 9:45

Recap and Introduction to Day 4

 

 

Best Global Practice in Use of Technology for DRR (Video Conferencing, Nador 9, Monument Building, Room 201)

9:45 – 10:30

Matthew  Sarsycki (UN-APCICT/ESCAP/Asian Disaster Preparedness Center) Smart Cities Approach to Building Resilience Using ICTs in Asia-Pacific

 

10:30 – 10:50

Snack Break, Nador 9, Outside MB 201

 

 

Best Global Practice, cont. (Video Conferencing, Nador 9, Monument Building, Room 201)

10:50 – 12:30

Thomas Kemper (Joint Research Center [JRC], Global Security and Crisis Management Unit/ European Commission The Need for Global Fine Scale Settlement Mapping and Monitoring

 

12:30 – 13:45

Lunch, Rétesház (Strudel House), Október 6 utca 22

 

 

Satellite Technologies in Practice (Nador 11, Room 004)

13:45 – 14:30

Dezső Mikus (KRF/UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office) Using Remote Sensing in Disaster Control / Disaster Risk Management

 

 

Integration of Remote Sensing and Open-Source GIS, Part 1 (Nador 11, Room 004)

14:30 – 15:10

Zoltan Vekerdy (University of Twente ITC) Remote Sensing-Based Flood Monitoring in an Open Source Software Environment

 

15:10 – 15:30

Snack Break, TIGY Room, Nador 11, 006

 

 

Integration of Remote Sensing and Open-Source GIS, Part 2 (Nador 11, Room 004)

15:30 – 17:00

Zoltan Vekerdy (University of Twente ITC) Remote Sensing-Based Flood Monitoring in an Open Source Software Environment

 

 

Friday July 17th

Next Steps: What is the Future of Using ICT in DRR?

(Nador 11, Room 004)

9:30 – 9:45

Recap and Introduction to Day 5

 

 

International Mechanisms for Satellite Solutions (Nador 11, Room 004)

9:45 – 11:00

Jens Danzeglocke (DLR) International Mechanisms for Satellite Solutions: The International Charter on Space and Major Disasters

 

11:00 – 11:15

Snack Break, TIGY Room, Nador 11, 006

 

 

Funding Mechanisms and Opportunities for Collaboration (Nador 11, Room 004)

11:15 – 12:30

Zsuzsanna Gabor (CEU Academic and Research Support Office) Opportunities for European Funding for DRR Projects

 

12:30 – 13:45

Lunch, Rétesház (Strudel House), Október 6 utca 22

 

 

Discussion Trigger  (Nador 11, Room 004)

13:45 – 14:30

Ruben Mnatsakanian (CEU Head of Environmental Sciences and Policy Department) Evolution of Innovations in DRR

 

 

Group Discussion Session (Nador 11, Room 004)

14:30 – 15:15

What is the best way forward for use of technology for DRR?

 

15:15 – 15:30

Snack Break, TIGY Room, Nador 11, 006

 

15:30 – 16:00

Presentation: Findings of Group Discussion

 

 

The Way Forward (Nador 11, Room 004)

16:00 – 16:30

Armen Grigoryan (UNDP) Next Steps for ICT in DRR

 

16:30 – 17:00

 

Closing, TIGY Room (TBC), Nador 11, 006