Program

Monday, July 24

8:30 – 9:00

Registration (Nador 15, ground floor)

9:00 – 9:30

CEU Summer University Orientation (Nador 15, room 103)

9:30 – 10:30

Logistical Information

Welcome from Course Directors

Viktor Lagutov (CEU, Hungary)

Armen Grigoryan (UNDP Regional Hub for ECIS)

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 12:20

Viktor Lagutov (CEU, Hungary) – Need for Improved Data-Driven Decision-Making in Disaster Management

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

13:40 – 15:10

Armen Grigoryan (UNDP) – Introduction to DRR. Sendai / SDGs / Paris agreement

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00

Chinara Berbaeva (Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction) – Innovative approach to addressing trans-boundary disaster risks in Central Asia

17:00 – 18:30

Welcome Reception

Tuesday, July 25

9:00 – 9:05

Recap and Introduction to Day 2

9:05 – 10:30

Elina Jarvela (UNDP) – Innovative Financing for Development

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 12:20

András Szöllősi-Nagy (UNESCO) – DRR in water management: Real-time forecasting models in flood risk reduction

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

13:40 – 15:10

Sean Reynolds (American University of Armenia) – Using Multi-Risk Assessments and Planning for Complex Disasters in Armenia

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00

Ed Parsons (Google) – Here come the machines

19:00 – 22:00

Danube Boat Trip

Wednesday, July 26

9:00 – 9:05

Recap and Introduction to Day 3

9:05 – 10:30

Charlotta Benedek (UN OCHA) – UNDP Public Private Partnership Center: Connecting Business initiative and DRR

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 12:20

Armen Grigoryan (UNDP) – European Platform for DRR, Global Platform for DRR, World Reconstruction Forum

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

13:40 – 15:10

Marina Mkhitaryan (UNDP) – Innovative DRR Governance

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00

Marina Mkhitaryan (UNDP) and Armen Asryan (Aires Development Foundation) – Risk informed development and decision making

Thursday, July 27

9:00 – 9:05

Recap and Introduction to Day 4

9:05 – 10:30

Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA) – UN-SPIDER

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 12:20

Vanessa Aellen (GEO Secretariat) – GEO: The Value of Data Sharing for Disasters Risk Reduction

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

13:40 – 14:10

Sharon Johnnette Agduma (Philippine Permanent Mission to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva) – Understanding Risks: Hazard and Risk Information Through Web and Phone Applications

14:10 – 14:40

Aleksandrina Mavrodieva (UN MGCY) – Youth Engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction Policy and Practice

14:40 – 15:10

Ana Mitic-Radulovic (UNDP) – Innovative Manner of Engaging Youth in DRR Activities in Serbia through Community Volunteer-based Solutions

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00

Jeff Baranyi (ESRI) – Modern GIS Best Practices for Disaster Response:  Lessons Learned from Past Events

Friday, July 28

9:00 – 9:05

Recap and Introduction to Day 5

9:05 – 10:30

Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA) – International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:30

Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA) – Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS)

11:30 – 12:20

György Domokos and Eric Duclos-Gendreu (Airbus) – Airbus Remote Sensing Solutions Supporting Disasters’ Prevention

12:20 – 13:40

Lunch

13:40 – 15:20

Robert Nagy (Hexagon Geospatial) – Disaster Management with New Tools in Geospatial Technologies

15:20 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00

Course wrap-up session and Closing Ceremony