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Scientific and Technical Symposium
Chair: Dr. I. Schwaetzer, Chairperson German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV)
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Monday March 27
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10:00-
11:00 |
Welcome Address - Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
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Opening Address - USG for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Jan Egeland |
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Message from the Mayors' Conference on Early Warning |
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Key Note Address by Ms Katherine Sierra, World Bank, Vice-President Infrastructure |
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Organizational Matters |
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11:00-
11:30 |
Break |
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11:30-
13:30 |
Address by Special Guest President William J. Clinton,
UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, Followed by a Short Discussion
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13:30-
14:30 |
Lunch & Poster Session
(poster exhibition area) |
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14:30- 15:00 |
Opening Scientific and Technical Symposium
Framework for multi-hazard, multi-purpose early warning systems
M. Jarraud |
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15:00-15:30 |
Key Note: Promoting Risk-Wise Behavior: An Integrated Strategy for Reducing Vulnerability an Improving Resiliency
H.M. Wood |
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15:30-15:45 |
Effective all-hazard warning system development and community resilience: results from ongoing multi-hazard research in New Zealand, USA and Australia
G.S. Leonard |
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15:45-16:00 |
Multi-Hazard Risk analysis for the Eastern Coastal Areas of India affected by the Tsunami TS-2004-000147-IND
S.d.C. Mosquera-Machado |
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16:00- 16:15 |
Monitoring and Warning Systems for Natural Phenomena. The Mexican Experience
E. Guevara |
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16:15- 16:30 |
Exploitation of remote sensing techniques by the DWD for early warning of natural hazards
W. Benesch |
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16:30- 16:45 |
Acquiring comprehensive observations using an integral sensorweb for early warning
S. Habib & S. Ambrose |
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16:45- 17:00 |
Meteorological vigilance an operational tool for early warning
J.-M. Carrière |
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Coffee Break |
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17:00- 17:15 |
Multi-Hazard early warning service for emergency system in the Czech Republic
I. Obrusnik |
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17:15- 17:30 |
Development of decision support system for early warning agains natural hazards
P.-H. Hsu |
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17:30- 17:45 |
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment at Different Levels with Extremum System Application
N. Frolova |
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17:45- 18:00 |
A Satellite-Based Communication Channel for the Reliable Distribution of Early Warning Messages: The Alert Interface via EGNOS (ALIVE) for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
H.-P. Plag |
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18:00- 18:15 |
Intergrated Climate Early Warning Activities being undertaken in the Greater Horn of Africa within the Framework of the IGAD Centre for Climate Prediction and Applications (ICPAC)
L. Ogallo |
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19:00- 20:30 |
Reception hosted by the Federal Foreign Office |
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Tuesday March 28
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09:00- 09:15 |
Early warning systems for natural disasters in Korea
S.-K. Roh et al. |
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09:15- 10:00 |
Discussion |
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10:00-
10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30- 11:00 |
Key Note: Istanbul Earthquake Early Warning and Rapid Response System
M. Erdik et al. |
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11:00- 11:15 |
The global Framework: Intergovernmental Coordination of regional Tsunami Warning Systems
P. Bernal |
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11:15- 11:30 |
The Indonesian-German Contribution to the Indian Ocean Tsunami Early Warning System
J. Sopahleuwakan, J. Lauterjung |
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11:30- 11:45 |
A coupled teleseismic Ocean-General-Circulation-Model System for global Tsunami warning
T. Song et al. |
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11:45- 12:00 |
Remote sensing and GIS Contribution to Tsunami Risk Sites Detection of coastal Areas in the Mediterranean
B. Theilen-Willige, T. Taymaz |
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12:00- 12:15 |
Early warning of Earthquakes using Earth, Ocean and atmospheric Parameters observed from Satellite Data
R.P. Singh et al. |
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12:15- 12:30 |
Floods in the Toledo River basin
D.H. Candido & L.H. Nunes
(canceled) |
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12:30- 12:45 |
From sudden local Wildland Fire Disasters to transboundary Impacts of creeping Wildland Fire Mega Events: Needs for global early Warning of Wildland Fire within a UN Multi-Hazard Global Early Warning System
J.G. Goldammer et al. |
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12:45- 13:00 |
Automated Mosquito Identification and Monitoring: A new Tool for early warning of Vector-borne Disease Outbreaks
E. Anderson |
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13:00 -
15:00 |
Lunch & Workshops |
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15:00- 15:15 |
Crop monitoring and early warning for Food Security: The MARS-FOOD Approach
F. Rembold |
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15:15- 16:00 |
Discussion |
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16:00 -
16:30 |
Coffee Break |
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16:30- 17:00 |
Key Note: Cost-effective Strengthening of Warnings through informal Networks and Channels
J. Handmer |
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17:00-
17:15 |
Political, psychological and legal Aspects of Early Warning Systems in alpine Regions
Rudolf Schmidt |
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17:15- 17:30 |
Central America Small Valleys Flood Alert and Vulnerability Reduction Program (SVP) - Regional Platform Development
P. Bastidas |
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17:30- 17:45 |
Willingness to pay for Early Warning Systems using the Contingent Valuation Method
A. Asgary & N. Mehregan |
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17:30- 17:45 |
Relevance and Feasiblity of international Alert Systems: A Case Study on Central Asian Earthquakes
D. Eriksson |
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17:45- 18:00 |
Supporting End-to-End Flood Early Warning Systems in South East Asia
E. Turvill |
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19:00-
20:30 |
Reception hosted by the City of Bonn |
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Wednesday March 29
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09:00- 09:15 |
Benefits of an integrated Early Warning System: The Jamaican Experience
B. Carby |
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09:15 - 09:30 |
Early Warning Institutions and the Farmers Cooperation in Southwest Nigeria: Exposing the Gaps and fixing the weak Linkages
E.E. Obioha
(canceled) |
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09:30- 09:45 |
Multi-purpose Information System for early warning
O. Ravsal |
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09:45 - 10:00 |
PREDICT An Initiative to help Communities to anticipate and manage Crisis Situations due to Floods
A. Roumagnac & K. Moreau |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
The Helmholtz Association’s Integrated Earth Observation System (EOS) - A German Contribution to Disaster Management
H. Mehl et al. |
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10:15-
11:00 |
Discussion |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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12:00 -
13:00 |
Closing Session
(Plenary Chamber) |
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Programme Scientific & Technical Symposium
Outcome of the Scientific Symposium
