Program
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