Session Number |
Title |
Author, Organisation |
Topic |
ME 1 |
Early thermal infrared Warning to strong Earthquake and Tsunami: An Example from the Indian Ocean in 2004 |
Z. Qiang et al., Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration |

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ME 2 |
Long-term Monitoring of Earthquake Precursor Phenomena |
A. Kopf, Research Centre Ocean Margins, University of Bremen, Germany |
ME 3 |
An Early Warning System is Needed for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation in Syria: Detecting and monitoring the active Faulting Zones along the Afro-Arabian-Syrian Rift System |
M. Dalati, General Organization of Remote Sensing, Office of Natural Disaster Management, Syria |
ME 4 |
ALISE: An Alert and Information System for Earthquakes in Germany |
M. Henger et al., Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany |
ME 5 |
Increasing Preparedness for Fluvial Floods: The Development of an European Flood Alert System |
J. Thielen et al., European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy |
ME 6 |
Satellite remote sensing-based Fire Danger Rating System to support Forest and Land Fire Management in Indonesia |
O. Roswintiarti & M.R. Khomarudin, Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space |
ME 7 |
International and real-time Observation of Krakatau volcanic Activity: Preliminary Results |
T. Warsito, University of Lampung, Indonesia |
ME 8 |
MunicRe GeoRiscResearch "Hurricane Risks" |
E. Faust, MunichRe Foundation, Germany |
MH 1 |
The Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS): A Cornerstone for Monitoring Systems enabling Early Warning |
M. Rothacher et al., GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, USA |

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MH 2 |
Taking Advantage of space-based Technologies in the Implementation of Early Warning Systems |
D. Stevens & S. Camacho, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Austria |
MH 3 |
Effectiveness of Satellite Products for rapid Risk Mapping: Proven Approach of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" |
J.-L. Bessis, National Centre for Spatial Affairs, France |
MH 4 |
Information Exchange for Multi-hazard Incident Notifications |
R. Iannella, National ICT Australia |
MH 5 |
Interoperability in the Context of Marine Geosensor Networks |
C. Waldmann et al., University of Bremen, Germany |
MH 6 |
METEORISK and EMMA: Two European Projects for Extreme Weather Warnings |
M. Staudinger, Regionalstelle für Salzburg und Oberösterreich, Austria |
MH 7 |
WMO global operational Network in Support of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems |
M. Golnaraghi, World Meteorological Organisation |
MH 8 |
Climate Observation Network for Early Warning Systems in Western South America |
J.L. Camacho, International Research Centre on the El Niño Phenomenon, Ecuador |
MH 9 |
Multi-hazard Early Warning for Impact Assessment in Food Crisis Prevention Processes |
A. di Vecchia & V. Tarchiani et al., National Research Council, Institute for Biometeorology, Italy |
MH 10 |
Global Monitoring of Humanitarian Disasters |
D. al Khudhairy, European Commission Joint Research Centre |
MH 11 |
Country and local Warning Systems |
N. Stathurova, Telegrafia Inc., Slovak Republic |
PPE 1 |
Developing Global Hazard Preparedness |
L. Stanbrough, Benfield Hazard Research Centre, United Kingdom |

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PPE 2 |
European Research Policy on Early Warning of naturally and human-induced Disasters |
K. Fabbri & G. Weets, Directorate General Information Society and Media, Unit ICT for the Environment, European Commission |
PPE 3 |
Mainstreaming Early Warning of Hazards and Conflicts |
U. Oswald-Spring & H.G. Brauch, National Independent University of Mexico & Freie Universität Berlin, Germany |
PPE 4 |
Responsibilities and Bureaucracies as Hurdles to community-based Early Warning Initiatives |
D. de Vries, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
PPE 5 |
Early Warning Systems in Indigenous Communities in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico |
X. Moya, United Nations Development Programme, Mexico |
PPE 6 |
Effective Early Warning: A people-centred Approach to make Communities safer |
H. Letz, Department of Disaster Preparedness and Response, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
PPE 7 |
Natural Disaster and its Emergency Response in Shanghai and Eastern China |
T. Xu & Y. Zhaoguo, Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, China |
PPE 8 |
Bridging the Gaps between Early Warning and Quick Action: Experiences from the Practices of reducing and mitigating Typhoon Disasters in Shanghai |
M. Xu, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, China |
PPE 9 |
Vulnerability of Structures of Logistics in Food Trade |
U. Platz, Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung, Germany |
PPE 10 |
OK-GIS: Open Disaster Management with Open Source GIS based on Spatial Data Infrastructures |
A. Zipf et al., University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Germany |
PPE 11 |
Communicating Early Flood Warnings to the Public using Interactive Maps and the Internet |
F. Basic, School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University, Australia |
PPE 12 |
Flood Early Warning System Mozambique |
T. Loster, MunichRe Foundation, Germany |
PPE 13 |
Early Warning: The critical Element to mitigate the Effects of Natural Disasters |
A. Avidan, MadahCom, Inc., USA |
P 1 |
Automatic local Weather Warning System (ALWWS) |
K. Brandt, Donnerwetter GmbH, Germany |

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P 2 |
Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning |
M. Konecny, President, International Cartographic Association, Czech Republic |
P 3 |
Community Networks for the Prevention of Disasters |
G. Bolaños, National Commission for Risk Reduction and Emergency Attention, Costa Rica |
P 4 |
People-centred area-specific Flood Warning System: Improving Communication of and Community Responses to Flood Warnings |
M.S. Rahman, Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre |
P 5 |
Building Tornado Warning System for Bangladesh |
E. Tsunozaki, Asian Disaster Reduction Centre |
P 6 |
Building the Resilience of Communities to Disasters in Pakistan |
S. Aschour, Islamic Relief Germany |
P 7 |
Flood Warning System as a Sector of an integrated Flood Action Plan in Imamzade Davood Basin, Province of Tehran |
J. Vatanfada & F. Avarideh, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Energy, Iran |
P 8 |
Drought Assessment and Monitoring for the ECO Region using Satellite Data |
I. Moradi, Iran Meteorological Organization |
P 9 |
Monitoring weather-related Threats to Food Security in Ecuador |
G. Hyman, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture |
P 10 |
Star & Caring Wings: An Early Warning System for Forest Fire Smoke Impacts |
M. Statheropoulos & D. Diagourtas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece |
P 11 |
Master Plan concerning seismic Risk Assessment, Mitigation and Early Warning in the Hatay Province, Turkey on the Basis of Microzonation, Vulnerability and Preparedness Studies |
E.M. Geenen & D.H. Lang, Institute for Socio-economic and Cultural International Analysis, Germany |