RIMMA2025 - International Conference on
Forecasting, Preparedness, Warning and Response
Visualization, Communication and Information Management
28 - 30 January 2025, Excursions 31 January 2025
University of Bern, Switzerland
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 01/Jan/2025 | |
.: .The Program is subject to change without notice. |
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| Date: Tuesday, 28/Jan/2025 | ||
| 10:30am - 1:00pm |
Venue: Welcome to RIMMA2025 Location: Foyer/Mensa We’re excited to host you in the foyer of UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern—just a quick 5-minute walk from Bern’s central station. When you arrive, head to the registration desk in the foyer to pick up your lanyard. You’ll also find a supervised cloakroom there to store your belongings and safely enjoy the event. |
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| 11:30am - 12:00pm |
Press conference: Press conference RIMMA2025 Location: Lecture Hall S003 Press conference |
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| 1:15pm - 1:45pm |
Opening: Opening Session Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Andreas Paul Zischg Chair: Christophe Lienert Chair: Horst Kremers Chair: David N. Bresch Opening Session |
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| 2:00pm - 2:45pm |
Keynote: Jie Shen: Cartography for Emergency and Disaster Management：Hotspots and Development Trends Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Jie Shen The speech will mainly concentrate on three parts: the introduction of the situation of disaster emergencymapping, the current research hotspots and the development trends of cartography for emergency and disaster management. |
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| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
Impact Forecasts I: Closing The Circle: From Data to Hazard Warnings, Impact Forecasts, and the Verification Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Gabriela Grisel Espejo Gutierrez Chair: Firdewsa Zukanovic Chair: Evelyn Mühlhofer Chair: Irina Mahlstein From Meteorological Forecasts to Impact-Based Warnings: Challenges and Interdisciplinary Synergies (organized by young researchers and dedicated to young researchers) Further sessions:
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Side-Event Risk I. M.: Risk Information Management: From Strategy to Implementation Location: A027 Seminar Room Chair: Horst Kremers National, cross-border, international, and global actions in all phases of disaster management are in due need of technical, organizational, and legal standards that allow for the required cross-organizational and cross-cultural harmonization.
While first international regulations on transnational information flow and processes have already been implemented successfully (transnationally, European, globally) in other domains for years (Environment, Geoinformation, etc.) and furthermore, overarching regulations already have been decided upon (European Data Act, Interoperable Europe Act etc.), implementation in the RISK domains still lack the concepts of how to approach the associated complexity, encourage and promote the elaboration of lighthouse realizations, discuss and make available suitable Testbeds, and mobilize the adequate workforce to achieve Facet Components that support data, information and workflow in predefined achievable timeframes.
This side event allows international... |
| RS & Rapid Mapping I: Remote Sensing, Monitoring, and Rapid Mapping Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Johanna Roll This session focuses on remote sensing applications for disaster risk management and rapid mapping of natural hazard events. Session II will take place on Thursday, 30 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am in room A022. |
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| 4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Break Tuesday 2: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 5:00pm - 5:30pm |
Keynote: Jürg Luterbacher,: Early Warning at International Institutions Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Juerg Luterbacher The talk will give an overview of the MedEWSa project, which is a 3-year Horizon Europe project started in November 2023 led by the Justus Liebig University of Giessen with 29 partners from academia, research institutions, national meteorological and hydrological services, ECMWF, Red Cross, WMO, SMEs, first responders, civil protections, NGOs, local & regional governments, crisis planners as well as lighthouse stakeholders including UNEP, UNEP-MAP, UNDP, African Union and more. |
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| 5:30pm - 8:00pm |
Apéro: Icebreaeker Apéro Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| Date: Wednesday, 29/Jan/2025 | ||
| 8:45am - 9:15am |
Keynote: Katrin Schneeberger: Management of natural hazards in Switzerland: a retrospective and outlook Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Katrin Schneeberger Katrin Schneeberger Director of the Federal Office for the Environment, Chair of the Steering Committee on Intervention in Natural Hazards |
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| 9:30am - 10:30am |
Communication & Visualization I: Effective and Useful Communication and Visualization of Natural Hazards Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Franziska Angly Chair: Michèle Marti Effective Communication and Visualization of Natural Hazard Warnings, Including Communication of Uncertainties Session II will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, Lecture Hall S003. |
Side event CB: Crossing Borders Location: A027 Seminar Room Chair: Horst Kremers A growing number and spectrum of European cross-border exercises are devoted to special aspects of first-aid training. In addition, Cross-Border interaction also implies finding solutions to cross-border Information Interoperability and legal and administrative obstacles. This RIMMA2025 session presents results of cross-border situations in various facets of the complex RISKs topics domains. |
| Heat & Drought I: Forecasting for Heat and Drought Assessment Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Olivia Martius Session II will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, Room A-122. |
Poster Session 1: Posterpresentation Location: A017 and A019 Connected Seminar Rooms Chair: Marcela Alejandra Vollmer Quintullanca Each poster will be presented in a 2-minute session to the entire audience, with presentations proceeding sequentially. Authors will be available at their posters after the presentations to address questions and facilitate discussions. |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Break Wednesday 1: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Communication & Visualization II: Effective and Useful Communication and Visualization of Natural Hazards Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Franziska Angly Chair: Michèle Marti Effective Communication and Visualization of Natural Hazard Warnings, Including Communication of Uncertainties
Session I will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am, Lecture Hall S003.
