Program
In-Service ICT Training for Environmental Professionals (ISEPEI)
Innovations in Disaster Risk Reduction
1-5 July 2019, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Venue: Nador 15, room 103
Monday, 1 July | Disaster Risk Reduction |
8:30 – 9:00 | Registration (Nador 15 bldg, ground floor, reception desk) |
9:00 – 9:30 | CEU Summer University Orientation (Nador 15 bldg, Auditorium B) |
9:30 – 10:30 | Introductions (Nador 15 / 103) Logistical Information (CEU) Welcome from Course Directors. Viktor Lagutov (CEU) / Armen Grigoryan (UNDP Regional Hub for ECIS) |
10:50 – 12:20 | Armen Grigoryan (UNDP) – Introduction to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Sendai / SDGs / Paris agreement |
13:40 – 14:50 | Armen Grigoryan (UNDP) – Global Platform for DRR, World Reconstruction Conference 2019 |
15:10 – 16:30 | Setting up the stage: participants’ experience Esther Mertens (FAO) – Land Use and Agriculture Monitoring for DRR Luciana Meira (UN-ECLAC) – Assessing disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean Region: experience and lessons learnt Olga Shashkina-Pescaroli (Global Security and Disaster Management Ltd.) – DRR Governance Sealtiel Patino (Philippine Climate Change Commission) – National Policies and Programs on Climate Change in the Philippines |
16:30 – 17:30 | Viktor Lagutov (CEU) – Need for Improved Data-Driven Decision-Making in Disaster Management |
18:00 | SUN Opening Remarks and Welcome Reception |
Tuesday, 2 July | DRR Challenges |
9:00 – 9:05 | Recap and Introduction to Day 2 |
9:05 – 10:30 | András Szöllősi-Nagy (Sustainable Water Futures Programme) – DRR in water management: Real-time forecasting models in flood risk reduction |
10:50 – 12:20 | Elizaveta Khazieva (CEU) – Earth Engine cloud platform for disaster management |
13:40 – 15:10 | Craig von Hagen (iMMAP) – DRR in humanitarian settings |
15:30 – 17:00 | Vasko Popovski (UNDP) – Resilience in the times of uncertainty and the complex world |
Wednesday, 3 July | Innovations in Financing and Technology |
9:00 – 9:05 | Recap and Introduction to Day 3 |
09:05 – 10:30 | Douglas Cripe (GEO) – Earth Observations for Disaster management |
10:50 – 12:20 | Vasko Popovski (UNDP) – Big Data for Disaster Resilience Alternative Financing for Disaster Resilience |
13:40 – 14:40 | Kirill Savrassov (CRetro Rinsurance) – Innovative risk financing |
14:40 – 15:20 | Despoina Makariou (London School of Economics), Clive O'Connell (McCarthy Denning) – Catastrophe bonds |
15:40 – 17:10 | Muratbek Koshoev (FAO) - FAO`s DRR experience and innovative practices |
Thursday, 4 July | Policies and Practices |
9:00 – 9:05 | Recap and Introduction to Day 4 |
9:05 – 10:30 | Masahiko Nagai (Yamaguchi University) – Sentinel Asia |
10:50 – 12:20 | Danzeglocke Jens (DLR - German Aerospace Center) – International Disaster Charter |
13:40 – 15:10 | Hlavácová Ivana (GISAT) – InSAR as a technique for Earth movement monitoring |
15:30 – 17:00 | Olaf Neussner (GIZ) – Detecting and understanding ground subsidence in the Mekong delta |
Friday, 5 July | Geospatial Technologies |
9:00 – 9:05 | Recap and Introduction to Day 5 |
09:05 – 10:30 | William von Kader (MAXAR)– EarthWatch. Browsing, streaming, download and analysis platform |
10:50 – 12:10 | Tatyana Sarayeva (Umeå University) – Citizen science applications for disaster management and to learn the effects of climate change |
13:30 – 14:15 | Masahiko Nagai (Yamaguchi University) - Research activities at Yamaguchi University, Japan |
14:15 – 15:10 | György Domokos (Airbus) – How satellite imagery is useful in disaster management |
15:10 – 15:55 | Robert Nagy (Planet) – Emergency & Disaster Management Using Satellite Imagery |
16:05 – 16:30 | Course wrap-up session and Closing Ceremony |