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Forest Hazards I: Forest Hazards: Forecasting and Mitigating Natural Hazards in and around Forests Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Colin Kretz Bloom Session II will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm in Room A022. |
| Heat & Drought II: Forecasting for Heat and Drought Assessment Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Olivia Martius Session I will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am in Room A-122. |
Poster Session 2: Posterpresentation Location: A017 and A019 Connected Seminar Rooms Chair: Marcela Alejandra Vollmer Quintullanca Each poster will be presented in a 2-minute session to the entire audience, with presentations proceeding sequentially. Authors will be available at their posters after the presentations to address questions and facilitate discussions. |
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| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch 1: Lunch Wednesday Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
Impact Forecasts II: Closing The Circle: From Data to Hazard Warnings, Impact Forecasts, and the Verification Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Gabriela Grisel Espejo Gutierrez Chair: Firdewsa Zukanovic Chair: Evelyn Mühlhofer Chair: Irina Mahlstein From Meteorological Forecasts to Impact-Based Warnings: Challenges and Interdisciplinary Synergies (organized by young researchers and dedicated to young researchers) Further Sessions will be:
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Forest Hazards II: Forest Hazards: Forecasting and Mitigating Natural Hazards in and around Forests Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Colin Kretz Bloom Session I will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in Room A022. |
| Session IM I: Information Management I Location: A-126 Lecture Hall Chair: Horst Kremers Session II will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm in room A-126. |
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| 2:00pm - 3:15pm |
Table Top Drought I: Swiss Civil Protection Service Tabletop Exercise on Extreme Drought: Insights for the Insurance Sector Location: A-119 Lecture Hall Chair: Astrid Björnsen Part II of the Workshop will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 3:45 pm to 5 pm in Room A-119. Please register for this workshop by writing an email to astrid.bjoernsen@wsl.ch
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| 2:45pm - 3:30pm |
Roundtable/Panel: The Benefits of Integrated Catastrophe Management - an International Comparison Using the Example of 2021 European Floods. Location: A027 Seminar Room Chair: Reimund Schwarze Chair: Peter Moser Chair: Corinne Singeisen Prof. Peter Moser (FHGR/ZWF) Prof. Raimund Schwarze (DKKV) Corine Singeisen (PS/VKG) |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Break Wednesday 2: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 3:45pm - 5:00pm |
Table Top Drought II: Swiss Civil Protection Service Tabletop Exercise on Extreme Drought: Insights for the Insurance Sector Location: A-119 Lecture Hall Chair: Astrid Björnsen Part I of the Workshop will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm, in Room A-119. Please register for this workshop by writing an email to astrid.bjoernsen@wsl.ch
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| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Impact Forecasts III: Closing The Circle: From Data to Hazard Warnings, Impact Forecasts, and the Verification Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Gabriela Grisel Espejo Gutierrez Chair: Firdewsa Zukanovic Chair: Evelyn Mühlhofer Chair: Irina Mahlstein From Meteorological Forecasts to Impact-Based Warnings: Challenges and Interdisciplinary Synergies (organized by young researchers and dedicated to young researchers) Further Sessions will be:
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Session IM II: Information Management II Location: A-126 Lecture Hall Chair: Horst Kremers Session I will take place on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, from 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm in room A-126. |
| 5:15pm - 5:45pm |
Keynote T. Röösli & A. Pache: Early Warning Systems for UN Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Thomas Röösli Chair: Alicia Pache Thomas Röösli (MeteoSwiss, Weather4UN Project) Isabelle Bey (Head of the Western Regional Center of the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss) Alicia Pache (Weather4UN Project Coordinator, MeteoSwiss) |
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| 7:00pm - 11:30pm |
Dinner: Conference Dinner 'Altes Tramdepot' Located next to the iconic Bear Park, Altes Tramdepot is the venue for the RIMMA2025 conference dinner. This historic brewery restaurant offers a unique dining experience with freshly brewed craft beers and a diverse menu of Swiss and international dishes. Guests can enjoy a warm, rustic atmosphere and stunning views of Bern’s Old Town and the Aare River. A perfect spot for our special evening, the Altes Tramdepot promises a memorable experience for conference attendees and visitors alike. |
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| Date: Thursday, 30/Jan/2025 | ||
| 8:45am - 9:15am |
Keynote Georg Gartner: The relevance of cartography in the context of natural hazards and risks Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Georg Gartner Georg Gartner (TU Vienna, ICA President), |
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| 9:30am - 10:30am |
RS & Rapid Mapping II: Remote Sensing, Monitoring, and Rapid Mapping Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Johanna Roll This session focuses on remote sensing applications for disaster risk management and rapid mapping of natural hazard events. Session I will take place on Tuesday, 28 January 2025, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm in room A022. |
Mapping Natural Risks I: Mapping Natural Risks: Bridging Risk Modelling, Map Communication, Uncertainty and Emotional Response Location: A-126 Lecture Hall Chair: Pyry Kettunen Session II will take place on Thursday, 30. January 2025, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in room A-126. |
| ML & Forecasting I: Impact-Based Forecasting and Early Warning Systems Leveraging Machine Learning Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Pascal Horton Chair: Olivia Martius Chair: Noelia Otero Felipe Chair: Vitus Benson Session II will take place on Thursday, 30 January 2025, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in room A-122. Chairs:
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Break Thursday 1: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 10:45am - 12:30pm |
Contemporary Visualization: Contemporary Visualization and Extended Reality Approaches to Hazard Preparedness and in-situ Emergency & Rescue Response – Current state of user-centered technology, automation and AI Location: A-119 Lecture Hall Chair: Arzu Çöltekin Both sessions will cover visualization and extended (i.e., virtual, augmented or mixed) reality-related research and applications about conference themes (i.e., these presentations and discussions will be directed at work that intersects the common phases of crisis management) and specifically touch upon user-centred technologies (user experience, empirical studies) as well as the latest technology and science breakthroughs in the automation of visualization and 3D modelling and other related processes through, e.g., generative AI and other solutions. |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
IRM Alps & Arctic: Integrated Risk Management in the Alps and the Arctic Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Nina Schuback Chair: Danièle Rod Presentations
Eva Mätzler, Jona Peters, and Alexander Gamble: 'Landslide And Tsunami Monitoring In Remote Arctic Environment - Challenges And Possibilities'
Raphael Mayoraz and Martin Proksch: 'Risk Management in Switzerland and Greenland'
Anna Scolobig and Markus Stoffel: ‘ Acceptable for whom? Addressing social conflicts in integrated disaster risk management’
Panel discussion:
Risk at the centre of the discussion: acceptable risk, risk perception and acceptance, effect of climate change on risk perception; challenges with EWS and communication in the Alps and in the Arctic, similarities, differences
Moderation of panel discussion: Gabriel Chevalier
Experts:
Eva Mätzler from the Ministry of Industry, Trade, Mineral Resources, Justice and Gender Equality of the Government of Greenland
Aske Wied Madsen from the Department for Contingency Management of the Government of Greenland
Hugo Raetzo from the Federal Office for the Environment of Switzerland
Raphael Mayoraz from the Natural... |
Mapping Natural Risks II: Mapping Natural Risks: Bridging Risk Modelling, Map Communication, Uncertainty and Emotional Response Location: A-126 Lecture Hall Chair: Tumasch Reichenbacher Session I will take place on Thursday, 30 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am in room A-126. |
| ML & Forecasting II: Impact-Based Forecasting and Early Warning Systems Leveraging Machine Learning Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Pascal Horton Chair: Olivia Martius Chair: Noelia Otero Felipe Chair: Vitus Benson Session I will take place on Thursday, 30 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am in room A-122.
Program ML & Forecasting II
1. Presentations
2. Interactive Game: Forecasting rare events with generative human AI It is 11:45 am in Bern, Switzerland, and the International Committee on Unforeseen Risks is about to convene. Their latest session intends to prepare humanity for what is yet to come. RIMMA, the generative AI system built to forecast catastrophic outcomes, is opening the meeting with its latest assessment report. "Preparedness is key to mitigating the impacts of rare but catastrophic events. Here is a list of the top 10 unforeseen catastropheeeees that atataatat….“. What happened? A power outage struck the building, and now the committee is left to resort to their human intelligence to prepare a list they can present to the head of state within 45 minutes.
We all become imagineers in this slot and play a collaborative game to forecast rare events! Join us for an interactive... |
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| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch 2: Lunch Thursday Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
GeoAI Workshop: Disaster Management with Deep Learning Location: A022 Seminar Room Chair: Raimund Schnürer Invited experts:
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Emergency and Crises Management: Emergency and Crises Management as Core Aspects of HEIs Curricula and Infrastructures: Enhancement of their Resilience and in Support of Secure Societies. Location: A-119 Lecture Hall Chair: Aikaterini POUSTOURLI Chair: Horst Kremers Speakers:
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| 2:30pm - 3:30pm |
Weather & Health: Forecasting and Warning for Health Location: A-122 Lecture Hall Chair: Joan Ballester This session covers presentations on the topic of weather forecasts for health management |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Break Thursay 2: Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Mensa |
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| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Keynote and Farewell: *Open to the public* Keynote Talk from Leonardo Milano on 'Using science to enable anticipatory humanitarian action' and Farewell Location: Lecture Hall S003 Chair: Leonardo Milano Chair: Christophe Lienert Chair: Horst Kremers Chair: Andreas Paul Zischg Chair: David N. Bresch Open to the public
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| Date: Friday, 31/Jan/2025 | |
| 7:00am - 7:00pm |
Jungfrau: Excursion Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Location: Excursion Jungfraujoch Change in timetable! - Only available for registered participants
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| 8:30am - 12:00pm |
swisstopo: Excursion swisstopo Location: Excursion swisstopo Chang in timetable! |
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